[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Its supposed to be illegal for banks to be in "sales" but my wife was working for BMO and they were forcing her to prioritize outbound cold calls ans upselling products the customer didnt need and would clearly be bad for their financials as a Personal Banking Assistant. The conflict of interest was so great it stressed her right the fuck out and she had to take leave and start therapy. Her MS also spiked likely due to the stress levels. She was there to help people, and she made the bank earn loyal customers and they willing got more products from the bank because she helped them. She was the top performer at the bank if she just let her do the job she was there to do, but instead her boss started ragging on her daily about her cold calling numbers and forcing her to cancel necessary appointments and focus time to deal with customer requests and instead prioritize sales.

In the end her numbers dropped, her customer satisfaction dropped, and her MS got worse from the stress and she's now on long term leave, uncertain if she'll recover her focus and able to go back to work. Her neurologist has said she cannot go back for now.

Not sure how that bullshit helped the bank, but I can sure see how I didn't, and I may be wrong but I think there are laws against it.

Also worth noting that this change in tactics happened right at the same time BMO took all their "we're here to help" signage down. Brings so many memories of Google dropping the "don't be evil". Everything that came after in both cases was shit.

EDIT: Oh looks like CBC did an article on this now because it is so prolific. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/banks-upselling-go-public-1.4023575

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

Now you've got me wondering about this for Canada. Would be a pita to move mortgage and investments, but there must be a better way than the big banks.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 68 points 2 days ago

The problem for me is that most Canadian Banks give you the choice of SMS or their shitty adware filled bank app that relies on Google Play Services and wont implement TOTP so I can use a true MFA app. And Im done with being forced to accept user policies I don't agree with to do shit, and most of all done with Google Play Services on my device 😑

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Title says it all. He sells Scrooge better than any other movie adaptation I've seen.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 160 points 3 weeks ago

This. Throwing your trash on the ground because you can't find a trash can amounts to childish entitlement in my eyes.

No trash cans in the forest, is OP saying they just litter all through nature when they go camping?

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 55 points 1 month ago

Designers need to wake up and realize their job is to understand what the user wants not what they saw in a wet dream.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Routhinator@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website

As the title says, I'm curious if they ever named or revisited this Human civilization in the later parts of the timeline in any way? It seems like too good of an opportunity to not revisit it at some point.

My searches did not reveal any answer, so thought I'd ask my fellow trek nerds.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Routhinator@startrek.website to c/politics@lemmy.world

This is the most unfiltered article I've read from The Atlantic... by the time I finished the second paragraph I had to re-read the title to understand how I got here.

Edit: To be clear, this has been revealed as satire, its just so close to reality one could be forgiven for confusing the two.

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The Dad Trilogy (startrek.website)

Just had this one shared with me directly on signal and could not find it in here, nor could I find a source. Too good not to share though. If someone knows the meme creator I'll update this with proper credit.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 47 points 5 months ago

Anyone else read "Transport NSFW" as his job title at first?

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Riker came down on a whole other deck and wants answers.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 43 points 6 months ago

Given its been identified as likely being a floating mat, which are apparently environmentally protected and present a risk of drowning.. I'd say there's a lot of stupid choices happening in this video.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 47 points 8 months ago

Yeah I was just picturing the Disney like scene of all kinds of cute animals and birds eating corn, then as the you keep looking you see the express train roll through.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 61 points 10 months ago

Dang.

"We're not the cops, we just want our cut."

-- IRS Probably

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 50 points 10 months ago

Squash, definitely squash.

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