HalvarFlakeJan 21, 2023

The Google layoffs remind me: When I considered starting my first company I worried about "job security".

My then-girlfriend said:

"Big companies do not provide job security. They provide the service that you are the last person to know when the job is gone."

Wisdom.

Show threadBrandonJan 21, 2023

@HalvarFlake In 2004, I remember being at a company meeting with Wayne Rosing, then a senior VP of engineering. He told the crowd he was looking to hire believers; not mercenaries.

The kicker is I think he believed this, but every company is a mercenary institution in the limit .

Show threademurphy42
@bdowney @HalvarFlake This seems like a core observation. What can be done to block off that limit ahead of time? (I do feel like I have job security, but - thinking back to a recent Doctorow article - my employer is owned by the Merely Rich who want to keep It a going concern, as opposed to the Absurdly Rich who would want to suck it dry and then move on to another. How do we convince the Absurdly Rich that it's in their interest to knock it off, I mean really and not just appear to?)
Jan 23, 2023 at 4:51amWeb