Re:Ask HN: Verbally abusive employer, what do I do?
by ldasj on Monday April 08, 2019 @03:32AM
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I'm curious, did you notice this toxic behavior in other areas too, or just IT? To me it seems like IT has a higher percentage of assholes.
Re:Ask HN: Verbally abusive employer, what do I do?
by muzani on Monday April 08, 2019 @05:20AM
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It's actually far less in IT. A close relative worked in construction. You think tech has bad harassment issues? Construction had open prostitution at work, rape jokes targeted towards the female engineers, and some people would urinate openly.
Anything with undereducated people are also quite toxic. Both the managers and colleagues often have very low willpower and get emotional over small issues, starting fights for small things, like not getting them a drink, or touching their car.
In tech, people are not so replaceable, so most companies have plenty of financial incentive to treat each other respectfully.
Startups can be a little worse than usual, because the people are younger and there's more of a "college" climate.
Don't look on Upwork or freelancing marketplaces. Something like Toptal offers a good entry barrier and they take care of you as well.
Also I understand it's hard to do good work under those conditions, but you should try. My entry into freelancing was when I was working with an external contractor. He saw that I did an extremely good job and offered me some contract work.