That's simply not true. I busted my ass for years and because I was a producer, I was kept in my role.
Eventually I wised up and left. I put in the absolute minimum effort now and make way more than I have when working hard.
Work smarter, not harder. And only work hard if it's your own company. Hard work only goes so far and will eventually burn you out.
It's not easy. What I found helpful is if you can separate work and personal life. Only work for money unless you start your own business.
Separating the two allows you not to care if the business does poorly, it allows you to not feel guilty when your boss fails or the business does poorly, or needs extra help but you have a date that night.
I was laid off in September from a company, started a new company on Monday, they announced layoffs on Tuesday, and found out Wednesday my job is safe. Suffice to say, companies don't care about you so get in, cash out.
They didn't bring a solution, just their own experience, and even that is probably a story.
Mastadon is nice. I like Bluesky better. I think if they can eventually talk between the two, they will both win.
Now, we watch America fall.
"I don't know enough on the topic to have an opinion."... is what I use. I'll even use that if I just don't want to talk about something with someone I know doesn't know the topic
I left a company after getting laid off and surprisingly found a job before the 60-day warn notice expired.
Second day, the new company announced layoffs. Luckily, I wasn't part of it, but that has been a wild ride.
I used Webex at my last job, it was pretty decent.
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They're not though. They're using that as a facade to spring families into poverty, keep them there, keep them uneducated, keep them popping out kids to feed low skilled, high risk modern slavery type jobs, and for prison.
100 percent agree. Always fight for pay, not for rhe company trying to pay you less.