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by borski15 hours ago |
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upvoteby anal_reactor14 hours ago|
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Blessed are those who haven't worked corproate.
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upvoteby bigstrat200313 hours ago|
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I've worked corporate jobs all my life, and I was never one misunderstood message away from being fired. Instead they would've talked to me and, even if they figured it was my fault, they would've given me a warning since it was the first time. No worthwhile employer is firing people for the first offense, corporate or otherwise.
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upvoteby Supermancho7 hours ago|
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> I've worked corporate jobs all my life, and I was never one misunderstood message away from being fired.

100% you have been, you just didn't understand nor send the wrong message.

As a sidenote, working for a Corporation is not solely the bar for what people mean when they say working for Corporate. "Corporate" implies a larger organization that promotes policies developed under different circumstances to your work environment which minimizes liability and promotes homogeneity in all aspects of the working experience.

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upvoteby borski3 hours ago|
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> 100% you have been, you just didn't understand nor send the wrong message.

Sure, there are thousands of messages I can come up with that would be immediately fireable; but that’s true anywhere, not just in corporate life, and is thus a strawman.

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upvoteby borski5 hours ago|
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I have worked plenty of corporate jobs; Morgan Stanley, KBC Financial Products, Apple, Synopsys, the intelligence community (not corporate, but just as bad).

Never once was I "one misunderstood message" away from getting canned. I would have quit immediately if that were true. I understand not everyone can quit, but more people can than do.

Nobody deserves to work under that kind lack of of psychological safety, and certainly anyone on Slack and not in a factory has more of a choice.

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