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Your boss is just some other person. If he thinks he's superior to anyone else, he can fuck right off. He'll end up as worm food just like the rest of us.

wiseowise 4y ago
> Definition of superior (Entry 1 of 2) 1 : situated higher up : UPPER 2 : of higher rank, quality, or importance https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superior https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superior Boss is by definition superior to your position, not in a sense better, but higher.
- inopinatus 4y ago
  not higher. the graph is topologically unchanged if you draw it with the CEO at the bottom, and so on. don’t be hoodwinked by bad analogies, or the arbitrary demands of insecure narcissists
  - mhuffman 4y ago
    Well, I mean your boss can fire you from the company but you can not fire your boss from the company. So in that sense they are "superior".
    - inopinatus 4y ago
      Sorry, but no. That is a falsifiable statement in just about every respect and possible interpretation. The implied assumptions about everything from employment law to the notion that in all work environments everyone has a “boss”, let alone the meaning of that term, are far from universal. The world just isn’t that limited, thankfully. Tip: think about why you had to put “superior” in quotes.
yrgulation 4y ago
The amount of people that advocate in favour of master-servant mentality is appallingly high. No wonder there are so many that prefer working in human farms.
- goodpoint 4y ago
  Indeed. Not to mention that the company was already monitoring keystrokes and requiring screen sharing. This indeed is some slavery mindset.
WastingMyTime89 4y ago
Most certainly but that’s not the point. The point is that companies are structured so that division of labour flows from a core group deciding the strategical priorities towards more specialised groups and ultimately line workers through levels of organisation making tasks more and more specific along the way. As a salaried worker, provided it was in your contract, you can’t entirely refuse to do what’s asked of you by the strata defining your work and expect to keep your position. Thankfully, in Europe, unions have harshly fought for somewhat fair employment laws and this relationship only applies to actual work and not the whimsies of your boss.
- camgunz 4y ago
  I think you're right about things like chain of command; most companies are hierarchical in this way. But I think there's a fallacy that's widely believed that people "at the top" see things more clearly than those... not at the "top". I think we see very little no matter where we are, and we have to rely on each other to get the whole picture. To me, this indicates that a more flat structure makes sense: I'm good at the tech thing, you're good at the budgeting thing, if suddenly you stop being good at the budgeting thing I want someone else to do it, and vice versa.

wiseowise 4y ago

> Definition of superior (Entry 1 of 2) 1 : situated higher up : UPPER 2 : of higher rank, quality, or importance https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superior https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superior Boss is by definition superior to your position, not in a sense better, but higher.

inopinatus 4y ago
not higher. the graph is topologically unchanged if you draw it with the CEO at the bottom, and so on. don’t be hoodwinked by bad analogies, or the arbitrary demands of insecure narcissists
- mhuffman 4y ago
  Well, I mean your boss can fire you from the company but you can not fire your boss from the company. So in that sense they are "superior".
  - inopinatus 4y ago
    Sorry, but no. That is a falsifiable statement in just about every respect and possible interpretation. The implied assumptions about everything from employment law to the notion that in all work environments everyone has a “boss”, let alone the meaning of that term, are far from universal. The world just isn’t that limited, thankfully. Tip: think about why you had to put “superior” in quotes.

yrgulation 4y ago

The amount of people that advocate in favour of master-servant mentality is appallingly high. No wonder there are so many that prefer working in human farms.

goodpoint 4y ago
Indeed. Not to mention that the company was already monitoring keystrokes and requiring screen sharing. This indeed is some slavery mindset.

WastingMyTime89 4y ago

Most certainly but that’s not the point. The point is that companies are structured so that division of labour flows from a core group deciding the strategical priorities towards more specialised groups and ultimately line workers through levels of organisation making tasks more and more specific along the way. As a salaried worker, provided it was in your contract, you can’t entirely refuse to do what’s asked of you by the strata defining your work and expect to keep your position. Thankfully, in Europe, unions have harshly fought for somewhat fair employment laws and this relationship only applies to actual work and not the whimsies of your boss.

camgunz 4y ago
I think you're right about things like chain of command; most companies are hierarchical in this way. But I think there's a fallacy that's widely believed that people "at the top" see things more clearly than those... not at the "top". I think we see very little no matter where we are, and we have to rely on each other to get the whole picture. To me, this indicates that a more flat structure makes sense: I'm good at the tech thing, you're good at the budgeting thing, if suddenly you stop being good at the budgeting thing I want someone else to do it, and vice versa.