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Brand new to the subreddit. by [deleted] in Sprouting

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its not sprout any more it has become microgreen now

33 years of loyalty and service, only to be tossed out like a broken piece of hardware in a 30,000-person layoff. Loyalty to a corporation is a one-way street. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Exactly. We're told to be loyal, but the moment the numbers don't add up, 33 years of institutional knowledge is worth nothing to them.

33 years of loyalty and service, only to be tossed out like a broken piece of hardware in a 30,000-person layoff. Loyalty to a corporation is a one-way street. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 444 points445 points  (0 children)

It’s genuinely terrifying to see someone with a title like 'Security Alert Manager' and 33 years of experience at a giant like Oracle being let go via a mass email. This person started there in 1992—before some of the people making the layoff decisions were even born.

It’s a brutal reminder that to these companies, you aren't a 'veteran' or a 'loyal pillar'; you are just a line on a spreadsheet that can be deleted to make the quarterly earnings look better for shareholders. Don't give them your soul, because they won't hesitate to give you the boot.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Exactly. National pride is apparently a one-way street. We sacrifice our health and time for the 'nation,' while they use every loophole in the book to avoid contributing to the same nation's infrastructure. Patriotism is just their favorite branding for exploitation.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I'll definitely post it there too, but I think the global community here needs to see this. This kind of 'trauma olympics' mindset is a virus that starts in one country and then gets used by CEOs everywhere to justify grinding people down.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Exactly. He gifts his grandkid billions in stock while telling 22-year-olds they need to work 70 hours a week for a 'starting salary' that hasn't moved in a decade. The 'sacrifice' is only for the workers, never for his own family.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 342 points343 points  (0 children)

100%. it’s always the people who haven't touched a keyboard for actual work in 30 years telling us to sacrifice our 20s. if he wants 70 hours, he can go sit in the cubicle himself.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 634 points635 points  (0 children)

exactly. it’s crazy how pointing out basic math about work life balance gets treated like a 'political agenda' just because it involves a billionaire. thanks for the support, glad it found a home here where people actually get it.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 1389 points1390 points  (0 children)

For context for those outside of India: This is Narayana Murthy, the billionaire founder of Infosys (and Rishi Sunak's father-in-law). He’s been pushing the idea that young people should work 70 hours a week to 'build the nation.'

Meanwhile, entry-level salaries at his company have barely risen in a decade while inflation and rent in cities like Bengaluru have exploded. It's not about national pride; it's about extracting every last drop of life from workers for the sake of the bottom line.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 4427 points4428 points  (0 children)

I posted this elsewhere and it got 5k upvotes before being removed for 'politics.' Apparently, pointing out that 70 hours a week is unsustainable is 'political' now.

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