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by hnthrowaway0328
704 days ago
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It's tough to fight against it if the culture is brought down from the C-level -- and usually that's the case. Fighting will always lose unless you are a very senior member, say a senior VP, and even that probably doesn't make any sense to fight a losing war. You gain nothing except frustration and less compensation. But it might as well worth the effort if you are looking forward to retirng in a few years so delaying the rot could be useful. I'll have to keep hopping until I see something not so bad. |
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I tried setting boundaries with a CTO who was pressuring me everyday to work on an "optional" side project. I hated working with him because he wanted control over every little detail. On large projects it was easy to just do tickets. But something small, I had to listen to his bs thoughts and criticisms constantly. More so than working.
After I told him I didn't want to do it 100 times I finally gave in and said it was because I didn't want to work with him specifically. HR contacted me the next day and said some of my comments made someone uncomfortable. They couldn't say what, or who.
This happened 6 times over the next couple of weeks. At 3 I stopped talking to anyone, period. Just to test it out. Still I was saying nasty stuff to someone.
Needless to say I was fired without reason and never given a chance to talk about what was happening, because nothing was happening.