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I feel the topic of having a passion is becoming a contentious issue. When that investor letter to Google ceo came out, I unfortunately suggested that maybe for

by a1371 4y ago

I feel the topic of having a passion is becoming a contentious issue. When that investor letter to Google ceo came out, I unfortunately suggested that maybe for a company like Google, too high salaries would bring people in who "work for money and not passion". I never even dreamed of seeing so many people taking issue with what I said. Many were saying that it's just a job and people should not be passionate about Google for working. I understand that perspective. It sounds dystopian to have every employee be a character right out of The Office, protagonizing a corporation that's out there to just make money. A corporation that won't second-guess firing them because someone said things might get rough later. Still, trends like Quiet Quiting seem like the worst response. Going emo and glorifying people who stay detached from their job doesn't seem to solve anything. If passionate people are being let go too easily, it's a sign of poor employee representation in the leadership. But approaching that subject we enter yet another ick territory that's... unions.

brmgb 4y ago
> When that investor letter to Google ceo came out, I unfortunately suggested that maybe for a company like Google, too high salaries would bring people in who "work for money and not passion". Everyone works for money. That's the deal. People rent their time in exchange for a salary. If it was actually enjoyable, it would be called a hobby not a job and people would be the one paying to do it. I fail to see the link between that, the awfuly named "trend" of "quiet quiting" - doing what you are paid for is not quiting, it's just doing your job - and collective bargaining. Seems to me that most people just want to do their job well without having to swallow gallons of company kool-aid while doing so, be allowed to take pride in what they do, be afforded an amount of trust and consideration befitting an adult and provided appropriate working conditions rather than being treated like cattle. So basically go back to the seventies before the "modern" world decided to follow Reagan and Thatcher in their madness and self sabotage.
Loughla 4y ago
>I unfortunately suggested that maybe for a company like Google, too high salaries would bring people in who "work for money and not passion". I mean, that is literally the argument for education, social work, elder care, domestic abuse advocates, CASA, and any other number of social services fields. Why not google? Why shouldn't that argument apply to google as well? Also: >Still, trends like Quiet Quiting seem like the worst response. How so? How is that the worst response?
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
  It's easily the worse response. How does doing the minimum help you? How does having a bad attitude help the situation? It doesn't make you happier. It doesn't improve your relationships. It doesn't improve your skills. It doesn't make you more money.
  - AlexeyBelov 4y ago
    It definitely makes you happier: you stop going overboard for your company and therefore have more time and mental capacity to enjoy life outside your job. It in no way means you should do a bad job or anything like that.

by a1371 4y ago

brmgb 4y ago

> When that investor letter to Google ceo came out, I unfortunately suggested that maybe for a company like Google, too high salaries would bring people in who "work for money and not passion". Everyone works for money. That's the deal. People rent their time in exchange for a salary. If it was actually enjoyable, it would be called a hobby not a job and people would be the one paying to do it. I fail to see the link between that, the awfuly named "trend" of "quiet quiting" - doing what you are paid for is not quiting, it's just doing your job - and collective bargaining. Seems to me that most people just want to do their job well without having to swallow gallons of company kool-aid while doing so, be allowed to take pride in what they do, be afforded an amount of trust and consideration befitting an adult and provided appropriate working conditions rather than being treated like cattle. So basically go back to the seventies before the "modern" world decided to follow Reagan and Thatcher in their madness and self sabotage.

Loughla 4y ago

>I unfortunately suggested that maybe for a company like Google, too high salaries would bring people in who "work for money and not passion". I mean, that is literally the argument for education, social work, elder care, domestic abuse advocates, CASA, and any other number of social services fields. Why not google? Why shouldn't that argument apply to google as well? Also: >Still, trends like Quiet Quiting seem like the worst response. How so? How is that the worst response?

DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
It's easily the worse response. How does doing the minimum help you? How does having a bad attitude help the situation? It doesn't make you happier. It doesn't improve your relationships. It doesn't improve your skills. It doesn't make you more money.
- AlexeyBelov 4y ago
  It definitely makes you happier: you stop going overboard for your company and therefore have more time and mental capacity to enjoy life outside your job. It in no way means you should do a bad job or anything like that.