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Trippin' Through Time
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I was repeatedly disappointed by the class traitors I worked with. They were like "oh we have to work this weekend to get this feature out".
Do you? Do you really? Management set this deadline. They fucked up and now it's "behind schedule". And it's a website. It's not like there's a factory sitting idle until we're done, or a family without a home until the project is finished. The impact of "now you can view your project summary and team list side by side" is nil.
When I pushed back against this, my boss I was bringing down the team's morale. He said that it doesn't hurt me if they work longer. Bullshit. They're providing the same labor I am, but they're devaluing it. They're also setting a nasty precedent.
And you know what? Almost all of us got laid off anyway, including my boss.
This is also part of why the visa stuff is bullshit. Two of the guys were afraid to make any waves because if they lost their job, they might have to leave the country. Maybe they wouldn't be so traitorous if their personal security wasn't on the line.
Now the CEO is posting memes about how high unemployment is and captioning them "lol". He's a middle eastern man that loves Musk. If ICE takes him to a camp I'm going to feel a little bad because of basic humanity, but also laugh really hard at the leopards eating his face.
Isn't that like, the whole point? Same as not having universal healthcare but instead tying your personal health to the whims of your employer?
I think so, but not everyone realizes and not everyone says so out loud.