[EarlKing]

Then don't work there, or do as I directed and leverage time there to get better work elsewhere. A company that is determined to treat people as "human resources" will not be deterred just because you complain. It will be deterred only by failure. So let them fail and in the meantime use their failure as a means to get a leg up yourself.

[hammyhavoc]

"Then don't work there". Christ, what privilege.

[wjamesg]

A lot of that going on around here, as per usual

[EarlKing]

ITT we learn that making intelligent decisions that require sacrifice is somehow "privilege"... but whining about making bad decisions isn't.

[shadowgovt]

The key piece is "require sacrifice."

It is privilege to have something you can sacrifice, and not just be trapped.

[EarlKing]

...in which case exactly 1% of the population are unprivileged enough to not have family, friends, or choices. This is literally an excuse for people who don't want to even try.

[shadowgovt]

Hello should that number be before we as a society accept it?

1% is staggeringly high. That's one and a half million people. If our system operates on exploiting one and a half million people, we should change that system.

[selimthegrim]

Gee I’m sure my managers at Intel as a green badge would really have appreciated that waiting to fail speech from me when I was getting paid $35/hour (with some benefits, I’ll admit) in 2013 via W-2 contract.