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80% of employees say their workplace is toxic

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16 points signa11 | 1 comments | 14 Oct 25 11:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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carlosjobim ◴[14 Oct 25 12:14 UTC] No.45579121[source]▶
When it all boils down, you're there doing a job for money because the only way they can get somebody to do it is by paying them. It is a negative thing in your life. That's why you're getting paid to do it.
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1. proc0 ◴[14 Oct 25 22:48 UTC] No.45585957[source]▶
The biggest problem that I see, is the vagueness of the employer-employee contract. You get hired for a specific job, but in practice employers always demand more and more, and they know they are leveraging the fact that it's hard and/or impractical for most people to switch jobs. They know that employees will do anything they are told because if not someone else will. It's a form of subtle exploitation.

You get hired to work on a small team, but soon enough you have 2x the responsibilities but you only get a small raise. Or you are hired as a technical person but very quickly you are pushed into managing teams and learning the rest of the business. All of this is adds up and it feels like you were hired to do X, but now you are doing XYZ, just because if you don't you lose the job or don't get a small raise.