• Missmuffet
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    I was working at an amazon, and they made these shitty “games” for you to “play”, and you played them by working faster :////

    Basically, in one, you’d get a pet and it would grow based on how fast you worked. The games also pit you agaist your coworkers so youd feel pressured to - you guessed it - work faster.

    I was doing good one night and told my manager and he went “Nice! Now go even faster!”. By far the worst job ive ever had.

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      1 year ago

      So literally the fifteen million merits episode from black mirror

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        I watched that episode but it was pretty dumb, because it was just an unexplained dystopia. You can’t make much of a point if hinges entirely on a dystopia with no reason to exist with unexplained systems of power to create oppression.

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    1 year ago

    Worker, place your hands on the pads and think happy thoughts. You have 10 seconds to comply. Failure to comply will result in complementary reconditioning. Happy birthday!

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      1 year ago

      Drink a compliance can of soda to proceed…

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    This is a dangerous mindset, closed eyes aren’t focused on the task at hand and happy thoughts aren’t company thoughts!

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      These messages play on each worker’s screen about once an hour. They’re supposed to be wellness checks. Source, former employee.

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    I’m assuming ’burn this place to the ground while management is inside’ is not on the list of corporate approved happy thoughts?