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Why are young professionals taken so much for granted? Why does no one meaningfully speak up?
Is this profession structured in a way that discourages dissent? Or are we conditioned early on to believe that tolerating mistreatment is simply the price of entry?
What troubles me most is that such abusive dynamics seem increasingly archaic in many other professions I encounter, and yet here, they persist. I’m no longer just frustrated; I’m genuinely curious about the structural and cultural roots that allow this to continue.
The real question I ask myself is why we are paid so highly. There are so many decently-talented graduates who are willing and able to push themselves to whatever extent for a shot to work at the Tier 1s just for the name brand alone, and I'm sure it'd be the same even if the pay were to be slightly reduced. Even at 1 LPM (down from 1.5 LPM), freshers would throng to these firms, so why not save the CSs, SSs and HKs of this world some more money?