Being forced to use a particular OS, hardware or programming language? Working remotely? Certain company structure?

  • rsaeshalm@lemmy.eco.br
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    Using war metaphors

    Requering blind loyalty

    Requering acceptance of any task

    Disregard for labor contracts

    Dumb management

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      Using war metaphors

      What do you mean?

      Requering acceptance of any task

      You would quit if something were against your morals e.g working on a project for Exxon mobile or something ?

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        War metaphors real examples:

        Literally calling your employees your soldiers, calling starting positions as trenches, brainwashing your employees to a us versus the world mentality, ex-employees are ‘dead’ or ‘on a suicidal path’, etc.

        Business is not war anyone who think it is has never saw what a single rifle bullet does to human flesh. Freaking psychos.

        Task was being discussed, I raised valid concerns, they listened, agreed to the concerns and said ‘yeah we still want you to do it’. I say I won’t do this. They push harder. I left on the spot. Notice was on director desk the next day. I suspect management wanted me to take on a botched task so to have something negative over me. There may of may not have some level of nepotism there.

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        • abuse in the US workplace is (generally) not openly visible in ways you expect
        • and yet, sexual abuse is still extremely prevalent in all industries
        • US companies can impose a MASSIVE chilling effect just by having your healthcare tied to your employment
        • mental abuse can be subtle (a form of psychological warfare) with something as simple as “we’re like a family here” or “you wouldn’t want to let down the team, would you?”
        • the first episode of Zom 100 gave a really good example of how far the mental abuse can escalate – between overwork, lack of sleep, verbal abuse, bad diet, you no longer have time to step back and think, you become completely dependent on someone else telling you what to do, you no longer have the strength of will to even contemplate saying “No”
  • recursive_recursion [they/them]@programming.dev
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    Toxic managers or coworkers

    pay/benefits don’t trickle down
    shit trickles down

    what I’ve learned is that 2 week notices only gives time for corporations to replace you with another unsuspecting victim so I’m just gonna run as soon as I can tell my work environment is toxic

    these toxic workplaces can crumble for all I care

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    There are so many reasons to leave a job. I can only say why I left jobs or rejected job offers in the past:

    • Left a bullshit job. I was bored.
    • Left a job because I didn’t like where I had to live.
    • Left a job because the company was unraveling. It went under within a year.
    • Let a job because of incompetent management and crappy code.
    • Rejected an offer because the place felt like a morgue.
    • Rejected an offer because the hiring manager’s boss acted like a entitled asshole.
    • Rejected an offer because the work spaces for developers were even worse than open plan.