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My dad never brought any of us in and said, it’s just not working out, we’ll have to let you go
Apr 25, 2024 9:25 PM
Fanner50
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My dad never brought any of us in and said, it’s just not working out, we’ll have to let you go
oggokogok
Your dad may not have done that but plenty of parents have done exactly that becasue someone had the audacity of being born gay. Not to change the argument but there are plenty of families just as dysfunctional as companies.
pr3viso
The workgroup is family. The CEO isn't. The board isn't.
missiletowe12
Sir, one of my fingers is partially amputated because it was bitten off in Sixth grade. Which of my coworkers plays the part of my sister? I really need to know.
SleazyBijou
Yeah… fuck companies…
Pizza0Style0Burrito
BoomerTheYounger
I hate when businesses do that shit, especially financial institutions, car salesmen and insurance companies. Listen, Im not your Fn relative, Im the customer and our relationship is strictly a business transaction so go F yourself!
starheart8
Yeah. The family from “Shameless”
gils420
Yup, family of crooks
44gallons
And since they were a family everyone got an equal share in the ownership of the business, right? Right?
Genriu
“We’re a family, eh? Make it official and legally binding, like any ‘real’ family is.”
deltaalphakilo
Darn. Two cousins too many. I guess we're playing 'who ate the most devilish deviled egg' at Thanksgiving this year.
falsetruefalse
Was this before or after the "this isn't a distraction" pizza party?
The701
The "this isn't a distraction" pizza party that employees are asked to donate money to pay for. (yes seriously)
PunnyTiger
if we're a family, then I want my share of the family estate incomes
holmestrix
I consider my team family. We poke fun at each other and give each other shit all the time. I don't consider my company a family. Family helps each other out. We are dying under the weight of work given to us and are told to "hang in there". Next time someone fucking says this in a teams meeting, I am gonna turn my camera on and put the Cat5e noose around my neck like a tie and wait to see who notices.
ElbowDeepInAJedi
My family didn't fire me but I definitely quit.
ShadeWisdomCrafts
If a boss says this. Start showing up at their house for any/all holidays.
SkaerKrowe
A loud "fuck you!" comes from the back of the room
PineappleLoopsBroether
Nice.
Endocrom
I particularly dislike when they call us "rockstars"
PeteyVonWho
My new manager wants our office to be a family. It's making me rethink working here
draconyum
If my company said we're like family I'd say " yeah, and you're the abusive partner"
Astral134
Mathean
Strange way of telling us u never worked in the family buisness, learning the family trade OP
OuchYoureonmyhair
Phrases that can be heard at work and at family meetings or the dinner table. Go...
Dogstar23
Statistically you are more likely to kill a family member than a coworker...
PostalHeathen
When they start on that 'family' bullshit, it's *definitely* time to unionize.
PoliticalIncompetent
We're more than a union, we're a family.
My only problem with unions is when they become the thing they were made to destroy.
The701
A "family" that'll lay off their kids if they haven't shown adequate profit growth for a quarter.
HiHowAreYou92
Ive been thinking about this at my company how are these idiots making billions of dollars a year and paying me barely enough for a 2 bedroom apartment?
JarJarBinksKisser
Filled Pringles Cans with eggs. Then stashed the cans in unreachable places around & outside the building. & left them to rot. Was laid off for reporting a bullying manager's aggressive behavior.
Potatomanbynight
I think we are underestimating just how terrible families can be for some people. They didn't say a happy family, lol.
adiving
My company is so much better than my family it's nuts. Hell I'm even looking for other work because I hate my work. But at least they pay... err.. 10-5x as much as my dad. Which ends up being slightly over median.
Zootsoot
Amen. I can honestly say that as soon as their other employees left, my parents expected me to take on everyone else’s work around the office w/ out any increase in pay!
WarKittyKat
I don't talk to mine anymore because they expected me to be responsible for everyone's problems while also being expected to not criticize or complain about anything and not being given the ability to actually make any changes. So y'know...like a lot of shitty workplaces.
OhIfIMust
Zootsoot
Holy crap- this is SO TRUE!
(Also- hire family scapegoats if you have asshole clients- we are incredibly good at Asshole herding)
OhIfIMust
My immediate family was okay, but my *extended* family was not; I enjoy telling assholes off, so I'm more of a hatchet-person at heart.
Elrohn
Old man rant
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In the 90s worked for a few smaller companies that actually took this truly to heart. Small business where most employees have been with the company for 20+ years. Privately owned, so no shareholders to appease. Owner was the type of guy who with his wife showed up at hospitals for employees kids being born with 5k in cash to help a family start up.
So didn't use to mean something? Hell yeah! Chances it's even remotely the same? Extremely remote....
bkcantthinkofanythingclever
Yeah, my company I work for was like that, then about a year and a half we go it was sold to a private equity firm. It’s like not and day there now. New bosses are all about cutting cost and making profit
ipFreak
I work at a company now that is like this. 9 employees over 20yrs. 32 over 10yrs. Many of us have stock. The boss will say family first. Many of us are actually related to other employees :) like 5 employees’ kids work here
SomeDetroitGuy
It's like being a nice guy or a king - if you have to tell everyone what you are then you're not really what you're saying.
Elrohn
Yup. He was just that guy. He didn't have to say it...he showed it and made sure his employees were taken care of. Had a kid he lost in Vietnam...and after that him and his wife just were those people who took joy in helping others as they didn't have any more extended family.
Eh...different time.
WarKittyKat
Those are still out there. It's just that most people nowadays work for big corporations.
LitterBoxKing
Who called you an asshole? Co-worker or manager? I know where I'm putting my money...
Fanner50
Co-worker.
He was on ‘activities committee’ and when asked, I told him I wasn’t attending an outside activity (Saturday company picnic), he told me we were a family.
We had had layoffs ~6 months previous.
Clockworkdancerobot
So a company favored shill being used to whip the workers in line. Gets special duties to combat the loss of morale from bad practices.
LitterBoxKing
Dang, I would have lost that bet. Company shills are so much worse than cheerleading managers, IMO.
PoliticalIncompetent
I got one guy at work who flip flops between being based and being a company shill so fricken fast. Expects us to go above and beyond already going above and beyond.
Especially when he constantly says things like "Thats Job Security" or whatever we need to help people with the very basics of using a computer like the crawled out of under a rock and never seen a machine for the first time... even though the people are developers.
Kingdugga
A good manager knows exactly how shit the company is.