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These comparsions are meaningless. Your real family might not be a family in the rainbows and unicorns sense. On the other hand, your company might be quite li

These comparsions are meaningless. Your real family might not be a family in the rainbows and unicorns sense. On the other hand, your company might be quite like a family in Lannister sense.

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eli_gottlieb 12y ago
In general, your company should not be a family in the sense that they have the right to demand your help whenever and wherever. With a company, there is a contract and limits. Besides which, you're lucky if you have a tiny handful of people in the entire world with whom things are "in the rainbows and unicorns sense". Rainbows and unicorns actually takes a whole lot of hard work at making interpersonal relations work well.
- PavlovsCat 12y ago
  > With a company, there is a contract and limits. To be fair, this is true for people, too, they're just unwritten. Family to me is kinda like a very very close friend; I might expect more support, and give more support, but there is still no outright demanding stuff, and there are limits. But I still don't think a company should be like a family, because I think the whole human race should be like a family :P We can still rib on each other, and compete, but to outright snatch up as much as we can to the detriment of everybody else, results in a swift but friendly smack by grandma. I wish I could coat it in academic enough words though so such a proposal might fly here; I know it's not realistic in the short and medium term, but I would consider it a worthwhile long term ideal.
- marvin 12y ago
  >Rainbows and unicorns actually takes a whole lot of hard work at making interpersonal relations work well This is an important point, which I'm surprised that it's necessary to emphasize. I have plenty of rainbows and unicorns in my life, but they will evaporate in a couple of years if I start doing 60-hour workweeks and prioritize my career above everything else.
coldtea 12y ago
>Your real family might not be a family in the rainbows and unicorns sense. No, but we use metaphors for their common sense interpretation (the average normal/loving family in this case).

These comparsions are meaningless. Your real family might not be a family in the rainbows and unicorns sense. On the other hand, your company might be quite like a family in Lannister sense.

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eli_gottlieb 12y ago

In general, your company should not be a family in the sense that they have the right to demand your help whenever and wherever. With a company, there is a contract and limits. Besides which, you're lucky if you have a tiny handful of people in the entire world with whom things are "in the rainbows and unicorns sense". Rainbows and unicorns actually takes a whole lot of hard work at making interpersonal relations work well.

PavlovsCat 12y ago
> With a company, there is a contract and limits. To be fair, this is true for people, too, they're just unwritten. Family to me is kinda like a very very close friend; I might expect more support, and give more support, but there is still no outright demanding stuff, and there are limits. But I still don't think a company should be like a family, because I think the whole human race should be like a family :P We can still rib on each other, and compete, but to outright snatch up as much as we can to the detriment of everybody else, results in a swift but friendly smack by grandma. I wish I could coat it in academic enough words though so such a proposal might fly here; I know it's not realistic in the short and medium term, but I would consider it a worthwhile long term ideal.
marvin 12y ago
>Rainbows and unicorns actually takes a whole lot of hard work at making interpersonal relations work well This is an important point, which I'm surprised that it's necessary to emphasize. I have plenty of rainbows and unicorns in my life, but they will evaporate in a couple of years if I start doing 60-hour workweeks and prioritize my career above everything else.

coldtea 12y ago

>Your real family might not be a family in the rainbows and unicorns sense. No, but we use metaphors for their common sense interpretation (the average normal/loving family in this case).