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If you hate your job, someone may be taking advantage of you. If you love your job, someone may be taking advantage of you. Someone may be taking advantage of you. Or not. Who knows?
Companies don’t care about anything that doesn’t drive the bottom line.
If I love my job, then I'm not being taken advantage of (from my perspective). If I'm being taken advantage of, that is a strong force to get me to hate my job. Whether or not my supervisors think they're taking advantage of me is a different matter, and one that is largely irrelevant to me.
Its like if spanking was your fetish but the person spanking you believes they are punishing you. It's irrelevant to the person being spanked as long as they enjoy it.
That, to me, is a lot different than taking advantage. There are plenty of reasons you would take advantage of your job too... it’s not a negative thing, it’s making the best of it.
It’s a much better title.
Outside of tech, there are certainly industries that thrive on low-paid junior workers and get away with it because there are so many desperate for a "foot in the door" that they don't have to pay more e.g. entertainment, most D.C. gov jobs.
Even inside of tech, I think one can safely say that there are certain areas that do the same. Game development for instance.
Well, it goes both ways. I love my job because it's not that difficult, it pays really well, and it's something I've had experience with for decades. I can get most of my work done in the span of 2 hours/day and have time left over to work on my side business. My boss is extremely happy with my work and I actually have been making more progress than most of the previous developers in my position.
If I love my job, then I'm not being taken advantage of (from my perspective). If I'm being taken advantage of, that is a strong force to get me to hate my job. Whether or not my supervisors think they're taking advantage of me is a different matter, and one that is largely irrelevant to me.
Its like if spanking was your fetish but the person spanking you believes they are punishing you. It's irrelevant to the person being spanked as long as they enjoy it.
If you hate your job, someone may be taking advantage of you. If you love your job, someone may be taking advantage of you. Someone may be taking advantage of you. Or not. Who knows?
If you hate your job, clearly you've stayed because they are offering more than any place that is better and you're taking advantage of your employer.