Dell

The team I worked with was very talented, and I had a great mentor as a manager. He was always willing to fight for his team and provide the best work conditions and self-improvement opportunities.

This created an atmosphere where everybody was engaged in the work and inclined to help each other. Also, the technical problems were fascinating to work with, given their global context.

There was a lot of overtime, and they don't pay for overtime. This was painful and led me to have a burnout episode, which really impacted my health and career in a bad way.

Unfortunately, these overtime engagements always came from the top executives, so everybody needed to be there, including managers and directors. Nobody was safe from this scenario, having to spend several late nights, holidays, and weekends working.

There were times when suddenly in the middle of the week we were told to work for the entire weekend, having to cancel personal plans as such.

My manager was the best manager I had so far in 10 years of working with software. The only thing I would say is for him to slow down and take care of his health, because he also did a lot of overtime.