CalmJobs

Work for companies that value work-life balance.

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Work for companies that value work-life balance.

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Find and apply to job openings from companies that value work-life balance. All jobs listed are from companies that care about their employees, not from companies with a toxic hustle culture that exploits employees by letting them work crazy long hours.

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Hi john! Congrats on your launch :) All companies can claim that they value work-life balance. But how can they "Prove" it? Is there any mechanism that verify this in your site?

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6yr ago

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Maker

@mahshidhdi Thanks! I currently do research about the company. I'm still improving the list but currently, here are some of the things I use to figure out if a company has good work-life balance (not all are required): * Has 40 hour or less work weeks * Rarely requires overtime work * Has a good amount of paid time off (Bonus points if they encourage employees to take a time off, like they require you to utilize all your paid time off and/or they provide a bonus if you take a time off) * Remote friendly * Communication is asynchronous by default * Well known publicly that the company value work-life balance * Offers good employee benefits (e.g, https://basecamp.com/handbook/08...) Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

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6yr ago

@mahshidhdi @john200ok Hi John, great attempt! This could be a great machine learning problem to solve with many variables that you assign weights to, for example: O = w1*a + w2*b... where a is 40 hour work weeks, b is rarely requires overtime work etc. Negative comments on Glassdoor seem to be good indicators of the workplace culture. Positive comments are often from employees who are forced to write a good comment, while negative comments seem to be more genuine. Lastly, this could be expanded to include companies that have a good culture overall, not just a good work life balance, but CalmJobs is a great place to start.

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6yr ago

This is a great idea. And I totally agree that a healthy work/life balance is super important and should be heavily encouraged. I have the same question as Mahshid. How do companies prove that they value work-life balance? I have worked for a couple of companies who are very good at talking the talk on creating a healthy working environment but can be pretty toxic.

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6yr ago

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Maker

@hatbaggins Thanks! I responded to his question. Please check it and let me know if you have any suggestions.

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6yr ago

@john200ok That's a good list. I would add flexible hours in there too. I really do think this is a great thing you are putting out there. A calm working environment needs to be encouraged and normalized. It has become too normal in our lives and almost a badge of honor to talk about how stressed out and overworked we are at work.

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6yr ago

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Maker

@hatbaggins Good idea regarding adding flexible working hours. Thanks for the suggestion! 👍🏼

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6yr ago

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Maker

Hey everyone! I've been a workaholic for years and was working crazy long hours and as a result, I struggled with health and relationship issues. I'm now recovering and been working in a more "healthier" and sustainable way. I noticed there is no existing website where I can easily find job openings from companies that value work-life balance so I built CalmJobs.io . I hope it will help people get a job that is fulfilling but at the same time gives them more time to spend with loved ones, be healthier, have more free-time to do things that they want/love outside of work. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment 😀👇

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6yr ago

@john200ok This is so cool

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6yr ago

i bet there's gonna be no chance to find any job offer in London! 🤣 But I haven't taken a chance to open this webapp so I 🤞🏼 and 💨💥! you couldn't list this website in any better moment of my life since I'm job seeking! wish me good luck!

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6yr ago

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Maker

@vincenzo_mastrovincenzo That’s probably true currently because the number of jobs and companies on the site is not yet that many but I’m curious what exactly made you say this: “I bet there's gonna be no chance to find any job offer in London!” ???

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6yr ago

@john200ok do you really think it's possible to find a CALM JOB in London? the minimum level of calm in London is HECTIC..! 🤣

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6yr ago

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Maker

@vincenzo_mastrovincenzo Ha. Interesting. Pretty sure there are some companies in London that has a calm work culture. Hopefully I'll be able to find some soon so I can add them to the site. It will really be useful especially if calm jobs/companies are rarer in London compared to other places.

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6yr ago

I love this so much and I hope it really takes off. It's so timely and much needed, not only as a resource but as a culture shifter. Will definitely come back to it when we start hiring. In the meantime, I submitted a company. :) Good luck!

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6yr ago

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Maker

@f_graciolli Thank you! 😄

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6yr ago

Great Idea! a search function or tag sorting would be nice tho

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6yr ago

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Maker

@alex_hara Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll add them some time soon especially once the number of jobs & companies on the site becomes huge

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6yr ago

bindings.

I sense @dhh 's vibe here :D

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6yr ago

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Maker

@teemofeev DHH, Jason Fried and the Basecamp team are really a big part on why I built the site. Their books, blog posts, tweet storms etc... really changed my perspective towards work for the better.

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6yr ago

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