That's right! I want to hear about the bullshit you had to deal with at work this week. Shoutout to those who are working for the weekend and working on the weekend!
This is a work vent thread, if that isn't clear. I might make this a Friday ritual.
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+1 for an informal non-stickied work vent Friday ritual
My megacorp’s private equity masters are getting ready to sell, maybe an IPO. So naturally for the last few years they’ve been stripping the copper out of the walls.
Piss off 20-year dedicated customers just to earn another dollar this quarter. Layoff the field until it’s a skeleton crew barely able to function. Corporate processes just… not working. Squeeze and squeeze and squeeze and trim the fat and tighten the belt. Push costs into next quarter and pull profits into this one.
On the bright side, it pays well and my office has become so lean I can’t really get laid off unless they exit the market entirely. And it’s kind of hard to get fired from megacorps if you just put on a smile and play the game and act nice.
Pays the bills and the student loans with a bit to save, a trickle into the 401k, and enough for a yearly week to vacation in Japan. Excellent health benefits.
But man every day it grinds at the soul in a unique way.
Man do I know this feeling.