Re:Buying Adobe Photoshop CS6
by pasbesoin on Monday May 28, 2012 @11:10AM
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No. These days, in these types of corporations, when you are asked to "mentor" someone, start looking for your next job.
Sorry, but that's the way it works. Especially if you are mentoring someone overseas.
It's not (just) a matter of spite. Particularly if you're a bit older, and you're staying in or locked into that sort of corporate environment: You are much more employable when you are already employed. (You need a job to get a job.)
This is all, of course, from a U.S. perspective. YMMV.
P.S. I am all for mentoring and have been the mentor more than once. But these days and in these types of organizations, it is often not fostered or rewarded. And it is not up to you to make up the difference with your own sacrifice.
I don't think I'm at odds with what the parent says (who is, I think, describing a different organizational attitude, as opposed to working differently within the one that actually exists). But, as someone who was brought up to "pay his dues" -- I'm not sure whether people even learn or believe that attitude, anymore -- I'm saying, "pay your dues" is no longer a general rule and is often used as a lever of exploitation.
No great surprise, my saying that. But it bears repeating.
Re:Buying Adobe Photoshop CS6
by rdl on Monday May 28, 2012 @07:27PM
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Mentoring in a startup (or growing company) is totally different, though -- even if it is training someone to do your job, it's because they need more people to do your job, or because you could move up once a replacement is trained.
Sorry, but that's the way it works. Especially if you are mentoring someone overseas.
It's not (just) a matter of spite. Particularly if you're a bit older, and you're staying in or locked into that sort of corporate environment: You are much more employable when you are already employed. (You need a job to get a job.)
This is all, of course, from a U.S. perspective. YMMV.
P.S. I am all for mentoring and have been the mentor more than once. But these days and in these types of organizations, it is often not fostered or rewarded. And it is not up to you to make up the difference with your own sacrifice.
I don't think I'm at odds with what the parent says (who is, I think, describing a different organizational attitude, as opposed to working differently within the one that actually exists). But, as someone who was brought up to "pay his dues" -- I'm not sure whether people even learn or believe that attitude, anymore -- I'm saying, "pay your dues" is no longer a general rule and is often used as a lever of exploitation.
No great surprise, my saying that. But it bears repeating.