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I find it fascinating that if you were to make an equivalent statement about the political realm, you'd be immediately branded a conspiracy theorist on HN. But
by osipov 7y ago
I find it fascinating that if you were to make an equivalent statement about the political realm, you'd be immediately branded a conspiracy theorist on HN. But when it comes down to labor management relations I guess HN is happy to upvote conspiracy theories.
- burntoutfire 7y agoIt's not a conspiracy theory, just common sense. Start talking loudly at your job about starting a side business, being frugal and retiring early or even that the market for your skillset is great at the offers are flooding - and note how the management reacts. Hint: they don't want the workers to know there are viable alternatives to working at $JOB, because it makes their (mgmt) life harder.
- briandear 7y agoAt my FAANG company where I work, my side business is not discouraged at all. As long as I don’t complete with them, they don’t care one bit.
- osipov 7y agoThe trouble with common sense is that is it so wicked subjective. So when we debate stuff, we at least try to have a pretense of objectivity.
- MaxBarraclough 7y ago> just common sense Clearly not, as many people disagree with you. > they don't want the workers to know there are viable alternatives to working at $JOB, because it makes their (mgmt) life harder. Every decent tech professional is fully aware that they have the option of leaving. Management don't want you encouraging people to leave, sure.
- christophilus 7y ago> Start talking loudly at your job about starting a side business, being frugal and retiring early Where I work, we have a Slack channel dedicated to this kind of talk, and most managers are in it. It’s been just fine.
- bamboozled 7y agoIMO it's fine while it's just ideas. In my experience it changes when you actually leave etc.
- t34543 7y agoBad managers think this way. Granted, there are a lot of bad managers. Making someone want to be a better person helps you, even if you lose them. You will lose good people anyway.
- jariel 7y agoIt's absolutely a conspiracy theory. The 5 day work week has a historical basis and it has nothing to do with 'keeping you from a side job', nor do most managers concern themselves with these kinds of issues whatsoever - other than leaking company IP or working for a competitor etc. - but those are knowledge worker issues that having nothing to do with most jobs. The conspiracy theory doesn't even make sense considering the vast majority of jobs are things like: 'truck driver' 'school teacher' 'nurse' 'construction worker' 'accountant' 'retail banker' etc..
- pytester 7y agoUnrelated groups of people acting in self interest without being upfront about it isn't a conspiracy. It's human nature.