[throw-nodox-23]

Yeah.. that’s a bit where the shoe pinches.

We could just grab a book and lean back - but being 0.017% (!) of the total global workforce (we’re ~70) we’d easily be seen as insignificant if we continuously don’t meet our targets. So we’re a bit stuck between a rock and a hard place. Do we keep rolling our rock up the hill and keep going, or risk it rolling over us and squooshing us into oblivion? At this point, I’m really quite ’meh’ about it all. I guess my learning is to be very careful during acquisitions. But heck, the founders got rich and that’s their prerogative no matter my own personal views. And don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my job a lot and I still get paid - and fighting Big Brother and rolling this rock up the hill has almost become a sport (and running joke) here. Yesterday we noticed we were blocked from browsing an independent photographers portfolio while being prompted to use ’internal photography tooling’.

[zarzavat]

I think you have Stockholm syndrome. It's not worth having any loyalty to such an organization. Since they don't want you to work, just spend your working hours looking for a new job.

[drbscl]

> I enjoy my job a lot

I'll be real with you, I wouldn't make a throwaway account to talk about a bad company policy if I enjoyed my job.

I'd recommend looking for another, the job market is nowhere near as bad as people claim (at least for non-junior positions).

[throw-nodox-23]

I hear you! And it’s not like I haven’t considered it - thing is I really do enjoy the work I get to do in this agency (which is this tiny pixel in the tapestry of Big Org CO). It’s varied, impactful, and I can morally stand behind a large portion of the projects I’m on.

It’s just that.. we’re owned by Big Brother, they have little involvement in what we do other than this compliance hullabaloo.

But we’re all trying to David the sh*t out of our Goliath - and to some extent we’ve actually been successful.

But really I just wanted to share a story as to why I haven’t restarted my laptop in ages! Happy it lead to some fun conversations though.

[throw-the-towel]

The market being bad is exactly the reason to start looking for a new job now. It's probably going to be a long process, so you shouldn't wait to start it before being fired / put on a PIP / etc.