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    I still remember putting in vacation at my first job, three months in advance and they still said “well it’s your job to make sure your shifts are covered”. Fuck you, Karen, you make the damn schedule one month at a time, just don’t put me on it that week.

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      The shirking of responsibility gets me every time cause like if the manager doesent do that then what DO they do?

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        Seriously. You aren’t really managing your employees if they have to organize resource shortages for you. At my job, I tell my colleagues to just take time off and, like me, list a few close co-workers as people to contact in case of emergencies in their OOO reply. Nothing is life-or-death, so people can deal with waiting. It’s not like anyone is taking off months straight.

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          It’s rediculous how retail jobs put you through the ringer if you dare to try to stay home while too sick to work (and basically punish you for doing the right thing and calling to notify them you won’t be in and why) but then you get into a professional job and you can sometimes simply not show up and tell nobody and be fine

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      Should have replied “it is your obligation to give me HR paycheck”

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      If it’s the employees job to manage themselves, then they should all be promoted to manager.

      Drag isn’t joking. Drag has worked at a company where things were done like that. It wasn’t perfect but it was better than the American model.

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              Conjugation depends on the individual pronoun, not on the grammatical structure. English isn’t Latin. A lot of people complained about singular they/them because of the conjugation, but we moved past that misunderstanding a decade ago.

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                If conjugation depends on the individual pronoun, the pronoun you used was third person since that’s the conjugation you used. They/them is also third person and singular and plural are conjugated the same, so the comparison doesn’t apply.

                To be clear, please use any and all pronouns you’re comfortable with. But don’t write a third person sentence and insist it’s first person.

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                  Conjugation doesn’t depend on the grammatical structure. Not directly, and not through the pronoun. Drag will prove it: they/them and you/you use the same conjugation, but are in different persons. You don’t think “they” is a second person pronoun, do you?

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            Question 4 drag

            If drag had access to BoringNormie Pills, would drag take them?

            (Assume they would permanently or temporarily reset identity to a highly common one)

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            Have you tried looking into why the

            Cool, someone playing Freud over a single comment.

            harmless way drag refers to dragself

            Fucking lol @ someone either trolling or dumb enough to fall for the trolling.

            makes you immediately daydream about violence?

            Pretty obvious my point was that this is the shit that bullies get erect about. I would never ever willingly talk to someone so offputting, let alone be violent toward them.

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          Yeah, there was a big boss we all answered to. He just trusted us to manage ourselves instead of dedicating any employees to management. We had HR and Payroll, but they didn’t tell us what to do.

          Drag is lead to understand Valve uses a similar structure.

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        Drag doesn’t really fit you. Let’s try something else. How about…Coco?! Yeah you seem like a Coco. Anyone else agree?

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    Told them I would be in hospital, had it denied

    Was in hospital anyway

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      That’s illegal, you are guaranteed at least two weeks of (unpaid) medical leave whether yoou’re the King or a city street sweeper.

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        I’m still amazed that people just accept this.

        What happens, if you are ill for a longer? You can’t just work ethic an illness away.

        And it’s also stupid from the company’s perspective. If someone has the flu and you have them come in - well - everyone will be sick and everyones performance will suffer.

        Who thought this is acceptable, let alone a good idea?

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          And it’s also stupid from the company’s perspective. If someone has the flu and you have them come in - well - everyone will be sick and everyones performance will suffer.

          You underestimate capitalism

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    You can’t accept me using the time I’ve earned? Should I get approval for how I spend my paycheck too?

    It wasn’t a request, I was letting you know so you can plan. See you when I get back.

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    Funny story, my wife told her boss she needed time off for our honeymoon as we drove to our wedding. She got it, but they teased her about it for a month.

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    In Japan, by law it is a declaration. You use paid leave, you do not ask to use it.

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    Been in this position before - fuck your job and live your life. If they were such dicks about it then do you REALLY wanna work there anyways?

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        There are plenty of places where they don’t lie to you about PTO benefits, pay, and have some group insurance plan/program.

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          Get with the program. We’re here to whine about capitalism and how we have no choices. God forbid anyone fight back, use capitalism against them.

          “They gave me a shit raise!” Or none at all.

          OK. Found another job paying 30% more.

          “They turned down my PTO!”

          OK. Found another job paying double, in salary and benefits.

          FFS, these idiot employers are paying you to gain experience and pack your resume. Fuck them over. I know a dude that job hopped from changing oil to $120K in 8 years. I hopped from $10 to $33, with fat benefits and PTO in the same time. Turns out you have to be competent and work hard.

          Learned helplessness occurs when an individual continuously faces a negative, uncontrollable situation and stops trying to change their circumstances, even when they have the ability to do so.

          …and when their social media enforces their helplessness.

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              Of course? And even if you only move laterally, you can still ditch the asshole employers.

              Please, keep telling yourself it’s hopeless. Curl into a ball and cry. Less competition for me.

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                Hey you little bitch wannabe capitalist. I’m not in a ball crying, I’m making money like you’ll never see from the labor of my brain and my hands. You know what I do with it? I help my family and community, and get guns and ammo.

                Unless you’re just a nepo failed abortion. Go assume things about someone’s life and flaunt your privilege somewhere else.

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              I mean, to some degree it actually does. Sure life isn’t fair, you can do right and still fail and such, but overall, if you play your cards right and make sure to learn and present yourself well you can absolutely build a resume and job hop up the career and economic ladder.

              Hell I’ve even had the displeasure of working with someone who literally only had interview and resume skills, was incapable of doing any semblance of the job he was hired to perform and appeared to simply job hop as soon as a given job caught on that he didn’t have any of the skills his resume indicated he had

              Edit for clarity

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                Just listen to yourself. You’re in a social stratification that has blinded you. You’re using english about work in a way that is incomprehensible to the average person in the US.

                Even your triumphant story of getting someone fired because they lied on their resume stinks of privilege.

                Trust me, you’re much closer to us laborers than you are to your rich-ass owners, and they’ll flick you off their boots like a fly.

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    Back when I worked a shitty retail job we would usually hire a few people on fixed term/fixed hours over the Christmas/New Year peak (ie, you get minimum 20 hours a week for 16 weeks starting November 1st), first couple of weeks are mostly training, then peak, then cover into the new year while the full time people take some leave.

    Had one guy who got to the end of his training then informed management that he would need leave approved starting now and right through peak because his family was going to an expensive ski resort but that he’d happily pick up some more hours when he got back. Got really salty when he was told that that wasn’t going to happen, and he was welcome to go anyway but shouldn’t expect a job when he got back.

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    I don’t understand this.

    I have Canada and USA coworkers and when they ask for time off approval, they usually get it according to a per team schedule.

    We know what quarters are going to be the busiest before hand so everyone is encouraged to take time off when it is less demanding.

    You can also take time off in busiest times.

    In both cases, you are asked to request anyone from your team to backup you up (obviously available when you are not)

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      I think many people (me included) feel that it shouldn’t be the employee’s responsibility to find shift coverage.

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        Agreed. It would make sense to me if managing schedules was a job for the manager.

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      Are you paid to do scheduling? What if coworkers say no? … Those are two serious potential problems.

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        I would default to assuming that this is a professional job, so making sure you’re covered in case something goes wrong is expected and also reasonable to expect from coworkers. If there’s conflicts (I don’t think I can support this while you’re gone because I’m gonna be too busy with x), you go to your manager and ask them to figure it out. But by default, it’s likely you know who is best equipped to support because they are already working with you.

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        No, nothing of the sorts.

        As part of the team we all know, usually, the details of the projects we are working on, details that we cannot expect a manager to follow or know for each project, because there are a lot of details and many projects. A lot of them overlap in discovery, development, execution and deployment and also have different priorities.

        And it is my understanding that managers also need to prioritize given sudden issues, emergency requests, and so on.

        Anyways, with that info, we can decide who is the best fit for it given the experience they have had or not with specific projects.

        Also it is usually not that hard.

        You don’t get a backup 2 days before your time off, indeed, more often than not, it is asked with a lot of anticipation.

        Also, most of the time when you go on time off, you are encouraged to have all of your projects deliverables ready for when you are out.

        That way, your teammates doing the backup are just checking in on the project and available for general questions.

        Personally, I like to leave documentation as well for my backups so they know what to expect. It’s not strange to have changes that imply more work for the backup so the extra context helps a lot.

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          Right. If everyone is super supportive and there are never emergencies or vacation scheduling conflicts, this all works. And the rest of the time, you end up having to deal with bullshit that the bosses should be handling. And hey, if your workplace is magically different from most others, and nothing ever gets funky, great!

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      My thoughts as well. “Lol go ahead and fire me? Either I’ll just take another wage slave job or realize that you really fucking need my labor. Either way, two scenarios I can risk myself being in”

      I also realize this is a very privileged position to have. Because I’m in such a position, I can be truer to my moral compass and values. Behaving in ways that enrich myself at the expense of others wellbeing would be extremely selfish since I can actually choose not to be selfish and still live a relatively privileged lifestyle.

      Just kind of wanting to let people know that even in the fairly upper echelons of social status, there are those who fucking hate the system. I’m economically satisfied, but I’m incredibly deprived of human experience and brotherhood.

      The few organizations and groups I’ve been in that had real class consciousness were the most alive and joyous I’ve ever felt, even though at the time I was dirt shit poor. I would give anything to go back to those times. And I am now realizing this wish of mine isn’t fantasy. Enough human courage and anything is possible.

      Edit:

      So my comment was meant to be a shared experience of struggle that others could hopefully relate to in solidarity. Not an opinion or argument. That may not have been clear from my comment.

      There’s nothing privileged about quitting a job.

      I would 100% disagree with your statement here. There absolutely is privilege in being able to quit a job for some other argument than “I fucking need the money to feed my family this week”

      Maybe you have never been in such a situation? I have, and I’ll tell you that it fucking sucks. Having to choose between moral values you hold very close to heart and risking not having a paycheck to care for a number of dependents is not a decision that any person should be forced to make.

      The rest of your comment follows from the assumption of a misunderstood conclusion of mine, so I will stop here. Don’t mind clarifying anything though.

      Edit 2: Also, what does “muting thread” mean? Is that “adult speak” for “I don’t wanna talk to you anymore”?

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          So my comment was meant to be a shared experience of struggle that others could hopefully relate to in solidarity. Not an opinion or argument. That may not have been clear from my comment.

          There’s nothing privileged about quitting a job.

          I would 100% disagree with your statement here. There absolutely is privilege in being able to quit a job for some other reason than “I fucking need the money to feed my family this week”

          Maybe you have never been in such a situation? I have, and I’ll tell you that it fucking sucks. Having to choose between moral values you hold very close to heart and risking not having a paycheck to care for a number of dependents is not a decision that any person should be forced to make.

          The rest of your comment follows from the assumption of a misunderstood motive of mine, so I will stop here. Don’t mind clarifying anything though.

          Edit: Also, what does “muting thread” mean? Is that “adult speak” for “I don’t wanna talk to you anymore”?