I was working at a fairly small company who tried to do the whole 20% thing. For me it was awesome as I got to work on some really valuable things without all of the bureaucracy around project management.
For the more junior folk though it seemed like a waste of time as their stuff seemed more fun than valuable to the company.
At Google/Atlassian is it entirely 20% on what you want or do you first need to propose and justify the value of the work you plan to do with an approval?
For the more junior folk though it seemed like a waste of time as their stuff seemed more fun than valuable to the company.
At Google/Atlassian is it entirely 20% on what you want or do you first need to propose and justify the value of the work you plan to do with an approval?