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[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 3 points 30 minutes ago

We're having a major go-live this month. Management wanted someone to visit on the third (when we observe the holiday). I volunteered because: I'm close, my kids are all grown, and I'm technically part of the management team.

While I was there, there was an issue. I dutifully reached out to one of the people managing some processes to see if her processes could be causing the issue. She didn't reply.

I told one of the managers on site that day that I was proud of her for ignoring me, that she was doing exactly what I told her she should do, and I'd be upset if she had responded.

It turns out she never got the message until today. I told her if she had actually replied I would have yelled at her for reading work messages on the holiday.

It's a weird kind of psychosis. I had to ask her, but I was happier not getting the response than I would have been if she had replied.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

Unfortunately they DO notice when you actually take sick days. Avoiding taking sick days isn't so much about thinking you'll get rewarded as it is about trying not to get punished.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 hour ago

Fizbo the clown is no fool, I'll have you know.

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 53 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

They will notice, they will appreciate it, and they will reward you with even more work.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, I appreciate when my grocery store has an awesome sale on the products I wanted to buy, but that doesn't mean I'm going to pay them more or anything. To your company, you're just a product.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago

Two kinds of employees. The irreplaceable widgets in the soulless machine of industry and the hot-swappable cogs.

Curiously, it's the irreplaceable widgets that get paid the worst, because the company has a vested interest in keeping these costs minimized long term. The real money is as an expendable, as the jobs are created when the industry is growing and flush with cash to blow on empty suit executives and PowerPoint brain consultants. And when the party is over, they're the ones with all the networking connections to jump ship soonest. Meanwhile, the irreplaceable widgets are the ones wedged into a sinking ship.

If you work hard and never use any sick days, you'll be secure in your position at Lehman Brothers or Silicon Valley Bank as the last guy left to turn the lights out when the business fails. If you're at Deloitte or Capspire or PWC, you're already on to the next host organism long before your old firm even knows it's got a terminal case of rot.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Exactly. So many jobs in my early 20s where I'd work my ass off, get thrown into a manager position, gain substantially more responsibilities, and then end up making less money than half the staff a year later.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Gen-X here. I and many of my contemporaries learned that lesson by watching our parents. Hence the nonconformist "slacker" start and the high rate of job hopping in the 90's and 2Ks. Somewhere along the way (looking at you 2008), that changed.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago

Currently at the office on a Monday morning after they fired they guy above me a few months back and are now expecting me to not only do my job but his job as well. They raised my pay by $1 an hour, by the way. Jokes on them because I'm putting in exactly as much effort as one should while expected to do two peoples jobs for low pay and it's not that much work at all.

[–] homes@piefed.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

My name is Eric Stonestreet

I used to be a clown

I’m going to spend nearly a decade playing one of the most amazing gay guys ever on a highly public and beloved TV show, and I’m gonna make millions of dollars doing it

Life makes clowns of us all. Sometimes, that’s the best thing that can happen to you.

[–] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 hours ago

Last week I took three days of sick leave while not being sick and enjoyed every single second of it🥳

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

How do You use a sick day?

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

By being lazy, obviously. Get back to work.