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I don't know about the last couple of years, but listen to some startup pitches for hiring events (like on YC used to host) and phrases like "work hard, play ha
by jmspring 5y ago
I don't know about the last couple of years, but listen to some startup pitches for hiring events (like on YC used to host) and phrases like "work hard, play hard", "we are a family", etc. creep in and basically push the same thing.
I often refer to one startup I was at as the worst experience (the manager was horrible - including griping at me for being off grid for my then wife's bday weekend), but most interesting (the technology was all over the map and there was a feeling of "how the hell is this actually working").
Never again.
- p2t2p 5y ago> we are a family That is one is the most annoying.
- neaden 5y agoA family that will kick you out if it makes them more money.
- mmcdermott 5y agoA Ferengi family, then?
- marricks 5y agoIt's actually true if you interpret it as an abusive family. Boundaries aren't respected, always put company's interest above yours, if there's a culture problem (say harassment) it's actually the victim's problem, etc.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agorelevant bit from Tolstoy "...every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"
- raffraffraff 5y agoOh god I forgot how much that bullshit irritated me... One team (your job is whatever we say it is) You are an owner (we gave you fuck-all stock and lied that we're all gonna be millionaires when this IPOs) Radical candour (prepare to be dressed down publicly, because all the best leaders do that: Besos, Jobs, Trump) It's even better when they get the first letter from each of these little snippets of company philosophy and turn them into a word that then gets printed on swag baseball caps and t-shirts, and is roared by the cocaine fuelled CEO at the end of every weekly allhands.