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I think it's a bigger slight against yourself to "not try" in your life and your work. You won't learn as much and feel less accomplished. Just find somewhere w
by vasco 2y ago
I think it's a bigger slight against yourself to "not try" in your life and your work. You won't learn as much and feel less accomplished. Just find somewhere where you'll feel good about it.
- philipov 2y agoYou should definitely try hard in your life and your work. Google is not your life, however, and you don't own your work for them. They only deserve the dedication they demonstrate towards others, which is none.
- michaelt 2y agoStill, kinda sad to be spend such a big portion of your time on earth doing something nobody gives a shit about, not even you. Me, I’d sooner take a job where I’m contributing positively to society, even if I could make a bit more in adtech.
- anal_reactor 2y agoDon't think about the time you waste. Think about the time you actually can use.
- paulcole 2y agoDoing the bare minimum at work isn’t “not trying” in your life. It’s not even “not trying” at work. It’s just trying the agreed upon amount.
- sokoloff 2y agoThought experiment: tell the interviewer you “plan to do the bare minimum at work”. If that harms your chance to be hired, that’s evidence that the status quo agreement isn’t that.
- ToxicMegacolon 2y agoI tell the interviewer that "I will go above and beyond to fulfill my duties". For me "Above and beyond" means that I will try to show up for work and will at least pretend to be interested.
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- ceejayoz 2y ago“Oh yes, we value work-life balance. We’re like a family here!” Both parties lie in an interview. It’s a dance.
- smugma 2y agoI often hear and also tell people “take vacation when you want, we will work around it. Don’t work on vacation.” That’s the bare minimum, no gold star for that. But also “working the weekends should be the exception, not the norm.” This seems normal at most FANGs/big companies. People also have a lot of choice around when to come in, leave, and have a hybrid in office policy. Where are the lies?
- lm28469 2y agoAs if companies were straight with you lol, they're experiencing their own poison
- paulcole 2y agoA job interview isn’t an exchange of true statements. It’s a game with each player having different goals. Whichever side you’re on, your goal is to win.
- thfuran 2y agoAnd as an interviewer, winning means not hiring the sort of person who's going to do the absolute bare minimum, because then you'd have to suffer through working with them.
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- throwup238 2y agoEvery surplus ounce of effort you put towards work is an ounce of effort you deprive your spouse, your children, and yourself. Why would you do that to your family, all to help some shareholders who don’t give a rat’s ass about you?
- thfuran 2y agoTime, maybe, but not effort.
- throwup238 2y agoYou're no good to your family as a zombie drained of all energy by work.
- thfuran 2y agoIf anything, soul-crushing boredom is likely to achieve that more thoroughly than being engaged with your work.
- throwup238 2y agoYMMV but no, that's not how energy works for me. If I'm bored, I can take a nap. Literally just sit there in front of the computer with my eyes closed and fall asleep.
- silverquiet 2y agoWithout work, you might find yourself deprived of a spouse and children, so you probably better try and run the rat race at least a bit faster than the slowest rat. Take it from a slow rat indeed.
- lm28469 2y agoIt might be surprising to many but there is a life outside of the office...
- throwaway5959 2y agoYes but most people work at least eight hours a day each weekday (Monday through Friday) and it’s incredibly painful for those that don’t want to waste 40 hours a week of their life to have to deal with people that do the absolute bare minimum to get by at work. If people don’t like the job they’re doing; they should quit and find something else to do.
- lm28469 2y ago> to have to deal with people that do the absolute bare minimum to get by at work. Not my problem We designed a system that's actively hostile to life and well being to profit the top 0.1% No contract states you have to give your best, and there is no way for anyone to enforce that anyways
- throwaway5959 2y agoI never said it was your problem. That was the whole point of my post. It’s a problem for people that don’t want to waste eight hours a day, that want those hours to be meaningful and work with other motivated people.
- thfuran 2y ago>We designed a system that's actively hostile to life and well being to profit the top 0.1% And your proposed solution is to personally be actively hostile to the well being of those around you for your own benefit?
- vasco 2y agoWhat is funny is that in my insides I'm 100% sure the type of people that spout that crap about "not my problem" and fuck their co-workers are the ones that would act the most dictator-like and dystopian-capitalists if given the chance. They just reveal their true way of thinking- the fact they chose "the worker" cause they have no power doesn't mean they wouldn't flip if they had power. Imagine acting in the most anti-communal way while thinking you have a moral high ground and fuck the little guys around you because you think you're sticking it to the man.