It's definitely the culture in Silicon Valley that people dress casually -- t-shirts, jeans, sometimes shorts, often sandals. This will often apply to not only the programmers & grunts, but also to the upper management (who might wear a button down shirt, but usually open collar, not with a tie). When meeting with anyone who could remotely be considered a colleague, the dress wouldn't be any different. I even got pulled into a few customer visits when I was wearing a tank-top & shorts (although if I had known beforehand that would happen, I probably would have worn a regular t-shirt and jeans).
Also people arriving to start work at 10 isn't at all uncommon. People tend to work late, and so don't always come in early. I used to get in around 8-8:30 so that I could get a lot of work done before others arrived with distractions.
It was unfortunate that they didn't let Brian know ahead of time when to arrive, and to have someone there to meet him. Sounds like they aren't familiar at all with having remote employees.
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Date: 2009-02-03 12:41 am (UTC)Also people arriving to start work at 10 isn't at all uncommon. People tend to work late, and so don't always come in early. I used to get in around 8-8:30 so that I could get a lot of work done before others arrived with distractions.
It was unfortunate that they didn't let Brian know ahead of time when to arrive, and to have someone there to meet him. Sounds like they aren't familiar at all with having remote employees.