A recent post on Hacker News prompted me to revisit What Does a Wage Gap Look Like? What has changed in the past 5 years? Unfortunately not much. The point today is the same as it was 5 years ago. Location based pay is still the norm and is still hugely unfair. That last point Continue reading "The Wage Gap 2"
tldr; after the acquisition of a R D startup based in Europe by a Fortune 20 company, people on the team now working on a joint project remotely, earning 1/2 1/5 as their new colleagues. Mind the gap Overseas workers are not a particularly protected group and they are routinely screwed over. Even though people Continue reading "What Does a Wage Gap Look Like?"
Working class employees should share as much information about their compensation package with their peers as possible, seeing lowballing is the favorite pastime of most managers. They just love to come up with excuses for the borderline insulting raises. Only the ruling class benefit from keeping salary information secret. Rest assured, they tell everybody their Continue reading "Transparency Is…
Every employee should aim for the absolute minimum work they are compensated for. Always, no exception. It is not even malicious, just the nature of the business. Going over the required means free work, and working for free is charity. Favors should be kept to friends, and your employer is not your friend, don t treat Continue reading "Your Employer is Not Your Friend"
I frequently hear misconceptions about what a flat organization means. People often think it means there is less administration and reporting to the managers (even meetings) and more individual freedom. They often think it is a net positive. Truth is, they are very wrong. Working in a flat organization means exactly one thing, there is Continue reading "The Flat Organization"
Even if things are going smooth, anything you say may be used against in the future. You only tell her what she wants to hear. You don t complain about your coworkers or the working conditions, everything is nice and dandy, even if you are broadcasting your CV replying to recruiters on LinkedIn. Unless of course Continue reading "You don t tell the truth to your manager, ever"