Re:Ask HN: What's it like to work in the same company for de...
by deathanatos on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @09:42PM
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> What’s wrong with just […] doing your job
You're not being rewarded for your success or your hard work in any meaningful way; you're not learning new things or barely keeping up with the status quo; you're forced to work with other individuals who do not care about the quality of their work, or the effect it will have on others, or do not offer enlightening conversation, views.
> collecting the check
The check is not keeping up with the ever increasing cost of living.
> People are so caught up in the rat race […] Career does not have to be the definition of success.
I don't want it to be. I want to be able to make enough to meet my (reasonable) life goals.
If your company is giving you meaningful work, compensating you well for it, and you would not find better on the market, then more power to you. Not all of us are so lucky.
You're not being rewarded for your success or your hard work in any meaningful way; you're not learning new things or barely keeping up with the status quo; you're forced to work with other individuals who do not care about the quality of their work, or the effect it will have on others, or do not offer enlightening conversation, views.
> collecting the check
The check is not keeping up with the ever increasing cost of living.
> People are so caught up in the rat race […] Career does not have to be the definition of success.
I don't want it to be. I want to be able to make enough to meet my (reasonable) life goals.
If your company is giving you meaningful work, compensating you well for it, and you would not find better on the market, then more power to you. Not all of us are so lucky.