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While the risk is obvious, what is the alternative ?

You can go down as a number on the spreadsheet, or you can show everyone else they are also numbers on a spreadsheet.

Her behaviour is a first step towards a different workplace. The effectiveness is questionable, but what more can a single, non organized individual can do ?

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Some people really thrive in the cage and would prefer to not acknowledge it's existence. That's what this entire thing really boils down to.

No one's saying she did something immoral. Instead the implication is that she broke some social code. Because of course we're all operating on the assumption that corporations hold the power and we should be grateful that they take pity on us to exploit us at all.

Everyone else with any measure of maturity knows they're just numbers on a spreadsheet. It's not a startling revelation.

How many people act like they know this?

Given how many people are willing to burn themselves out because of their job I’m going to guess not too many.

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