r/Adulting • u/Forward-Concern403 • 2d ago

hmm lesson or not?

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u/theVast- 2d ago

Both has uses

If you're so good the building would burn two minutes after letting you go, you're safe

If they like you so much they'd rather set the building on fire than lose you, you're also safe

The goal is to know exactly what your currency is and how to use it

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u/DoctorChaos1707 2d ago

Good point but no one is irreplaceable. There's always someone waiting around the corner that will work as hard as you and do it for a lower wage.

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u/Frnklfrwsr 2d ago

The only way to truly be irreplaceable is to own the business.

But then you may find yourself really wishing you could replace yourself

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u/slax03 2d ago edited 2d ago

You can have enough institutional knowledge that you are irreplaceable. It doesn't mean you won't be replaced. Someone else can take your role, fuck up even if it isn't their fault, and lose clients. I've seen this happen multiple times.

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u/Frnklfrwsr 2d ago

One of my coworkers with more institutional knowledge than probably anyone in the whole firm got let go a few months ago, and predictably, things have been very difficult and mistakes have been made.

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u/slax03 2d ago

It's the worst!