Trippin' Through Time

I was repeatedly disappointed by the class traitors I worked with. They were like "oh we have to work this weekend to get this feature out".

Do you? Do you really? Management set this deadline. They fucked up and now it's "behind schedule". And it's a website. It's not like there's a factory sitting idle until we're done, or a family without a home until the project is finished. The impact of "now you can view your project summary and team list side by side" is nil.

When I pushed back against this, my boss I was bringing down the team's morale. He said that it doesn't hurt me if they work longer. Bullshit. They're providing the same labor I am, but they're devaluing it. They're also setting a nasty precedent.

And you know what? Almost all of us got laid off anyway, including my boss.

This is also part of why the visa stuff is bullshit. Two of the guys were afraid to make any waves because if they lost their job, they might have to leave the country. Maybe they wouldn't be so traitorous if their personal security wasn't on the line.

Now the CEO is posting memes about how high unemployment is and captioning them "lol". He's a middle eastern man that loves Musk. If ICE takes him to a camp I'm going to feel a little bad because of basic humanity, but also laugh really hard at the leopards eating his face.

And then they use your "110%" as the new 100% and expects it all the time.

that is impossible. no one can give more than 100%

if your contract says 8h work per weekday and you work for 8h 48m you gave 110%

I always give the full 60%. In case I need to step up, I can give 66%, and be seen as a miracle worker.

Chad doesn't actually "forget" to do the job. he realizes it isn't worth his time unless he's asked about it at least twice.

I've been Chad and been asked to do millions of things by people who will even forget they asked me to do them so unless it's important enough that they follow up on it, it's not a real job.

i will usually say something in corporate speak though like "it hasn't been on my radar yet" instead of "i forgot".

No employer is gonna pay you 110% for going extra hard. All the profits from your extra work will just be enjoyed by your supervisor, helping coworkers and giving extra effort comes back to bite you in the ass eventually, whether it’s your 110% becoming expected, or being so good that any mistake you make will be seen as a big deal

This is why we should all do the minimum to keep our job and not give our best. After all when you get paid minimum wage they shouldn't expect you to work at your maximum. I remember at my job even after 2 years working there, when the minimum wage got up they didn't raise my salary but just put me at the new minimum wage because it got raised a bit higher than the salary I was making and the new employee with no experience, literally his first job ever gets paid the same as me. And it was at this moment I stopped giving it my best.

Do enough work to secure what you want from the job, which is to not get fired. That, and a good reference for better pastures if you're still resume building, or have just moved to a new city.

That hypnotist made Roger Clemens think he is a chicken.

But he did a good job, a good job...

My co-workers will cut any corner they can get away with. Then after awhile management will send an email telling everyone to knock it off. Closing hopper car ports on empty cars most recently. Then nobody does it anyways and there's no consequences. No follow up. Every single time. After awhile you figure out caring about the slide is a waste of calories and you should just chill and collect the pay until they shutdown one day from pure apathetic incompetent mismanagement.

Beautiful painting though

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Danielson-Gambogi

Giving 110% means you're the best at that particular job. Goodluck ever seeing a promotion.

Always remember that good enough is good enough.