You're not paid for how hard you work, you're paid for how hard you are to replace.
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2024
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Act your wage.
Take your exployer as an example. They want to get the most return for the least investment. This is "good business."
You just want to do "good business" for yourself. Since your return (wage) is essentially fixed by what the company is willing to pay you, the only way for you to maximize the equation for yourself is to work as little as possible.
So just act like I'm worth 6 figures and I'll get it? Gotcha!
I found this to be true too. 16 years old minimum wage supermarket job: had to work every second of the shift and was micromanaged to hell.
Now a professional engineer earning almost 10 times minimum wage and I have to pace myself so that I don't run out of work during the 3 days I'm in the office, followed by 2 days WFH where I rarely have any work left to do.
Heck I'm just the janitor for a wealthy company and for the first time it's a gig where I don't hate everyone and everything because of my job.
I still hate everyone and everything, but that has more to do with my pay than the work involved.
Yes. You either be a hard worker and you get exploited by an increasing workload without an increase in pay. Or you do exactly what you are paid for and no more.
I make the most I've ever made in my adult life and I am doing the least I've ever done in my adult life. Checks out.
I mean, yeah, that's the American dream. I get six figures and work like maybe 3 hours a day on a busy day. When I was 16 I was washing dishes for $5 an hour and it was 8+ hours of constant, hard work, every fucking day
What do you do? (You don't need to be specific)
Systems analyst
Sixteen Tons. Another day older and deeper in debt.
Funny, a variation of this song came on my Pandora station immediately after I read this comment.
Yeah he does good stuff
Seriously, nobody gives a damn how hard you work. Just be extra clear about what people want, what they actually notice, what you can do to get that done and what makes sense for you to do.
I learned that the hard way when I worked my ass off and nobody noticed but even worse thought I was arrogant and whatnot.
Nobody givea a damn about how hard you work especially if you make mistakes.
Sometimes I think about American Beauty. I love that film, but I always have to warn people that it's the "Best movie that aged horribly."
(I mean except for the films like Dazed and Confused which were intended to be contemporary, but are so of their time that they accidentally made a period piece)
There's just so many reasons why it doesn't line up with reality. (First time I saw it I laughed at the idea of "secret government weed" in a film that wasn't a stoner comedy, and the fact that they cast a busty actress for the girl who wants a boobjob and a not-so-busty one for the one who doesn't.. Which I guess could work as commentary, but the way the movie plays it not so much.), but two that really stand out
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Kevin Spacey playing a man who not-so-secretly longs for his (teenage) daughter's (underage) friend in a lustful manner
spoiler
and is finally able to court her near the climax of the film. (To be fair, he realizes what he's doing is wrong and doesn't go through with it) -
At one point, after realizing he isn't happy working hard for an American Dream he has grown bored of quits his job. This is fresh on the heels of the realization that he can maintain his lifestyle (Suburban house, husband and wife have their own car, only one member of the household works) by working a stress-free no responsibility job as a McDonalds Fry Cook.
Honestly the second one is far more shocking and offensive.
This is just “work smarter not harder” re-invented.
This is not a shower thought but ok ig
Maybe he installs showers for a living.