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Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con... by HWR_14 on Monday March 06, 2023 @04:41PM (#35048051)
My friend got fired from his job for sticking his nose in other departments. Which is very strange because his boss told him to look at transferring into another department because he would have to transfer in the next six months or get fired. And the department he stuck his nose into offered him a lateral job. But because he failed to keep the bosses of each department apprised of where he was in the process, he trod on some toes and got fired before the lateral position could become official and it had to be an internal hire. Total mess.
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Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con... by ThePowerOfFuet on Monday March 06, 2023 @04:44PM (#35048100)
Sounds like a toxic workplace to me.
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Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con... by dsq on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @08:03AM (#35054849)
Unsurprising, as the standard workplace is toxic, otherwise WFH would not be so popular.
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Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con... by doubleg72 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @10:02PM (#35077868)
I doubt WFH is so popular solely because all workplaces are toxic. A toxic workplace is one like that at American Radium in first half of 20th century, or the building of transcontinental railroad, or Hoover Dam, or Mt Rushmore.
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Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con... by dsq on Thursday March 09, 2023 @03:36AM (#35079376)
If I had to compare the standard modern workplace (I've bren at a few) with the building of the railroads, of course id prefer the standard. Sitting n AC pressing keys is better than crushed by stones or heavy metal bars.
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Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con... by fsckboy on Monday March 06, 2023 @06:02PM (#35049063)
the superficial way it played out isn't necessarily the reason, could have been on the chopping block already, and then whoever wanted him there found their excuse
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Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con... by megablast on Monday March 06, 2023 @09:50PM (#35050942)
> My friend got fired from his job for sticking his nose in other departments.

This is way too little information to be meaningful.

Was he walking around talking to people in different departments about what they need, was he stealing paper from people's desks at night time when wandering around the building. Who knows.

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Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con... by HWR_14 on Monday March 06, 2023 @11:43PM (#35051664)
I mean, I had hoped the context made it apparent by explaining that he messed up the politics. He actively talked with people in other departments about what they needed during the work day, tried to help them and later inquired about lateral transfers into their departments.
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