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How To Survive When Your Dream Job Becomes A Nightmare
Even companies positioned as “best places to work” can become a nightmare when something goes wrong.
In this illustrated extended blog post, author Alison Green debunks myths that many of us have about the workplace. Read it here. Ms.Green points out that we should distrust myths like, “Companies are required to be fair and just,” and, “The HR department will help you.”
More recently, Emi Nietfeld write an op-ed for The New York Times about her disillusionment with Google, where she’d been an engineer for four years. Some comments called her naive; others insisted Google had treated her beyond badly.
Her Perfect Job prince had turned into a Very Ugly Frog.
A company’s HR department, “family-friendly” promises may be genuine. Often they’re efforts to convince you that you’re dealing with a gracious, princely organization. In reality, it’s a frog and always will be.
The best way to deal with difficult companies is:
