• @tfw_no_toiletpaper
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    387 days ago

    Boss makes a dollar, I make 5 cents

    That’s why I’m skipping the office events

    • @flames5123
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      136 days ago

      I’ll do fun work events if they’re during work time. You’re telling me I don’t have to work and get to have fun? Sure!

      We played laser tag once during a Friday instead of working. It was blast.

      • @tfw_no_toiletpaper
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        86 days ago

        Oh, I work from home most of the time and for most “events” I would need to appear in person. A pizza party is not making me want to spend an hour extra in traffic

      • @Mirshe
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        15 days ago

        Bingo. If it’s happening during work hours and I still get paid, sure. If I’m not getting paid or it’s happening during my limited time away from work? I will move heaven and Earth to HAVE something to do.

      • @Threeme2189
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        66 days ago

        It’s keeping up with my inflation.

        Boss makes a dollar, I make a cent

        That’s why he can get fucking bent

    • @[email protected]
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      86 days ago

      I had one that kind of did. Looking back I think it was a clever way of seeing if I was a good fit based off my reaction.

      It was the end of the interview and he asked if I had any questions, and I pulled the “turn it around on them” play and asked him what he enjoyed most about his job/working there. He was going to be my boss.

      He said “every day I get to work on something new”. With the magic of far more experience now, I understand just how much that’s a blessing and a curse. That idea excited me at the time, and it was the attitude needed for the position.

      Now I prefer to have that opportunity available, but I have to be able to deep dive into a smaller subset of things and ignore the churn sometimes to stay sane long term.

      Working with something new every day in a tech support position just means something new is breaking every day, and there’s not enough time to become well versed in much of it.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      56 days ago

      We’re highly incompetent and all of the other teams that rely upon us hate us.

    • @bitchkat
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      15 days ago

      I kind of had one a few years before covid because they were butts in the seat with strict office hours. They asked up front if that was an option. A lot of things sucked with policies but it did have a decent work life balance. Walk out the door exactly at 5pm and never check email remotely.