absolute brainwormed automatons that pour themselves into their work, are constantly work-stressed, and think “the work” will offer one day absolution for wasteland of their personal lives
One of my earliest radicalizing points in this regard was watching how my dad's company fucked him over. Now, my father is a dick.; but he is an incredibly competent chemist in what he does (crop science), and won several awards, was constantly getting good raises, etc. Well, after 20+ years of working there and nowhere else, they stuck him in a position he absolutely hated, and a few years later moved the lab he worked in out of state, over 1000 miles away, and he was not going to make that move. Now that isn't totally abnormal in and of itself, but they tried HARD to stiff him on his severance pay, despite everything else.
Really solidified to me early on that it doesn't matter how capable you are, you will always be considered as completely replaceable.
One of my earliest radicalizing points in this regard was watching how my dad's company fucked him over. Now, my father is a dick.; but he is an incredibly competent chemist in what he does (crop science), and won several awards, was constantly getting good raises, etc. Well, after 20+ years of working there and nowhere else, they stuck him in a position he absolutely hated, and a few years later moved the lab he worked in out of state, over 1000 miles away, and he was not going to make that move. Now that isn't totally abnormal in and of itself, but they tried HARD to stiff him on his severance pay, despite everything else.
Really solidified to me early on that it doesn't matter how capable you are, you will always be considered as completely replaceable.