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• Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I work in training and development and almost had a stroke today when someone showed me some new material for new hires that essentially said, ‘to get promoted you should volunteer to do more work’. Uh, no. We’re not asking people to work for free, take that out. Forget it ever existed. Fucks sake.

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  • winterayars@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My work moved to that model, to get promoted you have to first work at that level for free.

    Then, of course, they don’t promote you because you’re already doing the work for them. Why should they?

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    • Boozilla@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The ol’ bait and hate.

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• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I worked at Lowe’s for a little over a year. They constantly assigned me about 3-4 times the amount of work a human can do. They absolutely would not listen to me when I told them it was too much. They kept saying to do these tasks “in my downtime”.

  I never had a minute of downtime. Every shift I was scrambling at 100 mph to get things done, and it never let up.

  They just kept calling me in to talk about my performance, and when I’d say it was impossible they’d just say “it’s up to you to find the time”.

  I eventually got fired, and thank god. My own self respect was dwindling the longer I put up with it. I should have quit, but didn’t have the courage to.

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  • Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lowe’s the same company that hires 50 or so old farts that can’t do shit or know shit that stand around talking not helping customers, all on the basis that “they’re veterans” so Lowe’s hires them for the image of “supporting veterans”

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    • force@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can definitely be wrong, but since the US has a lot more of a veteran obsession than other countries there are probably laws that give companies benefits (like idk tax credits) for hiring veterans.

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    • Drusas@kbin.run ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Almost all of the people who work at my local Lowe's are young adults. Twenties, thirties.

      It's Home Depot that did the hiring old people thing. They even paid for my grandfather's funeral.

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• xantoxis@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They made up a new word for hating your job and then put in three pictures of people on the edge of a breakdown. That’s not hating your job, that’s being crushed by your job. It’s right there in the photo. You can see it in their eyes.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d say most people hate their job because it is crushing them.

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• penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve never worked more than what my job description said. Want me to do more? Pay me for it.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well said. I was exactly the same way. Co-workers always were amazed that I left the second the clock hit 5. Fuck them if they think I’m working a second for them for free.

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    • Drusas@kbin.run ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mostly same. My coworkers in Japan were shocked that I did not abide by the rule that I should come in (at least) 15 minutes early and stay (at least) 15 minutes late because I wasn't going to do it unless I were getting an extra half an hour of pay for every day.

      But hey, I was a great employee, and I didn't get fired. I also did not give them that extra half an hour every day.

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  • TheDoozer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    One of the benefits of my job (military) is my upward movement is almost entirely based on my motivation. A huge portion is of the competition (as it is a competition) is a test on both the service at the level you’re moving into and your particular specialty. But there’s also time in rate (the pay grade you are currently at) and time in service, both of which get capped at a certain point (we call those “dinosaur points”) so your chances improve the longer you’re in. It also includes award points (medals, basically) and some other things, and finally employee review (the next largest chunk after the test).

    So work hard to get a good review and study for a test, and you move up. But that’s not always a good thing. I sat at E-5 for a long time because I loved the job I was doing, and I was making decent money (about 60k after taxes), but then I was such a “senior” E-5 that I got to do the job I loved less (being a helicopter flight mechanic, maintaining and fixing aircraft) and the next level up stuff more (managing people, mentoring, supervising), so I just decided I would make the effort and get paid for it (which I did).

    As much as people in my service complain about how advancement (promotion) works, every story I hear about how absolutely arbitrary and shitty it is in the civilian world I’m reminded how good I have it.

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    • BallsandBayonets@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The US military really is one of the most socialist parts of our country*, it’d be hilarious if the average person was able to realize it.

      *Other than all the money going to war-profiteering manufacturers.

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  • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It can work out if you have the right boss. That’s how I went from customer service agent to senior server engineer of a global company in 5 years.

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    • force@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol why are you getting downvoted, “your progress in this society is dependent on your luck of knowing people with power who like you” is a perfectly reasonable take

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    • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yum, rubber soles!

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve also heard it referred to in some circles as Ligma

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  • GarrulousBrevity@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh, that sounds serious, what’s Ligma?

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    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ligma Balls

      ~gottem~

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    • Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re a good sport.

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• macisr@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They are trying to get to something that sticks lol.

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• Drusas@kbin.run ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We are the majority. The vast majority. It seems like we should be able to combat this.

  I know, I know. All the systems are rigged against us all the world over. But it still baffles the mind that a relative handful of people can abuse all of us.

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  • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We are the majority. The vast majority. It seems like we should be able to combat this.

    A disorganized majority is possibly worse than an individual at combating anything

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• Arkaelus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Quiet quitting” didn’t really have that zing to it, eh?

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  • penfore@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was trying to remember this term they used before. Thank you.

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• BrightHalo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hasn’t this always been around? I think I even occasionally had related conditions but for chores, school work, … growing up until I found my interests in school and professionally

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You should look up the phrase in the title.

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Simpsons called it in 1995.

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• Remotedeck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I remember quite quitting. Anyone else have one?

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  • Drusas@kbin.run ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have also quite quit at points in my lifetime.

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• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is the solution to revise the job so it isn’t toxic and terrible?

  Maybe, remember your workers are in fact human beings?

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  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Studies show that toxic businesses have lower productivity and stock value. Being friendly makes them money. Still, many can’t help themselves and do power games instead.

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• lugal@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In Germany we call it “Dienst nach Vorschrift”

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  • ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Translate is giving me some weirdness, but it appears to be like “working to the rule/regulation”?

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    • DivineDev@kbin.run ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      More or less correct, "Vorschrift" refers to the work you are obligated to do according to your work contract. You do exactly that and nothing more.

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• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Big Business: We’re gonna stop rewarding hard work and loyalty cause employees are nothing but replaceable chattel that don’t deserve respect

  Employees: Works only to the limit defined in their contract and not one inch more because they are disrespected and treated like replacable chattel

  Big Business: God damn lazy workers just dont want to work anymore! What happened to this country?

  Everyone with two functioning neurons of common sense: You. You happened to this country. Stop treating your employees like shit, Cause its not a worker problem, its a Boss/Executive problem

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• Beebabe@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I remember getting the email letting us know we should arrive early and be ready. I just keep walking in at my exact scheduled time because that’s when I start getting paid. I will bill a single minute of drive time. This is what you get for a .75 annual raise.

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