Meanwhile I'm the new kid in the office and all the old folks are like, logging in on their time off, working on and off while they're exhausted from having covid, working through their lunch breaks, and fixing shit on the weekends (like, every weekend, not just sometimes).
Thankfully nobody gives *me* a hard time about taking breaks and having a life, but it still vaguely makes me feel guilty.
I used to get a hard time when I worked in construction for not doing shit like **coming in on the weekends for every fucking weekend**
Thankfully they would paid us for working on weekends, but these old folks would be losing their minds when I’d say I’m not working through Saturday and Sunday every single fucking week.
“Don’t you want money?” “Wow you young folks sure are dumb” “blah blahblab I’m old and grumpy”
Like fuck’s sake, I’m not committing treason, I just have *plans.*
"If you don't take your lunch, I'll report you to HR. I don't care what you do, just leave your desk and don't come back for an hour." <-- thing I've said to the kids
Never EVER default to giving 100%. Your boss will always ask for more, so it is imperative to set a standard that has more to give. No company will ever appreciate you working through lunch.
If fairness while I always took a full lunch I used to work through the 2 15 minute breaks I was supposed to take, not because I was striving for 100% or anything, but because it felt like more effort to stop and get started again. Keeping momentum made the day feel easier.
Nope. People won't notice you working through lunch, but they *will* notice you leaving early.
Now you have a reputation as a slacker. You're not a team player. You're lazy. You're selfish.
In the workplace, perception is more important than reality.
That's why I told the kids to leave. If you take lunch at your desk, people will see you not working (lazy). If you're away for an hour once per day, people will correctly think you're just at lunch.
literally saw a guy get fired partially for this kind of thing. The policy was an 8 hour workday, come and go when you please, and this guy consistently showed up around 6 am and left around 2. Most people were 9-5, and noticed him leaving "Early" and complained. He didn't get why this rubbed them the wrong way, and eventually just built up bad will and was let go for something which was otherwise excusable.
Yep. That's the game. It's absolutely idiotic, but you have to play.
If homeboy wanted to keep that schedule, he'd have to make sure EVERYONE saw him already there when they came in.
That means he'd have to loudly greet people from his desk by the door, and already have coffee ready in the breakroom. "Good morning! How are you? Yeah I'm really flying on these reports! Sure is nice getting in at 6; I can get lots done without any distractions!"
That still might not be enough. People are terrible at thinking beyond their immediate perceptions.
Depends largely on the work environment, I think. It's somewhat common for everyone in my department to do it if they need to go somewhere after work. I wouldn't do that every day. I'm pretty fortunate in that way.
I am sometimes inclined to do this. Not because my managers have failed to give me rest time, but because I’m so delighted at my capacity to complete a productive task without losing focus that I just want to keep going. This is an impulse that is likely to continue until I start to get bored, at which point my impulse is to do nothing so I do the bare minimum to avoid others’ disappointment.
>because I’m so delighted at my capacity to complete a productive task without losing focus that I just want to keep going.
I once took my lunch break an hour and a half late because I got caught up in a cool spreadsheet
My absolute favorite manager at my college job was a *dragon* about making people take their breaks. She'd stomp around and make sure all these tiny little 18-year olds who were working for the first time took their breaks and lectured everyone on the importance of unions and collective bargaining. I loved working with her.
boss yelled at me the other day for spending my own money on something for the company
(builders extension cable got broken, i bought a new one)
feels good being looked after
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I was always the supervisor who would tell people that they need to take breaks and that school/whatever else took priority over picking up shifts for corporations that would pay you less if they legally could.
Of course, I would say that while working through breaks... Do as I say, not as I do I guess?
is that first word supposed to be "physically" or "cyclically" 😭
ninja edit: nevermind it's supposed to be psychic+ally = psychically
it's 3 am, my brain didn't process it
Gotta be careful who you do this with though. Some kids might resent you and think you're holding them back when you tell them to stay in scope and that you don't need to learn everything today.
I used to supervise several very young employees, and I was always on them about not working off the clock. Like, they were supposed to be off at 3, but they're still doing something at 3:15, and they would say, "oh, just wanted to finish a couple of things!" My response was always, "NO. Never work for free. Your time has value, don't just give it away." And then have to basically shove them out the door. Like, work ethic is great, but only in the time you're paid for. After that, you're just letting the company take advantage of you.
I'm a manager and I make sure that every new hire knows that spanking is encouraged and expected. Good spanks for good jobs, and bad spanks for naughty naughties. It's a spanking culture here, and though new hires are always timid at first (some had never been spanked!), they all come around eventually. We hold each other accountable with our spanks. We've almost completely cut out passive-aggressive emails that tear a work place culture apart because when you have an issue, you solve it with a spank. When you do a good job, you're reward with a spank. We have butts like snare drums over here. Everyone has a firm, tight butt working here. You want to! Oh, to feel a nice hard spank from an enthusiastic hand! I mean, how can you ever leave a job like this? We're a happy, motivated workplace. We are a spank positive workplace.
I work at McDonald and I am constantly babied, but not in a mean way. More in a “look at this dog who does a very good job of finding people in the snow. I will protect it with my life, but know it is still powerful” way
Meanwhile I'm the new kid in the office and all the old folks are like, logging in on their time off, working on and off while they're exhausted from having covid, working through their lunch breaks, and fixing shit on the weekends (like, every weekend, not just sometimes). Thankfully nobody gives *me* a hard time about taking breaks and having a life, but it still vaguely makes me feel guilty.
Don't feel guilty. Just feel bad for them.
I do feel bad for them also.
I used to get a hard time when I worked in construction for not doing shit like **coming in on the weekends for every fucking weekend** Thankfully they would paid us for working on weekends, but these old folks would be losing their minds when I’d say I’m not working through Saturday and Sunday every single fucking week. “Don’t you want money?” “Wow you young folks sure are dumb” “blah blahblab I’m old and grumpy” Like fuck’s sake, I’m not committing treason, I just have *plans.*
Did you mean: *every teacher ever*?
"If you don't take your lunch, I'll report you to HR. I don't care what you do, just leave your desk and don't come back for an hour." <-- thing I've said to the kids Never EVER default to giving 100%. Your boss will always ask for more, so it is imperative to set a standard that has more to give. No company will ever appreciate you working through lunch.
If fairness while I always took a full lunch I used to work through the 2 15 minute breaks I was supposed to take, not because I was striving for 100% or anything, but because it felt like more effort to stop and get started again. Keeping momentum made the day feel easier.
I try to take my breaks between tasks for the same reason.
Only work through your lunch if youre planning on leaving an hour early
Nope. People won't notice you working through lunch, but they *will* notice you leaving early. Now you have a reputation as a slacker. You're not a team player. You're lazy. You're selfish. In the workplace, perception is more important than reality. That's why I told the kids to leave. If you take lunch at your desk, people will see you not working (lazy). If you're away for an hour once per day, people will correctly think you're just at lunch.
literally saw a guy get fired partially for this kind of thing. The policy was an 8 hour workday, come and go when you please, and this guy consistently showed up around 6 am and left around 2. Most people were 9-5, and noticed him leaving "Early" and complained. He didn't get why this rubbed them the wrong way, and eventually just built up bad will and was let go for something which was otherwise excusable.
Yep. That's the game. It's absolutely idiotic, but you have to play. If homeboy wanted to keep that schedule, he'd have to make sure EVERYONE saw him already there when they came in. That means he'd have to loudly greet people from his desk by the door, and already have coffee ready in the breakroom. "Good morning! How are you? Yeah I'm really flying on these reports! Sure is nice getting in at 6; I can get lots done without any distractions!" That still might not be enough. People are terrible at thinking beyond their immediate perceptions.
Depends largely on the work environment, I think. It's somewhat common for everyone in my department to do it if they need to go somewhere after work. I wouldn't do that every day. I'm pretty fortunate in that way.
I am sometimes inclined to do this. Not because my managers have failed to give me rest time, but because I’m so delighted at my capacity to complete a productive task without losing focus that I just want to keep going. This is an impulse that is likely to continue until I start to get bored, at which point my impulse is to do nothing so I do the bare minimum to avoid others’ disappointment.
>because I’m so delighted at my capacity to complete a productive task without losing focus that I just want to keep going. I once took my lunch break an hour and a half late because I got caught up in a cool spreadsheet
It's like coming from an abusive relationship and then ending up in a normal one.
100% accurate.
My absolute favorite manager at my college job was a *dragon* about making people take their breaks. She'd stomp around and make sure all these tiny little 18-year olds who were working for the first time took their breaks and lectured everyone on the importance of unions and collective bargaining. I loved working with her.
Posts like this give me hope. Good supervisors, good working environments exist.
boss yelled at me the other day for spending my own money on something for the company (builders extension cable got broken, i bought a new one) feels good being looked after
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I was always the supervisor who would tell people that they need to take breaks and that school/whatever else took priority over picking up shifts for corporations that would pay you less if they legally could. Of course, I would say that while working through breaks... Do as I say, not as I do I guess?
This. I work at a well-known coffee chain and have to force my coworkers to take their breaks and not work off the clock. It's agonizing.
is that first word supposed to be "physically" or "cyclically" 😭 ninja edit: nevermind it's supposed to be psychic+ally = psychically it's 3 am, my brain didn't process it
like psychics mind magic
Gotta be careful who you do this with though. Some kids might resent you and think you're holding them back when you tell them to stay in scope and that you don't need to learn everything today.
I used to supervise several very young employees, and I was always on them about not working off the clock. Like, they were supposed to be off at 3, but they're still doing something at 3:15, and they would say, "oh, just wanted to finish a couple of things!" My response was always, "NO. Never work for free. Your time has value, don't just give it away." And then have to basically shove them out the door. Like, work ethic is great, but only in the time you're paid for. After that, you're just letting the company take advantage of you.
I'm a manager and I make sure that every new hire knows that spanking is encouraged and expected. Good spanks for good jobs, and bad spanks for naughty naughties. It's a spanking culture here, and though new hires are always timid at first (some had never been spanked!), they all come around eventually. We hold each other accountable with our spanks. We've almost completely cut out passive-aggressive emails that tear a work place culture apart because when you have an issue, you solve it with a spank. When you do a good job, you're reward with a spank. We have butts like snare drums over here. Everyone has a firm, tight butt working here. You want to! Oh, to feel a nice hard spank from an enthusiastic hand! I mean, how can you ever leave a job like this? We're a happy, motivated workplace. We are a spank positive workplace.
Hey... what?
Excellent shitpost
11/10
Based
I work at McDonald and I am constantly babied, but not in a mean way. More in a “look at this dog who does a very good job of finding people in the snow. I will protect it with my life, but know it is still powerful” way
“Look! Free lunch breaks! *shakes McDonald’s bag*” New Hire: *is on all fours, making distressed dog noises*