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    A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work

    (mertbulan.com)
    1041 points mertbio | 11 comments | 27 Jan 25 08:22 UTC | HN request time: 2.284s | source | bottom
    1. talkingtab ◴[27 Jan 25 14:51 UTC] No.42841687[source]▶
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    2. ergocoder ◴[27 Jan 25 15:14 UTC] No.42841942[source]▶
    I know what you mean, but a 500K software engineering job doesn't seem to match what you say...
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    3. seneca ◴[27 Jan 25 15:28 UTC] No.42842108[source]▶
    > You are nothing but slave labor

    This is an absurd and out of touch thing to say to a crowd mostly made up of highly paid engineers.

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    4. ilrwbwrkhv ◴[27 Jan 25 15:44 UTC] No.42842294[source]▶
    I like how Richard Branson does things at Virgin. I have tried to adopt similar practices in mine. Basically we do our best to move you around to somewhere else, but you are never fired. It works really well for us.
    5. pizzafeelsright ◴[27 Jan 25 16:01 UTC] No.42842501[source]▶
    This is a very negative to look at employment in general:

    Whatever the skill - pushing rocks up a hill or pushing code into a repo - someone with power over you is taking half your waking day to generate disproportionate compensation.

    I personally see the alternative viewpoint which is I am able to provide for my entire family a life of non-work because I sacrifice 50% of what would be idle time without them.

    Ultimately you need something to do during your waking hours. I give 50% to the company and 50% to my family.

    6. dumbledoren ◴[27 Jan 25 16:07 UTC] No.42842560[source]▶
    Doesnt it? It requires a $180,000~ minimum to get by as a family of 4 including 2 kids in San Francisco according to statistics. Before taxes and unexpected expenses and other things. And VERY few people get that $500k. The rest get shafted by the system like others.
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    7. hattmall ◴[27 Jan 25 18:49 UTC] No.42844321[source]▶
    Historically the slaves of the ultrawealthy often lived much better lives than common free people.
    8. BizarreByte ◴[27 Jan 25 19:25 UTC] No.42844652[source]▶
    500k/y jobs are not common and as such the vast majority of us are not making that much.
    9. closeparen ◴[27 Jan 25 19:53 UTC] No.42844942{3}[source]▶
    The zero-sum competition for housing absorbs any wage level you throw at it. If you can fault the employer for something in this scenario, it is for locating the role in the Bay Area. Which they would tell you is a concession to the existing talent pool.
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    10. immibis ◴[28 Jan 25 11:56 UTC] No.42851356{4}[source]▶
    It's not about fault. It's about business. Corporations have no moral obligation to you and you have no moral obligation to corporations.
    11. dennis_jeeves2 ◴[28 Jan 25 12:49 UTC] No.42851715[source]▶
    No it is not, just because one slave is paid more than another slave it does not make the former a less of a slave.

    But it's good that you think that way. Keeps the system going. We need more of you guys.