How do you parse this out in an interview?
‘I have a family, how do you guys adjust cadence for people with outside commitments - eg let’s say I need to leave every day at 5’.
Gah, there’s no way to ask without setting off the alarm bells with these bastards.
I can't say for certain whether that's cost me a job before, but I'm also probably not missing much if that's the case.
This is actually the problematic mindset I'm trying to avoid. I don't want to work at a place where leaving at 5 is "adjusting cadence." I want to work at a place where management sets appropriate timelines, and we work hard to meet those timelines -- during the work day. The company I work for right now has a culture of work hard 9-5 then disappear. It's great.
The key thing is really BATNA because that gives you the confidence to say what you've gotta say.
That strikes me as a good indicator that you probably don't want to work there. Why is it unreasonable to ask if you are regularly expected to work more than 40 hours per week?