Especially feeling sad seeing this one person who was let go after working 21 years in msft. He has literally not worked anywhere else High time people stop worshipping their jobs and treat it like what it is ... An opportunity to earn money for all the other things in life - I have friends who work weekends without any incentive or any such requirements just because they feel that being a workaholic is somehow being virtuous. I keep telling them that one fine day they'll realize that all they did was grind and missed out enjoying the finer things in life TC - close to an offer #tech #swe #software #engineering #layoff #machinelearningengineer #faang #msft #microsoft #facebook #meta #google #amazon #apple #netflix
21 years! I hope he had saved up for early retirement.
If he had bought a house in BRK area a few years after he started working, he’s all set.
What's BRK ?
Jesus Christ wth Satya
This person went to Amazon and boomerang after 2 years. He was with Microsoft for around 2 years now. So his tenure at msft will be counted as 2 yrs. I know this person. His wife also works for Microsoft.
Is he like in your org ?
No he is not. But I worked with him many a times.
Loyalty to your family - 2 way street Loyalty to a non-living corporate organization - 1 way street and u turn not allowed
I don't agree with this ... Loyalty is always a two way street ... Try making a poll on how many people would join back their company which fired them in the last 4 months
I meant we should never expect loyalty from companies. Neither be loyal to them
I'm one of those people who work on weekend if I get some tasks on Friday. Some times I procrastinate too thinking I have the weekend. I realize how I have spent almost 1 year at the same job with atleast 50 hours of work per week and was paid for only 40. I need help and advice on how to get out of this.
At least you recognize your problem ... That's step 1 in order to solve it
If you work from office, start leaving your work laptop there. That's what I did to stop working on weekends.
You need to fuck your work in advance before you inevitably get fucked. While trying not to get fired in the process. Everyone thought this was a negative attitude a year ago. This week news spoke loud.
Best strategy
Why this stupid poll?
Mirroring the CEO I see
This is a great question and chat board... but a job in our area unfortunately has been made to equal life in our societal conditions. Look at poverty/low class life expectancy data ... current average is 10yr less than the fading middle class ..... but hey the US has no problems with Wealth inequality either ... even if 3 people have more assets than 60% of the bottom 1/2 of the country combined. I'm not providing statistical evidence on this for 2 reasons,: 1.) educate yourself on the why and what we collectivly are/have not done and you will find the answers 2.) Everyone disagrees on this but go down town Seattle if you need physical evidence and work collectively on what we can agree on ... like why are mothers/fathers and their children living on the streets in today's society ... when c-suite personnel have seen a 1500% pay increase since the pandemic , dodging taxes & passing that on to you, I, and our children ... then providing eachother bonuses, and raises for all the money they are saving through lay offs/cutting benefits, destroying your dream of retirement through self managed 401ks ... these exes in nice suits with pre-authored, well articulated speeches are the vanity of an undiagnosed /classified addiction to extreme wealth/greed ... poverty crumbles societies all fueled by greed ... I'm sorry to those that have lost their employment as I will very soon be there with you; I'm sure of it with AI and the exponential growth curve it has being released ... best of luck to all, work together in unity and collective acceptance to enact change as money is power right now, which is fundamentally inaccurate per "we the people" its unfortunate these 'people' became distracted/over worked, disconnected, and complacent to the people they respect(ed) with the finances to sway their super pac only to benifit their small elite amigos. Positive Changes come to those that humbly embrace, listen, communicate, and stand together for it
Well, the person probably made multiple millions of dollars thanks to their job.
That is not the point ... The point is as Harvey specter would say "loyalty is a two way street" ... This is a good counter example
This person went to Amazon and boomerang after 2 years. He was with Microsoft for around 2 years now. So his tenure at msft will be counted as 2 yrs.