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> Sitting in your cube and convincing yourself you're being taken advantage of doesn't mean you are. This is a condescending attitude verging on gaslighting.
by rexpop 7y ago
> Sitting in your cube and convincing yourself you're being taken advantage of doesn't mean you are.
This is a condescending attitude verging on gaslighting.
"Just because you believe it, doesn't make it true."
A low-power truism used to dismiss real pain.
- duxup 7y agoI don't think I understand what you mean. I've known plenty of people who imagine they're being taken advantage of, but aren't working with their employer on it, and don't know the lay of the land. I'm not convinced many people really know their value in the market / what their employer really thinks / is doing, but you'd have to know those things to really know if you're being taken advantage of.
- bena 7y agoThe situation is vastly more complicated than people appreciate. Because you can have people who: Know their value and are being taken advantage of. Don't know their value and are being taken advantage of. Know their value and aren't being taken advantage of. Don't know their value and aren't being taken advantage of. Not to mention the cases where the employer isn't aware of the value their employee is providing and would adjust their compensation if they were aware. Or the employee is taking advantage of the employer. Or many other things I haven't thought of. I don't understand the mindset that the simple existence of a disparity means that someone is being taken for a ride.