Reddit's CEO said employees had a tendency to put big-picture idealism before business.

  • Reddit’s CEO said that when he returned in 2015, he had to remind employees to work hard.

  • There’s a tendency in the US tech industry to place idealism above hard work, he said.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    205·
    7 hours ago

    Idealistic people work harder than anyone—for idealistic causes.

    They don’t work so hard for companies that betray their idealism.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      4 hours ago

      I was idealistic at my current place. Then my manager and another key person left, and it all went out the window. Even when they were here, I was still more idealistic than was realistic. But my manager helped channel that.

      Now I feel betrayed and sidelined and stifled. Disillusioned. Totally unnecessary too.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
      54·
      7 hours ago

      It’s so absurd for them to think they are going to get people to work harder without idealism.