Work Reform

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

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

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.

“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.

Not everyone hates their family, Reid.

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

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

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.

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.

Fuck off, Reid.

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.

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

I mean he's definitely an asshole for many reasons, but the context is "if you are a start-up entrepreneur"

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.

It's also a good sign you're not mentally ill.

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

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

The context is important:

for small businesses and entrepreneurs

https://lemmy.ca/comment/15704649

Kings deserve the Guillotine!

this belongs in linkedin lunatics

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?

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

What a loser

Cool, he might consider fucking off and dying.

might want to look at your linkedin site, what it has turned into

This guy reeks of chode energy.

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

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 this guy and anyone who thinks like him

Winning what, more profits for you instead of me? Get fucked, loser.

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

I work to live. I dont live to work.

Maybe if workers actually Won by doing their jobs, this would be even close to approaching accurate.

I am not committed to winning

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.

I live for me, not for a business.

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

Fuck winning.

Be the best, climb the ladder

Do it better, higher, faster

I refuse to participate

If I go up it will be slow

I’m bringing everyone I know

Stopping on the sixth or seventh rung

It’s weird that it’s always losers that are the ones talking about winning.