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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by freedomben on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:07PM (#18970579)
> The contrarian jerk in me really wanted to yell an epithet during training and say something along the lines of "What, if we're a family, I'm the racist uncle that your dad keeps inviting to dinner despite his offensive tirades and uncomfortable leering at your sister.

LOL. But in general I very much agree. Equating a workplace with a family is gross, and a bit cult-ish. I do think the workplace (and the world) would be a better place if we all tried to love each other like we do our own family, but there's a whole lot of other things family brings that would make the workplace a nightmare, the least of which is widespread manipulation, power struggles, mooching, and non-stop drama.

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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by jrs235 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:20PM (#18970721)
Family as a reference is horrible. Everyone has a different family dynamic and experience. Some families have unconditional loyalty, others have abusive controlling members, the list of dysfunctions is endless. The cult should be formed around "a team" that has shared values and operates upon agreed acceptable behaviors.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by walshemj on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:54PM (#18972952)
Never had that though I would be tempted to mention my great great Uncle who was a off course bookie in Birmingham UK between the wars - yes that era Peaky Blinders is set in.

In the US this is like having relatives that worked with Al Capone

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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by wolco on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:40PM (#18972823)
But people from bad families join less bad families like gangs because people need a family. Nothing wrong with having a family feeling at work but more along the lines of "superstore" or star trek vs full house
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by usrusr on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:37PM (#18972783)
> Some families have unconditional loyalty, others have abusive controlling members

Don't those two usually come in pairs?

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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by NorthOf33rd on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:15PM (#18970657)
That's assuming that loving each other like our own family would be loving in a loving way, and not in an absolute deep down rage love-to-hate way. But yes, I agree with your sentiment. We're all just people trying to make it and a little love goes a long way.
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