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It boggles my mind that people will work hard for an employer. You care about you less than a used napkin.
by throwawaysleep 4y ago
It boggles my mind that people will work hard for an employer. You care about you less than a used napkin.
- spicymaki 4y agoI work hard for myself not some employment ideal.
- foogazi 4y agoWe don’t do it expecting love in return - we get a paycheck every two weeks
- throwawaysleep 4y agoI get my paycheque for showing up. For dedicated work rather than mediocrity, I need extra.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoso what seems to be the problem?
- kube-system 4y agoYou can get people to "show up" for far less than MSFT salaries.
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- citrus1330 4y agoIt doesn't cost you anything to do your best work
- serf 4y agothat's absolutely un-true in nearly every field, even CS ones. I don't even get the premise. Your best effort doesn't require more .... effort ? What kind of work is it that you do? I'd love to join. If sitting around idly at low-paying jobs watching paint dry wasn't an easier way to achieve a paycheck than the hard work that the employer would prefer you to do then it wouldn't be the world's most common trope.
- cpsns 4y agoIt sure does have a mental and physical cost.
- sleepybrett 4y agoLol, EVERY last company I've worked for talks about how we are their 'family'. When layoffs come it looks a whole lot different. They talk family when they are trying to get a few more off the book hours out of you.
- heleninboodler 4y agoThe steady paycheck is the obvious first motivation, but really, I do it for two more things: 1) the sense of accomplishment, and 2) the occasional batshit-enormous award. Yes, they've used this lever to hoodwink me into working hard just for the possibility, but the legendary microsoft "gold star" award is no joke.
- etc-hosts 4y agoThere's no shame in working hard at your job or getting a sense of satisfaction from writing programs to move 0s and 1s around, but I sometimes forget that my employer at the end of the day really does not personally care about me. Always good to keep this in mind.