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re: Tech Worker Confessions: Many admit they did little to nothing for years (WSJ)

Posted on 4/8/23 at 8:42 am to
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
16656 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 8:42 am to
Ok now how do I get me one of those jobs.
Posted by pelicansfan123
Member since Jan 2015
2201 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:00 am to
For me, in my current role, I am not getting paid nearly as much as Meta workers, but for about eight months a year, there is very little to do.

Obviously not making close to their salaries, but I personally just don't feel like I'm growing as a person or professional, despite the work being very easy.

I think if I were making six figures I would be much more like "whatever" and just not worry about it, but I think there's an inherent feeling of "Is this all I'm going to do with my life" when you get in a position like that.

Been doing some service industry work on the side and, while it's much less money, I feel much more productive.
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
4359 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:09 am to
EASY HIRED , EASY FIRED
This post was edited on 4/8/23 at 10:13 am
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
25416 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:17 am to
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I will like


You would be fired before you were hired.
Posted by frequent flyer
USA
Member since Jul 2021
3313 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:17 am to
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I’ve noticed significantly less errors and video buffering in recent months.


I appreciate less censorship and more open discussion with new Twitter. And yeah the tech just works better.
Posted by GeauxWrek
Somewhere b/w Houston and BR
Member since Sep 2010
5022 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:45 am to
Any more questions why cost of housing is so high on the west cost? When you have people able to have two jobs paying them 250k to do 3 hours a week of work....
Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
13337 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:52 am to
I know someone who is making $120k+ a year in tech sales. She works from home and sits in 5-10 hours of zoom meetings a week. She has had this job for about a year and has yet to make a sale. It’s crazy.
Posted by Gloryheauxl
Member since Sep 2011
74 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:06 am to
Conservatives think all tech workers are liberals. Conservatives hate liberals so much they actively root for them to lose their jobs and their families livelihood. It’s what Jesus would have wanted.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
31974 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:10 am to
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So what? Why does this upset conservatives so much?


These are mostly publicly traded companies. Everyone should care.

They are free to do as they choose, but to say this isn’t noteworthy or interesting to discuss is retarded.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
137012 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:13 am to
Do not forget that these are the people who have the ability to shape not only culture, but government policy and are in charge of controlling the flow of information.
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6860 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:13 am to
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That’s their whole career: bouncing from start up to start up…doing nothing, then leaving when expected to actually do something.


Work smarter, not harder.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44035 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:16 am to
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I know someone who is making $120k+ a year in tech sales. She works from home and sits in 5-10 hours of zoom meetings a week. She has had this job for about a year and has yet to make a sale. It’s crazy.
Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
6118 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:19 am to
The tech industry is bloated with unneeded administrative positions. The person here and most of the people who got laid off were managers, recruiters, and HR folks. Actual developers do work, especially outside of big tech.
Posted by Ralph_Wiggum
Sugarland
Member since Jul 2005
10854 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:21 am to
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Correct,That part is mostly spin, they were hiring people like her Ms. Machado to meet quotas for minority hiring or to meet those esg scores.


If Ms Machado is hot then that's awesome. Also Machado could be Italian or she could be from Spain and be white from like Argentina.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44035 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:23 am to
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Also Machado could be Italian or she could be from Spain and be white from like Argentina.


And she's still a she. Which is why she was hired. Almost all of the big names in cybersecurity I deal with all have female recruiters and sales reps because the majority of the company is men. Gotta get them DEI numbers up son, and that's how they do it.
Posted by evil cockroach
27.98N // 86.92E
Member since Nov 2007
8387 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:24 am to
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Yeah, check out the subreddit r/overemployed.
lol, just went there for the first time. These bros are “working” 2 and 3 remote jobs at the same time; obviously not telling their employers. Haha.
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
53480 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:25 am to
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know someone who is making $120k+ a year in tech sales. She works from home and sits in 5-10 hours of zoom meetings a week. She has had this job for about a year and has yet to make a sale. It’s crazy.
I love these types of companies. They absolutely will not hire a seasoned salesperson with years of proven sales quotas met and exceeded because they require a degree. So the company has employees with degrees who can't make one sale in a year.
Posted by Ralph_Wiggum
Sugarland
Member since Jul 2005
10854 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:28 am to
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And she's still a she. Which is why she was hired. Almost all of the big names in cybersecurity I deal with all have female recruiters and sales reps because the majority of the company is men. Gotta get them DEI numbers up son, and that's how they do it.


True, but there's a big reason why pharmaceutical companies and other companies hire women for sales reps and recruiters. People like dealing with an attractive women over some middle-aged guy or some dude out of college. Let's be honest Maria Taylor and Erin Andrews could make good bank in pharmaceutical sales.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
30657 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:36 am to
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Gotta get them DEI numbers up son, and that's how they do it

It’s insanity. Every major corporation has gone batshit crazy chasing DEI instead of results. If you check a DEI box, you literally have to produce nothing and you’ll continue to climb the ladder.

I’m having to beg/borrow/steal to find money to buy light bulbs right now at work because my budget for facilities has been cut so much. But don’t touch that DEI department. Huge payroll that produces no product. Keep frickin that chicken.
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
11587 posts
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:40 am to
With everyone addicted to their phones and social media these companies have a money printing press. It’s a unique model where you’re not really producing anything of value and in fact a net loss for society in many respects.

And nice work if you can get it.
This post was edited on 4/8/23 at 11:43 am
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