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Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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You people need to seize the facility and claim it and its resources as your own. You poor good soul.

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Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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For us smooth brains, what is he doing?

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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drat rockstar IT always hotdogging it infront of all the girls (and my wife?!).

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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It really just takes a couple of people that don't feel like doing their jobs or treat people with respect that poisons an entire jobsite or organization.

What baffles me is how ruthless and cutthroat businesses appear to be, but in every department and at every level, people are just loving around and being stupid lazy and petty. Would it not make sense for someone important to cut out every weak link mercilessly and just have talented people who give a poo poo and are paid well enough to commit? I know I expect a lot from people, but surely this makes sense? Why do we so often just put up with mediocrity?

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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Play posted:

This is what a lot of actually mediocre people think, tbh

Not saying they're right, just that whoever you are thinking when you say this, they would probably think the same thing about you. People who think they are hot poo poo are the absolute worst people to work with

My question was more "why aren't more business actually like that?" since everything is the bottom dollar.

Oh, is it cheaper to release inferior products and have inferior people than to do it properly?

I would probably be the last to refer to myself as "hot poo poo" at work, I just never want to create more work for others. I'd rather be out in the rice fields.

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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My girlfriend has recently left a very big popular retail company after working with their marketing team for a year. From the stories it seems like each department was run by amazing egomaniacs that did all they could to spite one another.

I can recall a coworker of theirs writing in an anonymous complaint to HR about the boss abusing their staff, which was hand delivered to the boss from HR. The boss then read out the letter in a team meeting and began a witch hunt to find out who wrote it.

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

Taskmaster 2023 Second Place Winner

Grimey Drawer

Outrail posted:

The correct response is to make another anonymous complaint about the handling of the anonymous complaint. Use a different writing style.

Someone did and the Boss gave a forced apology before immediately continuing the witch hunt XD

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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Makes me glad my personality repulses everyone I work with, no chance of any of that sort of unpleasantness. Sorry Great Rack guy.

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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At my last job I recall one of my coworkers applying for a transfer to one of the downtown offices. Our boss spiked his reference when the downtown boss called him up about the transfer. He didn't want to be bothered asking HQ to send us a replacement if my coworker got the transfer approved :/

That same boss got hired by the company we were contracted to. His income immediately doubled and then he had myself and another coworker removed from the site, and then dismissed from the company. The bad guys win.

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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Does this thread give anyone else anxiety?

You poor loving people.

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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Its not exactly motivating me to find a real job. I think I'll go back to bartending or something, nothing in an office has been fun and by the sounds of it, it could have been much worse. Maybe I'll try out for the fire department?

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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I think a pretty sweet job would be listening to podcasts and chopping wood. No politics, just a splitting maul and a fine hard stump for your base.

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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Did she flee to the 3rd world and get off scot free? I sure hope so. I hope she's out there in the tropics, fat on the hog and happy. Free like dolphins.

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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AHH F/UGH posted:

I'm kind of glad I have no clue what agile, scrum, jira boards, all that stuff is. Everyone who talks about that stuff makes it sound like they're constantly getting kicked in the balls from behind and told to run faster.

That said, they all probably make 3x my salary so who am I to judge.

Come join me in my wood chopping venture. No time sheets, no jargon. Hell we ain't even gonna pay taxes.

Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

Taskmaster 2023 Second Place Winner

Grimey Drawer

Outrail posted:

Depressing story about woodcutting

I'm not a computer toucher, I'm an unemployed labourer and jack of all trades. I think the key to this project is to just get a really nice axe that makes a statement. Something big and bold. I already have some flannel, suspenders and some steel toes so I'm like halfway there already.

If I wanted to make money I would have gone to law school. Maybe when I move to my new village I'll work in the Mexican restaurant and cut wood on the side for fun, to start. I will insist on dressing like the lumberjack though at the restaurant, that's just free advertising.

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Charles Bukowski
Aug 26, 2003

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I remember printing porn off the family computer and something weird happened and the printer kept printing a faint afterimage of the porn onto other non porn things my family would print. As I assume all 3 of the men in the house were jerking off at this pc, we all just told my Mum it was a virus and we threw away the evil haunted printer.

e: My little brother found the print copy and told my Mom I had it. I tearfully explained it as a prank and threw it in the trash. We never spoke of it again.

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