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by matrix_overload 1061 days ago
No, it's a way to distract them so they won't notice they're being screwed over financially and opportunity cost-wise. You are immune to this exploit, which makes you a black sheep in their eyes, but not that you should care. Look for places that don't do the bullshit and you'll end up better off than the sheep.
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ath3nd 1060 days ago
As someone who is also on the spectrum, the following common behavior in a company baffles me.

The company will exhibit the following behaviors at the same time:

- they will organize a bunch of social events, full of drinking and games, fly colleagues from all over the world to some exotic location

- will refuse to increase your salary to match inflation citing lack of funds (which were somehow available when flying 200 people to AUSTRALIA)

- will work on deadend projects to further the career of X-middle manager/whim of CEO due to something they read. Will overhire people for said projects. At same time, main parts of business can often be underfunded and understaffed

- will cut off full departments when said deadend projects reach their inevitable dead end

- will, at random holidays, give away branded bags, pens, socks, usbs and chocolates, but still have no budget for a salary increase

- will be having a great financial year with 15% growth and send emails of the type: "Good job Team!" but salary increases will not happen or be confined to the 1-2% range.

After some time the cognitive dissonance becomes too much and you simply stop caring.

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matrix_overload 1060 days ago
There's no dissonance. You just need to completely ignore what people say, and make your own high-quality model of what they do. Here's a hint: study different personality types, model how they set their personal goals and what makes them happy.

You'll end up with a very cynical model, where most people can't plan one and a half step ahead, and can be easily convinced to do very dumb things. But, like it or not, that's how society works. And every successful person has figured out, and is ruthlessly abusing this model.

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