In the context of start-ups. Where workers presumably are also rewarded with stock options or similar. Takes a certain mentality and a definition of "winning" that I don't share, which is why I don't and wouldn't work at a start-up. And besides, the message is chiefly directed at founders. I don't find it -that- controversial.
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I want work life imbalance. I want less work and more life.
If you think you're winning because you're a corporate slave in capitalism then actually you're losing at life.
Exactly the sort of vapid self destructive Corpo-Cap shittery you'd expect out of the LinkedIn cofounder. He's probably like that all the time.
Win what?
Win the expectation to do more work without proper compensation, in my experience.
"Visionary"
As LinkedIn begs for attention most days.
this belongs in linkedin lunatics
That gave me the greatest laught yesterday.
It was so expected but still funny
Dude wants to win at work. I win at life.
He doesn't understand the difference.
These narcissist CEOs cannot grasp the idea that "life" is employees working for themselves and pursuing their own interests instead of working for others.
What kind of commitment does Reid Hoffman have towards seeing his employees win?
What kind of profit sharing do LinkedIn employees enjoy? What's the salary / compensation disperancy look like between the average employee and the C-Suite executives? What's the medical insurance and parental leave packages look like? What about education reimbursement?
Seriously, who is "winning" in Reid Hoffman's ideal scenario?
"Hail corporate!"
Kings deserve the Guillotine!
Says the man who has a maid, a butler, a staff waiting with a coffee and strudel for him at work. Every conference call is set up and waiting on him to start. Everyone is lined up to lick his boots at all time, to ensure the person who's time is "the most valuable" never has to spend an extra second listening to anyone or anything they don't want to. Give me a break.
I am not committed to winning
Reid Hoffman can wake up at 4:30am and begin the important work of eating my entire arsehole.
I wouldn't give him the privilege of the entirety. He can just lap at the crusty bits.
There are many ways to win in life. LinkedIn isn't one of them.
I want to live in a place where life isn’t a game with winner or losers, but a fun experience to share with those you love.
You have been banned from /r/capitalism
I live for me, not for a business.
When I'm old and dying I'll never say "I wish I worked more"
I think loving for a business is illegal in many places. ;)
Lol
Live*
I mean that's fine for the guy or gal trying to start up their own business, which is what his talk was about, in the class he was addressing.
This should not apply to the workers though which is what way to many of business owners seem to forget once they start touring s profit and hiring people.
What they forget is that other people aren't going to be as comitted to their business as they themselves are. They're not going to care as much for the simple fact, that if the business takes off, they're not going to earn any of the profits. Why would I work 50 hour weeks like the founder, if I don't stand to actually reap the benefits?
not to mention a lot of US companies have "bonuses" to encourage you, but haven't the foresight to think that an unmet bonus - usually out of the person's hands, at least in my experience - is just a pay cut, and pay cuts are the worst thing you can do for morale and productivity.
Ah yes, slave away for decades to make the company's executives/owners richer, sacrificing watching your kids grow up, sacrificing your relationship with your spouse, family, and friends.
Giving up time for hobbies and community service so that I can get a raise that barely keeps up with inflation, a pizza party twice a year, shitty coffee that the employees have to make, in a pot that the employees have to clean, and eventually a parking space that is 100 feet closer to the entrance so I can get into the office even quicker...
Nah, forgive me for passing on being a "winner."
If anything, Linkedin itself is a redflag just from their psychopathic micromanagers lost in their own world thinking everyone owes them something.
Define winning.
Making money for your boss of course!
Basing your self worth on making money for your betters and then sacrificing everything for it.
Well I say seeking to remove my work-life balance means he's not committing to not wanting to taste lead at high velocity using the base of his skull as a mouth.
Giving up work-life balance in the pursuit of "winning" leads to a Pyrrhic victory, assuming that you even actually win.
Winning what for whom, you blubbering dipshit?
Does "winning" mean you ignore family, friends, and self-care to further enrich giant corporations...? Cuz if so, I suggest this dude jump up his own asshole.
He (and the exploitive class he is part of) want you to neglect your personal life and be productive so they can do the opposite.
The quotes are specifically about early stage startup founders, not employees of huge established startups corporations.
Fuck this guy and anyone who thinks like him
I'm not, and he's still wrong.
I am reminded of an episode of Friends. I forget what else was happening in the episode, but the guys and the girls are separated. The three girls are in Monica's apartment with a leg waxing kit they have apparently bought ALL THE WAY into the marketing for, because they keep saying shit like "we gotta do this if we wanna be goddesses."
Being excessively steeped in messaging is a great way to give yourself idea cancer.
"Winning." What are you "winning" if you work yourself into fatigue and start making errors and mistakes?
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