Comment on What kind of institutional gaslighting is this?
irmoz@reddthat.com 6 months agoSee? There’s that slave mentality again
“Master won’t like you unless you work harder!”
Comment on What kind of institutional gaslighting is this?
irmoz@reddthat.com 6 months agoSee? There’s that slave mentality again
“Master won’t like you unless you work harder!”
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
If you don’t have any initiative don’t be surprised if you never achieve anything in life.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
That mentality only works if you believe your job is the only way you can achieve anything in life.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
No matter where you want to achieve something, you have to show initiative for it to happen.
Right now we’re talking about work and they say they won’t work harder for advancement? Then they won’t get advancement.
If we were on a DIY and we were talking about building a fence and they were saying “I won’t take time from my day to make it.” my reaction would be the same, show some initiative or don’t complain if shit doesn’t happen.
People can complain about nepotism and jobs not going to those who deserve it, but they can’t complain about jobs also going to those who decide to put in the work while they’re doing the bare minimum.
irmoz@reddthat.com 6 months ago
What you call “quiet quitting” IS putting in the work. You even said it yourself - it’s doing exactly what is expected of you.
What you call “showing initiative” is allowing yourself to be ruled by the whims of a wannabe master. If they wanted you to do more, they should have put that in the job deacriotion. And if there’s still work to be done, they should have hired another person. 1 can’t do the work of 2.
irmoz@reddthat.com 6 months ago
I have initiative, I just don’t waste it on wannabe kings