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I used to work in a factory and one of the parts of my job was making 20 or 30 cardboard boxes at a time. Sitting down made it much more efficient because you didn't have to bend down or move at all, so i could just pump them out quickly and push them down the floor single file. One day my boss walked by and gave me the cockeye and said "What's going on with your work? We don't do alot of sitting around here." so i explained to him that it meant i could do it much faster, and detailed the steps I was taking. His response was "You need to stand or I'll make you do your sitting at home." So i elaborated that it would take me a good 15-20 minutes longer if i were standing, and given how many times a day I needed to pack inventory, my efficiency would suffer massively as a result. He mumbled something about "being a man" and how "we work hard, and we play hard" and walked away. Later that day I was called into HR and informed I had been given a formal write up.
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They think their bosses will make them rich if they make your lives terrible
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Feb 7, 2020 21:25
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Because your boss derives their sense of worth from subjugating you, op
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Feb 7, 2020 21:26
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I used to video tape weddings when I was in my early 20s and during the down time (when people were eating and stuff like that) I'd dump the footage to my laptop and my boss got mad at me if I sat down and did it; he said it looked unprofessional and he made me stand up and do it.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:26
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your manager is a miserable prick and his only joy in life is the small amount of power he wields over his staff
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Feb 7, 2020 21:27
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Milo and POTUS posted:They think their bosses will make them rich if they make your lives terrible Could also be they don't wanna get fired. Regularly firing the bottom performing managers a la Jack Welch style was in vogue for a long time. Dunno if thats still true or not.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:27
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My manager at the dick sucking factory does this. Good lord, my back hurts.DeadFatDuckFat posted:Could also be they don't wanna get fired. Regularly firing the bottom performing managers a la Jack Welch style was in vogue for a long time. Dunno if thats still true or not. I agree. This is an insightful post from a cool and good Goon.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:28
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Get another job and then tell your manager to go gently caress himself and fold his rear end into a boss as the entire factory cheers for you.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:33
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I work at a sitting factory, let me tell you about mah hemorrhoids
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Feb 7, 2020 21:34
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Your boss wants everything erect because there's one thing he can't make erect In a way you are his dick, op.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:36
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some bosses think that if you're not working to the point of physical exhaustion you could be working harder they're usually the same ones who tell you to sweep or clean random things if you finish your task early (avoid this by finishing tasks as slowly as possible)
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Feb 7, 2020 21:38
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unless you are making boxes on the floor, sitting absolutely makes no sense whatsoever
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Feb 7, 2020 21:40
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Mnoba posted:unless you are making boxes on the floor, sitting absolutely makes no sense whatsoever poo poo your boss is here, op
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Feb 7, 2020 21:40
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Managers have to do those kinds of things to desperately try to justify their own existence to either the boss or the next level of managers. It's part of a general corporate principle that promotes people into the position they are least competent at.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:41
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If you have time to lean, you've got time to clean! I don't want you to sit, I want you to sell poo poo! Colonel Cancer posted:I work at a sitting factory, let me tell you about mah hemorrhoids Also this. Jay_Zombie fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Feb 7, 2020 |
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Feb 7, 2020 21:42
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pepsi lover posted:I used to work in a factory and one of the parts of my job was making 20 or 30 cardboard boxes at a time. Sitting down made it much more efficient because you didn't have to bend down or move at all, so i could just pump them out quickly and push them down the floor single file. One day my boss walked by and gave me the cockeye and said "What's going on with your work? We don't do alot of sitting around here." so i explained to him that it meant i could do it much faster, and detailed the steps I was taking. His response was "You need to stand or I'll make you do your sitting at home." Corporations are people and people are goods to be used and thrown out. Hope this explains more clearly how American fascism and blind capitalism are the only gods in America.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:42
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Second answer: BECAUSE WE ALLOW IT
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Feb 7, 2020 21:42
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It's projection - they sit all day, and you get paid less than they do...so therefore your life should be more difficult
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Feb 7, 2020 21:46
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It's not about productivity, it's about you bending the knee. Or not bending the knee, as it were.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:46
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Your boss sounds like an rear end in a top hat hope this helps.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:49
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pepsi lover posted:I used to work in a factory and one of the parts of my job was making 20 or 30 cardboard boxes at a time. Sitting down made it much more efficient because you didn't have to bend down or move at all, so i could just pump them out quickly and push them down the floor single file. One day my boss walked by and gave me the cockeye and said "What's going on with your work? We don't do alot of sitting around here." so i explained to him that it meant i could do it much faster, and detailed the steps I was taking. His response was "You need to stand or I'll make you do your sitting at home." Is your boss like an actual generic cartoon boss from a cartoon? I don't think anyone has said "work hard; play hard" since 1994
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Feb 7, 2020 21:49
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Relayer posted:Is your boss like an actual generic cartoon boss from a cartoon? I don't think anyone has said "work hard; play hard" since 1994 The entirety of American leadership is a villain from a cartoon.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:51
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Dog Toothbrush posted:poo poo your boss is here, op Lol
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Feb 7, 2020 21:52
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Wage theft is the largest unreported crime out there so it is an employee's duty to waste as much company time as possible.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:57
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Yeah this is the weirdest thing but most managers of shift workers hate seeing people sitting. These are the same people who wonder why nobody likes to come to work or spend time with the management at the poo poo factory. They schedule endless parties and other bullshit but neglect to consider how spending an extra $.50/hr letting someone take a load off for a few minutes positively impacts morale. loving Taylorists.
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Feb 7, 2020 21:58
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managers dont actually understand the concept of efficiency and cant compensate for this convincingly
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Feb 7, 2020 22:00
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Detective No. 27 posted:Wage theft is the largest unreported crime out there so it is an employee's duty to waste as much company time as possible. Hot take: chick fil a is the woke fast food restaurant as it has the lowest rate of wage theft of any of its competitors
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Feb 7, 2020 22:02
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I worked in a warehouse doing order checking after the stuff had been picked, we had these awesome little tricycles we’d use to ride across the warehouse when a picker made a mistake to grab the right item, they even had little dumb horns on them. Then some shithead guy from the office saw someone using one and absolutely freaked out we had to throw them in the dumpster so we could walk to fix a mistake and take 5 times as long, lol.
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Feb 7, 2020 22:19
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Dog Toothbrush posted:Hot take: chick fil a is the woke fast food restaurant as it has the lowest rate of wage theft of any of its competitors This is only because they are private and not publicly-traded If they were publicly traded on the stock market you could bet your rear end it would be the complete opposite
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Feb 7, 2020 22:23
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poo poo on his desk OP
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Feb 7, 2020 22:25
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pepsi lover posted:Later that day I was called into HR and informed I had been given a formal write up. this is the poo poo right here. Start a dialogue and attempt to reach some kind of solution? Nope sneak away like a bitch and file a report on you 
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Feb 7, 2020 22:39
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Colonel Cancer posted:I work at a sitting factory, let me tell you about mah hemorrhoids The dick sitting factory?
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Feb 7, 2020 22:43
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sitters are quitters if you can lean you can clean
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Dog Toothbrush posted:Hot take: chick fil a is the woke fast food restaurant as it has the lowest rate of wage theft of any of its competitors Ah yes the woke anti-LGBT fast food restaurant Chick-Fil-A.
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Feb 7, 2020 22:46
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Relayer posted:I don't think anyone has said "work hard; play hard" since 1994 The first two paragraphs of a job posting from every tech company is an extended version of "we work hard and play hard."
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Feb 7, 2020 22:51
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A lot of people abuse any and all power they get, that's what's going on. They don't care you are replaceable, they do not see you as human. The few places that actually treat you like a human, people don't leave. so they look insanely rare. You also tend to get waiting lists for these places so you tend to need to know someone that is already working there. They exist, and jobs do occasionally get posted publicly. These are places that get that a happy person does better work. Keep looking for new places until you find one that isn't staffed by assholes. All it takes is 1 rear end in a top hat up the chain to ruin a good place too. Maybe the new CEO mandates no sitting because he went to a seminar that said standing increases productivity by 14% or some bull. Maybe the new shipping manager is just a jerk but the company likes them for other reasons. poo poo rolls down hill, the lower on the ladder you are the harder it is to find a good place, but I promise you it exists. gently caress your boss, tell HR you disagree, write a nice letter that states exactly what you did here and have HR include it with the complaint. Do not sign that you agree with your manager's letter. Do not give an ultimatum. Start looking elsewhere, but there's a chance someone will look at that and your boss will get a talking to. Most likely though it will amount to nothing. I don't know how trapped you are at this exact job with the rest of your life, this will not burn any bridges by including your side of the story with the complaint. If you want to go all burning bridges email your side to every C level while calling out every bad thing he's done and being nasty about it and grab some popcorn while you wait for security to remove both of you from the site (or just you, maybe they really like this guy).
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When I was a cashier I got yelled at for sitting. There were no customers to ring up at the time so I sat down for a minute. Manager said I’m never allowed to sit on the job. Ok, fine boss but why the gently caress is there a stool here?
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Tetramin posted:I worked in a warehouse doing order checking after the stuff had been picked, we had these awesome little tricycles we’d use to ride across the warehouse when a picker made a mistake to grab the right item, they even had little dumb horns on them. Then some shithead guy from the office saw someone using one and absolutely freaked out we had to throw them in the dumpster so we could walk to fix a mistake and take 5 times as long, lol. lmao your crime here was looking like the floor guys were having more fun than the suits.
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Feb 7, 2020 22:58
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Americans are so loving steeped in extremist Christian misery porn that they genuinely believe unnecessary labor and physical discomfort are virtuous. Just say the word 'ergonomics' to any manager over the age of 50 and strap in for 30-40 minutes of tarted up slavery apologia. Clitch fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Feb 7, 2020 |
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Mooey Cow posted:lmao your crime here was looking like the floor guys were having more fun than the suits. maybe the suits should have invested in trikes instead of cocaine and hookers
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