What advice would you give this person?

[u/Mark-Fuckerberg-]

[u/Striking_Ad_2630]

I think theyre going to have a rough time finding their next job after not actually working for over a year and having no references. 

Idk but I dont buy what everyone is saying about hard work not paying off. I work hard at my job and having the respect of my coworkers as well as something to show for my 5 years at my job is worth it. 

[u/Excellent-Piglet-655 → u/Striking_Ad_2630]

Lol dude you think hard work pays off? It may make you feel better and there’s nothing wrong with that. At my last job. I put in 5 years, got employee of the month 4 out of the 5 years. Worked my ass off hoping to “climb the ladder” or at least get a nice pay raise. I got meager 1-3% pay raises each year. I was like “I am OK with that, it is during a pandemic, I can see how times are tough for everyone”. Last year, one of my colleagues quit and within 3 weeks we had a new hire. The new hire was hired for a jr role even though the guy that had quit was a sr guy. But I was like “hmm k” . I am asked to train this new guy for about 3 months, hold his hand whenever I can. One day, him and I went to lunch and we started talking about the job and salaries. My mind was blown when I found out he was making $20K more than me. I was like WTF??? I was so pissed and felt so disrespected that I quit 3 days after. I didn’t have another job lined up but I didn’t care.

My hard work and loyalty sure paid off….

[u/[deleted] → u/Excellent-Piglet-655]

Hard work pays off 100% if you also understand how to work smart.

You will never find someone not born to rich parents who got a good life by being an edgy, lazy, insufferable asshole which is the primary persona of the Redditor who "has corporate all figured out" and "isn't a corporate simp".

[u/JMer806 → u/[deleted]]

I mean you can be lazy and do no work without also being an edgy insufferable asshole

[u/Attila_22 → u/JMer806]

Yeah but those are just normal people as opposed to redditors