@tha_rami That's not possible unfortunately. It's a survival necessity if I'm going to do something 8 hours per day that I do it passionately and care for those around me like family. Can't avoid giving that to my employer or I'd go insane.

@Thylander I'm afraid the employer is making it so that caring for your "family" short term precludes you from doing it long term, and vice versa.

@tha_rami The problem are the companies that weaponise its employees passion, not the people with passion. No experience of merit was created solely for a salary.

@AdamBWriting Absolutely, the problem is the companies.

@tha_rami Amen to this.

@tha_rami I've always had this mentality when it comes to work and I've butted heads with a few bosses over it. I'm just here to collect a paycheque, I'm not getting payed to be your friend s soon as I'm out the door at the end of the day I don't care what happens.

@tha_rami That's the nature of it. Never be loyal to a company, anything done or said to build loyalty is to deceive you. You're an expense to an executive who sees only dollar signs.

@tha_rami My dad often wonders why I don't express loyalty to my employer the way he did when he was my age. And this is why. I'm a number to them, so it's only reasonable that I treat them as if they were just an entry on my resume.

@tha_rami Our new CEO said “no one should stay at a job for more than 2 years”. Sad that I work for a nonprofit, but he has a point. Anyway I’m old enough to remember when longevity mattered with a company. Now, it doesn’t mean jack. It’s a paycheck, that’s it.

@tha_rami I wish. Companies, especially tech, no longer treat people like numbers. They see them as statistical data points. People have been *out-numbered* in a universal act of dehuminisation. Time to rise above by making delight, by being present instead of feeding fear algorithms.

@tha_rami How people are impacted by these things ALWAYS matter.

@tha_rami the capitalist programming runs deep. people can’t even find it within themselves to live full lives, they’re too conditioned to sell their time, energy, and health for someone else’s wealth accrual.

@tha_rami My answer is always: "I am married to my wife only, the company is just an employer and it is always under evaluation".

@tha_rami There seems to be a lot of people on this app the last 2 days who think these companies are their friends. I don't know why after everything that's been reported on people still act like Nintendo and Microsoft are their best buds, but it needs to stop.

@tha_rami Yup, me and few workers are starting to see our current job as just something to bleed for Cisco/Juniper credits for certs in order to get a better job later

@tha_rami Until the gaming and VFX industry has a strong union movement, this is going to continue to happen

@tha_rami It's sad since the peers you work with are awesome and do feel like a family, and it's sad to say good bye to them.

@tha_rami @arainydancer People need to start taking a more mercenary approach to job employment, especially with large corporations. You may have a passion, but it's not theirs to exploit, you're working for the paycheck they give you.

@tha_rami I once had an employer say 'we're all a family here' and I just blurted out with "Yeah, well, Charlie Manson had a family, so I'd really rather not."