[ SECRET POST #4288 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4288 ⌋

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Comments

Re: non fandom confessions

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, I'm not suggesting that one oughtn't be helpful, or work hard, or go above and beyond if it's necessary. And also, it's not entirely clear what the situation at OP's job is actually like, and a lot of it depends on that - I'm certainly bringing my own interpretation to it.

But I also think that those things shouldn't necessarily be the norm, or the expectation. And I think that is the norm (at least in the United States) - where you're supposed to give all of yourself into a job, far beyond the actual returns that you get from it. It depends somewhat on where you draw the line of what "going above and beyond" means. But there's an expectation that you should work super long hours - as OP's coworker does - and constantly do all kinds of things that aren't actually your job - like OP's coworker does. And promotions and job success are often conditional on doing those things - as you point out.

And on the whole, this is really bad. It's a totally dysfunctional set of expectations to have for workers, and it's enormously beneficial to employers, and it puts people like OP - who don't have the ability, for whatever reason, to do those things constantly - at a massive disadvantage. It is the norm, but it shouldn't be.

I shouldn't have said "tool", because that has more malicious connotations than I want to bring.

Re: non fandom confessions

[(Anonymous)]

Okay fair enough, the way you explain it makes more sense. I think the word tool got a kneejerk reaction from me, lol.