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by llllm 290 days ago
To all of you reading this, that work for these CEOs, we laugh at you.
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I certainly don't laugh at you. I've been in a similar situation and I know it can feel agonizing.

But if you find their behavior unconscionable and yet continue to work for Apple, Alphabet/Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta/Facebook, Oracle, etc then you're doing the same thing as your CEO, just at a smaller scale -- swallowing your pride to keep your job.

I can't speak to anyone else's situation, but until I built up the courage to quit such a situation myself I never realized how much these compromises weighed on my soul.

Who is this grand "we"? Are you more than one person?
There are two types of employees: ones that work for a CEO that praises Trump and ones that work for a CEO too insignificant to be worth Trump's time. NEETs on parade.
Keep telling yourself that if it makes it easier for you to swallow.
I work for the latter, my friend.
My advice was not conditional on who you work for. We are not friends.