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Be loyal to your wife. People organizations are higher order entities who could not care less about you. Building a relationship of loyalty with them is just no

by henry2023 4y ago

Be loyal to your wife. People organizations are higher order entities who could not care less about you. Building a relationship of loyalty with them is just not something you should do.

fwsgonzo 4y ago
Indeed. It's crazy the amount of stories I've seen on Reddit this past decade from people who are warning others about the dangers of treating a company as family etc., after they themselves were discarded at a whim. It's always the same story, and they sometimes profess how unexpected it was, and how important they were (or how many projects they lead) in the company.
Gigachad 4y ago
There is a middle ground. On one side you have working massive unpaid overtime and stressing out, and on the other side you have WFH bludgers who spend 90% of their time on YouTube and reddit knowing they will get away with it. Then there is actually doing the work you are paid for and putting a good effort in but not letting it extend unreasonably beyond hours and not letting it stress you out. It’s actually far more rewarding to do this where you actually care about the work you do and feel some pride in it vs completely disassociating.
- eecc 4y ago
  If I ever did that, it'd be J2 or some training. YouTube and Reddit have vampired way to much time from my life already.
- pigsty 4y ago
  > on the other side you have WFH bludgers who spend 90% of their time on YouTube and reddit knowing they will get away with it. If they’re getting away with it, that’s a problem with the company not distributing their workloads properly. 90% of work hours wasted should be immediately obvious.
  - Aunche 4y ago
    Even if it's immediately obvious that someone is slacking, management isn't going to go through the trouble of firing them unless if the company pressures them to, which tends to make the office environment somewhat oppressive.
  - jayd16 4y ago
    It _is_ obvious!
- harvey9 4y ago
  People doing nothing when working on site has happened since before personal computers. They weren't on YouTube of course but they were reading the papers and doing crosswords.
- aw9f70gae 4y ago
  My overwork largely stems from virtue signaling that despite being one of the few wfh devs at my company, that I’m not lazing about.
sebazzz 4y ago
I think this advice mainly applies when your country has weak labour legislation.

Be loyal to your wife. People organizations are higher order entities who could not care less about you. Building a relationship of loyalty with them is just not something you should do.

fwsgonzo 4y ago

Indeed. It's crazy the amount of stories I've seen on Reddit this past decade from people who are warning others about the dangers of treating a company as family etc., after they themselves were discarded at a whim. It's always the same story, and they sometimes profess how unexpected it was, and how important they were (or how many projects they lead) in the company.

Gigachad 4y ago

There is a middle ground. On one side you have working massive unpaid overtime and stressing out, and on the other side you have WFH bludgers who spend 90% of their time on YouTube and reddit knowing they will get away with it. Then there is actually doing the work you are paid for and putting a good effort in but not letting it extend unreasonably beyond hours and not letting it stress you out. It’s actually far more rewarding to do this where you actually care about the work you do and feel some pride in it vs completely disassociating.

eecc 4y ago
If I ever did that, it'd be J2 or some training. YouTube and Reddit have vampired way to much time from my life already.
pigsty 4y ago
> on the other side you have WFH bludgers who spend 90% of their time on YouTube and reddit knowing they will get away with it. If they’re getting away with it, that’s a problem with the company not distributing their workloads properly. 90% of work hours wasted should be immediately obvious.
- Aunche 4y ago
  Even if it's immediately obvious that someone is slacking, management isn't going to go through the trouble of firing them unless if the company pressures them to, which tends to make the office environment somewhat oppressive.
- jayd16 4y ago
  It _is_ obvious!
harvey9 4y ago
People doing nothing when working on site has happened since before personal computers. They weren't on YouTube of course but they were reading the papers and doing crosswords.
aw9f70gae 4y ago
My overwork largely stems from virtue signaling that despite being one of the few wfh devs at my company, that I’m not lazing about.

sebazzz 4y ago

I think this advice mainly applies when your country has weak labour legislation.