Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work?
by pentae on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:35AM
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And it has other unintended consequences. People go out for drinks. People talk. If your potential future employer is a friend of your boss he'll find out pretty quickly you are "a nice guy but an under-performer". Do you really want to be that guy?
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Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work?
by jstx1 on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:19AM
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> If your potential future employer is a friend of your boss he'll find out pretty quickly you are "a nice guy but an under-performer".
This is so unlikely that it's not worth changing so much of your behaviour for it.
Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work?
by mollerhoj on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:06AM
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Depends in where you live ;-) The chance of running into people again here in the Copenhagen tech scene is > 50%
Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work?
by tb_technical on Sunday September 25, 2022 @09:24AM
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If you gossip about other people's productivity, you deserve to be despised as a boss.
Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work?
by helmsb on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:46PM
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You’d be surprised. I live in a city where in the tech sector, everyone knows everyone. I always joke that I can make 4 phone calls and find out about any engineer in the area because they’ve certainly crossed paths with mutual acquaintances.
Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work?
by koheripbal on Sunday September 25, 2022 @10:39AM
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Life is too short to intentionally jump on this downward spiral.
Don't forget the decrease in your sense of self-worth and increase in being cynical and toxic to deal with.
People intentionally doing the bare minimum are unhappy unpleasant people. People no one wants to associate with.