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StarryPlough
My productivity has increased massively. I might play PS4 for a couple of hours in the day but I'll also finish work off at 8pm.
AnxietyMcAnxietyFace
Oh THIS is what propaganda looks like.
ToAoRoS
FrogBotherer
The term work/life balance is absurd in any system that requires you to spend the majority of the good years of your life working to survive
ToAoRoS
Well the term itself hints at the fact that under thus system, work is the opposite of life.
Cobblepot147
I'll never forget when my exboss said in a meeting "every single one of you can be replaced, I've got a stack of applications in the office"
ToAoRoS
I admire the honesty. I'll eat them last.
Lurkerdraegon
#4 wtf??? Unless you cry because of personal reasons your work must never make you cry, what the actual f∆ck?
Cheomesh
Yeah! Man up!
nowwhowhat
You don't have to censor fuck.
whitegirlcanteven
America = PROFIT$ OVER PEOPLE. Every. Single. God. Damned. Time. America, especially our "work culture", is a dystopian nightmare.
sweetfeetpete
Lol “journalists” telling us to work more. Go cover some fucking news and quit wasting paper
AndrewSMi
Lol. People who majored in “what’s the easiest major?”
sweetfeetpete
“Hot takes” and click bait opinions instead of well reasoned and sourced editorials. Shameful
Crawmak
"Occasionally crying at work is normal" NO. IT FUCKING ISN'T. FUCK.
or0b0ur0s
Holy shit, this is some terrifying, dystopian propaganda nonsense. I just wish that a supposed 8-hour workday didn't cost me 10 IRL hours.
Cheomesh
Only 10? Dang!
or0b0ur0s
The context is, that's when the day is SUPPOSED to be 8 hours. That's not necessarily common...
HuskyParty
I bet Helen is a fun mom.
Dirtsailor2010
The old revolutionary socialist is me is waking up.
ToAoRoS
Finally!
TonyAyoMitch
WFH has made my chronic workaholic teammates even worse. Prior, they only socialized with work people, they drink the "brand" kool-aid 1/
TonyAyoMitch
Their entire personality is tied up in the company. I'll never understand it. I hit my deadlines and log the fuck off. Life is too short 2/
TonyAyoMitch
to be assimilated.
Cheomesh
Yeah I've noticed one guy who was working on a project with me had been sending e-mails at 11:50 at night...
HereticsAllOfYou
Is this the new "millennials are killing such and such" thing?
Quenry
Finally a millenial thing I can get behind killing >:)
PotatoRotato
No, this is the GOP think tanks abandoning any hint of subtlety.
HereticsAllOfYou
I don't think it's GOP specifically. I think it's companies trying to comfort investors.
Nintony
NOOOO WHY AREN'T THE PEASANTS MAKING MONEY FOR US
WithaChainedHorseDick
Blow your brains out in front of your manager to show how dedicated you are to letting work ruin your mental health!
creatineisasteriod
Damn
12Badgers2MushroomsAndASnake
Kinda dark: used to joke about using a platform lift to hang myself from rafters at work, so I'd just dangle in front of the whole store.
yepthatguy
litelbrown
One simple trick!
override367
I don't understand why more people don't blow their manager's brains out before committing suicide
Alphonsevaher
Then it's all over.
Danteet
Probably because most people aren’t monsters. Just in a lot of pain.
Strangedays2024
I like my manager she isn't the problem just stuck in the middle.
handbanana13
I didn’t know Satan was into journalism.
ToAoRoS
I think he bought the Wapo 2 years ago
wheelerws2718
This is satire, right?
Sasurau
No,
nowwhowhat
No, it's capitalism.
PhailRaptor
No, this is Patrick!
DocBenny
Sure is. At least that's what I keep telling myself to try and keep down the UNYIELDING RAGE
deadlinuxposts
Unyielding rage - that's what I'm feeling! I needed that phrase. Thank you!
PardusXY
This is the corporate media overplaying their hands, typically they just choose which stories to omit so they can manipulate the narrative.
PinkSodaMix
My work just did layoffs last week. The people who worked there the longest all got cut.
wellladeedaa
Hellen Lewis can go fuck herself
veryfakemod
She's a Karen. I can see the subpixels
PardusXY
How dare you use that slur!
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Based on 39 years working experience, it would be easy to pack 100% of much existing productivity into three hours a day of real work.
ToAoRoS
I have 8 years, but I'm already down to 1,5 hrs of productivity a day. Hope my boss doesn't notice.
8bitnick
The Onion is really stepping up their game.
MisterBrahanovich
Apeofdeath
She seems Bitchy
Comet260
She seems like she would erase a child's chalk drawing.
Comet260
https://www.reddit.com/r/EntitledBitch/comments/gawbk7/a_karen_at_her_finest_destroying_a_childs_chalk/?ref=share&ref_source=link
CecilyBumTrinket
You got that from a picture?
antidumb
I think maybe it’s from the shitty attitude.
CecilyBumTrinket
Couldn't have said it better myself.
riplikash
Probably from the article title.
Slightlyputout
Journalism is dead, see 4 case studies above.
ToAoRoS
Nah, this is "journalism" working (for those who pay for it)
immortalpusser92
It’s not dead. It got cancer, metastasised throughout its body, died, and is now a zombie. Edward R Murrow is turning in his grave.
Slightlyputout
Quick, rig him up to a turbine! Free energy!
immortalpusser92
Haha, thanks for the laugh, needed it.
toastedspikes
How is anyone NOT an anti-capitalist at this point?
Cheomesh
I support the right for people to own stuff and make money off of it.
toastedspikes
Then you'd have to be fine with exploitative labour as its a clear byproduct of it.
ToAoRoS
I'm not stuff, though!
Cheomesh
You are your own capital.
MyleKeville
Ppl forget that our current ‘work to live’ 9-5 slog is a relatively new way of life and completely counter to what humans did for centuries.
copperdomebodhi
So are police forces and fire departments. The whole point of civilization is to make life better. "Pro-business" policies made it worse.
FourLegsGood
You're missing the point. Society can get along extremely well with a 4 day 8 hour work week. Your capitalist parasites can't.
wulfeyy
What did we do before?
NicolaVison
Hunter gatherers mostly played. Medieval peasants still had more free time than the average US worker
ClessAurion
To be fair... The rest of the developed countries (and some not quite there yet) have more free time than the average US worker...
BrazilianThunderPanda
As little as possible in order to survive.
Quenry
we made children work in factories and did jack-all if families starved
previoustopcomment
Ok what about the other 200k years of human existence?
martineb72
You worked to feed your family and then you died.
Quenry
before that we loaned land to peasants to make food for everyone
Quenry
before that we engaged in various complex systems of agriculture and trade
previoustopcomment
The feudal system was only in place for maybe a 1500 years, what about the other 200k years?
DanielAsparagus
Don’t trust anyone who isn’t a psychologist, and even then check their work. All these people want to do is stoke the work culture.
hotLipsMilo
You could argue all a psychologists wants to do is take your money and never be"cured"
LastoftheLillyCreatures
that depends on the system. In germany, I get paid one way or the other. Hence no incentive
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Those don’t have high ratings and don’t do well. Healthy patients are good ads. You don’t need to make sick people. They’ll always exist.
DanielAsparagus
That’s.... not what most psychologists do. Also, do you know of any other way to cure a borderline personality disorder? 4 years of therapy/
DanielAsparagus
Isn’t such a bad option when no intervention results in absolutely no change. Repairing object relations or psychotherapy take time. /
DanielAsparagus
Short term crisis resolution might be a few months. Most counselors are LCSW’s LPCC’s MFT’s with a few clinical PhDs. Most physiologists /
DanielAsparagus
Just do research and consulting.
LastoftheLillyCreatures
as a psychologist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis
DanielAsparagus
Yeah idk what do tell you. Sloppy grad work.
LastoftheLillyCreatures
not in my experience (5 years in science), but I was just cofirming your point - psych is good, but not as good as it seems from the outside
DanielAsparagus
I read so many bad papers. It’s a wonder this wasn’t a thing sooner
JPRiddles
This will probably get buried but I'm a small business owner and an employer and I feel this pressure just as much as my 1/2
JPRiddles
employees. The money we make and the demands of the customers dictate how many hours I work. I honestly try to give them more breaks than me
JPRiddles
Like if theres a quiet afternoon, I would always let one of them go home before I would.
ToAoRoS
Yeah this system sucks for workers as well as bosses who want to do the right thing. My dad was in the same dilemma as you, working his ass
ToAoRoS
off every day while trying to be nice and not "too exploitative" to his workers. I think it's easier if you're an heartless asshole, and
ToAoRoS
that is the problem. Have you ever thought about a differing approach to running a business? Something more democratic, with more people
FilthyPierre
T0go
this reminds me to eating
PopcornScuba3000
I wish I even had time for holidays.
thesmelge
I don't have time for holidays. Company has us on furlough for lockdown, and our holidays are being used during them.
thesmelge
Means our holidays get paid by the government, and the company doesn't have to worry about that expense when we come back.
Goulache
Way too close for comfort that one.
solaslunas
FYI this referrers to the american holiday. like christmas. not the european holiday, which americans call vacations
anxioushedgehog
Thanks, that makes more sense.
dposton70
Remember when we didn't know Adams was a complete dick?
Himura82
I really miss not knowing that because I've always loved Dilbert. Even watched the cartoon back in the day. One of my favorite comic strips.
Apathy86
What happened to make him a dick?
BlackIC
He likes Trump, which makes him turbo-mecha-Satan.
dposton70
It's more that he likes many of the worse things that Donald stands for.
RydWolf
1) I first learned about it when I saw his book 'Win Bigly' in a library. In the book, Scott Adams thoroughly fellates Donald Trump.
RydWolf
2) In the book Scott Adams also describes how, because various people said there were *multiple* reasons why Trump won, they're confused.
RydWolf
3) Later on while reading the comics online, I came across some of his blog posts. He's... he's a complete Trump supporter.
DoctorDudeBruh
Companies don't care about you. They will only ever pay you as much as they think they have to. They will replace you in a heartbeat.
ArealJim
Except employers are human. You're just trying to rationalize your own failures.
Agentoatmeal
Had a coworker go home at lunch cause of a headache and stroked out. Projects redistributed in a week. His desk empty in two.
misterhamtastic
The trick is not to price yourself out of work, or into unmeetable expectations.
in70x
To be fair I only wanna pay y’all what I think I have to. But that’s because I hate you all
amop
Large companies*
JPRiddles
Thank you! I'm a small business owner and I pay my employees more than I make myself. They have so many rights as employees, I have none.
SoberAndBored
I've had a LOT of jobs. I utterly refuse to show loyalty to companies any more, because I know they have no loyalty to me
marquettegoldeneagles
I like to say dont stress/overwork yourself for a company that will will replace you in a day. But its hard.
TheGodsMustBeCrazy
Haha my company wouldn’t even replace me, they’d just shove all my work onto my coworker and make him suffer
handbanana13
But the commercials tell me that they care and that we are all in this together.
DamnBrainage
mymomsaregay
I mean, big corporations yes, smaller companies where the boss/owner is an asshole, sure. But many many small businesses are very different.
Acronymicon
We got our hours cut to 40 with overtime. I keep getting shit for not doing as much work as I used to. Do the fucking math-You pay me /1
Acronymicon
The absolute minimum to keep me employed here, I will give you the absolute minimum to keep me employed here. Quick mafs
Acronymicon
*no overtime*
thenameshandbanana
That’s why I work just hard enough not to get fired no harder
selej
they will replace, get rid of you only if they think you wont sue them.
Quenry
That's fine because I don't care about them. Really, we get to dictate these things, not them, lol. Wish we realized it better.
shank1104
"They're gonna pay you what all jobs pay: less than you're worth and just enough to keep you crawling back for more."- Malcolm in the Middle
FirstFloor4Life
And?
HuskyParty
That's right. You are a 'resource', nothing more.
thevortexmaster
What else would a job be?
HuskyParty
A job ain't nothing but work!
thevortexmaster
I love my work!
DoctorDudeBruh
correct... thats why its called "Human Resources".
HuskyParty
People make the mistake of thinking HR fights for the worker. They are there to protect the company's bottom line.
mt77932
Absolutely. If killing you is in the company's best interest, they will.
DoctorDudeBruh
Human Resource is there to manage the human resource and prevent it from disturbing the company.
loudkittysnores
Yep. Never go in thinking that they’ll be on your side
HeroHadley
If you die your workplace will replace you in a week, but your family will never fill that void. Spend time w/the ones that actually matter.
thismademefailmyfinals
Truth. Was offered a promotion and wage increase. The day this was supposed to happen I was terminated on false allegations. No appeal.
JPRiddles
No appeal is illegal
thismademefailmyfinals
Right to work state so sadly a lot of shady business practices become “legal loopholes”
thesmelge
Yes. Found out recently my co-worker is paid 45% more than me while doing a poor job with less responsibilities.
thesmelge
We have the same job title, only difference is he was employed with it, I got "promoted" to it in title only.
Txcincy
*as much as is financially feasible. Its not an intentional effort to degrade you. Its math and margins. Gotta pay them shareholders!
Koztah
But as an individual you must pay yourself. Always keep your LinkedIn and resume up to date and available where recruiters will look.
JPRiddles
You think the next employer will be any better?
degenerator
It's as if the Europeans figured something out about self-worth.
TheMadMason
I used to believe this 100% but I am very lucky in that my employer actually cares. Stop laughing I’m serious, not for profit healthcare.
dcostanza1
Some people can care. Companies don’t care. But if you’ve found a boss that’s a person that cares, awesome!
TheMadMason
But generally, yea. They’d toss you out and hire the next person.
truthsmiles
I’m glad you said this. Although rare, there ARE some companies that care about their employees.
DoctorDudeBruh
BTW I say this as a corporate drone of 20 years. I've watched people who were thought to be "indispensable" be replaced in a month.
canadianreserve
My company hates me....I am self employed
AtWestEnd
I've just gone through another round of firings . I lost 2 co-workers, each with 25+ years at the company, who thought they were safe.
degenerator
Yes. The lazy workers got their paycheck, and the diligent workers got more work on their plate.
fairleenormal
Everyone is replaceable. Thinking the sociopath director won't turn on you if you work hard and keep your head down is not true either.
Rakkndon
God I wish I could tell my mom this. She still has the mindset of the 70’s and 80’s where working hard meant something.
fairleenormal
I am living it so I know.
astraIvoid
As someone who worked construction "if you die today your job will be posted by Tuesday".
q2grapple
Only because they can’t post it on Monday...
MatthewEis
I work in a factory and my buddy died (heart attack) after being there 12 years. They had his job up the same day.
ArealJim
Wtf is this even supposed to mean? Yes the world continues if you die. No shit.
daz12Star
I think the point being they'd sort your replacement before your obituary..
MatthewEis
Right but I think the idea is dont act like your work matters because you dont matter to them.
TheReclusiveOne
Work matters in so far as you get paid to do it. You work to live, not live to work. If it didn't suck, we'd call it play.
jethroismaxbaer5772
They would pay less than minimum wage if they could.
Steelflameblade
They wouldn't pay you if they could. Sometimes they do just that despite the fact they can't anyway.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Well, to a point. Where I work the more valuable employees get rewarded very well. It's difficult to replace the years of knowledge that /1
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
many of us have (decades, more like). /2
Koztah
This is true in lots of jobs, but unless management is in close contact with HR then they don't know how hard you can be to replace.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Where I work the managers do the hiring. HR is only involved for paperwork. They know exactly how hard we are to replace, which is maybe /1
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
why it's such a good place to work. /2
abyssfiend1
This is why I do minimal work and never do anything extra unless I'm rewarded.
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
My loyalty to a company is as loyal as them giving you a two week notice to fire you.
IDownVoteJerks
I gave an employee 30 day notice. Even tried to help find him a new job. He delete files off the server 2 days into the notice. :c
IDownVoteJerks
This wasn’t the first time this happened either. It sucks a few ruined it for the rest.
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
Need better policies. Where I work if you did that you would lose everything in a lawsuit also everything is backed up ever hour 1/2
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
Only admins have power to delete from a sever, we can only write. But I totally see your point and it's a very good point
IDownVoteJerks
We were able to get it back from the back ups, so no real damage was done. You’re right, I need to update our policies.
SirShmoopyofAwesomtown
The reason why I laugh in my head at any company I've worked for that says we are "family"
KristopherGlass
The only reason my Frito crew is like a family, is after all the 19 days straight to have a weekend. Saw them more than my family xD
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
My company is very open about the fact that they pay us well because they are expecting us to contribute a lot. They would never say /1
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
we're a family but we're certainly a team. Their take is that if they treat us well we'll do our best for them. Which is probably true. /2
thevortexmaster
Depends on the company really. Mine would be devastated if i left or died. They would have to replace me as soon as possible though>>>
thevortexmaster
I mean what job wouldn't have to do that? Mind you maybe my job is an anomaly.
nowwhowhat
The humans might feel bad, the company wouldn't give a single solitary shit.
ZomBee627
1/2 My last company gave a lot of shits that I left. It's too bad it wasn't enough shits to pay me a reasonable wage. Now they are
ZomBee627
2/2 without me there and multiple of my old engineers have reached out about how awful and unguided it is now.
thevortexmaster
Well yes but ultimately it's the board members seperate from the company and the CEO that control it. I work for non profit so it may be>>>
thevortexmaster
Different. I'm pretty close with the board and the CEO. She's the only person actually above me
FleshBag
Cause the company does not have feelings, it's not a person.
slag
The Supreme Court begs to differ
FleshBag
Yep
Koztah
This is why you have to treat companies the same way. You can replace a job in a heartbeat as well, especially if your skillset is in demand
Caspooky
[cries in artist]