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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're falling for the "we've constructed this machine to tell you no so you can't argue with us" ploy

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, as I said to another, upper management has every opportunity to fix the budget. Your direct manager however can not

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've found that laughing in their faces and putting in 2 weeks is fairly effective at breaking that wall. Amazing what money they can find when faced with the alternative. Otherwise, the correct move is to actually leave. All of you cowards that submit to the machine make it worse for everyone.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

And I have in fact left that kind of jobs myself. Not trivial in a job market like this one though.

Need to make unions stronger again.