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> And actively not giving a shit gradually changes the person doing so. I’ve seen this mindset become corrosive and has changed people who I previously respected in ways that I really don’t think could be beneficial or “good” regardless of what the company does or does not deserve.

Ye turning into a cynic is not nice. You can rationalize all you want but the corp is eating your soul, more or less.

A problem I observed is when cynics from bad places move to hardly OK places, and overestimate the amount of badness. People that think the corporation is rotten seems easier to make do rotten things, while others that "don't get it" might protest.



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