Alda Vigdís 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 (@alda@topspicy.social)
topspicy.social
Want to hear the truth about #Automattic, the not-like-the-other-girls company that still thinks it is a startup after 20 years and his founder acts like he invented remote working? With the CEO who boast about his access to an international talent pool? And the slogan "embrace the chaos" greeting you in all caps when you open the staff handbook? Read on.
  • s3p5r@lemm.eeEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    Imagine if you had to abandon your social life some years ago for the job and the only people you talk to on a daily basis are your coworkers on Slack.

    Thanks for the reminder that my life is garbage, I guess. Unless you count the pleasantries I exchange with the person who makes my coffee in the morning?

    I’m not employed by automattic, but this thread still cut deep with similar work culture.

      • s3p5r@lemm.eeEnglish
        71·
        2 months ago

        And sadder still, no friend or family can feed and house me. Economic coercion is very effective.

        Even worse, this is still better treatment than when I worked state sector.