While you were laboring under your delusions would you say you worked more or less hard than if there wasn't false bait luring you onward? Inquiring MBA scientists need to know!

I could see that it was MBA asking, from your condescending tone

Lol please, you are no more a scientist than I am a squid

You're getting some snarky replies but I can totally see this being included in a management methodology to get the most out of an IC. It's not a good thing but it would work on some

"Too perfect" delivery of sarcastic observational impersonation. I salute.

That's when you know it's time to leave.

And I did.

Also known as sociopaths ensuring there are losers to do the work

> Almost all of the companies I worked at hired senior positions from outside the company instead of promoting from within.

It's one of those things that goes by "Yeah, yeah, we know the studies, doesn't work that way in real life, it's cheaper to just fuck over your employees, pay new employees more, most of the old dumb fucks are to stupid/lazy to ask for a raise/go to an interview", just like work from home used to be. Until reality kicks in, some tectonic shifts happen and they start screaming they can't find good employees.

This is how my last job was, I was there for 7 years, finally left, tripled my compensation (I was very underpaid), and now most of the engineers I know from there have also left.