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[–] blackstampede 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not OP, but companies don't really care about people to that degree. They act for profit, or perceived profit, or to avoid a loss- someone that they know to be useful who is already familiar with the business is more valuable than an unknown.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense. People think they are the center of the universe when companies only see you as an additional cog in the machine. I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad by this. I'll choose the positive side of things today.

[–] blackstampede 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's both shitty and sometimes useful. It reminds me of an article I read once about implicit hierarchies- sometimes when organizations try to do away with traditional management, what they end up with instead is an unofficial and opaque control structure based on cliques and influence. In those cases it can be better for newcomers if there is an explicit set of rules and guidelines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a source for this article? I've found that this has happened on my company and I am curious about the phenomenon

[–] blackstampede 2 points 11 months ago

I don't - it was quite a while ago, sorry. I'll do some searching and let you know if I find it again.