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Being forced to use a particular OS, hardware or programming language? Working remotely? Certain company structure?

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[–] onlinepersona 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using war metaphors

What do you mean?

Requering acceptance of any task

You would quit if something were against your morals e.g working on a project for Exxon mobile or something ?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

War metaphors real examples:

Literally calling your employees your soldiers, calling starting positions as trenches, brainwashing your employees to a us versus the world mentality, ex-employees are 'dead' or 'on a suicidal path', etc.

Business is not war anyone who think it is has never saw what a single rifle bullet does to human flesh. Freaking psychos.

Task was being discussed, I raised valid concerns, they listened, agreed to the concerns and said 'yeah we still want you to do it'. I say I won't do this. They push harder. I left on the spot. Notice was on director desk the next day. I suspect management wanted me to take on a botched task so to have something negative over me. There may of may not have some level of nepotism there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My previous job referred to ex employees as traitors or betrayers

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Fuck that shit

[–] onlinepersona 2 points 1 year ago

Big yikes on the war metaphors. I'm also not a fan of alternative names for teams: squad, tribe, gang, clan, ... makes me cringe.

I suspect management wanted me to take on a botched task so to have something negative over me.

Sounds like somebody with a god complex or way too deep in the army role-play "soldiers follow orders" bullshit.