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It’s equally frustrating to listen to them speak in person, going on and on about how enthusiastic they are and about our incredible growth potential, and knowi
by fallingfrog 8y ago
It’s equally frustrating to listen to them speak in person, going on and on about how enthusiastic they are and about our incredible growth potential, and knowing that every word is entirely disconnected from base reality or indeed anything that anyone in the room cares about. Then they fire a bunch of people, issue some stock buybacks, and quit.
- anoncoward111 8y agoSounds right to me. All you can do is collect paychecks and find another pirate ship to climb aboard to repeat the process in hopes of continued/better gains.
- vanderZwan 8y ago> and quit I can't stress enough how big of a factor this is in this whole thing. If they were forced to go down with the ship, this kind of nonsense would disappear very quickly by simple natural selection. It's like with diseases: the more viral, the more lethal[0]. And to be clear: I am not accusing these people of being evil in their intentions. I am saying that the system itself is selecting for exploitation. [0] https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_ewald_asks_can_we_domesticate_germs?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_ewald_asks_can_we_domesticate...
- fallingfrog 8y agoProblem is, your average employee has no power to make a change to the rules. Maybe if there was a union involved. Typically though the people who abuse the rules and the people who make the rules are the same people.