• flames5123@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      I’ll do fun work events if they’re during work time. You’re telling me I don’t have to work and get to have fun? Sure!

      We played laser tag once during a Friday instead of working. It was blast.

      • tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 months ago

        Oh, I work from home most of the time and for most “events” I would need to appear in person. A pizza party is not making me want to spend an hour extra in traffic

      • Mirshe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Bingo. If it’s happening during work hours and I still get paid, sure. If I’m not getting paid or it’s happening during my limited time away from work? I will move heaven and Earth to HAVE something to do.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      I had one that kind of did. Looking back I think it was a clever way of seeing if I was a good fit based off my reaction.

      It was the end of the interview and he asked if I had any questions, and I pulled the “turn it around on them” play and asked him what he enjoyed most about his job/working there. He was going to be my boss.

      He said “every day I get to work on something new”. With the magic of far more experience now, I understand just how much that’s a blessing and a curse. That idea excited me at the time, and it was the attitude needed for the position.

      Now I prefer to have that opportunity available, but I have to be able to deep dive into a smaller subset of things and ignore the churn sometimes to stay sane long term.

      Working with something new every day in a tech support position just means something new is breaking every day, and there’s not enough time to become well versed in much of it.

        • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’ve been looking for that team all my career. I always seem to be on the “competent and held accountable” team.