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The flip side of this sentiment is expressed quite eloquently in a sibling comment. In fact, we might even say the commenter is "crushing it": One challenge is that even in sucky workplaces, there always seem to be champions that will tell you how great it is. If I hear people say they are (or were) miserable at a certain job - I tend to take their word when they say there's a reason for it. Your take seems to be...…
>> If I hear people say they are (or were) miserable at a certain job - I tend to take their word when they say there's a reason for it Like I said, there's an objective and a subjective here. I mainly found that people who are miserable at a job were miserable at every other job too. Doesn't totally mean it's "them" but it's kinda like "the only common in all your failed relationships is you." Then there's the total…
two people get the same constructive feedback,
one person goes "wow, I am getting feedback
that will make me grow" and the other person
goes "ouch my boss wounded my ego, I hate it"
In reality things are a little more detailed. I would want to look a little deeper. Is the feedback technically sound? Is the feedback actually constructive, or more along the lines of "this is shit?"
I recently eliminated a company from my job search because I received feedback during the interview process that IMO failed in all possible ways: it was technically poor, it was rude, and it was unconstructive. (Perhaps one would say it was fragile ego, but I've been in this industry for a while and that was a first, so I've got enough anecdata to believe my ego is not fragile...)