> just do their jobs and risk the pip

Absolutely bonkers that doing the job you were hired to do can get you canned

When I interviewed roughly 10 years ago, I asked every person I met on the team roughly how many hours a week they worked. Every single person deflected and answered a question I hadn't actually asked.

For that team at least, the job you were hired to do was to get results. I imagine OP was referring to people simply putting time on the clock and being just present enough to avoid notice, without actually caring whether they were getting the same results a full level of effort would achieve.

The issue is that the expected results are often unrealistic, demanding significant amounts of effort & time to meet.

wave. I've been doing this for the last two years, but really dialed it in to the extreme over the last year. I don't give a shit if I get PIP'd at this point. If a company is willing to screw me over at every turn with no remorse and not an ounce of compassion, then this is how I'll fight back. Fuck em!

This applies to every company, without exception.

Even at the best run companies, if the financial situation changes, you'll be gone through no fault of your own.

People that get emotionally and psychologically invested in someone else's company do themselves a disservice, typically only learned the hard way.

I don't think I agree. There are small shops (<500 employees) that really do treat people well. I've worked at smaller places that have given decent salaries, no-cap PTO (and actually let you use it without fuss), no overtime, yearly bonuses, shutting down for two weeks during the holidays, and actually listen to employee requests/concerns.

When you work at a FAANG, you know you'll be sacrificing some of those benefits and taking on more stress for much higher pay. The current climate is much worse than that though. It's a complete no-empathy/give-no-fucks environment, and that's not ok. Garbage in, garbage out.

I'm not looking for a hand-out, I just want to be treated as a human being. In return, you'll have a productive employee.

Honestly pretty smart. Sit around, collect paycheck, maybe work on resume / side hustles.

And of course, marvel when you still get high performance marks.