Sasha [They/Them]

No I sent a message directly to the ceo on our internal version of Facebook (it’s called workplace and it’s somehow worse than facebook) in a thread about the report.

He replied to me basically ignoring everything I said and pretending like they were innocent and nice people, despite the report going into detail about why they specifically had known about and profited from a lot of illegal activity. Every other employee then proceed to kiss his ass and pretend like he was the greatest man to have ever lived.

Oh, and a side point. When all the awful shit I mentioned at the top came out in a national probe, I publically told the CEO what a piece of shit he and the board were for knowing about it and doing nothing.

Time theft is the easiest form of protest lmao

You’d be surprised, I’ve written a long comment about it but I’ve been trying to get another job for around two years now and it’s been completely impossible. Part of it is because I don’t have any formal education in the field (despite years of experience), but a lot of it is that the developer job market went to absolute shit after COVID and all that’s left now is nothing but evil companies.

My options for applications are basically AI startups, crypto start ups, banks and tech companies that are too competitive to ever give me an interview even if they’re somehow ethical.

I’ll throw in my two cents because you’re literally describing me.

I’m a software developer working for a bank that has, among other things, stolen from the deceased, profited from environmental destruction and charged fees specifically to not provide a service to customers. On top of all of this I consider usury wholly immoral, so I’ll never consider any bank any less than evil.

Am I evil or guilty?

To some extent perhaps, I’ve certainly helped write code that makes what I view as theft more efficient and “accessible.” In order to mitigate this, I’ve moved into a different position that lets me get away with not working more often. I’m able to use a lot of the money I get to do a lot of good for people in my area. I’m no saint, but I’m trying my hardest to make things better.

Not so long ago, I told a friend of mine how awful I felt about what I do, and about how much worse it makes me feel that I’ve failed to get out from it. He explained to me that since the day I was born, the capitalist state has been force feeding the propaganda down my throat. I was trained to not see the problems with the world and to accept what I was given, I’ve only broken free from this relatively recently. Blaming myself for being brainwashed and integrated into a system without my consent is victim blaming.

I think you’ll find workers generally aren’t evil, they just haven’t been kicked into a better framework that reveals the way the world really is.

Why do I still work there?

Because I can’t fucking leave, I’ve been trying constantly for years now and I can’t get an ethical job. Every single day I want to quit, but doing so means a lot of very bad things happen to me, this is the power that capitalists wield over us.

I’ve finally given up on finding a new job as a software dev and have decided to pursue an old dream instead, which will involve me going to uni again for a long time, and then I’ll spend the rest of my life making a material difference in people’s lives every single day. I’m quite fortunate to be able to pursue this, and the fact I can makes me feel it’s something of a duty.

HAH NONE

It used to be a couple dozen, but I cleaned it up a couple of months back and somehow haven’t had any get stuck since