[HN Gopher] The Toxic Effects of Branding Your Workplace a "Family"
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       The Toxic Effects of Branding Your Workplace a "Family"
        
       Author : Krontab
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2021-11-08 18:48 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | Slow_Hand wrote:
       | Can we dial back the usage of the toxic in this context? It feels
       | overused and hyperbolic, given the context.
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       | Perhaps instead a word like "harmful" or "undexpected" or
       | "unwanted"?
        
         | max002 wrote:
         | It is toxic, perfect name for it.
        
         | dnissley wrote:
         | Pernicious?
        
           | ashtonkem wrote:
           | A criminally underused word, in my opinion. Fun to say too.
        
         | bigodbiel wrote:
         | Much like a cult is "toxic", this is the exact behavior that it
         | attempted at "family" corporate cultures.
        
         | ashtonkem wrote:
         | I generally agree that "toxic" is over used, but here it seems
         | warranted. How else would you describe an attempt to co-opt the
         | emotional processes of family building in order to make workers
         | more loyal to you, especially when that loyalty is
         | transparently asymmetrical? Perhaps I'd be inclined to
         | specifically call it manipulative and deceitful, but "toxic" is
         | much more succinct and not incorrect.
        
       | max002 wrote:
       | It is toxic, ive been workong in such company and it was just
       | shit (probably for every introvert).
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       | The _family_ sales people were getting low base wages and not
       | great comissions. Programmers (like me) were good.
       | 
       | The points _family_ oriented programmers were given more time and
       | chances. Lets skip that those devs had really low skills (apart
       | of php and js).
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       | I think its as well just disgusting to ppl who dont have family.
       | it tries to give this false idea of security, but just try to
       | have different opinion than "familly" and you're out of favours.
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       | In shortcut i believe its very manipulative way to pay lower
       | wages and artificially increase motivation.
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       | At work im working, not looking for family or friends.
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       | People lile to belong to a group (natural) and the idea of
       | "family" company is just abusing that rule.
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       | So next time you hear on interview "we're like familly in here"
       | then simply run, run, run. Unless of course you consciously
       | choose yo validate your needs with this fake bs.
        
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