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[-] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 273 points 10 months ago
[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 94 points 10 months ago

One would hope that a message THAT tone deaf wouldn't have even made it to the keyboard before realizing what a catastrophically bad idea it was.

[-] ares35@kbin.social 73 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

there's a lot of stupid, ignorant assholes running small businesses all over the place that think they own their employees and can boss them 24/7. this could totally be a legit posting somewhere.

if you want me answering my phone 24/7, you're paying me 24/7--and providing the phone you want me to answer.

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[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, of course there are plenty of workplaces this bad, but they still wouldn't write "voluntary mandatory"

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 30 points 10 months ago

After meeting many a middle manager, I can say with absolute certainty that they would write something like this.

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[-] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 12 points 10 months ago

This is basically how Golden Corral works their staff

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 140 points 10 months ago

I hope this is just one of those fake rage bait signs

[-] Princeali311@lemm.ee 73 points 10 months ago
[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 92 points 10 months ago

Required to be by the phone = on the clock. This will be a lot of overtime for everyone.

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[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 80 points 10 months ago

Depending on the country/state that could obligate the company to pay for devices if they’re going to require they have them.

Not to mention possible “on call” pay could apply as well.

I wonder if people who make these things (if real) even think of throwing them by HR or some professional who could help them avoid the legal implications of these kinds of things.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 52 points 10 months ago

This is probably by some small time business owner who never heard of HR, since preventing this liable shit is exactly HR's job.

[-] breakingcups@lemmy.world 75 points 10 months ago

Come on guys, you're all falling for obvious bait.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 10 months ago

It's basically all of the content on r/antiwork after that community decided to throw itself off the golden gate bridge over an awkward interview that didn't even fucking matter, on Fox "news" of all places

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 68 points 10 months ago

Tell me you live in America without saying you live in America…

[-] Numenor@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

because of corn flakes I have no foreskin

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Cornflakes took your foreskin? Sounds like a slam dunk case against Kellogg

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 67 points 10 months ago

Civilized countries make this shit illegal.

[-] MadBigote@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Some some people may not believe this shit is actually ilegal in mexico. There's a limited list of cases where firing an employee is actually justified, without obligations for the employer. Otherwise you're entitled to a 3month compensation.

There are, of course, employers who decide to challenge this and drag payments, but still...

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[-] hector@sh.itjust.works 66 points 10 months ago

Good rage bait, made me rage

[-] mediocre_magi@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago

Today my son is born. As I sit the waiting room, I ponder "How can I best serve the company?"

[-] CucumberFetish@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

You will be a great asset to the company. Great great asset to the company

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[-] Raxiel@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago
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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 40 points 10 months ago

This is the kinda job I like to get just to fuck with management.

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[-] an_onanist@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago

'...voluntary mandatory shift coverage.'

Someone should be gifted a dictionary for Supervisor Appreciation Day.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

I totally understand the overall ridiculousness of this, but I suspect that "mandatory" and "voluntary" apply to 2 different people in this case. Person 1 has a "mandatory shift" and person 2 is supposed to voluntarily cover that person's mandatory shift.

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

But it is mandatory because they get fired for not doing it.

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[-] tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago

"How can I best serve the company" 🤮

A thought I had not once in my entire work life

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

"sorry boss. I can beat serve the company by making sure I'm well rested for my normal, scheduled shifts. Can't come in."

[-] Jimbo@yiffit.net 8 points 10 months ago

This but unironically

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago

Tell me you took a night course in business without telling me

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 34 points 10 months ago

Ahh yes, voluntary mandatory, just like life imprisonment death sentence.

[-] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago
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[-] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 25 points 10 months ago

7/10 meme, I got a chuckle when I saw “mandatory voluntary “

[-] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

Me thinks they don’t know the meaning of voluntary.

[-] TheDeepState@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

They can fuck off.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 months ago

Good luck with keeping people hired 🙂

[-] Technus@lemmy.zip 18 points 10 months ago

Pour one out this Memorial day for anyone stuck working for such a massive powertripping cunt as the one that wrote this.

I bet they're also the type to loudly exclaim "no one wants to work anymore" when no one answers their calls at 4 in the morning.

[-] thefrankring@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Your employer wants you to be in a mindset of scarcity and fear.

That way, he can have leverage over you and easily control you.

You should never allow it.

If you're being intimidated for termination, look for another job and make it easier for him to fire you.

Show him that have options and don't care.

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 33 points 10 months ago

I got a job at Subway when leaving the army, mostly out of boredom. Told them the only day I cannot come in is Thursdays, that’s when I go into the VA for my deployment issues. Put that is writing, got hired. They also had something like this where you have to always be on call. They called my on Thursday in the middle of a counseling session, so on Friday I was fired.

Turns out, the FAFO is strong with this one. The VA asked if I put it in writing, “Yes, here is the email”. Several weeks later the fine leveraged against the owner was so high she had to sell the business. She called me, asking when I am coming back in (I could tell it was being recorded, could hear the static) and I laughed and told her you can’t record me, and you fired me, then hung up.

Turns out shitcanning veterans who just got back from a deployment during the height of “we all love Murica!” gets you zero sympathy from anyone.

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[-] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago

The appropriate answer to that is the full staff making a chorus and singing to the bosses "FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUU! WE'RE LEEEEAVING!"

[-] don@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Whoever wrote that can go fuck themselves with a 40-grit sandpaper dildo made from a red hot curling iron.

[-] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

On call rules AND on call pay, or STFU. Your staffing problem isn't my problem and I can contact legal authorities if you do write me up for having my phone off or just not coming in.

[-] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 12 points 10 months ago

Sounds like the company needs to increase its bus factor. Luckily, I can help the company by not doing any of this nonsense, to pressure execs into hiring more staff so that the team is robust enough to weather a catastrophe.

[-] misspacific@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 10 months ago

every time someone tried to call me in i would say i've had alcoholic drinks; they shut up pretty quick after that.

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Those who work at this company should all no show simultaneously and see how it does.

[-] olutukko@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

this shit would br illegal in my country. I hope this ain't true

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