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Re:We’re Optimizing Ourselves to Death (2019) by mft_ on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:41AM (#25184400)
> What’s most saddening: it’s becoming alarmingly common from job to job. It’s forced me to rethink drastically how I’m vetting companies because they do a GREAT job disguising this during interviews.

Any flashes of inspiration on this?

I’m always searching for the perfect set of little questions to help uncover the real culture of a company, rather than the platitudinous corporate-buzzword answers about culture you otherwise get.

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Re:We’re Optimizing Ourselves to Death (2019) by citizenpaul on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:05AM (#25255166)
I think the market is taking care of it. That is why there are a million SAAS companies that seem redundant. Also why there are a million micro brands for simple things. I think this is a backlash exactly from this 100% efficiency thinking.

Software and manufacturing are both highly susceptible to misery from this efficiency BS. If you are gonna work to death might as well start your own company.

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