I’ve read or seen too many people this week who believe the company they work for loves or cares about them and then are shocked when they are laid off or abused. Thought this insanity was confined to Boomers but I was wrong.

Dang, no company gives a single fuck about you at at all and will throw you in the dumpster the moment you start to malfunction or it benefits them. You’re a meat robot to any corporation. Yes — I must stress — any corporation. It’s fine to get along with your co-workers and it’s also fine to like your job. But when thinking about working, remember that Jay-Z said it best: “We can talk, but money talks so talk mo’ bucks.”

That and quality of life is what you should be optimizing for. Not love. No company will ever, ever love you. That’s absurd yet many people believe it. Well, for a little while. Then the illusion inevitably gets broken.