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0 pointsdrstewart6y ago0 comments

>That's one big reason I wanna leave this place and work for a more blue-collar tech place

I'm guessing you'll quickly find that a "blue-collar tech place" isn't quite the panacea you expect. There's a reason no one in Silicon Valley pines for traditional corporate culture. Because it sucks really bad. Putting up with some faux-wokeness is a small price to pay to get away from it.

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tempsy6y ago

Personally if I had to choose the tech equivalent of a "blue-collar" company I'd want to work at it'd be Costco.

Pay above average with good benefits, no uniforms (white collar equivalent of the uniform is in-your-face "culture"), no frills, no BS.

DidISayTooMuch6y ago

Partially agree. I have no inclination to work for IBM or corporate software. Just wanna work for a startup where I can crack non PC jokes. Where the company hires for competence and not because they wanna show off that they hire 50% women.

I think the Valley was like this 10 years ago.

ketzo6y ago

I feel like there's a big gap between "our mission is to save the word with payroll software"-esque virtue signalling, and a "PC" culture. 99% of the time, "politically correct" === "polite and respectful of boundaries."

DidISayTooMuch6y ago

Sorry, I am all for basic courtesy and niceties. But PC culture means not tolerating debate, not open to challenging ideas. It's dogma.

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opportune6y ago

>non PC jokes

Why would you want to do this at work? No well-run place will allow this because it makes for a hostile work environment.

You have roughly 128 hr/week outside of work to do those things

DidISayTooMuch6y ago

You are right. But I'm also spending 40 hours a week at work. It's not that I wanna make lewd jokes all the time. It's just that, I wanna feel that if I say something that isn't appropriate, I don't' wanna be excoriated. I have a darker sense of humor and so I don't wanna feel like I'm walking on eggshells.

jagannathtech6y ago

No place like that anymore

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0 pointsdrstewart6y ago0 comments

>That's one big reason I wanna leave this place and work for a more blue-collar tech place

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tempsy6y ago

Personally if I had to choose the tech equivalent of a "blue-collar" company I'd want to work at it'd be Costco.

Pay above average with good benefits, no uniforms (white collar equivalent of the uniform is in-your-face "culture"), no frills, no BS.

DidISayTooMuch6y ago

I think the Valley was like this 10 years ago.

ketzo6y ago

DidISayTooMuch6y ago

Sorry, I am all for basic courtesy and niceties. But PC culture means not tolerating debate, not open to challenging ideas. It's dogma.

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opportune6y ago

>non PC jokes

Why would you want to do this at work? No well-run place will allow this because it makes for a hostile work environment.

You have roughly 128 hr/week outside of work to do those things

DidISayTooMuch6y ago

jagannathtech6y ago

No place like that anymore

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse