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[jhawks99]

[MICHHAWK]

the one thing that we know for sure, is that almost all of you don't have a clue what you are blubbering and blathering about.

it's 2022. big companies are not fattened up and bloated anymore full of do nothings. the bloat has been forcefully retired, bought out, and broomed out the door. leaving less to do more. the shareholders saw to that.

for sure, most of you don't have a clue. but by all means, keep blubbering.

[ousdahl]

If a corner office desk jockey decides to take off to his vacation home on a whim for the rest of the week, everything else is business as usual.

If a front line employee doesn’t show up for a shift, that donut shop ceases to be a donut shop.

LOL ok, i can see this will go nowhere.

Guess I have been lucky to work with executive leadership who are essential to our company operating and surviving on a daily basis. Sure, everyone takes vacations. Even our "front line" employees. I am sorry you haven't had the same experiences. Maybe you should find a better employer or find a way to work for yourself. I hate to say it, but you seem like someone who would be toxic in a work environment. Worrying about everyone else other than yourself, and constantly complaining about those above you on the food chain.

For as much time as you and i spend on here daily, sure doesn't seem like we are any more essential than those corner office people you like to vilify.

Plot twist!

I’ve worked a cushy corner office gig all along.

And don’t get me wrong, I earned it!

And by earned it, I mean, the CEO is golfing buddies with my dad.

[ousdahl]

Usually it means the other 3 donut shop employees have to work harder to cover his ass. Which means the asshole in the drive through is extra pissedbthat it took 90 seconds to get his bear claw.

And do those other 3 employees get additional compensation for picking up the slack?

Well yes, it took longer to close up, so they got an extra 20 minutes on the clock for doing his closing tasks.

An extra 20 minutes…that’s like almost $3 dollars of wages!

…for picking up the slack on potentially thousands in additional labor value.

[PhDhawk]

And do those other 3 employees get additional compensation for picking up the slack?

Well yes, it took longer to close up, so they got an extra 20 minutes on the clock for doing his closing tasks.

An extra 20 minutes…that’s like almost $3 dollars of wages!

…for picking up the slack on potentially thousands in additional labor value.

And...let's say there are 12 donuts left over. You're taking 4 home instead of 3.

And probably more like hundreds. I'd guess they want to keep labor under 30%. So if we're talking about a store with 4 employees making $12.50/hr each on an 8 hour shift you'd need to make about $2400 to reach that goal. So per person, that's about $600.

[Mjl]

Yea.

And anyone who’s worked the corporate bonehammer knows those cushy top of the totem pole gigs are less about qualifications and experience, and more about office politics and nepotism.

That's quite a generalization. I'd say that's only true of one of the five companies I have worked for. I'm curious about others.

[ousdahl]

Yeah, it’s anecdotal.

And speaks to the old adage of, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”

It’s been true at most of the companies I’ve worked.

That one place I was a fly fishing guide, was a guest ranch in a portfolio of like a bajillion other bidnesses owned by this capitalist dood.

They posted a marketing manager position! Relevant degree required. (Had that). Previous work experience required too. (Had that too!)

I played the games, stayed in the marketing director’s ear, and sucked up to HR too. They were gonna get me my interview any day now!

Just following up. When can we meet please!

Any day now! Don’t worry ous, your the most experienced and qualified applicant, you’re no doubt a top candidate and might even be a shoo-in.

Great! So when can we meet?

Any. Day. Now.

Just following up again about that interview…oh, what’s that? The director just gave the position to his 19yo son fresh outta home school? But I thought experience and education were requisites? Oh, his kid runs some video game community page on Facebook so that’s pretty much the same as having graduated from bidness school and working at a marketing agency previously…allsome

[KUTradition]

in my experience, both who you know and what you know play a role

in both my current position and my previous one, who i know got me a closer look but it was ultimately what i know that even made me qualified (and ultimately successful) for the positions

[ousdahl]

Yea.

Much of it is that rather than pursuing an education that would actually make me stand out in a particular professional field, I went to business school instead. Sad trombone.

There’s a lot of factors at play there, but at this point the only thing I should say is that it’s my way own fault for earning such a meh degree.

[KUTradition]

Yea.

Much of it is that rather than pursuing an education that would actually make me stand out in a particular professional field, I went to business school instead. Sad trombone.

There’s a lot of factors at play there, but at this point the only thing I should say is that it’s my way own fault for earning such a meh degree.

yes and no

you’re academic decisions didn’t happen in a vacuum. you probably had the same shitty academic advisers at KU that i did

[Mjl]

in my experience, both who you know and what you know play a role

in both my current position and my previous one, who i know got me a closer look but it was ultimately what i know that even made me qualified (and ultimately successful) for the positions

That's consistent with what I have seen. After all, corporations are trying to maximize profits, it's not in their best interest to give jobs to unqualified people.

The one company I worked for that did that found out the hard way. They exploded a year or so after I left. Not figuratively. Like, they literally exploded.

[ousdahl]

How so?

Was it like an oil rig or something?

Or a Mexican restaurant bathroom after a taco Tuesday?

[KUTradition]

careful, ousie

you’re gonna get labeled as a casual racist again

[ousdahl]

oh come on bro, that’s a gastrointestinal joke, not a race joke.

[KUTradition]

Que?

[Deleted User 863]

careful, ousie

you’re gonna get labeled as a casual racist again

Sorry but saying cars made in mexico smell like tacos is the definition of casual racism.

[KUTradition]

yep…those kinds of comments are totally racist and not funny at all

[Mjl]

How so?

Was it like an oil rig or something?

Or a Mexican restaurant bathroom after a taco Tuesday?

[Shirley]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns 'hatred and antisemitism' at pro-Palestinian rally

Progressive allies of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., promoted the Times Square rally Sunday, highlighting a divide over Israel on the left.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., condemned the “bigotry and callousness” displayed at a pro-Palestinian rally held this weekend and promoted by some of her allies.

The rally was held Sunday in Times Square as Israel reels from a massive surprise attack by Hamas militants, who killed and kidnapped more than a thousand Israeli civilians...

The rally had been promoted by Democratic Socialists of America, a left-wing group that helped elect Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives, but it faced criticism from some of its own elected officials for endorsing the event, which was held even before Israel had been able to count the dead.

“It should not be hard to shut down hatred and antisemitism where we see it. That is a core tenet of solidarity,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement first shared with Politico's New York affiliate late Monday.

“The bigotry and callousness expressed in Times Square on Sunday were unacceptable and harmful in this devastating moment," the congresswoman continued. "It also did not speak for the thousands of New Yorkers who are capable of rejecting both Hamas’ horrifying attacks against innocent civilians as well as the grave injustices and violence Palestinians face under occupation.”

[...]

[jfish26]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns 'hatred and antisemitism' at pro-Palestinian rally

Progressive allies of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., promoted the Times Square rally Sunday, highlighting a divide over Israel on the left.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., condemned the “bigotry and callousness” displayed at a pro-Palestinian rally held this weekend and promoted by some of her allies.

The rally was held Sunday in Times Square as Israel reels from a massive surprise attack by Hamas militants, who killed and kidnapped more than a thousand Israeli civilians...

The rally had been promoted by Democratic Socialists of America, a left-wing group that helped elect Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives, but it faced criticism from some of its own elected officials for endorsing the event, which was held even before Israel had been able to count the dead.

“It should not be hard to shut down hatred and antisemitism where we see it. That is a core tenet of solidarity,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement first shared with Politico's New York affiliate late Monday.

“The bigotry and callousness expressed in Times Square on Sunday were unacceptable and harmful in this devastating moment," the congresswoman continued. "It also did not speak for the thousands of New Yorkers who are capable of rejecting both Hamas’ horrifying attacks against innocent civilians as well as the grave injustices and violence Palestinians face under occupation.”

[...]

I am glad that the narrative does not seem to be settling on something overly reductive. To me, the big unknown is who/what is behind what Hamas is doing, and what other actors/groups are yet to be (but will be) directly involved.