nope. I spoke to HR regarding this after my manager threatened to fire the whole team and said we could not take vacation the entirety of next year. This was after repeated similar comments and hostility. I was promptly let go this week. So to be clear, don’t talk to HR either if you feel unsafe.
Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?
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#22I am an American, so of course not.
You know we do have welfare/unemployment/rental assistance too, right?
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#23Can you explain how specifically you feel unsafe psychologically? Sounds like a bloated term without context or specifics.
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#24Man, my gut reaction to this stuff is growing less and less patient.
Hi, welcome to the left, or class solidarity if thats more palatable. Every time yall rolled your eyes at unions and labor protections?
Protip, a buncha people need to really internalize this -- your boss and management don't give a shit about you (certainly not in any tangible, meaningful way). You're not family and never were any more than my deadbeat dad was family because he made me do yardwork.
Yo, your boss totally is gonna "value you" more if you downvote me to satiate the cognitive dissonance! Lol I can't, I really can't.)
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#25Camaraderie is an illusion with management or your boss. We're not comrades, we're their subjects. We can have comradeship with our peers, of course, but that's unlikely to provide a safety net where none of us are unionized.
So no, I don't feel safe. I smile and say polite things when they mention how great the company is or how the sales are, or what a great year it will be!(how will any of this benefit me, besides more work) I consider this performative act part of what they pay me for, even if it is very painful. I'm not in a FAANG though, just slumming it.
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#26nope. I spoke to HR regarding this after my manager threatened to fire the whole team and said we could not take vacation the entirety of next year. This was after repeated similar comments and hostility. I was promptly let go this week. So to be clear, don’t talk to HR either if you feel unsafe.
Name and shame
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#27Anyone 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.
...or you might choose not to make unreasonable commitments and save aggressively...
Re: Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?
#28Anyone 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.
Lol, I worked as a college hire for MS for 4yrs and had 5yrs of runway and still have a couple of years. Between that and even the tiniest bit of class awareness, i just cant with these posts. Holy shit.
(No silverspoon here, stock matches and living conservatively)
Re: Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?
#29nope. I spoke to HR regarding this after my manager threatened to fire the whole team and said we could not take vacation the entirety of next year. This was after repeated similar comments and hostility. I was promptly let go this week. So to be clear, don’t talk to HR either if you feel unsafe.
HR is mostly there to reduce risk for the employer.
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#30I feel safe only because I'm not afraid of being fired. Not that it wouldn't happen, but that I'm confident I'd find an equally good job without any major pains or setbacks on the chance I am fired. A few months of searching is a slog for sure, but being afraid to do what I think is right at work wouldn't be worth avoiding it.