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0 pointsxwdv3y ago0 comments

And imagine still, that instead of a dog, it was an adult, and you shake hands agreeing to hire their skills in exchange for regular payment, but when their skills are someday no longer required or adequate, and that day will come, the payments will cease and they will have to peddle their skills elsewhere.

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CuriouslyC3y ago

That is totally valid for the fraction of companies that treat each piece of work as a transaction with terms agreed upon beforehand, and don't try to wheedle extra work/crunch effort with nebulous promises or talk of "loyalty" then deliver a sad token while enriching shareholders and executives.

I might be able to get on board with your ideology if your ideal was the norm and the second case the exception, but it's quite the reverse.

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