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Years ago I took a dev role at a very well known UK organisation, a prestigious brand supposedly good for the career. Their systems turned out to be smoke and

Years ago I took a dev role at a very well known UK organisation, a prestigious brand supposedly good for the career. Their systems turned out to be smoke and mirrors of the most braindead kind. One and a half days in I'd seen enough and I quit. If you know, you know.

lmm 2y ago
This kind of hinting is worse than useless. "If you know, you know" is obnoxious. If you mean Autonomy you should say so, and if you don't then your post is just misleading and confusing.
- prawn 2y ago
  I assumed they were suggesting that they knew that it would be best to leave the company and didn't hang around. e.g., "If you know [hanging around will be a waste of time], you know [enough that you should leave]."
  - lmm 2y ago
    Your generosity does you credit, but no, it's a set phrase.
bomewish 2y ago
Did you tell them what was wrong and how it should be fixed (in general terms)? Or I'm guessing your sense was, that would be a complete waste of time because the organization is so dysfunctional that if they _wanted_ to know, they could have figured it out? Seems that raw pragmatism/self-preservation clashes with conscientiousness in some cases like this.