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0 pointsyunohn1mo ago0 comments

While probably facetious, those with power (who you aim to smear and replace) will save themselves and work together to fire you ASAP. This is not a winnable battle nor strategy for success, unfortunately.

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CuriouslyC1mo ago

This 100%. I once got disciplined for insubordination for skip-leveling my "manager" and disregarding their instructions when she started telling people on the team to work on something totally non-critical, when the team had a demo in a few days that wasn't ready yet, with a client that was already unhappy, on an 8 million dollar contract.

I didn't hang around that place long.

unsupp0rted1mo ago

Did they know something you didn't know, about that demo/client? i.e. misaligned incentives?

CuriouslyC1mo ago

The opposite, they were 12 hours timeshifted and out of the loop managing a side hustle while I was interacting with the client daily.

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CuriouslyC1mo ago

I didn't hang around that place long.

unsupp0rted1mo ago

Did they know something you didn't know, about that demo/client? i.e. misaligned incentives?

CuriouslyC1mo ago

The opposite, they were 12 hours timeshifted and out of the loop managing a side hustle while I was interacting with the client daily.

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