drewcoo 12 days ago

> Where is the line between team and cult?

Typically employers pay you and cults don't.

  • the_real_cher 10 days ago

    Cults can provide food, housing, and pay.(scientology employs alot of its members)

skeeter2020 10 days ago

Why do you need to draw a line? Can there be good cults and bad teams?

Both have implicit contracts, and a contract requires consideration on both sides. The parties define the value of the consideration, so you can have a junior cult member who feels they are getting good value for what they pay, or a SW dev at an insurance company who feels they don't. I also don't see much difference in your ability to affect your situation if you are unhappy with the current state.

  • the_real_cher 7 days ago

    The whole idea of a cult is negative.

    Its like saying why cant there be good shark attacks on surfers.

    Defining traits of cults are that they try to brainwash you, destroy your identity and replace it with one the cult approves of.

    This can happen to various degrees of severity.