shartworx

joined 11 months ago
[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 210 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Imagine being a twitter user.

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

My employer has been intentionally creating a toxic workplace to drive attrition. Several upper managers have said the quiet part out loud in candid AMAs with staff. The top management still sends out uncanny valley soulless-smile emails saying RTO is better for everyone, but it's another excuse to drive layoffs based on location and proximity to an office. I do not interact with a single individual outside of Teams/Zoom on any given day. I honestly think the execs are looting the coffers before the company tanks like investment bankers did to Toys R Us and now Red Lobster. They can make a ton of money and move on to the next ripe fruit.

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's so satisfying to slide this thing forcefully onto your pole OVER and OVER again, slamming it against the base.

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

This is rhetorical, right?

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've seen a sudden upsurge of promoted videos in the last week or two championing trickle-down economics in my youtube suggested video feed. I thought it was odd. They don't use the term trickle-down economics, but they promote the rich as job creators and use all the Reagan talking points. Based on the comments, lots of people are eating it up as amazing insight.

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 61 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Some companies are doing it to create a hostile workplace to increase attrition. If an employee quits, they don't have to pay unemployment or severance. Other companies have huge investments in corporate real estate. They have been sitting on short-term loans that are coming due. The property owners are keeping their real-estate values artificially high, but to one wants to rent/lease them, so they aren't as valuable as in practice as they look on paper. Some companies get tax breaks from cities to put their offices there and will not continue to reap those rewards if their workers are not coming into the city. Don't let them gaslight you about culture or face time because that has all been debunked. A lot of remote workers are coming in to the office and sitting on Zoom/Teams calls in their cubicles.

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

If only they could issue a stern warning, too! I'm sure he'll stop once he realizes he made a legal faux pas!

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I deleted my account, but then I made a junk account to follow links there when someone says "check this out". There are probably a lot of people like me who just follow links, troll a couple of blue-checks, and then close it.

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 months ago

It was not misleading. It was a lie.

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago

"Instead of opening our drivers up, we'll make the whole system proprietary. Everyone wins!"

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