Dull Men's Club
An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.
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About a decade ago, I became the fortunate recipient of some very unfortunate information. A C-level exec at another office mistakenly printed a document to the printer outside my office door.
It was a spreadsheet related to the yet unannounced acquisition of the company detailing who was going to stay and who was getting canned.
I got a couple things from that unfortunate Easter egg. First, inside information which allowed me to get the hell out of there well before the shit hit the fan.
Second, a sobering reminder that no matter what any organization says about their culture or their employees, at the end of the day, you are nothing but a name on spreadsheet. Whether your name has green highlights or red is entirely subjective. It may even be up to someone who doesn't even know who you are. If the company stands to make a potential profit from firing you, they will. Feel free to treat them the same way.
I think this is why I don’t want to go back to big corporate jobs.
They have layoffs and you have zero merits or value unless you can get someone in the room to vouch for you.
The deeper the org chart the less worth you have, and there are a lot of people who are not worth much but are great at socializing and will always get prioritized.