• davelAEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      Take stuff from work
      It’s the best way to feel better about your job
      Never buy pens or pencils or paper
      Take 'em from work
      Rubber bands, paper clips, memo pads, folders
      Take 'em from work
      It’s the best way to feel better about your low pay and appalling working conditions
      Take an ashtray - they got plenty
      Take coat hangers
      Take a… take a trash can
      Why buy a file cabinet? Why buy a phone? Why buy a personal computer or word processor?
      Take 'em from work
      I took a whole desk from the last place I worked; they never noticed and it looks great in my apartment
      Take an electric pencil sharpener
      Take a case of white-out; you might need it one day
      Take stuff from work
      It’s your duty as an oppressed worker to steal from your exploiters
      It’s gonna be an outstanding day
      Take stuff from work, and goof off on the company time
      I wrote this at work; they’re paying me to write about stuff I steal from them
      Life is good

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    4 months ago

    there are new “how to leadership” fads sharted out every year, complete with books, seminars, retreats, and on and on that CEOs gobble up like hogs at the trough, for which TL;DR of ALL of them is “how to get your serfs to do more work without paying them more”

    so far i haven’t heard of one that actually works (lol)

  • davelAEnglish
    61·
    4 months ago

    They might throw you a few RSU scraps if your skill set is in-demand enough. Maybe enough to convince yourself that you’re in that one big club that you ain’t in.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    31·
    4 months ago

    Even at a relatively small employee-owned company of several hundred people, the ability of most employees (except a few super-stars) to affect the value of their shares would be effectively negligible. Raises based on personal performance work a lot better as motivation, and professional pride is good too.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
      11·
      4 months ago

      The ownership isn’t just about affecting the price of the shares. It’s about having a say in how the company is run, how your work is done, what projects company works on, and so on. It’s about having a democratically run workplace that serves the interests of people doing the actual work at the company.

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    21·
    4 months ago

    Dunno. That’s why they pay you the big bucks.

    Wait, that IS why they pay you that much, right?