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> I fully understand and respect the chain of command It's absolutely hilarious how quick HN users are to bend the knee and play politics when the economy is b
by Onavo 2y ago
> I fully understand and respect the chain of command
It's absolutely hilarious how quick HN users are to bend the knee and play politics when the economy is bad. I remember a time when the standard answer would be "fuck the company management and jump ship". Avez-vous perdu votre spine Hacker News?
- petermcneeley 2y agoWhat do you expect of people? Also these are undoubtably not the same people.
- codingdave 2y agowat. When your company re-orgs, finding out what the new strategy is and what the expectations are is not bending a knee. There are absolutely times to stand up for yourself and defy what corporations try to pull, but "They rearranged the management structure" is not one of them.
- ElevenLathe 2y agoThey write the checks and we do what they tell us. Anything else is a fantasy, not a job.
- bruce511 2y agoFirstly, if you are an employee they are paying you to bend the knee and do what they ask. That is the very definition of employment. If you don't like it you can leave. The willingness to dislike it and stay boils down to your options elsewhere. Not surprisingly in a tough job market options elsewhere might be less, resulting in more tolerance for dislike. All of this has nothing to do with spine and everything to do with taking the best option for you. Jumping ship into unemployment in a bad job market isn't a good option. When it comes to company re-orgs, you already have a new job. Mentally and emotionally it helps to treat it as if you just jumped in here.