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I mean, there is a lot of space between the type of boss that could care less and the type of boss that actively tries to harm. Also, it really does depend on

• scarface74 7y ago
  I've worked a lot fewer jobs that really did care about me, but I have been there and seen them. Let’s do a thought experiment. Let’s say over lunch that you told your boss at one of those companies “that really did care” about you that you just bought a house and that you and your spouse are expecting a child. Then the next week that because of a strategic shift/missed earnings/acquisition where the acquirer wanted to find “synergies” they decided they were going to let you go. What do you think is going to happen?
  • Balgair 7y ago
    Generally the firms that care are under 10 people in size. As such, it depends. And yes, I've seen those exact conversations play out in the favor of the employee before, about a dozen times, even in the larger firms. I've also seen it play out badly too.
    • scarface74 7y ago
      How many firms that are under 10 people in size do you know of that are not VC backed and therefore beholden to their investors who definitely don’t care about the employees?
      • Balgair 7y ago
        Not sure I understand the question, but I've never worked for a VC backed start-up. I'm in medtech, not CS. EDIT: Also, 90% of all companies in the US are under 20 people: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-employment-by-firm-size-has-a-fat-tailed-distribution-2015-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/us-employment-by-firm-size-h...