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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey there, friend :)

I just wanted to mention to you directly that you are a human being and you have choices here.

First acknowledging that you do need to stay employed of course and I don't blame you, as the worker, for helping Reddit during this moment. But there are these few moments each day at your work where you can make small, deliberate decisions on behalf of your fellow human beings over hollow corporate furtherance.

Just do a bit less each day. Forget to send an email here and there. Copy the wrong "Debbie" or "Todd" in that email that you do send - honest mistake. Forget to ban that mod you are asked to ban, or forget one in the group. If you're feeling bold, get off of your work machine and reach out to those mods on a dummy account with a heads up.

Again, not your fault as an individual either in a broken system, but you probably have small opportunities every day to help the world (and hurt Reddit a bit). Embrace those opportunities.

We believe in you.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interviewers don't mind you describing flaws in a company to explain why you left, if those flaws are real flaws. What they hate is when a candidate blames their failings on the company rather than honestly identify and take responsibility for their own shortcomings.

What that means is that if you're going to say something bad about a former employer, keep it brief, stick to factual, provable things with minimal emotive content, and describe how that meant they're a bad fit for you. If you can describe a way your employer did things badly, explain why you weren't in a position to change it, and then describe a better way that you wish they'd do and that happens to line up with how your potential new employer does do things, that can be a good way to show you'll fit in because you agree with their practices or management style or whatever it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So worded a bit more harshly, mention past problems if necessary but make it look like you'll cover for the potential employer when they fuck up, too.

Politeness is necessary for human interaction, but I will point out it doesn't make sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's more, point out past employers' flaws where it doesn't look like an excuse for your own, or where you can use it to show that the reasons you left that employer totally won't apply here because this place is better in exactly the ways you're looking for.