This is just the normal cycle of the IT industry. Work somewhere for a while until you get burned out or need more money and then bounce for a huge bump in pay. My last two salary increases were $45k and $20k.
I don't disagree. Most people aren't loyal to a job, they are loyal to their stability and comfort provided by knowing exactly what they will have to do and what they get out of it.
Its that surge of "fuck it" that makes all that unworth it, and pushes them elsewhere.
I like my job. I cheer at the weekends of course but I don't begrudge my mondays.
I own my house, I eat well. I like my coworkers well enough.
If I were offered double to work somewhere else with similar conditions, I'd apply in a heartbeat. Money's money. No rage, despair, or hatred, just a fact of life.
There's the difference. You were being offered a job, you weren't applying randomly to places.
Especially as if there was a double pay version of the same job out there, and you weren't already applied to it, you either aren't qualified to get it or smart enough to have it. Rage applying "new jobs" are for movements to new companies, industries, or something far more diagonal.
Why waste energy by being emotional about work? For me, everything is a cold business decision, balancing the value of my time, how much money I need to live the life I want, and who I want to sell that time to.
Well I'm glad you are a perfect stoic being of unflappability who only exists on pure logic and is completely immune to stress. I'm sure that's very true and I'm proud of you.
For most, the comfort zone of what they know keeps them from recognizing their additional options, which requires a necessary shakeup to pursue. In this case, being willing to take a risk elsewhere becomes more worth the loss if it fails.
No one can avoid all stressful situations, but they can avoid compounding it with just a little applied discipline.
So, sure, valid criticism, I shouldn't have made it about me, but stress is a killer and I would urge everyone to at least try to compartmentalize. Not just in preventing stress from exerting a toll on your body, but also leading to bad decisions through emotional reactions and a rush to judgment.
The shake up works, of course, and it's better than accepting one's fate like an NPC, but no one ever gets ahead of the curve by just reacting.
I agree with you on all of that, as many people are far too loose with their emotions and stress, especially in regards to work. But I believe that properly applied anger, or even rage, is a greater tool than is given credit for.
Someone cooly looking at jobs will apply for ones that fit their criteria and generally keep the effort low, as there is low stakes involved. Someone doing so out of a frenzied desire to never set foot in that building again will be far looser with their stakes and pursue it with zeal and passion. Sure there is a risk of making a bad decision, but if your current job is driving you to such a place (or need advanced philosophical meditation to not reach it) than its unlikely the new job is that much of a step down anyway.
There is a balance between the two to find, but I find there are far more results in reality are born from not suppressing your emotions and instead letting them naturally motivate you further.
I find it amusing that the author of this article and that TikToker are pretending that this is some kind of genius new strategy. People have been doing this for as long as there have been jobs paid by money.
This is your sign to keep rage-applying to jobs,” a TikToker with username Redweez said in a video in early December. “I got mad at work, and I rage-applied to, like, 15 jobs. And then I got a job that gave me a $25,000 raise, and it’s a great place to work. So keep rage-applying. It’ll happen.” Redweez, who goes by Red, describes herself
Not exactly a surprise that the oppressor class was offered a raise. It'll only work for you if you are also the oppressor class. Women's organizations are pushing banks to lock interest rates to the gender ratio of new hires, with BoA, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas and Toronto Dominion already signed up.
I was going to doctor up a fake LinkedIn account, complete with pronouns, ukraine and trans flags -- all the "woke" bells-n-whistles. Maybe throw in a picture of me holding up a phony vax card for that extra virtue.
But in the end, I just didn't have the stomach to go through with it.
The whole thing even when done in jest is killing a part of yourself. Stay true to yourself and your values, even lipservice is giving in and allowing them to slowly corrupt you. It's the reason people go normally into university and come out as lefty fucks.
I just didn't have the stomach to go through with it.
It's what I think of me.
Besides, which sounds like a more fulfilling use of my time -- spending an hour making a phony LinkedIn account nobody will see, or spending that same hour noodling around on my guitar and watching zombie movies?
This is just the normal cycle of the IT industry. Work somewhere for a while until you get burned out or need more money and then bounce for a huge bump in pay. My last two salary increases were $45k and $20k.
What kind of person applies for a new job and isn't motivated by rage, despair, or general hatred of their current one?
You should always be looking for the next job.
Your employer isn't loyal to you and you shouldn't be to it...
as my ex boss once said 'if you want loyalty, get a dog'
I don't disagree. Most people aren't loyal to a job, they are loyal to their stability and comfort provided by knowing exactly what they will have to do and what they get out of it.
Its that surge of "fuck it" that makes all that unworth it, and pushes them elsewhere.
Exactly, I don't consider myself too loyal just too lazy.
Greed?
I like my job. I cheer at the weekends of course but I don't begrudge my mondays.
I own my house, I eat well. I like my coworkers well enough.
If I were offered double to work somewhere else with similar conditions, I'd apply in a heartbeat. Money's money. No rage, despair, or hatred, just a fact of life.
There's the difference. You were being offered a job, you weren't applying randomly to places.
Especially as if there was a double pay version of the same job out there, and you weren't already applied to it, you either aren't qualified to get it or smart enough to have it. Rage applying "new jobs" are for movements to new companies, industries, or something far more diagonal.
Boredom?
I would file that under hatred, though less the burning simmer type and more the overall dislike.
Unless you are one of those who simply failing to apply for promotions that would challenge you proper, which yeah that checks.
Why waste energy by being emotional about work? For me, everything is a cold business decision, balancing the value of my time, how much money I need to live the life I want, and who I want to sell that time to.
Well I'm glad you are a perfect stoic being of unflappability who only exists on pure logic and is completely immune to stress. I'm sure that's very true and I'm proud of you.
For most, the comfort zone of what they know keeps them from recognizing their additional options, which requires a necessary shakeup to pursue. In this case, being willing to take a risk elsewhere becomes more worth the loss if it fails.
No one can avoid all stressful situations, but they can avoid compounding it with just a little applied discipline.
So, sure, valid criticism, I shouldn't have made it about me, but stress is a killer and I would urge everyone to at least try to compartmentalize. Not just in preventing stress from exerting a toll on your body, but also leading to bad decisions through emotional reactions and a rush to judgment.
The shake up works, of course, and it's better than accepting one's fate like an NPC, but no one ever gets ahead of the curve by just reacting.
I agree with you on all of that, as many people are far too loose with their emotions and stress, especially in regards to work. But I believe that properly applied anger, or even rage, is a greater tool than is given credit for.
Someone cooly looking at jobs will apply for ones that fit their criteria and generally keep the effort low, as there is low stakes involved. Someone doing so out of a frenzied desire to never set foot in that building again will be far looser with their stakes and pursue it with zeal and passion. Sure there is a risk of making a bad decision, but if your current job is driving you to such a place (or need advanced philosophical meditation to not reach it) than its unlikely the new job is that much of a step down anyway.
There is a balance between the two to find, but I find there are far more results in reality are born from not suppressing your emotions and instead letting them naturally motivate you further.
I find it amusing that the author of this article and that TikToker are pretending that this is some kind of genius new strategy. People have been doing this for as long as there have been jobs paid by money.
Label it and market it. That's all it is, just slapping a label on the same old shit.
Not exactly a surprise that the oppressor class was offered a raise. It'll only work for you if you are also the oppressor class. Women's organizations are pushing banks to lock interest rates to the gender ratio of new hires, with BoA, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas and Toronto Dominion already signed up.
I was going to doctor up a fake LinkedIn account, complete with pronouns, ukraine and trans flags -- all the "woke" bells-n-whistles. Maybe throw in a picture of me holding up a phony vax card for that extra virtue.
But in the end, I just didn't have the stomach to go through with it.
The whole thing even when done in jest is killing a part of yourself. Stay true to yourself and your values, even lipservice is giving in and allowing them to slowly corrupt you. It's the reason people go normally into university and come out as lefty fucks.
If you don't cheat at the enemy's game, you won't win.
The only winning move is not to play.
Just do it. Who cares what the people you work with think of you?
It's what I think of me.
Besides, which sounds like a more fulfilling use of my time -- spending an hour making a phony LinkedIn account nobody will see, or spending that same hour noodling around on my guitar and watching zombie movies?
There is a right answer.
You might need that fake persona if the enemy's plan succeeds.
Hold onto the work you have for dear life. I'm not confident that the next job market post-recession will even have the illusion of fairness.
You're sounding like someone who speaks from experience. Let's see yours. I'm assuming you did take the wise precaution of using a fake name?
Crowd: link it! link it! link it! link IT!
I won't be doing that, but yes, I have an entirely fake corporate-approved list of opinions that my employers know.
Needs must, nothing comes from being sincere in the enemy's system, they'll just know who to fire first.
You clearly don't need as much guitar practice as I do.