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It's so much easier to cope with exploitative working arrangements when you're working for a large company. I almost wish I could go back from working for a small startup (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by WorkingClassCorpse@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Just the title. I've been pulling some crazy all-nighters and I'm absolutely exhausted, and I'm remembering a time when I could comfortably say "fuck off" without any mixed feelings. Now I feel some perverse responsibility to kill myself for our project and I kind of hate myself for it.

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[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I'm avoiding working at small businesses now, I think. Last one sucked ass and I can't handle some fucking chud owner with $300,000 worth of cars and trucks being too cheap to pay out for a broken bike lock one of his workers mistakenly bolt-cutted and refuses to hire more than the absolute bare minimum of workers. Working nights at Wal-Mart was more relaxing than working there.

[–] WorkingClassCorpse@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago

I'm very lucky in that my boss is nearly as broke as I am. He didn't pay himself a salary when I first started, which is fucking admirable, but it also means that I'm not really in a position to ask for my value.

If the guy was a prick I would feel less inclined to work my ass off lol