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Employee commits suicide after MongoDB fired her during mental health leave (www.linkedin.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 222 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (28 children)

This is something you learn the hard way about neoliberal meritocracy..."They only hire the best and you fight to get there, you're the best until you inevitably aren't at your best...and once you aren't at your best even for a moment of weakness, then you are not the best...and you never were". This is why everyone needs protection from a work culture that burns through people.

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  • [–] 49 points 10 months ago (27 children)

    This is why everyone needs protection from a work culture that burns through people.

    You are all welcome to Europe for that. Come on over.

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  • [–] 63 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    You don’t want us…..

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  • [–] 39 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    Europe's going through a pretty big racist anti-immigrant phase, so probably not the best of ideas.

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  • [–] -3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Not worse than America yet though.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    That's why Europeans are so famously tolerant of the Romani, right?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    🤷‍♂️ "Europeans".

    I'm tolerant of Romani. Everyone I know is as well. My extended family even employs this lady to do some cleaning chores so she can support her family back in Romania.

    There's always gonna be racist jerks. Shall we talk about the racism against black and Spanish people in America right now?

    It's better in Europe. I didn't say it's perfect.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    For now anyway. Europe is not immune to fascism.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It doesn’t seem like Europe is very open to American immigrants these days….

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Weeell, I guess there's the disclaimer:

    We're/I'm open to Americans who are progressive and have common sense and respect people's equal worth and value. Let's make the world a better place together.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    No thanks, I don't want to see this side of the ocean get ruined too

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