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          The hard plastic chairs with no cushion that break when you sit down too fast.

        • @netvor
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          Somehow this room gives me Theme Hospital vibes which I never wanted to admit, hadn’t I seen the real version. (Now I understand why my doctors were always depressed.)

    • @Famko
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      That should easily be -30.

      Making someone eat without a table is a war crime.

      At least there are no laws on the Rim

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        Ate human meat -5

        Ate without table -60

      • @dessimbelackis
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        We should totally overthrow the ruling class and establish a workers paradise, in Rimworld of course

  • @[email protected]
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    Do people usually stay home for their birthday? I didn’t know of any companies that specifically give you off, so I’d think you’d use PTO.

    • @[email protected]
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      My workplace gives you a free day within a month of your birthday. Most people take the closest Monday or Friday to get a three day weekend, but some people are lucky and get to bump a three to a four.

    • TheFlopster
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      I’ve never heard of a company giving you your birthday off either. But it’s the only day every year that I feel special, so I always use vacation time to have that day off. And usually a couple of days surrounding it too.

      • @[email protected]
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        My company originally said you got two free days off per year, outside the accrued PTO: one for your birthday, and one for parity because office #2 got a state holiday that #1 didn’t.

        Now they moved to the “unlimited PTO” gimmick which has no right answer for how much time you can take off, so I follow the old PTO accrual schedule for my seniority as a guide.

    • @HeyJoe
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      What’s wrong with taking off? I do it every chance I get. Screw em, they take enough of my time, and I refuse to go a year where I leave any time unused.

      • @[email protected]
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        Yeah that’s fine, I try to use all my paid time off to, I just usually take it in larger chunks with family.

    • @Stamau123
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      I’ve never worked on my birthday

    • @Humana
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      I know several (small) companies that give you 8 hours PTO on your birthday. You can use it immediately or save it for later.

  • @gedaliyah
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    Coming in on his birthday

    Wait, you have jobs where you don’t have to show up if it’s your birthday?

    • @toynbee
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      I’ve never had that … But for the past seventeen years I’ve used PTO if my birthday wasn’t on the weekend and I haven’t been denied yet, so there’s that?

    • @[email protected]
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      We get birthdays off, not counting towards the 30 days paid holidays, which is completely separate from unlimited paid sick days. Oh, and also since last Wednesday, the entire company is on holidays, we’re back 2nd week of January. Doesn’t count towards the 30 days, of course 👍

      • lad
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        Sounds nice, it’s good to see some people receive better conditions

    • @kerrigan778
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      My current job and not my last job but the one before fhat yes. (Join a union)

    • udon
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      It says “shift leader”. Shift work jobs have some flexibility for days off anyway, and if the management is nice they schedule the week so your birthday is free.

    • @[email protected]
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      There are also some places that might just do a nice, if not grandiose, gesture for someone on their birthday.

      Previous place I worked it was pretty routine for a manager to grab one of those containers of store made cupcakes if it was someone’s birthday and they knew they didn’t mind, make sure they got one and leave the rest in the break room.
      Never anything more or less than just a nice gesture.

      I’m guessing someone tried a nice gesture and it came out looking sad, so they posed for a picture for a chuckle and moved in. I don’t know anyone who would be really upset by being given a pizza bagel on their birthday.

      • Flax
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        124 days ago

        Tbf it looks nicer than anything I would bring to work for lunch. I just bring in pasta from the night before and give it a ding 🤣

    • TheEmpireStrikesDak
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      I used to in a previous job. They brought in a thing where if your birthday fell on your usual shift day, you got it off at full pay.

    • Anti-Face Weapon
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      I always tell the months in advance that I’m going to take that day off. I haven’t been denied, and if they did I would just take the day off anyway.

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      I had a strict I don’t answer the phone when not working policy. They could attempt to call me in but it wouldn’t be recieved. If they asked me while I was at work I usually said yes, but I’m not about to come in on an hours notice for the same rate of pay, if you want on call, pay for on call.

  • @SirHery
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    This picture is pure art. Holy shit.

      • @MurrayL
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        Nah, that’s a Tesco uniform so probably UK. It’ll be a Chicago Town mini pizza.

        • @[email protected]
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          What’s even more depressing is they come in packs of 2 and he’s only been given one of them.

          • lad
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            The second is given to the team to split onto everyone and celebrate, too

          • Flax
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            124 days ago

            Advertising looks better than the pizza. But jokes aside, this is the type of rubbish that would hit the spot on a break at work after working on a cold winter’s day

          • @[email protected]
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            124 days ago

            Crusts go rock hard and the rest is too piping hot to eat out of the microwave. There’s a significant proportion of British people of a certain ages who’s formative impression of American pizza is this.

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              omfg that’s right, this is microwaved… The FAQ page is like: “Why do your Deep Dish pizzas not include the foil discs anymore?” and “My Deep Dish didn’t cook right in the microwave, am I doing something wrong?” I mean you might as well get a stack of cardboard and soak it in tomato sauce, at that point.

  • @cikano
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    I’d almost prefer if they didn’t give notice to my birthday if I got that pizza

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    That same pizza is also given to those before a layoff I bet.

    • @Valmond
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      So they leave by themselves?

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        To keep everyone on edge.

  • @chiliedogg
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    I got called in for an inventory audit on my birthday and ended up working from 8am to 2am the following morning.

    • @Agent641
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      What kind of pizza did you get?

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    Most commenters here don’t appreciate how sad the image really is: the headset is playing some corporate prefabricated Happy Birthday message, starting and ending with “Loving your work.” company motto accompanied with nothingmusic in background.

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      This is Tesco. I heavily doubt they do that. The pizza is probably just something a colleague came up with than an actual policy thing.