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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In reality, each of those 15 people do a very specific, probably undefined, but valuable task.

There's always some random spreadsheet, or paperwork, or approval that only they know even exists. Or they know exactly how to get that one important system back online when it fails every 6 months.

Management sees those 15 people walking around and think they can just fire them and only get the benefit of the 3, but in reality, it just pushes those tasks to the 3 folks and makes them even more overworked.

Not everyone needs to be heads down at their desk for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week to be valuable.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One of my bosses (yes, I DO have more than 1) has a sign on his desk- "nobody knows what I do until I don't do it."

Today they downloaded 23GB of porn to an external ssd and lost $1,235 in their personal portfolio.

Don't fuck with the lead IT person.

"But why don't you block the porn, Reygle?" NEVER interrupt management when they're making a mistake.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm confused, you let them download porn at work because they have a sign on thier desk indicating thier value isnt obvious?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is more "this manager thinks he is one of the core people" but the commenter has logs and proof that he does nothing all day except break company policy. If the manager ever decides to fuck around and fire people, he gets to find out pretty quick.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

OP seems to not understand the sign...

Dude probably does nothing 90% of the time, but if he's not there for at least part of that other 10%, everyone is fucked. Positions like that do exist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This isn't one of those cases, but I agree those can exist. They don't justify a salaried full time position though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

unfortunately those positions do justify full time positions frequently as otherwise there wouldn't be anyone within many hours to do it

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Salad? Look at this dude and his bougie workplace. Due to budget cuts I only see coffee, tea, and depression as "fucking around accessories" at my workplace.

Might be because nearly my whole floor is tech workers though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You're supposed to bring your own salad, at least where I work I see a bunch of engineers showing up with their salad bowl

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What kind of nonsense workplace is that? We have one guy who brings a salad, and he's on a diet.

Here's my office:

  • 1/4 - homemade Indian food
  • 1/4 - leftovers from dinner
  • everyone else - delivery or eat out
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This checks out. Mine is usually leftovers of homade Indian food.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

My office is a nerd, a hot girl, two cats, and a part-time dog.

Like, 60% of us could die from eating salads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

part-time dog

That's one way to call your boss.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Huh, which cat can eat salad?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

My cat loves cucumber and tries to eat our avocados...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

part time dog??

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Proud salad eater checking in.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I worked with someone who would bring a salad everyday to our meetings and cut it up and crunch the entire time, even when people were talking.

Their reasoning? They had to eat and didn't take lunch because they had soooo many meetings.

Did they do any actual work, oh hell no. They just blew wind out their ass to the right people and crunched on salads all day to appear busy well everyone else did the work and took normal lunches like normal people should.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

If I take lunch at a meeting, it's because the company is paying. If I take lunch at my desk, it's because there's an important (not work related) event streaming that I don't want to miss.

My lunch time is sacred, there's no way I'm trading that for a meeting.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Really? Right in front of my salad?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Hey, these are my emotional support people. Leave them alone.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

You mean I could be having a salad RIGHT NOW!?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I feel it's the autists sincerely applying themselves all day long to hold the house of cards together because they understand the importance of holding the house of cards together, while the rest are only interested in finishing their workday and going home and collecting their paychecks and will get visibly bothered if you make them think too much.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Fellow autist here, and at first, yes. Suffered from burnout ... and now the workplace can burn for all I care, I will leave on time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

You apply yourself long enough, you are bound to burnout, and then you learn to correctly prioritize work & life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I have made a point to start and finish on time, along with taking my lunch breaks and regular hourly little stretch-eyesight breaks..

It's all the time in between that I struggle not to go 100%, burn out, and start making stupid mistakes.

The last few weeks have been a thorough burn out, and we're only in February.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Love seeing unironic supremacist messaging getting upvoted on Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Its the fault of the structure tho. If a department hires people without specific goals or tasks in mind and never checks in with each employee properly to see how/what they are doing, then this will inevitably happen. Just view it as inofficial UBI through the backdoor, then its not so bad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

*cronch*

Mmfh - Yah, welp - mmm one sfec . . . mmmgk . . . Yes, ah well, salads are delicious and until David makes up his fucking mind, y'know?

*cronch* *monch*

Mmfh. Swo googh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what kind of salad is that

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I'm one of the 3, but I hope to eventually become one of the salad people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is truth, this is one of the reasons why so many pieces of shit are pushing "Return to Office"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No it isn't. The people pushing RTO are doing it to make people resign. They are changing working conditions in a way that isn't protected by law to avoid constructive dismissals and severance pay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Don't forget that their real estate leases are up and those restaurants, stores, etc. gotta serve someone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Without those 15 people, every office would be filled to the ceiling with salad, and then what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Why not both.

But replace salads with doing everyone else’s job