They prey on your time and don’t or probably can’t return the favor. You also don’t get credit for helping them when it comes time for your review/promo.
Do you care about optimizing your compensation? The author is telling you how to do it. I don’t. But I’m also 50 and did my bid in BigTech. This is good advice for early career folks or people who care about getting ahead.
> They prey on your time and don’t or probably can’t return the favor. You also don’t get credit for helping them when it comes time for your review/promo.
that qualifies as a predator, but you just ignored it and dismissed it.
Even if all of your coworkers are flaky the majority of the time, that just seems like human nature.
Most people are mediocre or in that ballpark range.