I'll start a blog you can follow for some good true stories. lol
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I'll start a blog you can follow for some good true stories. lol
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"There I was, carrying the one on a a stack of W-2 forms, late one night, when the new CPA intern walked into my office. She really had it going on: Massive assets, a perfect debt to income ratio, and balance sheets that just wouldn't quit. I just knew I wanted to slide my Accrued Expenses right into her Accounts Payable, right then and there..."
That'll teach me to browse CF during meetings without my headset mic muted.
I read some of the stuff on /r/antiwork a while back and just started laughing. Most of those stories seem to fit into the following categories:
1) Obviously made up
2) Grossly exaggerated or one sided. My boss yelled at me for coming in 30 minutes late and threatened to fire me! Not mentioned: It's the 23rd day in a row where I couldn't get to work on or at a reasonable time nor could I be bothered to call in and say I was going to be late.
3) My boss asked me to do a reasonable task and put forth a reasonable amount of effort. I told him he was going to quit so he told me go ahead. What do I do now? I hate this job but they actually pay me.
4) People who think having to actually work to get paid is ridiculous
5) People who think the AP Clerk or Receptionist should be making $250k / yr.
6) People who actually have legitimate complaints about ****** jobs or ****** bosses.
This is the problem I see with small companies. It’s too easy for it to be an absolutely awful experience because of people who just don’t know how to lead. Yes, you can run into that in larger companies, but it seems greater in small ones…because it’s just “Joe Owner” who decides to sell whatever telling people what to do.
People in big corporations care, but it’s not like they’re going bankrupt if everything falls apart.
Probably should have been accounts receivable....
"Penalty for early withdrawal" reference here
It’s a pretty rare occurrence (once every 3/4 months) and it usually lasts 15 minutes or so. There’s only about 20 of us at my level so it’s not horrible
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/ has a bad rap because of a person that went on fox news to talk about the subreddit's goal (it was a bad faith interview but i'll leave it at that. Plenty of cringe stories there
Essay from a Stanford econ prof who's studied work from home for 20+ years: pretty much goodbye to 5 days in the office every week.
Free link to NYT article.
Free link to NYT article.
Love this
www.newsweek.com
Man Tells Boss His 'Below-Average' Effort Is Due to Low Pay in Viral Video
"You've created an environment where there is no incentive for me to work hard, so I don't," the man said in the viral conversation.
www.newsweek.com
This is how it has been at my place lately. Bust your ass and you get the same raise as the person that does below minimum but enough to not get fired. The workers should be rewarded for the work they do. If i am a skilled worker and get my work done in less time, I should get paid to do more work or work less hours and have the same pay.Love this
Man Tells Boss His 'Below-Average' Effort Is Due to Low Pay in Viral Video
"You've created an environment where there is no incentive for me to work hard, so I don't," the man said in the viral conversation.
Sounds like you are ready to be rewarded with MORE work!!
Somewhat similar here. Changes to process etc. but people that refuse to adopt, dig in their heels and what not face no reprecussions.
Unfortunately that's what happens. That's why I left a job I was at.
Manager - "You're done with your work? Why don't you take some off of so and so's plate?"
Me - "But I already do twice as much as him in less time".
Manager - "We are a team and need to get everything done."
Me - "Good luck getting it done without me here."
Manager - "Huh".
Me - "I'm done, see ya".
That's the motto around here, your reward for busting your ass is just getting more work to do. It's not in my DNA to not work hard but if you work in a corporate environment after enough years you come to the realization that unless you are a brown noser trying to work your way up the corporate ladder they will always try to get more for less where they can and you likely won't see the corresponding compensation increase to go with the additional work you are now doing. I'm a lot less willing to take on additional stuff or volunteer for overtime or projects than I used to be because once you give an inch they'll try to take a foot next. The more you voluntarily take on that was not part of your job requirements that then turn into part of your job and stretch you too then is not really fixing the likely staffing problem they have and just kicks that can down the road more until either you snap or something massively fails that forces them to finally address it.