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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by marcus0x62 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @08:20AM (#38951846)
There is a difference between your colleagues -- as people -- with whom you can have a close relationship, and the entity that is your employer, which you really have to assume would jettison you at a moment's notice, because almost all companies would if the need arose.

I don't think of it as depressing to act as if a fictional entity like a corporation isn't part of your family. By all means, be friends with your coworkers, show up and work hard, but don't get emotionally invested in a relationship with an LLC or a C Corp that can't love you back.

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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by edgyquant on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:58AM (#38953002)
Corporations are not fictional entities. They are real things with their own goals and decision making networks independent of, and capable of enacting larger environmental change than, any individual human.
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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by marcus0x62 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @11:51AM (#38954812)
A person cannot form a friendship or familial relationship with a corporation, which is the point I was making.

Also, you are incorrect about corporations not being fictional entities. Try googling the phrase.

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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by carlosjobim on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:27PM (#38958514)
It's completely the opposite. Only humans can take action and make decisions. A "corporation" is at most a piece of paper in some filing cabinet. It is essential in life to understand the difference between what exists and what does not exist. A corporation is an abstraction that is 100% under human control. It is something that doesn't exist.
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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by edgyquant on Thursday January 11, 2024 @05:57PM (#38960697)
Corporations are not under the control of a single human. This is like saying humans don’t exist because they’re made up of cells
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