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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:36:33 PM EDT
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I got a small crock pot for my 5-year anniversary at my last job, I still use it all the time.
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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:38:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just like some Europeans work those days too. I just think it’s hilarious how we make fun of long euro holidays when WE as a country are becoming just as allergic to work. When you aren’t getting what you deserve, why make fun of those who do? It seems employers in the US are allergic to giving people a fair value for their labor. If you fly on a commercial flight, there’s a good chance your aircraft will feature one of our products. I don’t want to reveal exactly what we make but I will say there are 3 top manufacturers of this system, one European and two American. What we make is in every way comparable to that of the Americans, priced similarly, and yet we get much better employment terms than they do. Or, at least it seems that way to me. |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:43:23 PM EDT
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 Attached FileBoy, and here I thought the 15 minute break cards they hand out at my job were worthless. I've got a whole stack of em. Can't combine them to get some legit time off. I could sit around surfing arf or generally goofing off any time I want, so what good does a break card do me? |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:44:31 PM EDT
[#4]
That's not serious right?
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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:47:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OP, 2 pages of people thinking it's you. You have responded but you haven't let them know it isn't, or you also posted it on reddit yesterday. https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1052w37/i_left_my_job_shortly_after_receiving_this_prize/ Wait, it’s not OP? |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:50:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait, it’s not OP? Well, shit 
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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:53:45 PM EDT
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87% chance OP is full of shit, but I'll give benefit of the doubt. But most "awards" are opportunities for managers to pat themselves on the back for their own pseudo altruism.
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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:55:36 PM EDT
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Prior to taking a position and during negotiations I had asked whether or not there would be a bonus. I was told "The company is very generous at Christmas". So when Christmas rolled around I was looking forward to receiving my bonus. I was called into my into my bosses office and he handed me an envelope and thanked me for all the hard work I've put in. I went back to my office and opened the envelope and found $200. This is a professional job paying over $100K a year. :/
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Posted: 1/7/2023 9:56:20 PM EDT
[#9]
Good job corporate drone #568473229.
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Posted: 1/7/2023 10:02:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Serious question, why don't Americans value their labor as much as Europeans? I work remotely for a company based in EU. European work life balance is all I've ever known. Why don't Americans want the same level of working hours/PTO/maternity and paternity leave etc? We love to bag on China for being a big sweatshop but it seems we're really behind compared to our actual first world peers. It just seems insane to me that even a McDonald's fry cook in my company country gets 4 weeks PTO whereas some Americans have to work years to attain that. time. I take sick leave as needed also. I have ZERO allegiance to my employer. |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 10:23:41 PM EDT
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I once requested to use my employer’s education sponsorship program to pay for a specialized week long trade class that was DIRECTLY associated with my job task, and would have increased safety and my value to the company. It was far less expensive than a semester at the local college, which the routinely sponsored for other employees. They turned me down, so I paid for the class out of pocket because I wanted the knowledge.
When I returned from the class, the boss asked when I was going to teach my coworkers what I had learned so that the whole department could benefit… I laughed and walked away. Within the same quarter I got two certificates of merit for using my new skill to prevent a fatality and a near miss. I also got a written warning for violating a company policy (that contradicted OSHA) while performing that rescue. The boss was completely flabbergasted when I gave my notice and left to double my income working in a specialty field with that skill. Corporate bosses are idiots. |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 10:29:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I once requested to use my employer’s education sponsorship program to pay for a specialized week long trade class that was DIRECTLY associated with my job task, and would have increased safety and my value to the company. It was far less expensive than a semester at the local college, which the routinely sponsored for other employees. They turned me down, so I paid for the class out of pocket because I wanted the knowledge. When I returned from the class, the boss asked when I was going to teach my coworkers what I had learned so that the whole department could benefit… I laughed and walked away. Within the same quarter I got two certificates of merit for using my new skill to prevent a fatality and a near miss. I also got a written warning for violating a company policy (that contradicted OSHA) while performing that rescue. The boss was completely flabbergasted when I gave my notice and left to double my income working in a specialty field with that skill. Corporate bosses are idiots. Good for you, seriously. I fear for those still working at your old employer, potentially being exposed to dangerous or fatal conditions under clueless retarded management. Maybe OSHA would like to hear about that policy. |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 10:48:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good for you, seriously. I fear for those still working at your old employer, potentially being exposed to dangerous or fatal conditions under clueless retarded management. Maybe OSHA would like to hear about that policy. It’s been nearly a decade, and honestly OSHA almost never takes enforcement actions in my industry (entertainment/show business). But I’m grateful for that boss, because that career change catapulted my progress and growth in a new industry and exposed me to a whole new world of professionalism. I’ve used those lessons to return to entertainment and I’m now fortunate to be a leader for safety and high-risk jobs that not many people are willing or able to take on. Let that be a lesson to those of you who are getting abused by your employer. Increase your own value with education or skills training, and then move on. Somewhere, there is a boss out there who will appreciate and reward your skills. It nearly quadrupled my income. |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 10:54:16 PM EDT
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Photo copy the award, use weekly at same time same day.
after a month it will be the norm for them. :) free extra 10 every week. FOREVER!!! hahahhaahaha! |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 11:09:20 PM EDT
[#15]
Kind of like getting a coin-proof set worth a dollar 91 cents for perfect attendance. Happened more than once.
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Posted: 1/7/2023 11:19:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait, it’s not OP? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: OP, 2 pages of people thinking it's you. You have responded but you haven't let them know it isn't, or you also posted it on reddit yesterday. https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1052w37/i_left_my_job_shortly_after_receiving_this_prize/ Wait, it’s not OP? Notice how he suddenly stopped replying to his own thread? |
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Posted: 1/7/2023 11:24:02 PM EDT
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I worked at a Fortune 500 company for a long time. The appreciation for above and beyond was a check, at a min $100
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Posted: 1/7/2023 11:24:20 PM EDT
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That has to be a joke OP
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Posted: 1/8/2023 12:26:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Notice how he suddenly stopped replying to his own thread? In hindsight, the first clue was that nobody who posts news articles on GD all day works a job that gives you a 30 minute lunch and two 10s
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Posted: 1/8/2023 5:36:37 PM EDT
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I once got a $250 gift card as an unexpected reward for working a rough holiday weekend, on top of 1.5x pay for Friday night and 2x pay for Saturday night. I still got Monday (Sunday night) off. At first I was like "What am I supposed to do with $250?" but immediately realized it was free money in addition to what I agreed to, and I changed my mood. I bought a 20" Maverick 88 with it.
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Posted: 1/8/2023 7:00:37 PM EDT
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"What am I supposed to do with $250?"
Really? Should I go be poor somewhere else? |
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Posted: 1/8/2023 7:08:28 PM EDT
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I got a recognition/award for going above and beyond at work. It said something like “200 points!! Check our website to select your reward!”
Turns out I need to win 20 more awards, before the amount adds up to a small crockpot. It’s a joke, like SkiBall tickets, but it was nice to be recognized, and they pay me 3X the baseline amount needed to impress the ladies.
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Posted: 1/8/2023 8:24:03 PM EDT
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Quit complaining... 15 minutes is plenty of time to take a giant CRAP on the bosses desk and use your resignation letter to wipe with.
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