I had this happen to me at a company that is now an IBM subsidiary. I took FMLA leave to get mental health help to cope with the burnout, and about a week after I got back, they took me into an office for a “quick catch-up meeting” where they told me it wasn’t working out and that I had to go. I’d worked my balls off, getting promoted directly from product support up to software engineering within a year, but apparently that didn’t indicate anything positive to them.
You … killed yourself? Is this your ghost posting?
The firing part, I mean.
The sad thing is what is expected now: the manager who made this decision will get fired, if we’re lucky. But their bosses who set the policy, incentives and company culture to do this will apologize profusely, initiate some corporate training and proceed to change nothing. And neither will any other company.
All over database software, that functions alright as is.
The state of things feels pretty depressing to me. It feels like accountability at the highest levels is vanishing, especially when I see people like Bezos, Zuck or Musk (or more local leaders outside of my online habits) pursue completely irrational things, with zero consequence. It’s not getting any better; it’s getting so bad even the impact the economy and quality-of-life is getting hard to ignore.
Social murder
This is something you learn the hard way about neoliberal meritocracy…“They only hire the best and you fight to get there, you’re the best until you inevitably aren’t at your best…and once you aren’t at your best even for a moment of weakness, then you are not the best…and you never were”. This is why everyone needs protection from a work culture that burns through people.
This is why everyone needs protection from a work culture that burns through people.
You are all welcome to Europe for that. Come on over.
You don’t want us……
Heartbreaking. And revolting. All these companies nowadays bang on about mental health, and supporting diversity, all lip service, of course. But this is utterly despicable, I hope the company doesn’t recover from this.
Man, I read this as the technology being blamed, vs. her being their employee. I hope her family gets justice for this, but companies seem to be immune from consequences, so we’ll see…
Disgusting. Regrettable.
At this point the AIs would be more humane managers anyway
Actually, saying please would get the ai to change their earlier response
That or it will burn more GPU trying to understand human nature.
