I am not sure what to say about that.
So much for keeping her off the pole.
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I was at a local live show. The singer was talking about how she sacrificed so much to make the show, and tonight is her daughter's birthday which she is missing.
Without missing a beat, a highly intoxicated woman slur-shouted "YOU'RE A TERRIBLE MOTHER!!!"
It was like all the air was sucked out of the room and we were in the vacuum of space and could not hear a single vibration of sound. The rest of the show was super low energy.
Yeah it sounds pretty bad but we should not judge we do not know what she has been through
Explain the trauma that means a local singer can't schedule a show for a different day
Cut to 20 years later "Why does my daughter never visit doesn't she know how much I sacrificed?"
"I gave her a whole slide at the beginning of the deck where people still pay attention! Kids are so ungrateful these days"
A meeting? Seriously?
I am blessed to have my current job. It was my daughters birthday earlier this week and on the morning of her birthday she came to me (I WFH btw) a bit upset as the plans she had made for the day had fell through as both her friends cancelled.
I was able to book that PM off work with 90 minutes notice and have it approved. Daughter and I had a great day :)
This is such a great reminder that leadership is also about being human. Small moments like this say a lot about a teamβs culture.
....or he could have gotten a day off to spend with his family on his daughters birthday. When we're old and dying the only people who will remember how much we worked will be our kids. Do you want them to remember Dad always being away at work or do you want them to remember time with you.
The sad part is that the answer is already given to us, your family is just a source of labor, same as you, unless you take your time back and don't ask permission and accept being unemployed.
I see this as they are so inefficient and bad at their job that they have to work all the time. Or they are so poorly respected that they aren't allowed the time to take off work.
They should be shamed and made fun of every time they say shit like this.
What gives people feelings of power
Forcing your coworkers to sing happy birthday to your daughter, whose birthday your missing, during a meeting that already could've been an email.
Posting about it on LinkedIn
You decide!
That's one of the saddest things I've ever heard
I missed a major life event one time to travel for work. Top ten dumbest thing I ever did. I don't remember a damn thing about the trip, still remember missing the anniversary though.
It's apparent that his daughters birthday is important to her. If he or they supported or even slightly cared the people behind it he wouldn't be missing his daughters birthday.
Fuck this corporate white washing bullshit.
"Growing up, my dad was always there for me, he would record strangers singing me happy birthday and sometimes even come home to see me!"
Wow. What a douchebag.
Probably no one there wants to be at your shitty meeting anyway. Go be with your daughter and donβt make the rest of those assholes act like they care about your bullshit. Fuck this guy.
I have missed work events to be at something that's important to my kids and I'll continue doing that. In 20 years the only ones who will remember late hours and time spent at the office are my children.
GOOD. i have run a small (generally noncustomer facing) business before. i have stated upfront to my new hires that they have to work their hours unless it's a life or death issue. Now let's go over the life issues: i want them clocking out at noon (if they work at all) on: their birthday, their spouse/SO's birthday, anniversarys, children's birthdays, sporting events/concerts, etc. (you gotta be there for your kids) if their favorite band is in town, the bakery down the street has the twists i like (not the ones you like, the ones I like), the dispensary has either of our favorite strains of weed, like, be reasonable to us and we'll be reasonable to you.
honestly by the time i got to the bakery (i was not into weed when i was employing people) they got my vibe well enough i didn't have problems with anyone i hired.
I remember the VP of Engineering for the company I worked for held a mandatory meeting for his managers on a weekend afternoon. One of his managers was a no-show, and when he commented on it another guy said "It's his son's tenth birthday and they're having a party." The VP looked incredulous and said "Why would anyone miss an important meeting for a 10-year-old's party?" Luckily it was a rhetorical question because no one said anything. Oh, and the VP was divorced and estranged from his kids; I wonder why.
When my coworkers plan meetings at noon I tell them to have fun without me cause that's when I eat lunch. They don't do that anymore.
How can you eat at a time like this???
You mean lunch time?
I have a 1h meeting at lunchtime my TZ on every work day. It helps especially the Brits to respect continental lunch times.
We have a 'Lunch & Learn' at noon every other Friday... "No Actual Lunch Provided". There's no set agenda, just for people in IT throughout the company to get together and talk about anything tech related they want to discuss. It doesn't even have to be work related.
It actually sounds like a fun meeting that I'd love to attend, but... Friday is my Pad Thai day, and I'm not missing that.
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Note to self, never work for or with rick
Fuck, dude. I just hope this is a satire account and some doctored image.
I work with tech bros.
They flex nonstop about how many life events they miss to be at work. It's like a badge of honor to say stupid shit like "Ah my 4 YO is in the ER but I know how important this meeting is..."
βAh my 4 YO is in the ER but I know how important this meeting isβ¦β
And the meeting is just some dumbass monthly progress review where section heads brag about what 'they' (their team) accomplished in the last month, with at least half of it being bullshit, exaggeration, or preemptively taking credit for what they're probably totally going to do next month. Nothing would change if the meeting was entirely cancelled and skipped.
It's all about quantity in corporate. Performative employees get further quicker compared to quiet ones that actually deliver quality output.
Not to that extreme, but I've seen one say how their kid cried because they were away working on some tech bro stuff, and they never want their kid to go through that again. Except they didn't have to do it in the first place anyway. It was literally a choice. They chose work because it was fun.
A heartwarming tale or a dystopic nightmare?
The second one. The fact that it's being framed as a heartwarming tale adds to the nightmare.
Heartwarming dystopian nightmare tale.
The comments are equally deranged
Great idea Rick. Well done!!
Very wholesome post π And really great idea!
Happy 12th birthday to your daughter ππ Thatβs such a lovely and thoughtful gestureβso adorable! Sheβll definitely remember that one.
I hope they are satire and/or LLM generated slop.
Sheβll definitely remember that one.
She'll remember that he prefers to be with his work family than her.
LLM generated slop.
The good ones are. I best most are just the suggested auto-replies that appear under the post that people use because they're too lazy to read/type anything themselves. Comments on that site are nearly all just another way to trigger one's own profile to show up in others' feeds one more time than it would have otherwise.
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This person sucks. Priorities in life wrong
I'm a parent, just at the start of that journey really, certainly I have a lot to learn and I'm sure I'll make a lot of mistakes.
That said, it seems like quality time and shared interests is foundational. Like if you watch her ballet class every week (not playing on your phone) then I don't think she will care very much about a missed birthday and certainly not interested in a happy birthday from the team.
I doubt I'll have time to go to every ballet class but I'll sure as shit try.
Best parenting advice: Love what your kids love, and your kids will love you.
I once saw a guy in a suit, having lunch with his teenage skater-kid son in Chipotle. The line wound past them, so I could hear the kid telling his dad all about the latest episode of Dragonball Z in excruciating detail, as the Dad nodded absently, and looked like he wanted to die.
I went home and told my son my "Love What Your Kids Love" philosophy, and said that when he was young, if he had wanted to talk to me in excruciating detail about some dumb anime thing, I would have...had to cut him loose. Sorry, I just couldn't do it.
He thought that was hilarious. He hates anime.
Ideally you can get in the right frame of mind to like hearing about the thing the person is talking about because you like the person and how enthusiastic they are about it. But there are limits.
Well don't leave us hanging, what was it Cell Saga? Boo?
It's truly heartwarming that he painted a smiley face on the front of the baby crushing machine.
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