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This is nuts. This guy doesn't owe the maximally extractive amount of his labor to the FAANGCorp. If they're happy with his work output, fine. He fulfilled his
by minimuffins 6y ago
This is nuts. This guy doesn't owe the maximally extractive amount of his labor to the FAANGCorp. If they're happy with his work output, fine. He fulfilled his end of the bargain.
Totally deranged protestant work ethic run amok to think otherwise.
It's also extremely not this guy's fault other people have to work exploitative shit jobs during a pandemic, and his working harder (for FAANG!) isn't the thing that will fix it.
- khazhoux 6y ago> If they're happy with his work output, fine. He fulfilled his end of the bargain. Totally deranged protestant work ethic run amok to think otherwise. By this reasoning... Manager: Our users are asking for this feature, how long will it take us to ship it? Developer: I can do it in six weeks. Manager: Ok, I'll let them know. (Six weeks later) Manager: I just found out that this was actually super simple for you and only took a few days. What were you actually doing the last month? Our users were waiting this whole time. Developer: You said you were OK with six weeks! Your protestant work ethic is deranged! ;-)
- minimuffins 6y agoI guess I'm supposed to sympathize with the manager in this hypothetical (which is different from the OP's situation anyway). But I don't!
- khazhoux 6y agoHow about the people who were waiting for the work to be done? Users and customers.