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← Most people now fear dismissal more than legal punishment; the capitalist is the Englishman's true master

17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 28 Oct 2011 to 29 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under management management Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under team size team size Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Most people now fear dismissal more than legal punishment; the capitalist is the Englishman's true master Most people now fear dismissal more thanlegal punishment; the capitalist is theEnglishman's true master HB Hilaire Belloc — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: Someone who does what is right only from fear of punishment cannot be called just — tap to centre the map on it Someone who does what is right onlyfrom fear of punishment cannot becalled just BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fear of other people's opinion, more than of the law, is the greatest restraint on antisocial behaviour — tap to centre the map on it Fear of other people's opinion, morethan of the law, is the greatestrestraint on antisocial behaviour TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: The real masters of society are landlords and capitalists, whom political reform alone would not touch — tap to centre the map on it The real masters of society arelandlords and capitalists, whompolitical reform alone would nottouch WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: The modern workman works harder than the feudal serf, lives little better, and produces far more luxury for his master — tap to centre the map on it The modern workman works harder thanthe feudal serf, lives littlebetter, and produces far more luxuryfor his master WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: In the best working relationships the manager is a guide, not a judge deciding whether you deserve a promotion or a firing. — tap to centre the map on it In the best working relationshipsthe manager is a guide, not a judgedeciding whether you deserve apromotion or a firing. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: The workers' wrath against the rich must erupt in a revolution dwarfing the French one — tap to centre the map on it The workers' wrath against the richmust erupt in a revolution dwarfingthe French one FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Workers have no country, so communists cannot take one from them — tap to centre the map on it Workers have no country, socommunists cannot take one from them KM Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are Same subject: Of the classes observed, the English bourgeoisie is the most demoralised by selfishness — tap to centre the map on it Of the classes observed, the Englishbourgeoisie is the most demoralisedby selfishness FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire great people and get out oftheir way" is dangerous advice foranyone in a leadership role. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it A career goes better attached to thepart of a business that brings themoney in than to a cost centre,whatever the work itself is. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it A career ladder must not be achecklist that guarantees promotion,because a promotion depends on theorganisation’s needs as much as onthe employee’s skills. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributorscan be paid VP money and still costless than the layered product orgthey replace. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineeringteam seizes up at around a hundredpeople, because every feature thenhas to be negotiated against everyother team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it A company hiring a designer is nothiring a politician or spokesperson,so it should just get into thedesign work. Last stated a month ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Most people now fear dismissal more than legal punishment; the capitalist is the Englishman's true master Last stated c. 1912 Holds Hilaire Belloc Read this korrent →