A place to post ridiculous posts from linkedIn.com
(Full transparency.. a mod for this sub happens to work there.. but that doesn't influence his moderation or laughter at a lot of posts.)
"I'm an insufferable rich cunt who doesn't do much at work, I have enough money to pay other people to do everything for me in the rest of my life, so I spend my free time persuing any hobby or interest I want, I'm also very empty inside so spend most of my time working."
spend most of my time pretending to work
FIFY. Those meetings aren't gonna conduct themselves, you know!
I love my field, I hate the majority of jobs in my field because while tech can do many cool and wonderful things and could be solving many more issue, most companies are busy doing what one percenters want and pushing for the least effort solutions and everything is always a cram. No breathing space, no time to enjoy the product and reflect on what to do next. Just cram, enshittify, add tracking, automate away your peers, do more with less people so we can fire more people.
I'm so sick of the efficiency rat race that capitalist investors demand.
Sounds like a real stupid guy.
I mean, he already said he was a CEO…
Even if you love doing something, you'll eventually want a break. What this guy is describing is addiction. Work addiction is one of many types of addiction that isn't even seen as such because while it can destroy everything else in your life, it likely won't stop you from being financially successful and that's the only measure of success anyone actually gives a fuck about, it seems.
This is precisely why "unlimited" PTO is a fucking scam. When it's a set amount in writing as part of your compensation package, they're literally committing a crime if they never let you take it. If it's more nebulously worded, it's easier to blame the demands of the job, as though those aren't defined by the same people jerking you around on benefits. And they have proven time and time again that they will take everything from you if given the chance.
While you are correct, the actual reason this started is much simpler.
CA has a law that all unused vacation must be paid out at separation. All the silicon valley CEOs loophole this law by claiming unlimited PTO, therefore no payout because nothing is accrued.
I love my job. I really do. I also love other things more. It’s not rocket surgery.
I have a ton of days off I could technically take but I just save them for disasters and no one questions it when I can’t come in.
Congratulations, you are in this post.
I absolutely am. If I didn’t like my job I wouldn’t tolerate it.
There are people who can work without any time off. Met some in academia: total freaks who only need a lab and like-minded individuals.
As much as I love my job, I love doing jack fucking shit nothing even more. Damn skippy I'm using all my vacation hours (especially since I now know that they expire when the year flips and I don't get to just accumulate them for when I actually want to use them).
I can make this fool stroke out in one word:
"Paid?"
I can no longer tell which ones are real and which are satire.
Poe's law hits hard
I think that's more of a Succons razor situation
If that's linkedin he's 100% serious. Otherwise, 50-50.
So fucking glad I straight up deleted my linkedin shit.
Even though I live what I do, getting paid is literally the only reason I go to work. If they did not pay me, I would not go.
I like my job. If I wasn't getting paid, I'd still be doing it. Just not for them.
Exactly this. I have several hobby projects that use the same skill set as my job, because I enjoy doing it.
I would quit my job on the spot and spend much more time on my other projects if I didn't need the money.
Same here.
But I always get told that people need the threat of starvation and homelessness to do anything at all.
The same kind of thinking that gets you to people needing the threat of burning in a pit for eternity to behave ethically.
I'm pretty sure this person is joking.
we live in an age where almost all satire has happened at least 10 times
I'm sure they are, but I have had bosses who think this way.
The only one yes
The places to watch out for are the ones who have “unlimited” vacation time. That actually means “ooh, now’s really not a good time…”
My last contract had that and the first year I barely used 2 weeks. My regional manager started giving us heads up during contract negotiation time that we might not get it. Ended up taking 3 weeks that he approved and felt so good to actually use the benefits that were promised. He was going to retire soon anyways, so he was approving left and right.
Ended up get hired back at the same place under a different company, and now our PTO and vacation is horseshit
How is it "unlimited" if a manager has to approve? They might as well change the description from "unlimited vacation" to "anything from 0 to 365 days a year, whatever your boss (we) says flies."
It’s an excuse to limit how much vacation you can take and they don’t have to pay it out if you leave.
This is why my previous employer moved to "unlimited" vacation.
They originally had a PTO-with-rollover plan until one day the CTO went to the president and said, "I have enough vacation days banked to take off October 1 to December 31."
They removed the rollover first, but then everyone wanted the last two weeks of the year off. There was never "a good time" to use one's PTO in other parts of the year and nobody wanted to lose their vacation days. And of course management look like jerks if they "steal" everyone's time off.
Now, it's "unlimited" (pending management approval), so nobody is "losing" anything when management says no to those two weeks as well. You might get a couple of days here and there, but it's difficult to get a whole week and nearly impossible to get two consecutive weeks.
Just one of the many reasons why I no longer work there.
Three week vacations are not uncommon since we have set vacations days and people actually use them. The company actually thinks it’s a liability to have too much vacation banked and were offered a 2 for 3 deal during Covid.
Its not and I learned that fast. At least I got to have some fun at the end
I think there was a company (might have been Virgin?) that did unlimited holiday, but the issue was that people ended up feeling ashamed for taking holiday and so basically ended up taking less than if they were given 25 days holiday.
If you are going to steal the value I create why would I would harder then necessary for you to get richer through my exploitation.
I have an idea! Co-operatives, taxed automation, total freedom! Fuck work! Fuck all work! Most of us had enough of it for a lifetime. Even if you believe in working hard and earning your keep, the real issue is, you don't actually get to enjoy much of the results! You waste time you could have spent helping others, getting fit, developing your skillsets and hobbies! Living life! Experiencing things!
I've always thought the idea of a neighborhood working together would do wonders. "John down the street loves cars so if u need a fix go see him, oh and this weekend we're all helping roof his house cuz he helps us with cars and Hank across the street is gonna grill burgers for us" etc etc stuff like that.
the thing is to do these things, you need people who feel that way. good luck finding 100+ people in one place in the US who would be willing to live that way. it might be easier to flee to south america and do that there. fits better into the vibe of the country.
You just invented villages
I wish I could live in a village. That sounds fucking fantastic. I want to know what the lady five houses down is doing. I want them to know what I'm doing.
I want to have a fucking community.
Living in a village has massive up and downsides.
The downsides are, that you are always dependant on a car to go anywhere. Public transit is usually non existent or unusable (at least if you value your time). Theres usually also not that much to do on the weekends. No going in a club because a band you like plays there. If you want to be able you have to drive their or have someone to drive you if you dont want to stay sober. The citizens of rural areas are usually more on the conservative side, so better not ask them about their views on immigrants. However it always depends on the region how bad it really is.
The upsides are, that you know people. You regularly see people, if you need help with something you can simply ask your neighbours, friends etc. Also since its a bit more common for people in rural areas to do manual labour this means, that you will know quite a lot of people that actually know how to do stuff. One massive upside is, that villages tend to be a bit more relaxed and more quiet in general. So this means, that after like 7pm its quite unusual to hear any or that much noise. However if someone is louder (e.g. they're having a party) dont be a bitch and let them have fun. In return you can have fun too and dont get problems. However this highly depends on where you live. Especially older people sometimes tend to be quite bitchy and call the cops at you for being to loud. But again, it depends. If you decide to actually invest your time, es example by joining one or more clubs, you too get the chance to become part of the village. This is usually one of the few possible ways of actually integrating into a village and if you dont do this, you will be quite lonely.
And then theres stuff that's an upside and a downside at the same time. Mainly it is, that when you know what everyone else has been up to everyone else knows what you have been up to. So better keep an eye on what you tell, because you can be sure that it will spread quite quickly and people love to make up weird shit, that doesn't even have to be based on some form of reality. Trust me, this comes from someone who has heard the most bullshit imaginable told about my family.
So in short, its a quite fun thing but its not something for everyone. Especially the bad infrastructure is something that makes living in a village unattractive (this includes me, which is why I Am quite happy to live in a small town where I have quite a lot of aspects of the usual village live, but with more progressive people and actually functioning public transport).
I hate that we are in a timeline that I can't be absolutely sure that this is satire anymore.
It absolutely is. This was his next post 
Humanity is not yet lost 🙏
LMAO! Taking notes from Lyndon Johnson I see! (For those not in the know, the US President would call people into the Oval Office crapper and talk to them while taking a dump.)
I used to do that with a professor at the urinals. Somehow, with all of our conversations, it just made the flow better.