this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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I can.
I was stuck in a job I hated for over a decade, and not only that, I was the guy on the team doing the shit jobs no one else would do because many of the older, tenured people didn't want to work weekend hours ever.
I remember the slight panic in my boss's eyes when I put in my two weeks, but it wasn't half as sweet as my former coworker's panicking when they realized that they'd have to figure out how to do my job without my help. One even had the balls to say something to me about selfishness.
You see, they'd also declined my offer to train them on the functions I was involved in and the items I created.
Glorious.
I love it when people expect loyalty's benefits without paying loyalty's price.
I always loved the "selfishness" take regarding jobs. It's business not friendship.
You should be as loyal to your company as your company is to you.
A step further is anything an employer would do is fair game imo. Lie. Cheat. Deny that the sky is up. Their rules.
As loyal as they have been to you in the past, or as loyal as you expect they might be in the future? Because, that's the problem, things can turn on a dime.