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Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

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Re: Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

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And lets not forget the physical and psychical terror from your colleagues. And the depression, apathy, and disgust with life. It was fun sometimes but between 7 and 15 years of age, i was pretty miserable in school, and i was bored because i knew everything and didn't find any challenges. But from the bright side i can now live my life with out fear of oppression because i know it and know that you shouldn't be afraid of it. The adult world is also full of bullies and its nice to know that you were trained the hard way for dealing with them.

Re: Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

#14

Equating education with work is kind of silly. I mean, being silly is obviously the point of the post, but there's no need to be so morose about school. Education is incredibly valuable, and receiving it for free is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, millions of people pay tens of thousands of dollars a year for it after they get done with the free stuff. Plus, summer vacation is totally awesome.

Maybe it's a coincidence that the best boss I've ever worked for was home schooled, maybe it's not.

Re: Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

#15
$0 salary and no equity (you’re supposed to be compensated in experience) - The experience is worth more than the market salary would pay for the work. In many cases it leads to preferential social treatment and occasionally the social connections you make on the job will turn out very valuable later.

no benefits other than vacation and sick time: no insurance, for example - However, depending on the quality of the employer, you may get access to people and facilities of considerable value.

no possibility of promotion or raise, ever - It's more like the opposite: strong likelihood of automatic promotion regardless of merit.

no job description: just do what you’re told - Not unlike a startup, where your job description is meaningless. You do what needs to be done.

micromanaging boss asks about project status every hour - That depends on the boss and how well you've accomplished past projects.

strict hours, starting at 8:30AM sharp - True but you often leave early.

if you’re late even a few minutes, your boss send you to her boss. rigid workweek, but then you’re expected to work from home a ton. open-desk seating, not even a cube, with a hard chair - Those things vary considerably between employers.

the work is boring and demeaning, like adding digits and copying text - That's not true. Often the employer will expect you to demonstrate your creativity. Furthermore much of the boring work can be done in groups and you often get plenty of breaks where you're free to use your time as you wish.

all your useless work gets thrown away - As it should be. The useful stuff will be saved. Depending on your employer and family situation you may get rewarded for good work in ways that far exceed the market value.

if you want to use a computer, you can buy one or just scribble on paper - Again not so. In fact many employers provide computers even in situations when they may not be necessary for the work.

no supplies room, either - That depends on the employer.

my daughter can’t drive, so commute was complicated - Generally speaking these kinds of employers are often close to home and many provide transportation. Also carpooling is frequent in this line of work.

can’t even put the job on your resume until you work there for a decade - This is backwards: it's good to put on your resume along with specific accomplishments up until you've been there for a decade at which time it's value is reduced.

Re: Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

#16

Equating education with work is kind of silly. I mean, being silly is obviously the point of the post, but there's no need to be so morose about school. Education is incredibly valuable, and receiving it for free is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, millions of people pay tens of thousands of dollars a year for it after they get done with the free stuff. Plus, summer vacation is totally awesome.

No education, either.

What, do you not remember school?

Re: Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

#17

Equating education with work is kind of silly. I mean, being silly is obviously the point of the post, but there's no need to be so morose about school. Education is incredibly valuable, and receiving it for free is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, millions of people pay tens of thousands of dollars a year for it after they get done with the free stuff. Plus, summer vacation is totally awesome.

It's not free.

Re: Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

#18

Equating education with work is kind of silly. I mean, being silly is obviously the point of the post, but there's no need to be so morose about school. Education is incredibly valuable, and receiving it for free is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, millions of people pay tens of thousands of dollars a year for it after they get done with the free stuff. Plus, summer vacation is totally awesome.

Maybe it's a coincidence that the best boss I've ever worked for was home schooled, maybe it's not.

It's funny you mention that. I was home schooled, and now that I'm in college, I find that it's less than I expected (plus I feel much more prepared than I think I would had I gone to a 'traditional' school). Hopefully I'd make a good boss, too.

We didn't have very rigid class hours, most material was self-taught (especially in high school), and work and studies were done when practical, when I made time for them, not when an arbitrary structure told me that it was time to study this subject. For example: I found that I'm much more mathematically adept later in the day, so I would do the next day's math lesson the night before.

Another interesting thing to note is that I was not micromanaged, as is the case in the article... come to think of it, maybe I'm not as prepared for 'the real world' (corporate) as I thought. :)

Re: Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

#19
That's nothing. Look at the job I took:

lifetime exclusive contract, you can't work anywhere else, not even moonlighting

$0 salary and no equity (you’re supposed to be compensated in satisfaction)

no benefits other than being told that "everything here is a benefit"

no possibility of promotion or raise, ever

no job description: just do what you’re told

no office of your own, in fact, nothing of your own, ever again

all work ever done for any other employer must be forgotten forever; it's useless here

everything you do is wrong

everything the boss does is right

if you want to work on any personal projects, you have to make it appear that it's really for the boss

micromanaging boss complains about everything every 7 minutes

strict hours: 24/7, always on call

lovely seating, but only for company

the work is boring and demeaning, like taking out the garbage and cutting the grass

all your comfortable clothes get thrown away

you have to drive, even though the boss tells you where to go

you have to wear an employment symbol everywhere so that other prospective employers know you're already employed

you can only go to hacker news when the boss is out...oh wait, hold on, Hi Hon, you're home! I'm in here, on the internet, on diamonds.com... (bye)

Re: Would you work with micromanaging boss, no salary, and all your work thrown away?

#20

Equating education with work is kind of silly. I mean, being silly is obviously the point of the post, but there's no need to be so morose about school. Education is incredibly valuable, and receiving it for free is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, millions of people pay tens of thousands of dollars a year for it after they get done with the free stuff. Plus, summer vacation is totally awesome.

> Equating education with work is kind of silly.

Equating education with school is kind of silly. Government (public) school is just about the worst environment for learning.

But I'm glad you enjoyed your slavery, comrade.

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