• ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comEnglish
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    23 days ago

    I work in retail and my manager always goes on about how we need to “SMASH” our targets and make sure the store does well.

    I couldn’t give a fuck if the store does well or not, I get paid the same minimum wage either way.

    • WanderingThoughts@europe.pubEnglish
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      23 days ago

      We’ve got one colleague who likes to calculate those things. They changed overtime rules a bit. When they asked him to do some work early in the morning for reaching the targets, he refused. When the boss asked for details he sent an excel sheet with all the overtime company and tax rules in it. It turns out you only earn $5 net for coming in at work at o-dark-hundred.

      Of course that sheet spread rapidly and management is now very surprised they can’t find anybody to come in early.

  • BougieBirdie@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    23 days ago

    I used to think the Chads I work with made more work for me. Now I realise the Chads already figured out that the job is bogus and you get paid the same either way

    Management is always running a skeleton crew. If everyone gave 110% then that would become the new target. Worse, they’d make 120% the new target and lay someone else off

    Giving a solid 60% is enough for my boss to think I’m doing a decent job while not screwing my coworkers. In a crisis, you can turn it up to 80% and suddenly you’re a rockstar

    Everyone should be acting their wage. We need more Chads in the workforce to remind management what they should actually expect of their staff

    • Signtist@bookwyr.meEnglish
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      23 days ago

      I work from home putting together bids for construction projects that our project managers want to work on. I’ll usually get a project to handle every week or so, but it usually only takes me a couple days of dedicated work to finish one, so I usually just pretend to work until the final few days before a project is due.

      Last week we got an emergency project that the project manager forgot to send to us for takeoff, due in only 2 days. I clocked a bunch of OT that I didn’t actually need since I could finish the project up at my normal pace anyway, and my boss loves me for finishing it so quickly. Working hard every day would just make that timeframe the norm, and take away any of the appreciation for the work I do.

    • ViatorOmnium@piefed.socialEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Giving a solid and consistent 60% is better even for the company. A burnt out employee is an unproductive and unreliable employee, and good managers realize that.

      • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        22 days ago

        I’d define 100% as the pace you can work without burnout. This also goes well with that "Let’s give it 110 %, which is otherwise usually mathematically impossible…