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Rate this Gen-Xers advice re: "company culture" in Corporate America

Look, "company culture" is another way of saying &...
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You draw it at the point where everyone thinks you are being...
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Some places are much more pleasant to work at than others, a...
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  09/26/16
("individual" who grew up listening to new order)
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Date: September 26th, 2016 1:39 AM
Author: narrow-minded theater bbw

Look, "company culture" is another way of saying "eliminating ANY form of individualism that our employees might possess". All these extra-curricular activities, like team breakfasts, or team meals out etc are 169% UNACCEPTABLE. You go to work for one thing and one thing only: money. It is a transaction. It is NOT a relationship. There is zero commitment, on either side, other than that spelled out in a contract of employment.

My brother, who has been self-employed for the past 34 years after coming out of the army told me many moons ago, "there is no such thing as loyalty. If I am getting paid £200 a day by this cunt, but another cunt over the road offers me £250 a day, then I'm going over the fucking road. End of".

Live your life with the same lack of giving a shit and you will do well. NEVER waste your time tricking yourself that a job you are applying for is a job for life, because it isn't. Whatever they are offering you RIGHT NOW is ALL that matters. They might go bust, get bought up and put out of business, or they might just out-source or off-shore your job function, then off you must fuck.

It's a job, nothing more, nothing less. Fuck all this "team" bullshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3363922&forum_id=2#31491678)



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Date: September 26th, 2016 1:49 AM
Author: Adventurous Hateful Police Squad

Now imagine this guy is your boss and your wife has cancer. You have to get two kids out the door every morning, home from school, fed, bathed and asleep every night.

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Date: September 26th, 2016 2:32 AM
Author: aqua abnormal dilemma personal credit line

With only so many hours in a day, where does one draw the line between adopting this or similarly cold, hard and sober advice such as "What have you done for me lately," versus his taking up some kind of moral obligation, it seems, to ameliorate the various plights in other peoples' lives over which he had absolutely no say in their being dealt?

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Date: September 26th, 2016 2:50 AM
Author: narrow-minded theater bbw

Are you female? Cause you sure as heck sound like it

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Date: September 26th, 2016 6:16 PM
Author: Adventurous Hateful Police Squad

You draw it at the point where everyone thinks you are being fair and giving the employee a chance to get past the hard period in their personal life. You also are free to hold back their progress to any promotion/reward. And if the employee seems to be taking advantage of the situation you can call them out. But if someone's dealt a shit hand in their personal life, you can't just fuck them over without risking a really bad signaling effect to others in your organization who could reasonably find out what an asshole you are. The line is drawn basically by the moral compass of the collective. The shitty thing about law firms is that a) that moral compass is generally broken, and b) even if it wasn't the other people in the organization can't do shit about an asshole partner who brings in a ton of cash. This is why aspies are better suited to firms and have their progression limited at megacorp inhouse.

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Date: September 26th, 2016 1:56 AM
Author: honey-headed high-end shitlib

Some places are much more pleasant to work at than others, and culture is a factor.

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Date: September 26th, 2016 2:33 AM
Author: Avocado New Version

("individual" who grew up listening to new order)

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Date: September 26th, 2016 2:48 AM
Author: onyx angry mood

That guy's brother sounds like a real blast.

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Date: September 26th, 2016 5:36 PM
Author: Idiotic puppy



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Date: September 26th, 2016 9:59 AM
Author: contagious cobalt cuckoldry

Actually a bit surprising from a Gen-Xer. Most of them are corporate bootlickers. I agree -- lol at anyone who is really into being a worker drone at some job. But I'm self employed so obviously I feel differently than most.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3363922&forum_id=2#31492860)



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Date: September 26th, 2016 10:01 AM
Author: poppy orchestra pit giraffe

Being a corporate bootlicker and not having any loyalty isn't mutually exclusive.

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Date: September 26th, 2016 10:09 AM
Author: contagious cobalt cuckoldry

90% of companies would fire their employees with no notice and no severance if they found a better replacement or could add .01% to their quarterly profit. Loyalty is absurd in this day and age.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3363922&forum_id=2#31492913)



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Date: September 26th, 2016 10:14 AM
Author: Floppy Bistre Idiot Senate



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Date: September 26th, 2016 11:51 AM
Author: grizzly sinister site

Sounds like your job then is to find one of the 10%

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Date: September 26th, 2016 5:21 PM
Author: contagious cobalt cuckoldry

Or be a real man and start your own business. Lol at "working" for someone.

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Date: October 5th, 2016 3:16 AM
Author: narrow-minded theater bbw



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Date: September 26th, 2016 10:16 AM
Author: fragrant shimmering institution legend



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Date: September 26th, 2016 6:21 PM
Author: Swashbuckling chrome field

every generation becomes corporate bootlickers when they get sufficiently old

only thing that will break the chain is the robot economy mass unemployment revolution if that ever happens

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Date: September 26th, 2016 10:02 AM
Author: hairraiser light juggernaut

I treat work like an rpg where I'm trying to minimax.

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Date: October 5th, 2016 3:28 AM
Author: narrow-minded theater bbw



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