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by doomslayer999 92 days ago
Your problem was that you tried doing work. What you want to do as an employee is make it so they can’t fire you not that you are actually useful.
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How would you advise making it so they can't fire you?
Not OP, and nothing makes it impossible, but from my experience in big companies, being visible is way more useful than being productive.

I got further faster by just answering emails right away than by churning out code. I got constant kudos, which got me promoted, and invited to more meetings, which led to less actual work. All because I just started replying to emails sent to our group. In retrospect it feels pretty perverse.

In lean companies and startups...perhaps not so much.

Having worked in a very large company for the past two decades now, one of the best career advices I ever got is about how you measure if you are a „good employee“.

It is very simple: you are a good employee if your boss(es) think you are.

That’s it. Nothing else matters in terms of career advancement or retainment.