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This assumes everyone at your ex-company is an inhuman corporate asshole. This may or may not be the case though. Many people at companies actually do give a s

This assumes everyone at your ex-company is an inhuman corporate asshole. This may or may not be the case though. Many people at companies actually do give a shit!

potato3732842 1y ago
Even if they don't give a shit it's literally their job to track this stuff and notice that everyone says manager X is a dick or that people across unrelated teams complain about some top down initiative. It's like a bug report. They probably already know but putting numbers to it helps.
notahacker 1y ago
Yeah. And on that note I've given the "I don't think my issues with this company's processes are the fault of the individuals I work with or report to" interview before.
nly 1y ago
People who give a shit always get burned. Being too emotionally invested with your employer, as an ordinary salaried employee with a bounded upside, is basically a modern day mental illness. I once worked for a guy who who literally destroyed his company because his wife wanted a bigger house. He put the companies finances in a precarious position by sucking out capital at the wrong time and 8 people (the entire company) lost their jobs. I've worked at a company where the team wasn't hiring (no budget), but suddenly one of the department heads old mates gets hired. A month later someone else on the team gets laid off for no apparent reason. Dead mans boots. I've worked at companies where non-compete clause's were weaponised. They'd be enforced for long enough to torpedo any competing offers (which you're required to disclose on resigning) and then released, leaving you unemployed without support.
- jonplackett 1y ago
  No-one is saying many companies don’t suck. Obviously they do. But to go into the world with a mindset of ‘everyone is an asshole’ is just sad. Maybe in tech or wherever your experience is it’s like this. But many people in the world go about their business with a heart and soul. Not everyone - but by assuming it’s everyone you are making it worse.

This assumes everyone at your ex-company is an inhuman corporate asshole. This may or may not be the case though. Many people at companies actually do give a shit!

potato3732842 1y ago

Even if they don't give a shit it's literally their job to track this stuff and notice that everyone says manager X is a dick or that people across unrelated teams complain about some top down initiative. It's like a bug report. They probably already know but putting numbers to it helps.

notahacker 1y ago

Yeah. And on that note I've given the "I don't think my issues with this company's processes are the fault of the individuals I work with or report to" interview before.

nly 1y ago

People who give a shit always get burned. Being too emotionally invested with your employer, as an ordinary salaried employee with a bounded upside, is basically a modern day mental illness. I once worked for a guy who who literally destroyed his company because his wife wanted a bigger house. He put the companies finances in a precarious position by sucking out capital at the wrong time and 8 people (the entire company) lost their jobs. I've worked at a company where the team wasn't hiring (no budget), but suddenly one of the department heads old mates gets hired. A month later someone else on the team gets laid off for no apparent reason. Dead mans boots. I've worked at companies where non-compete clause's were weaponised. They'd be enforced for long enough to torpedo any competing offers (which you're required to disclose on resigning) and then released, leaving you unemployed without support.

jonplackett 1y ago
No-one is saying many companies don’t suck. Obviously they do. But to go into the world with a mindset of ‘everyone is an asshole’ is just sad. Maybe in tech or wherever your experience is it’s like this. But many people in the world go about their business with a heart and soul. Not everyone - but by assuming it’s everyone you are making it worse.