There seem to be a lot of shills on /r/jobs and other boards that spread lies intentionally or unintentionally about the modern hellscape of corporate structure. My two favorite ones are:
- Onboarding costs are huge! You are not profitable when you start working, the company is taking a hit for the first 6-12 months!
Complete rubbish, you are a fully trained professional when you complete an intensive college course of a technical nature that readies you for any job. You maybe need 3 days to get the hang of the new environment then you are already producing surplus labour.
And if a job is not a college job but something easier, then you can be trained in a week or two.
- It's immoral to cause financial damage that you are not liable for! It's not OK to start a fight
Another myth, when you enter a job space, it's a new world, like a video game. If you make damages that you can't be sued for or tell someone off, it's self-contained and should have no effect on you or anyone else when you clock out. It's completely moral to tank a company as well.
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Do you have any other myths you would like to share?