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Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?

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Re: Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?

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I’m not exactly sure what you mean by “psychologically safe”. Could you elaborate please?

I've always taken it to mean: Do you feel safe speaking up? Particularly when you disagree. Or do you feel safe voicing your opinion, particularly when it goes against the majority?

Re: Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?

#12

I can guess which FAANG you're at. "psychological safety" has been floating around the office recently. I mostly feel secure because (a) my ratings have been good, and more importantly (b) I don't think my team is going to get axed because we maintain a pretty core feature. I think if you're in the bottom 6-8% or whatever they set the low ratings at, you're in danger. And if you're on a team that doesn't generate mon…

Where is that paren supposed to close?

The rest of HN is part of the parenthetical until there is a stray close paren.

Re: Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?

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Anyone that's been in tech at the FAANG tier for two decades and doesn't have at least one to two years of runway not including retirement accounts is observably terrible at managing money.

People live paycheck-to-paycheck for all sorts of reasons, including long-term medical costs or family support. FAANG salaries certainly make that less common, but I think we can probably be a little more empathetic about life's vagaries.

Re: Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?

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I’m not exactly sure what you mean by “psychologically safe”. Could you elaborate please?

From Wikipedia:

> Psychological safety is the belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. In teams, it refers to team members believing that they can take risks without being shamed by other team members. In psychologically safe teams, team members feel accepted and respected. It is also the most studied enabling condition in group dynamics and team learning research.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_safety

Re: Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?

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post #8

Anyone that's been in tech at the FAANG tier for two decades and doesn't have at least one to two years of runway not including retirement accounts is observably terrible at managing money.

If you get used to making some money and think you can rely on it, you might make commitments to spend it. Then if your income drops, suddenly you are at risk of breaking those commitments. This can happen at literally any income level.
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