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| fourfathom:
--- Quote from: tom66 on September 20, 2022, 05:24:50 pm --- --- Quote from: fourfathom on September 20, 2022, 05:55:25 am ---I will repeat what has already been said because it's so important: No one is irreplaceable. Always remember this. --- End quote --- Hard disagree. [...] Does the lack of replaceability guarantee immunity towards being fired? Hell no, sometimes corporate leaders have no idea how significant certain members of a team can be. --- End quote --- I was trying to say that anyone can be fired, regardless of their value to the company. The firing may result in catastrophe, but managers may have other priorities, may not recognize the critical nature of the employee, or regardless of the likely consequences may have no other option. So you can always be replaced. Bad things may happen to the company, but that's no guarantee of anything. Chaos reigns, people behave in unpredictable manner. Not always, and not without consequences, but always be prepared for that quiet tap on the shoulder. |
| Nominal Animal:
Even people absolutely vital and critical for the business can be fired, because businesses are managed and run by imperfect humans. One of the biggest tragedies of human enterprise is how laughably bad we are, statistically speaking, at management and leadership. I know, I've done it myself; but also seen how it is done right. Just because you know the business will crash if you are fired, does not mean you are immune from office politics, sociopath gaming, becoming a scapegoat for a higher up who just wants to retain their bonus as they will be leaving early next year anyway, and simply because someone does not like you. Laws will not protect you, because if they really want to get rid of you no matter how important/useful/profitable worker you are, they will manufacture the paperwork to shield themselves. You may think such paperwork is easily dismissed, but you forget: it is those exact same tactics that got them there in the first place. They've got experience in such games. The sooner you find a different job, the better. Do not be like me, and burn yourself out and fall into depression, because you think you can "win them over" or "show them". You can't, because they are only interested in their own short-term personal gains: the hell with the company, business, and everyone else. In the end, very few humans are actually rational and logical; most do run on pure short-term planning and instict and emotions. |
| EEVblog_Fan:
If you have a manipulative co worker now in your current job, and you want to get rid of it in your happy life....... there are no guaratees that your next job, if you decided to 'back out' will be all peaceful and serene, so my advice for you is ask yourself, can you continue working with this devil? If not, then get the hell out there and find a new job! |
| pcprogrammer:
By the looks of it it is not a question of if tszaboo is willing to continue to work for the devil. It looks more like the devil does not want to work with him because the devil is either threatened by tszaboo his skills or just does not like tszaboo for what ever reason. And when management is in the corner of the devil there is no other way then out of the door. Edit: fixed some typos. |
| dastructhm:
"How to ... ." is giving an instruction. "How do you ... ?" is asking a question. ;) |
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