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I don't understand why anyone would take a job or stay in a job that requires you to work more than you are comfortable with or to work more hours for free. If

I don't understand why anyone would take a job or stay in a job that requires you to work more than you are comfortable with or to work more hours for free. If you are stuck, then that sucks and I feel bad for you, maybe it got sprung on you after you were in too deep, but you gotta make this stuff a priority to you if it matters, find out as you are interviewing, get ready to leave if it's not a fit, and that one thing, despite everything else being perfect, can make it a non-fit. Maybe I've been through the looking glass because I've run my own startups and seen how others run theirs, I know the stupid culture, and I've had people try to bring me into their startups with the culture, and they reword or candy coat it to make it seem like it's ok and everyone is doing it and it's so worth it, but man, it's just a scam, plain and simple. Everyone running the show knows it.

CydeWeys 8y ago
It's hard to find jobs in many industries (although maybe not ours). It's common for people to lose their jobs to be unemployed for months before finding another. And forgoing a single paycheck can be catastrophic if you don't have anything saved up, which is true of ~40-50% of Americans. In these circumstances, you work harder when asked to upon pain of potentially losing your job, because the alternative is much worse.
- CosmicShadow 8y ago
  I understand that for a large group of people this is true, and they are just fucked, and there will always be a group of people that are fucked, you just gotta be cognizant of your own situation and make sure to take the reins while you can so you don't end up like those with no choices. Many of us on here are probably lucky that we can fix it, but I bet a large group just don't because of the culture issue and peer pressure. To those people I say fight for what you want and deserve.
commandlinefan 8y ago
> I don’t understand why anyone would stay in a job Today’s Dilbert includes the answer: Dilbert: Give me one reason why I shouldn’t quit right now! PHB: Because every other company is just as bad.

CydeWeys 8y ago

It's hard to find jobs in many industries (although maybe not ours). It's common for people to lose their jobs to be unemployed for months before finding another. And forgoing a single paycheck can be catastrophic if you don't have anything saved up, which is true of ~40-50% of Americans. In these circumstances, you work harder when asked to upon pain of potentially losing your job, because the alternative is much worse.

CosmicShadow 8y ago
I understand that for a large group of people this is true, and they are just fucked, and there will always be a group of people that are fucked, you just gotta be cognizant of your own situation and make sure to take the reins while you can so you don't end up like those with no choices. Many of us on here are probably lucky that we can fix it, but I bet a large group just don't because of the culture issue and peer pressure. To those people I say fight for what you want and deserve.

commandlinefan 8y ago

> I don’t understand why anyone would stay in a job Today’s Dilbert includes the answer: Dilbert: Give me one reason why I shouldn’t quit right now! PHB: Because every other company is just as bad.