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> But I would never implement that kind of notification like she had done, not without written approval from my boss and maybe my bosses' boss to cover my ass.
by settsu 7y ago
> But I would never implement that kind of notification like she had done, not without written approval from my boss and maybe my bosses' boss to cover my ass.
If this is something that goes through your mind, the organization you are at is broken and probably dangerously hostile.
- helen___keller 7y agoNo, this is just the truth of working at BigCorp. Most engineers can pretend office politics doesn't exist because they're working in primarily nonpolitical roles. But office politics exists, for any office. And unionization is political.
- kick 7y agoHow is a big corporation exclusive from being "broken and probably dangerously hostile"? It seems likely that they all are.
- helen___keller 7y agoOk. I perhaps unfairly was defending against the comment "[more] broken and probably dangerously hostile [than other comparable organizations]"
- settsu 7y agoActing from the motivation of CYA as you described it is not a part of a healthy mode of operation in any relationship, personal or professional. An approach that has some form of checks, however formal (for purposes of quality and accountability), is entirely reasonable, and especially where there is a notable risk of exploitation (historical or likely potential.) But I've worked full-time essentially non-stop for a quarter century in a wide range of organizations (in an employee context: 3-person small business up through several thousand people enterprises), and default distrust is a red flag regardless.
- Ocerge 7y agoThe entire landscape of being a wage slave is "dangerously hostile". I can't think of any place I've ever worked where I would think this was a good idea if I wanted to keep my job. Not saying I agree that I should lose my job for organizing in this manner, just saying the net you're casting is probably too narrow.