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Dude, if you don’t think that “keeping your head down and doing as you are told” is not just a “part” but a key part of how mega-companies like Microsoft (and A

Dude, if you don’t think that “keeping your head down and doing as you are told” is not just a “part” but a key part of how mega-companies like Microsoft (and Apple, Meta, Google, …) work, I don’t know what to tell you. US companies (in almost all states) have the power to hire and fire for any non-protected reason on a whim, without notice unlike most other western countries. There is little-to-no social support if you lose your job in the USA, and the market for finding another diminishes when you say “oh yeah, I publicly embarrassed my last company”. That is a recipe for living in a state of fear. That is the reality of the USA, today, whether it makes pleasant reading or not.

like_any_other 2y ago
You are describing how things are. The post you replied to describes how things should be. Are you sure the two of you even disagree?
- spacedcowboy 2y ago
  I guess I was disagreeing with "this isn't fucking around". Because it absolutely is, as you say, in today's USA. FWIW I have no problem with the USA moving towards more protection for its workforce, I'd encourage it, even. I doubt it'll happen any time soon though. And even should that incredibly unlikely thing come to pass, I can't see public embarrassment of high-up muckety-mucks by worker drones working well, ever, really. "Bringing the name of the company into disrepute" etc. etc. would be all they'd need. Fired for cause, end of story. There are ways to safely say you disagree with your company's policies, but causing a fuss with worldwide coverage at a major company event seems ... shortsighted at best. You'd be better off asking a very pointed question at one of the "Town Hall" meetings that big companies have, when executives are actually able to be challenged by the worker drones, in front of the whole company, but only the whole company. I'd see that as far more likely to actually succeed in doing something than making a public spectacle. Just MHO.

like_any_other 2y ago

You are describing how things are. The post you replied to describes how things should be. Are you sure the two of you even disagree?

spacedcowboy 2y ago
I guess I was disagreeing with "this isn't fucking around". Because it absolutely is, as you say, in today's USA. FWIW I have no problem with the USA moving towards more protection for its workforce, I'd encourage it, even. I doubt it'll happen any time soon though. And even should that incredibly unlikely thing come to pass, I can't see public embarrassment of high-up muckety-mucks by worker drones working well, ever, really. "Bringing the name of the company into disrepute" etc. etc. would be all they'd need. Fired for cause, end of story. There are ways to safely say you disagree with your company's policies, but causing a fuss with worldwide coverage at a major company event seems ... shortsighted at best. You'd be better off asking a very pointed question at one of the "Town Hall" meetings that big companies have, when executives are actually able to be challenged by the worker drones, in front of the whole company, but only the whole company. I'd see that as far more likely to actually succeed in doing something than making a public spectacle. Just MHO.