Work Reform

this belongs in linkedin lunatics

Dude wants to win at work. I win at life.

If you think you're winning because you're a corporate slave in capitalism then actually you're losing at life.

Exactly the sort of vapid self destructive Corpo-Cap shittery you'd expect out of the LinkedIn cofounder. He's probably like that all the time.

Says the man who has a maid, a butler, a staff waiting with a coffee and strudel for him at work. Every conference call is set up and waiting on him to start. Everyone is lined up to lick his boots at all time, to ensure the person who's time is "the most valuable" never has to spend an extra second listening to anyone or anything they don't want to. Give me a break.

I want work life imbalance. I want less work and more life.

Reid Hoffman can wake up at 4:30am and begin the important work of eating my entire arsehole.

Win what?

These narcissist CEOs cannot grasp the idea that "life" is employees working for themselves and pursuing their own interests instead of working for others.

What kind of commitment does Reid Hoffman have towards seeing his employees win?

What kind of profit sharing do LinkedIn employees enjoy? What's the salary / compensation disperancy look like between the average employee and the C-Suite executives? What's the medical insurance and parental leave packages look like? What about education reimbursement?

Seriously, who is "winning" in Reid Hoffman's ideal scenario?

I want to live in a place where life isn’t a game with winner or losers, but a fun experience to share with those you love.

Kings deserve the Guillotine!

I mean that's fine for the guy or gal trying to start up their own business, which is what his talk was about, in the class he was addressing.

This should not apply to the workers though which is what way to many of business owners seem to forget once they start touring s profit and hiring people.

That gave me the greatest laught yesterday.

It was so expected but still funny

Patient zero of [email protected]

Does "winning" mean you ignore family, friends, and self-care to further enrich giant corporations...? Cuz if so, I suggest this dude jump up his own asshole.

He's right. I'm committed to getting paid and doing what I want.

If anything, Linkedin itself is a redflag just from their psychopathic micromanagers lost in their own world thinking everyone owes them something.

There are many ways to win in life. LinkedIn isn't one of them.

I am not committed to winning

The context is important:

for small businesses and entrepreneurs

https://lemmy.ca/comment/15704649

Fuck this "you can't get anywhere without stepping on everyone else" attitude.

Fuck this guy and anyone who thinks like him

Until I have the same unlimited upside as a founder does, I’m committed to work life balance. If you’re a wage employee, there is not point in giving your life to your job.

"Visionary"

As LinkedIn begs for attention most days.

Fuck this guy. I say we guillotine him as an example to the others.

I live for me, not for a business.

When I'm old and dying I'll never say "I wish I worked more"

Excuse me sir, we appear to have a different definition of "winning".

Linkedin is a meat market for capitalist labor. It is very anti- worker, pro capitalist douchebaggery. Fuck Linkedin.

Ah yes, slave away for decades to make the company's executives/owners richer, sacrificing watching your kids grow up, sacrificing your relationship with your spouse, family, and friends.

Giving up time for hobbies and community service so that I can get a raise that barely keeps up with inflation, a pizza party twice a year, shitty coffee that the employees have to make, in a pot that the employees have to clean, and eventually a parking space that is 100 feet closer to the entrance so I can get into the office even quicker...

Nah, forgive me for passing on being a "winner."

Looking at him, he may need a bit of work-life balance.

I worked at a couple of startups and every single one was a success with good exit strategies, and we had good work-life balance. His view is factually false.

In the context of start-ups. Where workers presumably are also rewarded with stock options or similar. Takes a certain mentality and a definition of "winning" that I don't share, which is why I don't and wouldn't work at a start-up. And besides, the message is chiefly directed at founders. I don't find it -that- controversial.

“The people that think that’s toxic don’t understand the start-up game, and they’re just wrong,” he said. “The game is intense. And by the way, if you don’t do that, eventually, you’re out of a job.

For those who disagree, working at a startup is a choice, Hoffman insisted.

But the reward on the other side is second to none; the 100 or so first employees at LinkedIn don’t need to work anymore, he added. Microsoft purchased the professional networking platform for $26.2 billion in 2016.

That's good for the 100 or so first employees at LinkedIn, but I'm certain that the VAST majority of employees who bust their ass trying to help get a start-up off the ground don't have anywhere near that end result. I'm sure it isn't worth it for 99% of employees of start-ups.

But if you want to take on the challenge, hoping that maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones, go for it, but don't fucking drag a spouse/significant other, or children into that nightmare. If you want to commit your entire life to a start-up, then fucking commit.

I agree, it's not winning unless you're crying, exhausted and with barely any more money than any other average folk unable to use it properly hoping for early retirement just before the economic crash leads you to being fired and having nepotism replace you instead!

Fuck off, Reid.

Not everyone hates their family, Reid.

Define winning.

That's our secret Raid, we don't want to win.