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ehhh, yeah a good workplace places huge emphasis on not working over weekends, healthcare, vacation and high optional overtime pay. Funtime events can be good but aren't really meaningful.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Pizza parties as a replacement for actual worker benefits has been a running joke among workers for well over a decade Yeah my wife was a union organizer and pizza parties are literally the first thing management start doing when they hear a union drive is happening.
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Jeff Fatwood posted:https://linustechtips.com/topic/1528234-labs-review-of-ltt-video-content-during-the-production-break/ quote:After thoroughly reviewing each LTT video containing Labs data or analysis, we have arrived at the following results.
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Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:to avoid clicking through here's what they posted: That's... that's a lot of errors that are very basic. Like, a single pass from a proof reader would have avoided most of them.
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Aug 26, 2023 11:56
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it's also the errors they were capable of noticing
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The first thing he calls out is a “Never missed an upload in ten years” mentality - so, yes, of course that was completely at odds with correctness
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Triikan posted:Just read the video comments Or don't, because from what I could tell they're all variations on the same theme, and that theme is "slobbering on LMG's knob"
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gradenko_2000 posted:Pizza parties as a replacement for actual worker benefits has been a running joke among workers for well over a decade It goes back to pyramid-construction-era Egypt!
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Khablam posted:They really need someone to just... read these things. The data is correct, they just wrote the wrong thing in the videos. The original data is just off screen, being right
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I think we all basically knew that whatever Linus came out with--short of announcing his departure from LMG effective immediately--was going to be performative nonsense at best and whiny "we're the real victims here" self-pitying at worst. Taking 7 or 8 days off from producing videos isn't anywhere near long enough for them to look at the problems caused by the company's culture and management style, determine effective solutions to those problems, and successfully implement those solutions.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I think we all basically knew that whatever Linus came out with--short of announcing his departure from LMG effective immediately--was going to be performative nonsense at best and whiny "we're the real victims here" self-pitying at worst. Taking 7 or 8 days off from producing videos isn't anywhere near long enough for them to look at the problems caused by the company's culture and management style, determine effective solutions to those problems, and successfully implement those solutions.
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Linus discovered, live on air last night, that his team took away his 'share screen' button. Luke has to do it for him. Somewhat embarassing.
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 It's impossible to get any useful information from this graphic. I doubt the warehouse has the same issues with the "high levels of stress from the crunch" that production and writing has. It seems pretty disingenuous to claim that LMG is a super fun and cool and happy place to work when the internal emails from the video itself refute that. Linus posted:We organize occasional surprise field trips where people are paid to have fun together Sounds like a loving nightmare.
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We're not toxic, we spend MONEY on fundatory activities for our highly valued personnel!
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lol that sounds like a decade+ old idea of insufferable teambuilding exercises
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biceps crimes posted:We're not toxic, we spend MONEY on fundatory activities for our highly valued personnel! I'm just thankful that for most of my working life, I've never had to do any of the "mandatory fun" stuff where you're told you have to associate with your coworkers outside of work. Even when I was in the military there weren't any of those stupid activities or things we were made to do (or at least, I was lucky enough not to have had any thrust upon me). And like one poster said previously, if I did hang out with coworkers outside of work (regardless of whatever job I had), it was usually voluntary and involving alcohol, which is a fancy way of saying "a bunch of us went to the bar after work". E: also I couldn't imagine being told I had to hang out with someone like Linus or James after work E2: after some thinking on it, I think the only time I was ever "asked" to associate with any of my coworkers after work, was when I was in the service and over in the UK, and we had a new guy who had a penchant for showing up back at base late at night, with black eyes or busted lips (which the guards on the main gate were duty-bound to report). The NCO that was over us asked me to go off base with him and see what was going on, because he didn't want to just turf the new guy out if he could possibly help it. Turned out the guy was a stone alcoholic who would get completely sloshed (he'd be half-drunk even before leaving the base) and then pick fights with locals. While I did feel like an informer when I told our NCO about what I'd seen, it also led to him admitting he had an alcohol problem and entering a rehab program, so at least some good did come out of it. Sydney Bottocks fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Aug 26, 2023 |
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Coffee Jones posted:The first thing he calls out is a “Never missed an upload in ten years” mentality - so, yes, of course that was completely at odds with correctness So what you're really saying is you went to work/school sick and got others sick. Multiple times. Brag it up 
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kliras posted:lol that sounds like a decade+ old idea of insufferable teambuilding exercises That is exactly what it is. They're starting off with a trip to Castle Fun Park, White Spot, and mini-golf. Also not optional since its only a paid day if you are participating. Also alcohol isn't permitted so you have nothing to take the edge off.
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jeffreyw posted:That is exactly what it is. They're starting off with a trip to Castle Fun Park, White Spot, and mini-golf. Also not optional since its only a paid day if you are participating. Also alcohol isn't permitted so you have nothing to take the edge off. And it's also tough poo poo if none of those activities appeal to you.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I'm just thankful that for most of my working life, I've never had to do any of the "mandatory fun" stuff where you're told you have to associate with your coworkers outside of work. Even when I was in the military there weren't any of those stupid activities or things we were made to do (or at least, I was lucky enough not to have had any thrust upon me). And like one poster said previously, if I did hang out with coworkers outside of work (regardless of whatever job I had), it was usually voluntary and involving alcohol, which is a fancy way of saying "a bunch of us went to the bar after work". I pretty much avoid all evening activities now because even if they say it's "expected" they cannot force me on my own time if I'm going to be miserable. We had a meeting out of town a couple months ago and the main VP for our area was making reservations for dinner and drinks in the evening and I told him I won't be joining them. I like my coworkers, I do not care for him. Instead I found a sister martial arts club 30 minutes away that I trained at so I went there instead for a couple hours. I would rather literally risk getting kicked in the face than spend the evening with work talk. This past spring we had a big corporate meeting out of the country that we were all expected to attend. I was totally going to go, but when confirming and booking the tickets, for the first time we had to sign a waiver a mile long which I'm sure most people gloss over. But I read it. It gave 100% full indemnity to the company by myself and heirs in case of literally anything happening. So I refused. My manager wasn't happy, but to his credit when I told him why he understood (surprise, he didn't read it either). Word got to the president of the company (we are a large multi billion $$ company) so he emailed me asking if I was planning to go. I said "unfortunately, not as of now. However if you remove the waiver requirement and I'll absolutely go" and he said he can't, the waiver needs to stay. So I told him I'm staying then too. I still have a job. gently caress this forced on your own time stuff and freeing the company of all responsibility and what have you done for me lately, hustle culture "but look how fun we are" attitude.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:And it's also tough poo poo if none of those activities appeal to you. Also Castle Fun park still has their mini golf shut down so it’s $5 each for video games and pay for yourself go karts
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My company often has outings at Bara, but I'm highly anti-alcohol, so they don't even invite me. Pretty sweet out I got myself.
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In non-LTT news: ctrl-alt-rees did a long interview with LGR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7GHnTMbf2o Not familiar with rees, but he seems pretty knowledgable. If Clint is a shithead in some way, I almost don't want to know; he seems like a pretty good dude.
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I don’t think Clint is a shithead and haven’t seen anything pointing to it in his videos, but I do wonder if there’s some trauma in his life, the way he clings desperately to early to mid 90s things.
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Mokotow posted:I don’t think Clint is a shithead and haven’t seen anything pointing to it in his videos, but I do wonder if there’s some trauma in his life, the way he clings desperately to early to mid 90s things. His sister died when he was like 10 around the time he got Need For Speed 2. He pretty much said his nostalgia is tied to the time before her death. His father was/is a pastor.
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Yeah small business brain strikes again, no one cares about pizza parties, you have a bunch of people aging into having families and poo poo, they want to spend time with their children and not die early. Linus you dumb rear end in a top hat.
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Vic posted:His sister died when he was like 10 around the time he got Need For Speed 2. He pretty much said his nostalgia is tied to the time before her death. Dear me. He seems like a nice enough guy, I get weirdly excited for his LGR food videos.
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slidebite posted:I would rather literally risk getting kicked in the face than spend the evening with work talk. this is what killed doing any after work drinks or whatever with coworkers for me. I have no idea why the gently caress people want to rehash 8 hours of work but I personally would rather talk about literally anything loving else beyond what an rear end in a top hat sheila in sales is or whatever the gently caress the workplace issue of the week people are crying over is.
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Why the gently caress would I want to go spend hours at a bar with coworkers to bitch about how we're understaffed when I already spend 8 hours a day at work bitching about how we're understaffed?
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The only "fun" activities at work that are actually possibly fun are opt-in and during work hours
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tony quidtana posted:this is what killed doing any after work drinks or whatever with coworkers for me. I have no idea why the gently caress people want to rehash 8 hours of work but I personally would rather talk about literally anything loving else beyond what an rear end in a top hat sheila in sales is or whatever the gently caress the workplace issue of the week people are crying over is. I remember a place I worked that heavily encouraged us to socialise outside of hours until the accounts department cottoned on to the fact I had expensed circa fifteen grand on company plastic for friday drinks over the course of a couple of years lmao
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My co thankfully just does the social thing of taking us to lunch during a work day. Last co they organized stuff like “arrow tag” and poo poo but I begged off of that nonsense. Would honestly rather just be at work while everyone else is doing that.
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biceps crimes posted:The only "fun" activities at work that are actually possibly fun are opt-in and during work hours There's a poo poo load of team building research out there and they basically all say it has to be this or they're, at the very best, ineffective.
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Vic posted:His sister died when he was like 10 around the time he got Need For Speed 2. He pretty much said his nostalgia is tied to the time before her death. That’s awesome that he managed to turn his experience into something so positive.
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Pigma_Micron posted:There's a poo poo load of team building research out there and they basically all say it has to be this or they're, at the very best, ineffective. well, then the fun castle mini golf white spot (a diner chain) one from lmg counts
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Vic posted:His sister died when he was like 10 around the time he got Need For Speed 2. He pretty much said his nostalgia is tied to the time before her death. gently caress man
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I have some feelings about White Spot, a chain I really loved as a kid but it is everywhere now and has pretty much crushed all competition in the western canada region so if you want something like that, that is basically the only option most places. RIP O’Douls
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