Originally Posted by
kittyray
oooh, I like this idea for a thread. I'm currently unemployed and my last job sucked every ounce of joy I had left in my soul out of me, so I've been really trying to prioritize jobs where I'll feel like some good is coming of it for my next role. That said, I had one of the kindest, most supportive managers I ever could have hoped for. She is the only reason I survived there as long as I did, and she fought for me when they tried to screw me over as I was exiting.
I've mention in the past that I work(ed) in ~Big Tech~ and some aspects of working at such a massive company were really cool. In some ways it was akin to living in a big city, where there were just so many different kinds of people if you knew where to look. I didn't form any meaningful connections, but there was always interesting stuff to be found in the off-topic slack channels or third party communities. Even now community has sprung up around everybody hit by layoffs or managed out through performance plans. It also meant/means, somewhat unfortunately, that I never felt alone in my struggles there.