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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:09:16 AM EDT
[#1]
I thought this video was a joke at first. Man, memories of the dot com boom.
I worked at a company like this. The emphasis was completely on "culture" and perks instead of the bottom line. Hell, we had a concierge that would run personal errands for us. Guess what happened to that company. I could see it coming like a freight train, but the young kids there thought the gravy train would not stop coming until an IPO showered them in riches. They were apparently all pretty shocked when the layoffs started. I was out the door before then. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:11:44 AM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted: By mid 6 figures are you inferring a salary in the $3-500K range? Because I have a hard time believing that anyone making, let's say $400K , is sitting in a cubicle. He implies. You infer. 
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:12:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, the trendy thing last couple years is “open office”, which in reality means that the high level folks have to spend their entire day in phone booth/huddle rooms on phone/zoom meetings that contain sensitive information or subjects. Stupidest fucking thing ever. Zero privacy unless you go in the phone booth. “Oh, but it’s VERY European” This has been going on for a while. I did a summer internship for Union Carbide in 1977 at the then new Danbury CT facility. It was based on the "open concept" and within a few months they had realized they made a multi-billion dollar error. What a shit show. That being said open concept collaboration is still being used, e.g. SOCOM targeting cells but to my point, no one closing in on $.5M is sitting in a cubicle…..open concept….maybe but cubicle? Nope. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:12:46 AM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ugh. For some reason, a lot of young women seem to get sucked into big companies and turned into 100% true believers. They'll defend management to the death and gladly burn dissenters. I'd avoid Ms. LinkedIn like the plague if I worked around her. My amateur psychologist opinion is that they're substituting the company for a father or husband. Same personality traits that allow them to get sucked into cultish MLMs |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:16:51 AM EDT
[#5]
Reminds me of working at Google.
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:20:41 AM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It was 121*F in the shop last week. Lunch was not provided. Food was not provided. We do not have a safe space. We did dangerous shit on heavy shit and we're all conservative to ultra conservative Christians. I win. x1000  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:23:38 AM EDT
[#7]
Wall Street Silver
@WallStreetSilv · 18h Some C level dude is playing 4d chess here. He knows this is a honey pot for all the good 22-year-old talent (ass). This is a recruitment video to get the babes to apply to work there. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:25:07 AM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I worked at rising tech company years ago. Free food and beverages in the office, quarterly nicely catered open bar happy hours, well equipped in office gym, really nice huge park surrounding the building. Hated it, those perks did not nearly begin to offset the long hours, backstabbing politics, and soul sucking grind. Sounds horrible. At my job as a senior leader in a Fortune 300 company we only get the long hours, backstabbing politics and soul sucking grind. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:30:44 AM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I can't tell if that's serious or some type of sarcasm. Literally 10mins of work described as ALL DAY. So many people do not know what "producing is" (and I don't just mean making physical things) and are incapable of it. Also, my main take-away is this: Workers: Corporations suck and don't pay us.... Corporations: here is millions of dollars in perks that could go in your pocket but you want free lattes all day We are not doomed because of one or the other, we are doomed because of both workers and corporations. Fucking dumbasses all around. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:31:31 AM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: By mid 6 figures are you inferring a salary in the $3-500K range? Because I have a hard time believing that anyone making, let's say $400K , is sitting in a cubicle. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: At our company mid six figure executives sit in cubes. By mid 6 figures are you inferring a salary in the $3-500K range? Because I have a hard time believing that anyone making, let's say $400K , is sitting in a cubicle. A lot do. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:42:48 AM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ugh. For some reason, a lot of young women seem to get sucked into big companies and turned into 100% true believers. They'll defend management to the death and gladly burn dissenters. I'd avoid Ms. LinkedIn like the plague if I worked around her. My amateur psychologist opinion is that they're substituting the company for a father or husband. I've seen that myself. They love the Pavlov's Dogs environment and enticements. You can watch their heads bob up and down when management is giving a presentation. It's funny at first but becomes quite annoying after awhile. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:48:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds horrible. At my job as a senior leader in a Fortune 300 company we only get the long hours, backstabbing politics and soul sucking grind. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I worked at rising tech company years ago. Free food and beverages in the office, quarterly nicely catered open bar happy hours, well equipped in office gym, really nice huge park surrounding the building. Hated it, those perks did not nearly begin to offset the long hours, backstabbing politics, and soul sucking grind. Sounds horrible. At my job as a senior leader in a Fortune 300 company we only get the long hours, backstabbing politics and soul sucking grind. I imagine you get paid pretty well for it though. Our compensation was at the low end of industry norms. Why did people stick around? Because of trying to get stock and cash-in on the often teased IPO. The company was aggressively pushing to go public, and the reason for all the backstabbing was the scramble to get in a position where they could get stock. (company still has not gone public and I left years ago) |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:51:39 AM EDT
[#13]
My sense of self preservation would be kicking in pretty hard if I saw all those perks combined with a work-free day. But hey, she’s working in the office so I guess that means she’s working hard and contributing.
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:52:36 AM EDT
[#14]
Yet the boomers insist that the WFH people are the ones fucking off at work.
Post this shit in the "Bank CEO says WFH is for "jobs", coming into the office is for "careers"" thread. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:59:48 AM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yet the boomers insist that the WFH people are the ones fucking off at work. Post this shit in the "Bank CEO says WFH is for "jobs", coming into the office is for "careers"" thread. Those that fuck off at WFH were fucking off at the office also. Most people just don't want to realize it. The old adage of 80% of the work being done by 20% of the people isn't far from the truth in my experience. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 9:59:53 AM EDT
[#16]
Also, not real happy with linkedin nowadays. It's gone full facebook: politics, salesmen, and instagramish self-promoters and wanna-be influencers. I got a promotion at work and didn't even do the 'starting a new position' announcement because I don't want to deal with the sales attempts. That's the real reason it's days are numbered although bleeding money on corporate real estate and perks won't help the situation.
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:05:11 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: By mid 6 figures are you inferring a salary in the $3-500K range? Because I have a hard time believing that anyone making, let's say $400K , is sitting in a cubicle. Making mid six figures and I sit in a cube. Large public company. Not a big deal. Kinda like it. No hiding. Most of the time was collaborating with my subordinate leaders. Also, no place to hide and on conference calls most days. For confidential stuff we went to Huddle rooms. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:07:32 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yet the boomers insist that the WFH people are the ones fucking off at work. Post this shit in the "Bank CEO says WFH is for "jobs", coming into the office is for "careers"" thread. I consider myself a boomer and spent over 50% of my career working from my home office. I can be writing proposals at 4 am or be answering texts and emails at 9 pm. Much more productive than just working the 9-5 at an office. Hell, I've set up meetings and talked to end users while sitting on my boat fishing. It has everything to do with the person and their work ethic. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:08:54 AM EDT
[#19]
I'm so old and out of touch it's almost like I don't speak the same language as everyone else any more. What did all that mean? It seemed like Initech or Initrode (or a newer "tech" stereotype) without even the "15 minutes of actual work."
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:13:02 AM EDT
[#20]
Just lie, any woman in any office I’ve been in
Do fuck all, all day work is a social event for them. The men do all the work women get the praise. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:17:40 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: "working in tech" with that dogshit laptop, no external monitors, keyboard, or mouse. I know marketing folks that "work" just like that. Heck, one of my close friends makes mid six figures as an event planner for a tech company. She travels the world staying in the most luxurious hotels that are trying to win her business. She gets treated like royalty. Tech money is insane. Honestly, this downturn needed to happen at some point. A huge portion of these companies have never had a single profitable business day. My wife's company is no exception. They went from IPO expectant to firing 50% of their workforce in the last 3 months. The order came down from investors/board that it was time to end the burn and get profitable. My wife went from an executive team of 6 as controller to CFO and head of IT over night. Exec team is now 3 at a company with $100m in annual revenue. 400 employees down to 200. Turn and burn folks. There will be no mercy when tech has to make the decision to get profitable or die. Things will get spicy soon. The companies that don't play the game will disappear. The great resignation will be replaced by the great termination. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:18:10 AM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Also, not real happy with linkedin nowadays. It's gone full facebook: politics, salesmen, and instagramish self-promoters and wanna-be influencers. I got a promotion at work and didn't even do the 'starting a new position' announcement because I don't want to deal with the sales attempts. That's the real reason it's days are numbered although bleeding money on corporate real estate and perks won't help the situation. I and many others feel the same way. Designed to be a professional place and a way to network, turned into a fucking garbage dump. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:28:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If I was in my 20s and single that would be the fucking job  There's a reason a lot of the mid twenties folks in tech want to go back to the office. Its their social lives. My wife did it. Lived in SF, worked long hours, but went to happy hours and walked to bars and restaurants. Its the 30-40's folks that have lives, families, kids and don't want to waste time commuting or with office politics. They don't want to live in the city and take public transit. I predict there will be places for both. Some people are built for office life, some for WFH. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:30:22 AM EDT
[#24]
Reminds me of that tech something or other company that shares the floor with my financial advisor. No clue in the name, just a logo with "TLL" on the door.
They have office pets. Dogs that don't belong to anybody, they are cared for and stay in, the office like a potted plant. They have a full time pet care employee. Somebody comes along and steam cleans the urine out of the carpets every once in a while I'm told. It fascinates my financial guy, two years so far and he has no idea what the hell they do. Floor to ceiling glass walls, open floor plan and they come to work in pajamas. I told him that he should put up cameras outside the glass walls and start a live Youtube channel.
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:36:52 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: WTF was that? That's a career in the office... duh. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:37:15 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those that fuck off at WFH were fucking off at the office also. Most people just don't want to realize it. The old adage of 80% of the work being done by 20% of the people isn't far from the truth in my experience. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yet the boomers insist that the WFH people are the ones fucking off at work. Post this shit in the "Bank CEO says WFH is for "jobs", coming into the office is for "careers"" thread. Those that fuck off at WFH were fucking off at the office also. Most people just don't want to realize it. The old adage of 80% of the work being done by 20% of the people isn't far from the truth in my experience. Absolutely... you can hide in the office, just like at home. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:42:31 AM EDT
[#27]
 Ben Visits Entertainment 720 | Parks and Recreation |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:43:45 AM EDT
[#28]
Early 20s careers. This has always been the case since I was in my early 20s in the 90s.
She will never get past mid management but most likely will be a stay at home mom for 10 years. The same is true today as it was 30 years ago. 20% of people do 80% of the work. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:47:24 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I can't tell if that's serious or some type of sarcasm. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 10:48:27 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, the trendy thing last couple years is "open office", which in reality means that the high level folks have to spend their entire day in phone booth/huddle rooms on phone/zoom meetings that contain sensitive information or subjects. Stupidest fucking thing ever. Zero privacy unless you go in the phone booth. "Oh, but it's VERY European" Two years later now and what you described is true. She practically works out of a huddle room. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:00:16 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It was 121*F in the shop last week. Lunch was not provided. Food was not provided. We do not have a safe space. We did dangerous shit on heavy shit and we're all conservative to ultra conservative Christians. I win. x1000 /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/B926BC70-2451-4EC1-A889-3A3C070B9F9D-404.gif Lol. No, unless you’re pulling down serous scratch. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:08:09 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I mean, she said she got a new marketing position in the the video But, it's not very sly lol. She's appealing to the young hip urban demographic. LinkedIn is like the only social media I still sort "use" and it sucks too lol. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That has to be some sly recruitment ploy. I mean, she said she got a new marketing position in the the video But, it's not very sly lol. She's appealing to the young hip urban demographic. LinkedIn is like the only social media I still sort "use" and it sucks too lol. LinkedIn has become nothing more than FecesBook4Business. It was already on a slow slide when MS bought them out it just went over the cliff. MS desperate to have any sort of "soshal meejjia" presence. Still have an account but only 6 years away from deleting it forever.
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:08:15 AM EDT
[#33]
Don’t work from home. Come to the office! We have cool drinks & will schedule meetings that nobody attends. BUT YOU CAN BE PART OF A FUN CULTURE!!!
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:08:31 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A lot do. Really ? You have 1st hand knowledge of someone closing in on a salary of a half million per annum that sits in a cubicle? I’m calling bullshit. I know plenty of folks in the $200k range that worked in small collaborative office environment but when you start getting into orders of magnitude above that you generally have a private space. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:12:14 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, the trendy thing last couple years is “open office”, which in reality means that the high level folks have to spend their entire day in phone booth/huddle rooms on phone/zoom meetings that contain sensitive information or subjects. Stupidest fucking thing ever. Zero privacy unless you go in the phone booth. “Oh, but it’s VERY European” Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: By mid 6 figures are you inferring a salary in the $3-500K range? Because I have a hard time believing that anyone making, let's say $400K , is sitting in a cubicle. No, the trendy thing last couple years is “open office”, which in reality means that the high level folks have to spend their entire day in phone booth/huddle rooms on phone/zoom meetings that contain sensitive information or subjects. Stupidest fucking thing ever. Zero privacy unless you go in the phone booth. “Oh, but it’s VERY European” This. Big pharma company I was laid off from did this years ago. Even the CEO had to deal with "open space" concept. Of course the really upper types spend all days in the fishbowl meeting rooms so not really out in the open unless they have to be for "appearance" reasons. Reminded me of a chicken house, hog parlor, or those old pictures of a wide open floor full of paper pushers / typists from the turn of the century. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:16:47 AM EDT
[#36]
Listening to the GD millennials and zoomers whine daily about how shitty it is to work.
One would think this is their utopian wet dream. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:18:36 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Our country is screwed. It's going to be hilarious when the reality check finally comes for these people, although the mass suicides may not be so hilarious. What the fuck are you on about. Of course they're going to be hilarious. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:53:57 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Chai lattes and quiet rooms are great... for some people... I guess. I'm fortunate to have the best tech workplace ever. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/19198/workplace_png-2437365.JPG As long as the dog doesn't manage to type "DEL *.*" or "Hey boss, you suck ass!" or something critical like that, you're OK. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:57:11 AM EDT
[#39]
The Pareto principle is a real thing. ETA: And this has to be fake, it's too ridiculous.
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Posted: 7/1/2022 11:57:47 AM EDT
[#40]
I am so thankful to work where I do.
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:01:24 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I live way below my means, and there is so much fat in my company before they get to my department, and I have seniority within my department, and knowledge most dont have Really hard times are coming especially if Biden shuts down the Permian Basin. This is actually really good news for productive people. When the economy shits a brick, they're the last to get canned. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:02:33 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: "working in tech" with that dogshit laptop, no external monitors, keyboard, or mouse. Her job is to look pretty and motivate the incel neckbeards that actually do the work. It's their male cis privilege. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:04:30 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: "working in tech" with that dogshit laptop, no external monitors, keyboard, or mouse. She works for a tech company, but she damn sure doesn't work "in tech". I've started calling it Stolen Valor. 
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:04:34 PM EDT
[#44]
At least she is not working from home!
Well actually the second half of her day was working from home because she had her company laptop while bar hopping. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:21:02 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Really ? You have 1st hand knowledge of someone closing in on a salary of a half million per annum that sits in a cubicle? I’m calling bullshit. I know plenty of folks in the $200k range that worked in small collaborative office environment but when you start getting into orders of magnitude above that you generally have a private space. Lots of people in finance/investment banking that do. First year associates could be sitting in a cubicle and make $200k base and a $200k bonus and definitely over $500k the next year. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:25:20 PM EDT
[#46]
I guess I missed the part where she explained the goods and/or services that she provides ??
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:27:14 PM EDT
[#47]
From the comments-
"That's what peak bull market looked like". |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:30:48 PM EDT
[#48]
I'll take my two dogs, a big mug of instant coffee and a variety of loaded weapons next to me while I work.
To each their own. |
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:32:34 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess I missed the part where she explained the goods and/or services that she provides ??
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Posted: 7/1/2022 12:42:13 PM EDT
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