Why would you ever work for a company that employs that many people and would treat you like shit?
For the (slightly more) money? Well then that's your own doing, innit?
The great thing about having any sort of skills is that you can pick and choose what you want to do with them.
If you choose to work for someone like that, you're willingly subjecting yourself to misery, and to (probably) wasting some of the best years of your life working on things you don't give a flying fuck about.
For people who also don't give a flying fuck. There are no fucks to be given -- the organization is, for lack of a better term, Fuckless.
Working in a Fuckless org does not, as Marie Kondo would say, "Spark Joy".
If you have to choose between:
- $150k Salary @ small startup working on something you're passionate about with a close-knit team
- $250k Salary @ $BIGCO to be COG_IN_WHEEL_#3356
The tradeoff you're making there is pretty clear
I'm not a judgmental person and don't ride moral high-horses. Personally, I value happiness, mental wellbeing, and have a fulfilling life more than slightly more money.
If you don't and you choose to subject yourself to all that awful stuff for the money, that's well and good, but you also can't turn around and complain about it or act like it's the only/a normal choice.
Bud you said you make 110k and we’re originally responding to people talking about 300k, 500k, and more.
There is no reasonable way to look at ~300%+ increase in compensation as “slightly more”.
You’ve got a point about working for a company you believe in, but that’s part of your total comp. You chose a package that’s lower pay + fits your interests. When people drop the “fits your interests” requirement they are able to get more comp as part of the package
Been in both roles before at Small Fun Startup and BigCo and I'll take BigCo every time now because that extra $100K/yr (and its usually way way way more than that compared to the startup) get me closer to my life goals of total fiscal independence and retirement quicker.
So yea, I'll sell my soul and eat shit for enough $$$.
Probably not since your government will most likely always require you to pay taxes, but you may be able to achieve financial independence for some definition of the expression.
For the (slightly more) money? Well then that's your own doing, innit?
The great thing about having any sort of skills is that you can pick and choose what you want to do with them.
If you choose to work for someone like that, you're willingly subjecting yourself to misery, and to (probably) wasting some of the best years of your life working on things you don't give a flying fuck about.
For people who also don't give a flying fuck. There are no fucks to be given -- the organization is, for lack of a better term, Fuckless.
Working in a Fuckless org does not, as Marie Kondo would say, "Spark Joy".
If you have to choose between:
The tradeoff you're making there is pretty clearI'm not a judgmental person and don't ride moral high-horses. Personally, I value happiness, mental wellbeing, and have a fulfilling life more than slightly more money.
If you don't and you choose to subject yourself to all that awful stuff for the money, that's well and good, but you also can't turn around and complain about it or act like it's the only/a normal choice.