Comment by anal_reactor
16 hours ago
I use ChatGPT for communication. It started with "please fix typos" and now it's "write me a slack message about this and that". This is mostly an effect of the communication environment we created - taking risks is rarely rewarded, and mistakes can be very costly. Remember, you're always one misunderstood message away from being fired. Of course there are people whom I trust and I'd never offend them with AI-generated slop, but the rest of the humanity - it is what it is, LLMs help me a lot.
> Remember, you're always one misunderstood message away from being fired.
If this is true, you really want to be fired. That is a horrendous work environment, and you should quit if at all possible.
Most workplaces (any certainly any good workplace) will seek to understand, not fire you immediately.
Blessed are those who haven't worked corproate.
I've worked corporate jobs all my life, and I was never one misunderstood message away from being fired. Instead they would've talked to me and, even if they figured it was my fault, they would've given me a warning since it was the first time. No worthwhile employer is firing people for the first offense, corporate or otherwise.
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I have worked plenty of corporate jobs; Morgan Stanley, KBC Financial Products, Apple, Synopsys, the intelligence community (not corporate, but just as bad).
Never once was I "one misunderstood message" away from getting canned. I would have quit immediately if that were true. I understand not everyone can quit, but more people can than do.
Nobody deserves to work under that kind lack of of psychological safety, and certainly anyone on Slack and not in a factory has more of a choice.