So you’re saying you failed to plan adequate staffing capacity for the company’s needs?
Sounds like a planning issue on their side. Where I live, it’s expected that some periods are just less busy because people like to take off those weeks.
“that’s a shame, you should have considered it when you last downsized the workforce. I’ll be back in a month”
This might be a US thing. I have worked in — what I consider — pretty unfulfilling jobs, but they usually still insist I take my vacation time and remind me to take breaks. Maybe it secretly came back in my performance review in obscure ways so I might also be an idiot.
The break reminder is just a legal obligation, they can still give you the stink eye when you say you’re taking a break and brag about how long they’ve worked without a break.
Sounds like a Management Skill issue
One of the only positive things about working at Amazon is they they’re actually competent enough to hire enough employees to cover unexpected life events. No joke, they hand out over an hour of personal time every single day, enough to take an entire day off after barely working a couple of weeks.
I’ve been sleeping in nearly every single shift for a year straight, coming in late constantly, and management literally couldn’t give a single fuck. They even let you come back from breaks late and no one says a damn thing. I once stretched out a 15 minute break to 45 minutes, and nothing came of it. So long as your work gets done on time it’s no problem. They even fired the one manager who would actually do things by the book and get after employees. I couldn’t believe it when it happened; it’s almost too unbelievable to be true.
The best part is that you don’t even have to call in; taking time off is done with an app and it always gets approved instantly. If the pay wasn’t shit (only $19.50hr), I’d never want to leave.
Is this for office work? Because it doesn’t jive with the totalitarian surveillance/micro management regime I’ve been hearing about at their warehouses and for their drivers.
Don’t know the exact term but I work at a “last mile” warehouse, basically the place where already packaged items go to be sorted and put onto trucks for delivery. It’s a smaller warehouse but it is a warehouse. All I do is sort packages.
And yeah I’m confused too. I avoided getting a job there for years because of all the horror stories. But my experience has been quite the opposite. Even the notorious “suicide booths” aren’t what the news makes them out to be. They’re literally just a phone booth.
IDK maybe my warehouse is just different. I have no idea.
Reading about it a bit more, they also try to drive their office employees as hard as they can but it’s not as effective because of the smaller labor pool and nature of the work.
And congrats to you for finding a nice place!
My job is IT. Staffing is your job.
Literally me I was like… WHO CARES
Yep. If you don’t want me to use it, don’t give it to me. I’ll be thinking about you on the beach. Not!
I am about to no longer be able to take the bus because the company can’t keep it’s staff.
A lack of adequate planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
I believe that this, particularly, is why many fast food restaurants are closing way earlier than they did several years ago. No, it isn’t because of the pandemic. It’s because someone (Gen Z) finally got fed up with the bullshit of managers dictating when they can work as opposed to a fixed schedule. No, no one should ever have to bear the burden of “picking up a shift” - that’s just shitty management and has been for around 60 years. We’ve all just bowed our heads and accepted that we need a job. Gen Z said, collectively, “Wait, what?” and the world will be better for it. Under no circumstance should someone ever be forced to work 2nd shift one day and early mornings the next.
No doubt answered with “we’re a family here” nonsense, all while the company makes record profits and the executives get compensated with a giant bag of cash. Yuck.
“Okay, cool. Family knows when to drop a subject. Good luck!”
“Okay, cool. Family knows when to drop a subject. Good luck!”
Nice. I’ll have to remember that retort!
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“Should have hired taller people then”
Solid joke, but hard to pull off in person if you’re over 6 feet.
Wouldn’t it work better in that case? The implication being that if you weren’t the only tall person, then staff wouldn’t be so short without you.
Really?! That sounds like awful management.
That sounds like every job I’ve ever had. Working so hard everyone is making themselves sick and the moment you’re not at 100% you’ll be let go for underperforming. God forbid you actually ask to be paid for the overtime you worked, good luck chump. Then some other desperate soul will take your place until they’re chewed out and replaced. We weren’t even called employees, we were human capital. The worst part is I’d do it all over again if that meant I would have a paycheck again. At least then I’d be able to afford rent, cause if I don’t find a job in a few months I lose my apartment. Apparently I’m living in the greatest part of the world.
Forgot the part where management also says use it or lose it, your vacation no longer rolls over, and your vacation bank now has an expiry date. But thanks again for all your hard work.
Sounds like a management problem to me.
The trouble is that Management’s only job seems to be turning their problems into our problems. Or maybe it’s just the only thing they’re good at.
I’m not good with faces, but that’s Hugh Laurie correct? I enjoy his stuff, can anyone clue me into what this is from?
It’s not house nor Bertie Wooster
It might be from Flight of the Phoenix (2004) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(2004_film)
Interesting tidbit: He filmed his audition tape for House from his hotel room during the shooting of Flight of the Phoenix.
You can find it on YouTube.
For the others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqHh6TvGQIQ
Holy shit I just finished watching House for the first time like a month ago and I knew he looked familiar. So weird for me not to see him with any scruff or a cane
You need to watch black adder
Check out Avenue 5, hearing him switch between accents constantly is odd but fun.
It’s crazy how well he does an American accent. I’m currently watching Veep and was so impressed with how normal southern he sounds. Not a hint of a British accent!
Have you seen Hugh Laurie without his American accent? After only seeing him in House it’s uncanny
Ancient video time!
I have, and I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it
Fun (low quality) fact: He’s actually Australian!
It’s high Huge Laurie without facial hair…
Reverse image search failed me
Dug a little deeper and found a Pinterest pin that seems to suggest it’s his role as “Richard Roper” from “The night Manager”
