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975 points namukang | 3 comments | 11 Apr 25 20:19 UTC | HN request time: 1.728s | source
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musicale ◴[12 Apr 25 01:42 UTC] No.43660580[source]▶
It can be shock to discover how little the company as an entity, and its upper management in particular, actually values you (or any other employee.) Employees are indeed cogs in a megacorp, and the relationship is transactional. The company demands loyalty because it can and because it is profitable, not because it will be reciprocated.
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1. hyperliner ◴[12 Apr 25 05:07 UTC] No.43661529[source]▶
Even those in “upper management” are cogs.
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2. greesil ◴[12 Apr 25 22:50 UTC] No.43668537[source]▶
Everybody responds to incentives. Not everyone is competent. And, the higher you go the less accountability there seems to be.
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3. windward ◴[14 Apr 25 08:55 UTC] No.43679376[source]▶
We pay a lot because we need these people who are capable of making tough decisions (copying everyone else by overhiring at a premium during low interest rates), they can't be kept accountable for their own mistakes like the rest of us (fired myopically as a sacrificial lamb during a down-market because investors demand executives copy everyone else (they're invested in everyone else))