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> “They was firing me. I just beat them to it. Nothing personal, the upper management need to see what they guys on the floor is capable of doing when they keep
by zeveb 10y ago
> “They was firing me. I just beat them to it. Nothing personal, the upper management need to see what they guys on the floor is capable of doing when they keep getting mistreated. I took one for the team.”
> “Sorry if I made my peers look bad, but sometimes it take something like what I did to wake the upper management up.”
Ah yes, the old double 'they are harming me by holding me accountable' and 'I am helping them by holding them accountable' defense.
What I'd like to know is how mindsets like this are formed in life, and how to prevent them. One's employer doesn't owe one a job; one owes one's employer fair labour in return for one's wages. The world does not consist of shadowy forces plotting against one. Don't minimise one's own agency: be an active force for good, not a passive subject of whatever happens.
- kjs3 10y agoNarcissism?
- st3v3r 10y ago"One's employer doesn't owe one a job" That kind of thinking is exactly what breeds this kind of stuff, though.
- oxryly1 10y ago> One's employer doesn't owe one a job Labor laws disagree to a certain degree -- at least in that you can't fire someone for any reason you choose (see the EEOC poster in your breakroom/mailroom/kitchen for examples). Also employment contracts can stipulate various things that prevent a company from firing you, particularly in union jobs.
- tracker1 10y agoThe daily beatings will continue until moral improves... if you don't like it, you may quit at any time.
- autotune 10y ago> and how to prevent them. I've found going by the motto "don't be a dick" tends to be a decent deterrent against doing something stupid like maliciously wiping company data and getting sued and/or going to jail for it. If it's your employer doing it to you, there is plenty enough opportunity in IT to find work at a place that doesn't have a hostile work environment.