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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by baka367 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:30PM (#32419779)
Another concern that is very prevailing is rewards. I could work 2 times harder in my current position, however what is that going to bring me?

Promotion or bigger bonus - it’s the same as playing stock options with your time, you are better off playing office politics for a much better RoI.

Self value? Senior engineer in FAANG is almost never going to have REAL impact, so I can only enjoy thinking that someone cares about that tiny piece of software that I work with. Again, getting drunk is a better RoI. Same with self improvement… where side project usually allows one to grow more

So, what is the benefit of working harder?

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by imtringued on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:55AM (#32422782)
There is none, modern humans are so productive they struggle to think of things to work on, they should just work fewer hours.
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