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My personal perspective is cynical like yours - that it's generally a scam to try and extract more "value" out of workers - but my wife works at a large corpora
by nasalgoat 9y ago
My personal perspective is cynical like yours - that it's generally a scam to try and extract more "value" out of workers - but my wife works at a large corporation where they seem to genuinely try to make it an enjoyable place to work and the people involved, all the way up the ladder, are committed to that ideal.
Praise flows freely, they do a ton of charity work, and it's not a thin veneer over a corporate machine. Perhaps the difference is that it's over 100 years old in a very established worldwide business, so there's room in the budget and schedule to be a lot more flexible and provide home/work balance.
All I know is I'm kind of jealous - I've only ever worked in the soul-sucking companies.
- takee 9y agoDo you mind sharing the domain in which your wife's company is involved in (assuming you don't want to share the name of the company)?
- nasalgoat 9y agoAppliances.
- nostrademons 9y agoWhy is it a scam to try and extract more value out of workers? They're going to spend that time on earth somehow, and if they're not actually working when they're at work, it'll just be Facebook or Zynga or YCombinator or Reddit that's extracting value out of them. Actually caring about the work just means that they'll actually learn some skills and develop a good professional reputation, which'll set them up for a better next job. (I'm assuming a company with reasonable working hours but a strong mission alignment, not one that works their employees 24/7 for dubious returns.)
- dkersten 9y agoIts a scam because its often used to justify paying below-market salaries.