this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
119 points (92.2% liked)

Work Reform

9991 readers
138 users here now

A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

Our Goals

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
all 18 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old

People tell me I don’t have company loyalty.

But then I ask which companies have employee loyalty.

This guy gets it.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 52 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The very first lesson you will learn from your very first job is that companies have no loyalty to anything but the bottom line. The days of guaranteed lifetime employment at a company disappeared decades ago.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

Tis not true, the very first thing I learnt from my first job is that people don't really care to even try doing their job if they can get away with that. Well, this also doesn't apply to a 100% of people, same as your point about companies probably

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 43 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

“Having hired over 500 engineers personally in my career, if your resume came across my list, I would definitely pass.”

Way to tell on yourself, dude. Even if you worked in this role for 50 years, that means you still go through 10 engineers a year(save for the amount that needed to be hired for company growth). Seems like way too much turnover for any company that is worth working for

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 24 points 8 months ago

Also: big, fat, fucking, ego-driven lie.

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago

Quoting my response from elsewhere:

… FAANG. Hiring 500 engineers and bragging about it something you can do when you’re just interested in shareholder value not customer experience.

I wouldn’t hire the guy in the article because I haven’t seen strong candidates come from FAANG and I’ve been very happy to lose the people I did to FAANG because they weren’t good engineers, they just knew how to leetcode and tunnel vision trivia.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

That could also be read as you’re not hiring the right people for the job, or your company is so shitty to work for that people leave ASAP. Maybe you don’t pay well and once people have a bit of experience for their resume, they leave for a decent raise. Or more benefits.

Regardless, if I hear someone say that I will definitely be suspicious and have more questions. It’s not the flex he thinks it is.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

It's not decided that was all at one company.

[–] dfc09@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

Why are companies allowed to prioritize immediate money over literally everything, but when an employee does it suddenly "work isn't all about money"

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 33 points 8 months ago (3 children)

...the youth of the naaation...We are we are...

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Thank God it's already here. I would've been so sad...

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

P.O.D.? On my Lemmy??!?

I wish I had more than one updoot to give!

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you feel so alive for the very first time?

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I can't deny you, I feel so alive

[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 0 points 8 months ago

Singin' we will we will rock you!

[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago

No idea why this is controversial. As a compsci researcher I have always been exploited for their spreadsheets that only satisfy government officials and not the society.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -5 points 8 months ago

This guy is a personal hero of mine. I stay at a company as long as I am benefitting from it.

My current employer has been great but we are being bought by another company. As such, I may go find a new job.

A warning, though, is that many companies are now putting weird job requirements in the process.

I was denied a job recently because I had two contracts on my resume. They wanted each jobs to be at least two years and were looking for five.

They couldn't grasp why I only stayed six months on a six month contract or a year at a year contract.