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> This comes as disappointing news, as we've all built strong connections with our fellow Hackeronies. Sorry my little Hackeronie. I'm afraid I'll be firing you now.
Does anyone else feel weird about these terms used for employees. Hackeronis, Twittarians, Redditites, coinbese?
> This comes as disappointing news, as we've all built strong connections with our fellow Hackeronies. Sorry my little Hackeronie. I'm afraid I'll be firing you now.
We're not like old, stodgy companies. We're cool and fun! > lays off swaths of workers unceremoniously > cuts back on perks > bans political topics and other non-work conversation > starts rigorously evaluating employees, "it's not stack ranking" but it's just as bad Hang on, maybe old school professional office culture had a reason... To make people focus on work.
Boy, I sure wish that my current employer banned such conversations in the workplace. They make things really tense and uncomfortable.
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Completely agree with this, but at the same time there is something deeply dysfunctional about our mercenary attitude toward our work relationships. For any given individual I think they have no choice to approach it this way, but I do hope we eventually land somewhere a little healthier, as a culture.
Work is just a transactional relationship. I need money, they need workers, that's all there is to it. It ends if I find better money elsewhere, or they no longer need workers.
There's many things, like stability, and how the firm treats you that SHOULD be considered. But they should be considered, as benefits, and given a value.
I faced this on my last job search. I ended up declining a FAANG to goto a small firm. No regrets when the FAANG laid off a few months later like I predicted they would.
... Always watch out for yourself. Money isn't the only thing that matters. Relationships matter etc.
But as always: Business, is business, nothing personal.
A company is not family. A company is not your friend. To quote Bob Seger: "I used her, she used me but neither one cared We were gettin' our share" - Night Moves That is a corporate relationship. Nothing wrong with it. But always keep it in context... if ya ain't getting your share, go get it elsewhere.
Completely agree with this, but at the same time there is something deeply dysfunctional about our mercenary attitude toward our work relationships. For any given individual I think they have no choice to approach it this way, but I do hope we eventually land somewhere a little healthier, as a culture.
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No, it's part of how you show culture. I think Hackeronies is the best/most ridiculous I've heard. I always say "____ employees" or "____ team members" because that's the culture of where I work.
> it's part of how you show culture. I show I'm part of the culture by working well with my team. What more is really needed?
> This comes as disappointing news, as we've all built strong connections with our fellow Hackeronies. Sorry my little Hackeronie. I'm afraid I'll be firing you now.
They really missed the opportunity for HackerOnesies.
> This comes as disappointing news, as we've all built strong connections with our fellow Hackeronies. Sorry my little Hackeronie. I'm afraid I'll be firing you now.
That's just basic logic.
huh. no substantive comments yet. overreaction to “hackeronies”. i like cute names like that. it also rubs the salt in the wound during a layoff so i further enjoy the irony. does this mean the pentest industry as a whole is in decline? or did h1 over invest and is having a hangover now? or are competitors starting to drink their milkshake? or is shift left working? i do also wonder how this affects their downstream…
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Slightly, it feels... hivemind-y? Working at a company I identify most with my direct colleagues/team, less so with wider orgs. Feels comparable to what I felt during high school "pep rallies". Hackeroni sounds like a pasta, and I'm sure I'd meme the shit out of it if I worked there
That seems like the point of the company demonym, got to drink that kool aid. What I find personality disingenuous (or perhaps even insidious) is the push to make everyone feel like they are an integral part of a group and then treat them like disposable objects when it’s more convenient at that moment.
> This comes as disappointing news, as we've all built strong connections with our fellow Hackeronies. Sorry my little Hackeronie. I'm afraid I'll be firing you now.
> Hackeronie Not even an iota of professionalism. Should’ve written the firing letter in the following style: > Hackeronie, I'm vewy sowwy to infowm yu dat due to cuwwent economic challenges, ouw company has been facing diffwicult times. As a wesult, we have to make some hawd decisions, and unfowtunately, we need to wetch yu go. > We tweasuwe youw contwibutions and effowts to the company, but fow ouw sustenance, we m…
*notices your lack of employment*