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Anon quits their job (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yesterday, I (sort of) learned the phrase "implication arrows," from which I learned that I should assume that this story is not true, though the arrows... Imply that it's true. I still don't really get it.

Anyway, I've never held a job where the employer would do more than the bare minimum required by law if I disappeared. Certainly not so much as contacting my family unless there were extenuating circumstances like me verifiably disappearing mid shift. I suspect this is true for most people.

[-] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago
[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I've always been skeptical of greentext (and most internet) stories, it's just more fun to suspend one's disbelief.

I'm just still confused about the concept of "implication arrows," heh.

[-] match@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

it's referencing a quite old meme of ">implying implications", being that the storytelling style of greentext is wildly unconventional in that it is structured around quoting / citing some external imagery or context, and thereby inviting the reader to infer what the poster is thinking instead of directly stating it

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Well, thank you for the information.

[-] MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

As a manager I would definitely contact an employee's emergency contacts and then request a welfare check if one of my team dropped off the face of the earth. Medical incidents happen and a couple of the team live alone that I know of.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

In that case, you sound like a good manager to have.

I like my current managers, but I think if I stopped showing I'd eventually just stop getting paid. There was a period where I wasn't attending daily meetings because I hadn't received the invitation to them. Eventually I made a comment to my manager that I was glad the current contract didn't require a ridiculous number of meetings and he said something like "what are you talking about? There are daily meetings. We just thought you were out sick or something."

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