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There’s nothing dull about it! Make sure to keep detailed records of everything you and more importantly the people around you do and say. Working in a corporat
by lemonwaterlime 3y ago
There’s nothing dull about it! Make sure to keep detailed records of everything you and more importantly the people around you do and say. Working in a corporation is about having brag lists for yourself and nuclear information to use against those around you, especially your boss. As you get experience you realize that at any given time everyone has said or done something that could be taken out of context as evidence that that person is a risk to the organization. It’s just that usually people don’t use such information, leaving it in a benign state. That is until they do. And hopefully not against you!
- artyom 3y agoYou just described Microsoft. (and I'm sure its FAANG friends too)
- DaiPlusPlus 3y agoI remember when it was "FAANGMA" - I don't know why people stopped considering Microsoft "worthy" of being an aspirational employer. I've done my time there (3 years as a college-hire) - still my favourite overall employer, I just had a sucky position (and undiagnosed ADHD... yah...). P.S. If any hiring-managers in the OSG Shell team (i.e. Explorer.exe) see this, get in touch, there's so many small little bugs I want to fix!
- wharvle 3y agoThe term was originally about stocks of similar profile, not which employers one should aspire to have. Jim Cramer coined it, and modified it a couple times (eventually adding Microsoft).
- matthewfcarlson 3y agoIt hasn’t been osg for several years now. It was WDG, then something else, then just part of Azure. When I left, windows got split in two and the shell was under the UI team.
- ido 3y agoI have friends who’ve been working at microsoft for years and seem to like it, and others who worked there and described it as “soul destroying”. I guess in really big companies you can have varied experiences depending on specific team/location/boss.
- throwup238 3y ago> and nuclear information to use against those around you, especially your boss. Always remember MICE: Money, Ideology, Compromise, and Ego. You probably don't control the money and the only ideology is capitalism so compromise and ego are the ones you should focus on. Honey pots work the best as compromise (especially sexual in nature) and you should always practice your skill of manipulating your coworkers' egos to help them along in the path to self destruction ("never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake").
- DANmode 3y agoCan't imagine willingly putting oneself in the environment you're describing. These are people playing on the same team as you? What kind of humans choose work environments where they're surrounded by foes? Hoping this is winding down.
- throwup238 3y agoI was just poking fun but everyone seems to have taken it so seriously. I can’t imagine anyone working in such an environment. The MICE acronym is from counterintelligence and espionage.
- hiddencost 3y agoTried it. Turned out, being the Director's friend was way more important.
- bdangubic 3y agoI would rather be homeless than spend majority of my days like this