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People don't do what they commit to, and there's no one keeping them accountable. Even though what they commit to can impact someone's wellbeing or could impact them financially, there is no consequence. So, make sure that if something is important to you, be loud and noisy about it. Otherwise, if you miss the opportunity, no one will help you.

Furthermore, leadership's repetitive excuse on addressing world issues is that "the company is global, and commenting on every issue would be too much, or it would be biased." During COVID, so many things happened, and leadership refused to comment on anything. Many employees voiced their discontent, but leadership is stubborn and just continues to be ignorant and lazy. Whatever feedback you give them, don't expect it to happen or anyone to change their mind.

Furthermore, remember to ask what you will be primarily working on in your role. The job description is misleading. It says your responsibilities will be one thing, and the interviewing will reflect that, but once you start, it's like you signed up for a different job.

Middle management is filled with micromanagers who expect repetitive updates—sometimes 3 times a day (even Elon asks for only one update a day). Slack updates, project thread updates, and P2 updates about what you're doing. This is what they mean by "over-communicate." If that's what you like, you're in the right place!

Middle management is only interested in their own wellbeing, so they lie. They lie about what they're doing, how much work they have, and that you can bypass documentation. Once you bypass documentation, expect to be disciplined about it, even though your manager said it wasn't necessary to follow it.

Lastly, expect people who don't do anything and get away with it. Well, they actually don't communicate what the role expectations are, so can you blame them? I saw so many people who just joined and took half the year off for two years straight, and just left after that. LOL.

Good on them, to be honest. I wish I was as smart as them.

There is no point in giving any advice.