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mr. mephistopheles posted:For some reason people think that private companies won't intentionally harm people because doing so would hurt profits. The moment I hear someone in a company mention their "fiduciary duty to stockholders" I pretty much assume they're a completely soulless, amoral monster that would slit their own parents' throats to make their stock price go up a point.
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Magres posted:The moment I hear someone in a company mention their "fiduciary duty to stockholders" I pretty much assume they're a completely soulless, amoral monster that would slit their own parents' throats to make their stock price go up a point. We have a bulletin board at work where we write things to other employees thanking them for little things they do. Like "thanks for helping me move an assload of lumber" or "thanks for covering a department when I went to lunch". Last week I saw "thanks for creating shareholder value"
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:We have a bulletin board at work where we write things to other employees thanking them for little things they do. Like "thanks for helping me move an assload of lumber" or "thanks for covering a department when I went to lunch". sever
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:We have a bulletin board at work where we write things to other employees thanking them for little things they do. Like "thanks for helping me move an assload of lumber" or "thanks for covering a department when I went to lunch". Post a note over top of it that says "thanks for never posting stupid garbage like this again." I hate shareholder value theory with a passion. It's a wretched and harmful idea and I hope whoever originally spread it around lived a miserable life. Human beings have a duty to each other to try to make the world a better place both for each other and our progeny, not to be godforsaken money generating robots. Magres fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 00:10
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"Thank you for not turning this area into a forensics crime scene"
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Phone posted:This is the most logical explanation. It couldn't possibly be that young men are emotionally and mentally stunted human beings and make all sorts of dumb decisions. This has some historical parallel in the Iroquois* Confederation, where technically the boys were in charge of politics and war, but they generally weren't allowed to own property and were appointed and impeachable by the scary family grandmas. Because men are prone to hysteria and stupid decisions, and while they need to feel important and beat their chests, they can't really be trusted with important decisions or economically vital holdings. * - Haudenosaunee, whatever, shut up
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deoju posted:Until otherwise demonstrated I just going to assume that scholarship fund is a scheme to grab attention and bilk money from rich idiots. I'm not too familiar with how much it costs to do a degree in the US, but the maximum bursary on offer in that thing is $2500. I'm pretty sure that's not enough to send anyone to university, or enough to make a difference in them weighing up how much they want to go versus how much debt they'll end up with. So it's entirely about getting attention, with any money that comes through the doors being incidental. Minghawk fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Minghawk posted:I'm not too familiar with how much it costs to do a degree in the US, but the maximum bursary on offer in that thing is $2500. I'm pretty sure that's not enough to send anyone to university, or enough to make a difference in them weighing up how much they want to go versus how much debt they'll end up with. So it's entirely about getting attention, with any money that comes through the doors being incidental. $2500 is probably a summer class or a portion of technical school. If you're an in-state student at Indiana University it's about 25% of your tuition. It helps but the person is going to need a other funding to make it since they have room/board and books to buy. Anyone actually check those sources?
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Cythereal posted:So you'll stop urging for wars in the Middle East that get shitloads of innocent people killed including women? And dramatically expand womens' healthcare? Wars are fought by born people. 
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:We have a bulletin board at work where we write things to other employees thanking them for little things they do. Like "thanks for helping me move an assload of lumber" or "thanks for covering a department when I went to lunch". Your CEO thought it would be wacky, down to earth. Really shows that he's one of the guys, that the trees are just the right height.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:We have a bulletin board at work where we write things to other employees thanking them for little things they do. Like "thanks for helping me move an assload of lumber" or "thanks for covering a department when I went to lunch". Oh cool you were financially stable and secure enough to throw some of the extra at a chance to make even more. Thanks for your useful contribution to society. Hey peon who actually makes our product with your own hands, you were three minutes late and your metrics are 7% below expectations, go get hosed.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:We have a bulletin board at work where we write things to other employees thanking them for little things they do. Like "thanks for helping me move an assload of lumber" or "thanks for covering a department when I went to lunch". You need to steal all of the office supplies or anything laying around that you can
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Epic High Five posted:You need to steal all of the office supplies or anything laying around that you can I work retail, stealing things probably ends very badly for me. And makes "creating shareholder value" more nonsensical/sad.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:I work retail, stealing things probably ends very badly for me. And makes "creating shareholder value" more nonsensical/sad. Your boss makes ten dollars while you make a dime. So make sure you poo poo on company time.
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Leofish posted:Your boss makes ten dollars while you make a dime. Hopefully it's not the kind of retail that tracks time spent in the restroom via RF tags
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Epic High Five posted:Hopefully it's not the kind of retail that tracks time spent in the restroom via RF tags Some places don't do that but if you're ever away from your area when the manager rolls around there is no sufficient excuse. "I had to use the bathroom" should technically do it but you'll hear about it. "I swung by your department looking for you and you weren't there. Writing you up."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmxeoh69G4o This dude's channel keeps popping up on YouTube recommendations for me - for some weird/stupid/unknown reason - and he's very upset about Tomorrowland. Anyone else familiar with him?
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Has Master Shake had a stroke yet?
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Noam Chomsky posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmxeoh69G4o No. But a quick google search reveals him to be the the living embodiment of a smug right wing gameshow host, for what it's worth. His Wikipedia page is also a catalog of "no one in real life cares about that, man" entries.
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Noam Chomsky posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmxeoh69G4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj27jlq2Qo8 Watched a little. The way his eyes dart off to the side constantly makes me think he is doing this against his will.
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Bullshit. There's no way that's not a parody.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Some places don't do that but if you're ever away from your area when the manager rolls around there is no sufficient excuse. "I had to use the bathroom" should technically do it but you'll hear about it. "I swung by your department looking for you and you weren't there. Writing you up."  Are you serious?I've worked my share of lovely retail jobs, but never that terrible.
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Leofish posted:
Yeah I've gotten grief for all sorts of stupid poo poo at some of the jobs I've had. That job in particular was awful because 5 different managers would give you 15 different things to do when you only had time to do 10 of them. Then you'd get pulled out of your area by a sixth manager, kept all day, and never allowed to do your regular work, which you would then get in trouble for not doing. After the economy shat itself a lot of jobs, especially menial unskilled ones, started treating people like absolute garbage because they knew they could get away with it. That job in particular as soon as the economy tanked started driving out all the experienced people who actually got paid non-terrible money, jacked up the price of benefits, and replaced them with a skeleton crew of teenagers making minimum wage for part time work. But, you know, JOB CREATORS!!!!!
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I'm so thankful that I've worked most of my career in the non-profit world. One of the few jobs I've had in the private sector was a family-owned hellhole of a company where family members were all in key positions regardless of competency. Employee responsibilities would get shifted around us non-family members based on how angry the boss was at certain people that day. I ended up having to do accounts receivable work where I'd call the people that owed us money to get them to pay. After running a few reports on who owed us what, there were a few companies at the top of the list owing collectively close to half a million dollars for work performed over several years. I wasn't allowed to call them. Their owners were friends with our owner from high school. Then, one day I come in to work and find out our owner had been at the bar the night before with one of those guys. They had a fight. I was now to call his company to get him to pay up. Some days the trucks would be late returning to the warehouse, so they'd be behind on their nightly routine of cleaning up. Each driver would wash their truck. When they were all done with the trucks, then we could lock up and leave. Once, when they had been particularly late, I noticed that each driver would wash their truck alone, while the others stood around because there was only one hose. I suggested to the boss and his wife that all the drivers could each handle one job of washing (soap bucket, vacuuming, hose, etc.) for one truck at a time and they could get done faster that way. They told me that was socialism. I laughed, they didn't. Then I realized they were totally serious. I didn't even know what to say at that point. And that poo poo isn't even a tenth of the dumb poo poo that happened there. Within seven months of starting, in the middle of getting screamed at for something I had literally no control over, I said "This is my two weeks," and walked away. The response was basically "You can't quit because you're fired!" But, remember, the private sector is always better! Thank God I'm back in the non-profit world again.
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Minenfeld! posted:I suggested to the boss and his wife that all the drivers could each handle one job of washing (soap bucket, vacuuming, hose, etc.) for one truck at a time and they could get done faster that way. They told me that was socialism. I laughed, they didn't. Then I realized they were totally serious. I didn't even know what to say at that point. Wait, what? Wouldn't (at least in a conservative's mind) having several guys sit around doing nothing while still getting paid more socialism than what you suggested? 
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Mr Interweb posted:Wait, what? Wouldn't (at least in a conservative's mind) having several guys sit around doing nothing while still getting paid more socialism than what you suggested? People working together to accomplish a common goal violates the narrative of the rugged individual, ergo socialism. Holy crap, those last two posts... I'm so glad my jobs have been at least partway decent.
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Leofish posted:People working together to accomplish a common goal violates the narrative of the rugged individual, ergo socialism. You're not entirely wrong about that. I was told that each truck is assigned to a driver and they're supposed to paint a little nose art style painting on the door so they can take ownership of the truck and take care of it. Apparently washing it alone and making all the office staff stay at the warehouse until 7pm is part of ownership. It's been a few years since that job. I'm still glad to work where I do now. We do good work in the community and I have great coworkers.
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Xand_Man posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj27jlq2Qo8 The saddest Will Ferrel character
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Looks like Michal Bay didn't paint a pretty flattering portrait of Vilerat: This movie is not at all kind to Information Management Officer (IT guy for us civilians) Sean Smith, who was something of a towering geek hero in the online gaming community, and even kept messaging to his online gaming pals as the attack began (“gently caress… gunfire” was his last message). 13 Hours, told entirely from the security contractors’ perspective, reduces Smith (Christopher Dingli) to a terrified nerd cowering in the background during the attack, and later a corpse for the manly men to haul back to the CIA annex. Forget the alleged electoral damage 13 Hours is supposed to do to Hillary Clinton; Sean Smith’s family should file a defamation complaint.[/quote] Read more at http://wonkette.com/598004/stupid-michael-bay-benghazi-movie-13-hours-sorely-lacking-in-giant-robots#uFLUMjLE2A5Q3ZJV.99
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Mr Interweb posted:Wait, what? Wouldn't (at least in a conservative's mind) having several guys sit around doing nothing while still getting paid more socialism than what you suggested? This is some BFC Retail poo poo, but I worked at a grocery store for 5 years and there was some dumb poo poo all of the time. Unfortunately I'm not terribly quick on my feet when it comes to jaw dropping stupidity, but the real highlight involved mesh gloves to prevent accidents with knives. Makes sense, right? If you're dealing with knives, have some sort of base safety to reduce the number of accidents that can go really bad really quick. I worked in the deli dept for the last year and they handed out these gloves to everyone to use, I had the insane idea of reading the packaging insert that read DO NOT USE WITH SERRATED OR ROTATING BLADES. Most delis have both rotating (deli slicers) and serrated (bread knives) blades. The idiot store assistant manager was like "don't you want at least some protection bro!?" while the harpy that was in accounting yelled at me about our biannual bonuses. The woman in accounting caught me off guard because all employees outside of managers had their bonuses tied to corporate profits, not individual store performance. I probably should have called up OSHA on them and thrown the idiot manager under the biggest bus I could find, but I shortly thereafter secured a computer janitor gig and peaced the gently caress out.
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nine-gear crow posted:No. But a quick google search reveals him to be the the living embodiment of a smug right wing gameshow host, for what it's worth. His Wikipedia page is also a catalog of "no one in real life cares about that, man" entries. Whittle's Wikipedia posted:Whittle was born in New York City to a British stewardess and William Joseph Whittle, a hotel manager. That's peak RWM there. "My mother was a no name stewardess and my father was a captain of industry."
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http://louderwithcrowder.com/mike-rowe-and-his-dog-destroys-leftist-critic/#.VqO_ACorLIUquote:Mike Rowe also illustrated the best and only way to deal with whiny SJW leftists. Do not apologize, do not walk yourself back, do not write or say things like, “I’m sorry this offended you,” or my personal favorite, “That’s not who I am and I’m sorry.” Nope. The way to deal with whiny leftists is to double down. Openly mock them, point out their wimpy nature, stand firm. This isn’t the first time Mike Rowe has entered the fray. Read Mike Rowe Doubles Down on Bernie Sanders/Free College Comments which is fabulous, and also WIN: Mike Rowe Lambastes Entitled College Students. I don't understand these people viewpoints at times. Rowe is often times very intellectually dishonest in his arguments and has a  attitude often times. Which is quite odd for someone who champions him to be a blue collar type of guy. http://louderwithcrowder.com/mike-rowe-destroys-the-latest-bernie-meme/#.VqO_XSorLIU quote:Though in Bernie’s defense, how can liberals indoctrinate the youth of America if they aren’t being sheltered from opposing viewpoints on college campuses? Yes, those are two extremes and you're using a strawman as an example for your college student. The majority of people I knew that went to college did so because they wanted to be: -in business -a chemist -a nurse -a physical therapist -teacher All of these are very practical, normal jobs. Why is Mike Rowe arguing against poor/minorities not trying to do those things? I realize his intent is not to be racist, but raging against the idea of "free college" and pointing everyone towards trade schools kind of implies it.
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Mr Interweb posted:Looks like Michal Bay didn't paint a pretty flattering portrait of Vilerat: Vengeance for Vile Rat! Seriously, by all accounts Vile Rat was a dude with a pretty stiff spine after having dealt with a bunch of incidents like that and the fact that he was still on Jabber even during the attack, that certainly doesn't make him a sniveling poo poo. That just pisses me off. BaurusJA fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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The movie was made to be right wing fap fodder of course anyone who wasn't the manly übermensch security contractors would be a dumb politician blinded by ideology or sniveling cowardly government employees
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There's still a very common view in the right that every single person with a job even remotely related to computers is a sniveling, cowardly nerd that couldn't punch their way out of a paper bag.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:There's still a very common view in the right that every single person with a job even remotely related to computers is a sniveling, cowardly nerd that couldn't punch their way out of a paper bag. And then when they do something with computers, you get poo poo like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORCA_%28computer_system%29
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except Sean Smith was was an United States Air Force airmen so he's also an example of "our troops". Also reminder, Jan is a graveyard for lovely movies and this movie debuted at like 6th or lower, this will barely be a footnote.
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https://twitter.com/toddstarnes/status/690994712275259392 Well be a man and walk outside for the next few hours
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