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It is far better to be a massive underperformer at three jobs than be a good employee at one. Layoffs that are large usually have nothing to do with performance
by throwawaysleep 4y ago
It is far better to be a massive underperformer at three jobs than be a good employee at one. Layoffs that are large usually have nothing to do with performance as if they did, word would leak.
This is why I feel no guilt over letting my teams down repeatedly. It doesn't matter unless you are bad enough to fire.
- AlwaysRock 4y ago> It is far better to be a massive underperformer at three jobs than be a good employee at one Can you explain this? Do you mean working three jobs at once?
- throwawaysleep 4y agoYes. Find three remote jobs. It is what I do.
- endtime 4y agoYou contribute to anti-remote work sentiment by doing this.
- throwawaysleep 4y agoIn a tragedy of the commons, one should race to exploit the commons.
- danbolt 4y agoWhat makes you feel that way?
- colinmhayes 4y agoprobably game theory
- higlen22 4y ago
- bbor 4y agoThat’s so sad… do you see a bright future for the human race?
- throwawaysleep 4y agoFor some. Mostly those who beat others.
- John23832 4y agoThat's not their fault. If they're doing the job well enough at all 3, they've satisfied the requirements for employment. Who cares what others think about their "remote sentiment"?
- nrmitchi 4y ago> It is far better to be a massive underperformer In what world do you read this and think "doing the job well enough at all 3"?
- throwawaysleep 4y agoThey are the same. You want to be a 30th percentile employee. Bad enough to do little work and never be trusted with anything important or with hard deadlines, but just good enough not to fire. He is saying that if I am not getting fired, I am good enough to continue working there.
- nrmitchi 4y agoI am familiar enough with the concepts of OE. There is a difference between being good and efficient enough to handle number roles, and the borderline scam of "get a remote job and try to stay under the radar and drag it out before they fire you". I'm honestly not 100% sure which of those you are advocating for.
- true_religion 4y agoI'm just confused. Why can't people have second tech jobs? Cashiers can have second jobs working in a different store. Factory workers can work in other factories (it's hard on your body but overall okay). No one would similarly complain if an Google software engineer was also 'forced' to make ends meet by working in an Apple retail store. Yes, it's hard on your body and mind to work more than 1 job, but if you need the money then what choice do you have?
- John23832 4y agoBecause they haven't been let go? They're paid for the time they're there, not the time they are not.
- UncleOxidant 4y agoSo you can burn out in 1/3 of the time.
- willio58 4y agoNo amount of money would make the stress of 3 jobs worth it to me. To constantly be letting down people around me would be depressing, don't care if I'm making 500k/yr.
- thundergolfer 4y agoA single Stripe E3 role (senior eng) can pay over $500k/yr.
- trimbo 4y agoHow much of that $500K is liquid?
- wetpaws 4y agothis is a $500K question
- countvonbalzac 4y agoLooks like on average an L3 SWE at Stripe gets paid 215k stock, 218k stock, 34k bonus. So ~53% of pay is liquid (cash), the rest equity in a private company. Source: https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Stripe&track=Software%20Engineer https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Stripe&track=Software%20Engi...
- thundergolfer 4y agoThe equity vesting is a $$ amount though, not a number of shares, so it's less volatile than typical RSUs.
- animitronix 4y agoAnd that's why they're having layoffs today
- throwawaysleep 4y agoThey don't care about you. Don't make the error of caring about them.
- ajb 4y agoYou're screwing over your colleagues, not just your employer. We just fired someone like you.
- animitronix 4y agoI want to interview him just to confirm I'm correctly screening out people like this guy