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Back in my younger days I found a bunch of liberals who were claiming to run a software company. They were really into the social justice BS.

After about a month of employment, I was told I was being rude to ask for payment. Apparently they neglected to tell me that they actually only pay their employees 60 to 70 days after they start.

Of course the first red flag was them doing the 1099 dance for slightly above minimum wage. I had been forced to do that before, but guess what. They paid us every single week.

Quiting without notice was one of the greatest feelings with these clowns. By this time they had started to ask me to literally work for free. "Unpaid training". They stopped scheduling me for paid hours anyway, so no notice needed.

Right after that I worked for some conservatives. They paid me early. My first year I got a large raise.

There were some awkward moments like the CEO telling me who to vote for. But for the most part it was awesome.

I still consider myself to be very liberal, but I don't want to work anywhere that does a lot of virtue signaling. Your beliefs don't make you a good person, your actions do.


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add-sub-mul-divtoday at 3:56 PM

A bunch of liberals got into my walls and started chewing the wires.

benatoday at 2:54 PM

You realize that your anecdote here is itself virtue signaling, right?

Because, I’m sure multiple people here could tell similar stories with the political leanings of the groups involved reversed.

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