Not being an asshole will make you more money

Post by culturestate » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 11:02 AM UTC

777d7_rr66444 wrote: post #267

james_s_tayler wrote: post #246

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I see participatants from all over the world here all the time. They usually qualify things with phrases like "where I'm from" or "in [insert country here]. It's only the Americans that think they're the center of the world. I used to watch this Japanese show "Why did you come to Japan?" where a camera crew hangs out at Narita Airport and ambushes unsuspecting foreigners with that question and try to tag along on the…

As an American expatriate I'm always shocked or bemused by the US-centric comments I get from family. I live in East Asia, which is by no measure a cultural or technological backwater, and was surprised to hear my mother say, two days ago, "you must get YouTube over there...". For some more perspective, I'm the most successful member of my family (from a financial pov) and from the condo I live in to the car I drive,…

Post by tzjmetron » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 11:13 AM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 11:23 AM UTC

ajuc wrote: post #265

papito wrote: post #28

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Exactly. 9 out of 10 managers will give you more money. They are not going to offer it to you, normally, because they are not a charity. They want to give you the least amount of money that you will except. Secondly, who ever gets fired for asking for a raise? I mean, that is not normal. And if that does happen to you, it's most likely of some other underlying factors, where asking for a raise is just the last drop.

> 9 out of 10 managers will give you more money. They are not going to offer it to you, normally, because they are not a charity. They want to give you the least amount of money that you will except. It's not charity to pay people what they are worth, it's a good business strategy. Paying them the least they would accept is a sure way to have a high turnover and frustrated employees. Bad strategy. At least in a worke…

Post by eric234223 » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 11:30 AM UTC

bitxbit wrote: post #274

I think this is being naive. You can wreck your career this way. You can be very talented but get screwed over if you are not aware of the people around you. In sense you need to have an “asshole” radar on at all times and be ready to respond in kind. Personally, this is exhausting.

Post by Fnoord » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 12:12 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #6

Most of the billionaires are assholes and/or criminals with a couple of noteworthy exceptions. So maybe not being an asshole will get you ahead in the middle but it won't get you all the way to the top of the foodchain. So this is solid advice, but unfortunately the role models are exactly those people that didn't follow this sort of advice. Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Apple, Google and Facebook all would not have bee…