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[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

And they have statement on why the senior engineer had to be involved in your maintenance job.

[-] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 8 points 1 week ago

From experience it’s a surprise meeting with your boss - and then HR joins - they’re not on the invite.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

If I'm getting fired, I'm not listening to their bullshit. It's happening sooner, not later.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I'm not listening to their bullshit

Not even if it includes a severance package?

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Lol, what severance package? Those don't exist anymore.

[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

They are there just rare. I lost my job last year and they gave me 3 months worth salary and insurance as the package. Even I was surprised by it cause I never got one before and didn't even know WTF those were.

Horrible for all involved.

I've been the boss in this situation, and it sucks.

And a year later I was there with HR and my boss.

And a year later my boss was there with HR and his boss.

Fuck HR.

[-] FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oof i've walked into this before. Worked for one of the Big 4 banks in Australia. They start with "How was your morning? Good? Excellent opens folder now lets talk about the drugs in the carpark". Can't believe i survived that lol

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

So.... Tell us about the drugs in the carpark. That's definitely a story.

[-] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lol it was basically a "trade" in the carpark with some higher ups and someone ratted. Turns out all they cared about was "how compromised you were". Once they investigated and found it was just one person who "witnessed" and reported it, everything was over in a few days.

[-] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

I remember going to work for a large Australian company tripping balls.

My boss was like you've been glued to your computer all day bud, good work.

Did everything I could to avoid looking him the eye so he wouldn't see my massively dilated eyes.

Ahhhh those were the day.

[-] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Holy shit! I'm sorry, but you guys sound like the worst employees in the world. Drug deals in the parking lot? Coming to work whacked out on LSD? Wow.

[-] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

I've made my employer seven figures, in direct revenue (and I do detailed analytical work reviewing tens of millions of records)

And thats blasted to my tits (not every day).

It's not my fault I work better high.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

That sounds like a horrible use of a trip

[-] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

It was the first and last I tripped at work.

And yes it was a horrible waste. My computer screen was one big magic eye with text turning into strange forms (little dragons).

I used to work the phones as well. I have no idea how I managed to tech support tripping balls.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Acid has been known to confer wisdom upon its users, in your case it seems the wisdom was to not use acid at work

[-] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Indeed, other pearls of wisdom

  • do not trip when your neighbours are having a huge domestic violence incident

  • do not watch 8 hours of simpsons/futurama commentaries. For the next 8 hours after that I had David X Cohen and Matt Groening narrating everything I was doing in my house.

  • test your acid. 5 bromo dragonfly (dob) when you're thinking you're getting LSD is no fun.

Microdosing is great, both for cognitive stuff, pattern recognition and for deep analytical work.

As well for mood and well being.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Ooohhh, I've been there!

The CTO couldn't keep his grubby hands of his employees, loved to "tickle" everybody because it was suuuuch a positive experience for all involved! None of the employees dared to say anything

So anyway, I started blasting. I reported the fucker immediately, the branch where I worked for went ballistic, the one in Malta where he was stationed... Suggested I talk it out with him.

So the Americas branch where I worked started a shit show while I went on my (already planned) vacation. All the VPs said they'd have my back!

When I came back, my first meeting with my devs was replaced with a meeting with HR and the CTO who immediately dumped my ass.

The very next day, the CTO himself was fired and he committed suicide shortly after (no joke)

Moral of the story: fuck corporate environments, they're fucking toxic as hell and promote this behavior and for all the "we got your back!!" Nobody showed up when I got axed because they were all scared for their jobs, except me.

No. Regrets.

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