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jokethrowaway · 2022-10-06 02:48:07

Agree, plenty of people across different companies told me that. It's not even a secret, they admit it in meetings.

Oh and the amount of meetings skyrocketed.

Dumped my last client because it turned into basically 8hrs of meetings

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bluefirebrand | karma 6519 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2024-05-09 12:08:39

I suspect this is true at a lot of companies but they just wouldn't admit it out loud

megy | karma 561 | avg karma 1.4 · | 2018-04-10 23:11:30+00:00

When you deal with enough people, this just becomes a fact no matter where you are. In big companies, this happens.

whalabi | karma 1828 | avg karma 6.62 · | 2019-08-12 02:33:53+00:00

(ok that's exaggeration but you get the idea)

Very commonplace, especially at large tech firms.

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pySSK | karma 242 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2020-11-22 21:53:38

Thank you for saying this and reaffirming my belief. I haven't seen this said anywhere else and I'm constantly made to feel bad for this at my company.

allengeorge | karma 1547 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2015-04-08 19:48:30+00:00

False. I've worked (briefly) in two large corporations, neither of which demonstrated this behavior. And, having talked to friends who work in larger companies...this is nowhere are common as you make it out to be.

ececconi | karma 590 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2013-08-19 23:46:22

I know for me it's common knowledge now. But, it wasn't common knowledge for all employees when we first entered the company.

sillysaurusx | karma 21456 | avg karma 5.32 · | 2021-03-28 02:09:24

At massive (non-FAANG) companies, it's more common than you might think. Surprisingly.

NotYourLawyer | karma 2967 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2022-09-10 09:54:51

I’m aware of at least one large law firm telling its employees the same thing.

wlievens | karma 1911 | avg karma 1.21 · | 2016-07-11 16:19:16

It's true, and it happens, not just in Big Companies.

sloopy543 | karma 91 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2019-11-06 20:22:45

Yup. I suspect this sort of thing is going on all over the place but most people don't speak openly of it.

All work is value-based. Never forget that.

No clients care if you spent 80 hours a week not solving their problem, so why would they care if you spent 20 solving it?

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d0gsg0w00f | karma 686 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2021-11-17 01:27:04

As someone who works in a massive corporation, this is 100% true.

lenni | karma 742 | avg karma 4.17 · | 2010-05-08 09:59:55+00:00

Haha. Seems to be the norm in tech firms. I know it is where I work.

Wiseacre | karma 312 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2021-11-28 12:51:28

It's not a rare phenomenon across the industry. Plenty of my colleagues and I have experienced something similar.

Mystery-Machine | karma 184 | avg karma 1.2 · | 2023-07-15 15:24:04

Like...80% of big companies? You really should have heard of this practice by this age...

booop | karma 189 | avg karma 1.99 · | 2013-08-31 15:15:30+00:00

If i may butt in: Yes. Many times with clients too. Just this week I was in a meeting with project managers and consultants from GE, Honeywell, Prysmian and Schneider electric and it was as if everyone was trying to one up each other on the 'fuck' count.

rmellow | karma 614 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2017-05-11 02:51:59

I wonder if you might be a coworker of mine or this is just becoming a common strategy for companies these days.

TheHypnotist | karma 460 | avg karma 1.21 · | 2020-02-04 18:38:44+00:00

As anyone in this industry knows, this is very common even with larger, more established companies.

warfangle | karma 3705 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2015-11-02 16:37:48+00:00

I've seen this even in small companies.

penguat | karma 188 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2013-08-28 09:31:48+00:00

Here in the UK, it's not uncommon in large companies.