Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate
by amorphid on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @03:20PM
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If you're going to outright lie to my face & get caught, you'd better have a proof that you had discovered a brain tumor after having told the lie, pictures of the tumor being removed, and a doctor's note explaining "healthy now - no more liar liar pants on fire".
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Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate
by hfdgiutdryg on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @03:54PM
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Why? Management lies to employees constantly. Sales lies to customers constantly. Why the sudden insistence on honesty?
With comments like this, can you believe it that people say Big Tech has an ethics problem?
Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate
by hfdgiutdryg on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @08:07PM
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I'm not much of a liar. But I certainly note that employers insist on honesty while regularly being entirely dishonest themselves.
It's a two-way street.
It's good (profitable) for the company for management to lie to their employees. It's not good (profitable) for the company for employees to lie to managers.
So it's okay to lose an arm if you've already lost a leg?
Because honesty is better than dishonesty?
Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate
by ironjunkie on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @07:23PM
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Ahah, that's what management tells you. While telling you at the same time that you shouldn't ask for a raise as they don't give those out this year.
So you lie to your coworkers and customers, because someone else lied to you at some point? I'm not sure I quite follow...
Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate
by ironjunkie on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @08:04PM
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It is all a game in which everyone pretends to be honest, but walks a fine line of acceptable lies. I'm only reacting to the "feel good" line that everyone is honest. This is not the way it works and we should not be duped to believe that.
Believing that honest > dishonesty is not the same as being duped into believing that there are no dishonest people... This article is proof enough of that, and nobody is making that claim.
Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate
by hfdgiutdryg on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @08:08PM
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I have no idea what you're trying to say.
Do you feel disrespected when management lies to you?
Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate
by jessaustin on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @06:06PM
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Do you feel disrespected when you get wet while walking in the rain?
Nevermind.
Re:I Got Catfished by a Candidate
by hfdgiutdryg on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @08:09PM
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I've been told that management is serving the best interests of the company, and therefore anything they do is justified. However, as a mere employee, it is wrong to apply the same logic to my own best interests.
> I've been told that management is serving the best interests of the company, and therefore anything they do is justified
Maybe. I can say I want to work for a company where management feels acting in the workers' best interests is in line with the company's bests interests.