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[–] azantis@ani.social 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Lmao my man came here with his green text telling everyone how happy he is for getting money for doing essentially nothing and people here are just straight up calling him a dumb poor bitch.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago

People see a 4chan post and just immediately go full hater mode.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Home depot is the most depressing of hardware stores. I wouldn't want to work there even if what this fake ass post says is true.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Also $17/hr is shit pay. You can't even rent an apartment at $17/hr.

[–] Zippity@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago

Not all entry-level jobs start you at a "living wage." When I was in middle school, delivering newspapers, I didn't make enough to rent an apartment either. In college, I had roommates because none of us earned enough to rent a place by ourselves. So climb off your arrogant and ignorant high-horse.

Also, for the lazy ass dude who started this, work hard and don't be a leach. If you think you can do better than where you are now, move on to that place and stop gaslighting everyone.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee -1 points 1 hour ago

I'm renting an apartment at $16 move to a better area.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Depends on your area.

Edit: working a full 40hr/wk at $17/hr can afford rent up to ~$880/mo.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Thats something like 50 percent of your pay in my area.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

$17/hr can afford ~$880/mo. rent. Not impossible, especially with a roommate or domestic partner.

[–] Sirfedora@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You forgot about other things like food, probably a car, phone bill.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I did not. I calculated rent as 30% of income, the level generally considered affordable. Admittedly it is pre-tax income, so arguably the number is a bit lower, but it's a start.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 154 points 1 day ago (20 children)

Holy fucking shit. I almost was exposed to a swear word on the Internet by some asshole cunt. That bitch didn't know it's fucking illegal to swear on the Internet. Thank fucking god someone put a thin line over it that barely covers it. I was about to shit a brick.

fuck

[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago

New copy pasta just dropped.

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[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

This was how it was in the good old days working third shift at Walmarts back when they closed at like 9-10pm. You were just there to unload the trucks and restock the shelves, so our store would put the peddle down and be finished at 3-4 in the morning. Our shift was until 7am so we'd typical goof off playing video games in the electronics department or watching movies.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I worked at the tire center in wal-mart when I was in college. To accomodate my school schedule I started at 2 in the afternoon and worked until the tire center closed. Then I was supposed to work with the people inside doing whatever they did for the last few hours. They never actually told me who to report to or what I was supposed to be doing for the last 3 hours so I would just go sleep in my car then go back in and clock out at the end of my shift. I did this for like 9 months and no one ever questioned me.

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you quit or did someone noticed after 9 Months?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I quit when I got another job. My boss was gunning for me for other reasons when I left though.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 14 points 1 day ago

Manager: "We're getting closer to finding out who pooped in the walk-in. It's just a matter of time."

Lightnsfw: "...So I'm quitting for unrelated reasons..."

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 1 day ago

So this is why when I come in for the morning shift nothing has been done.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Getting paid to be there through the night for the times when a person is actually needed, as well as being on site to keep an eye on things. Sounds like honest work to me

[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That's basically it. They're just there just in case they're needed and many people actually can't stand working like that. There are a ton of jobs where someone only needs to be there just so any potential work gets done right away. But it's shocking how few people actually enjoy getting paid to do nothing most of the time. It definitely takes a certain mindset.

I work a similar job right now. I'm support in a factory. I show up to work with the expectation that I'll only actually be working for maybe about 20-30% of my shift. If a machine needs attention or a production coworker has a question then I deal with it, otherwise I read a book. Whenever one of our production workers gets promoted to support, it always takes them months to get used to not working. They always start out trying to take literally every call just to have work to do and nervously twiddling their thumbs while staring into space at their desk when they don't. Eventually they start pulling out their phone but they always look so guilty about it and hide it as soon as a boss walks by. And these are internal hires who even have the advantage of having personally watched me fucking around on my phone sending memes to my boss all day at work every day without issue. We actually just lost an external hire maintenance guy because he was constantly woried that he wasn't doing enough work and was going to get fired.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

That's a failure of management.

Or rather, that's a symptom of a certain kind of management that incentivizes people to look busy, punishes those who don't, and doesn't give people accurate and realistic guidance on their responsibilities.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Especially since it's nights - when most people don't want to work, and when it fucks up your health doing it regularly.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I work overnight at a home Depot, this has not been my experience.

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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 49 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Home Depot is an hardware shop in the USofA, right?

If so, why is an hardware store open overnight? What DIY emergency can come about that it can't wait for working hours?

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago (4 children)

These stores are not open at night. They sometimes have overnight staff that process loading bay trucks and/or restock shelves on the retail floor.

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