Hmm I wonder why. Could it be because we can’t fucking afford anything?! Could it be because wealth inequality has been at a high that we’ve never seen before? Could it be because our world is slowly dying and nobody seems to care? Could it be because literal Nazis are roaming the streets and nothing is being done about it?
No, it’s the infrequency of pizza parties and taco Tuesdays.
Let’s see… rent or ping-pong…
3 slices of pizza, or a wage increase which which I can afford many more pizzas?
I’m pretty sure that’s a real question
I’m gonna have to say you’re both right.
Y’all are getting pizza? We only get coffee and water in our break room. $1B company mind you.
Well u wouldnt want to cut into your bosses yacht money would you?
For me, in addition to all those other things, it’s that even most “good” companies are abusive, so there’s no escape. It’s just “how much abuse are you willing to put up with to work here?”, rather than “this place isn’t abusive”, and I can’t do that roulette anymore.
I’m taking some time off to reassess everything. Maybe in 6 months of absolutely minimal living (to coast on savings) I’ll feel better about it, but with the way things are racing downhill and picking up speed, I’m not optimistic.
It’s assholes companies trying to force people in the office like cattle.
Not sure the feral nazi population has really changed from last year.
Idk… I mean sure, the price of literally everything is outpacing my stagnant income, and my benefits are increasingly shit… But there’s a banner outside the parking lot I’m not allowed to use (admins only!) that says “Heroes work here!”
Ya hear that?! I’m a fuckin hero, y’all!! I can’t not be motivated now!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go shed a single tear while eating a meal of white rice. Again. With some soy sauce packets I stole from the cafeteria.
A FUCKING HERO!
Seriously. What is this propagandist bullshit? Fucking sorry excuse for “journalism”, Bloomberg. Blame the prols? Is that it? Push us to judge each other, to shame our fellow replaceables until what? We roll out the guillotine again? I’m here for it.
I’ll even paint mine up so it says “Heroes work here!” right up at the top, so everyone knows who’s pulling the ripcord. How about that?
What is this propagandist bullshit? Fucking sorry excuse for “journalism”, Bloomberg.
It’s literally named after a billionaire. What did you expect?
Ach. You’re so right. 😅🤦🏼♂️ How soon we (I) forget.
Why in fuck would I want to go to work?
You mean you are not motivated to make rich people even richer? Shame.
Well it used to be that one person gave them 40 hours of work and they got a home, healthcare, 2 cars, 2.5 kids all costs included through including college, a boat, and maybe even a “family cabin” (regional name). Oh and something called a… “pension”???. Which in the history of deals is not the worst deal ever.
Well colour me shocked. You mean nobody feels particularly motivated on a burning planet where we can’t afford anything? Jeez someone order a pizza.
Hypothetically speaking: if I could afford a pizza what toppings would you want on it?
Pepperone, onions and next month’s rent
I’d like vegan cheese, kind of a white mushroom pizza with lots of herbs
That sounds bomb, now I want pizza
I am vegan, we have this AMAZING vegan pizza place in town that does this pizza. Stunning!
Hawaiian style
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Naw, terrorists put jalapeños on their Hawaiian pizza. This is just a normal pizza lover.
I put pineapple, onion, and black olive (replaces the meat, salt for salt) and it’s bomb.
Umm maybe bomb is the wrong word here…. 😅
I’ve been on the pineapple and black olive train for years and everyone looks at me like I’m nuts. It’s so good though!
Mmmm spicy sweet salty delicious psychological warfare.
Jalapeno, bacon, & pineapple is literally the best pizza.
Yes.
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Give me some spicy pepperoni, sliced sausage, basil, and maybe some fresh chopped garlic.
Forcing folk back into the office is pretty darn unpopular. If I was part of the group required to return to the office I would also be pretty damn unproductive and pissed as well.
I work a hybrid schedule and am always far less productive at the office than at home. Not even by choice, the environment is just less conducive to my being able to work comfortably.
Can’t shit on the bosses desk if you aren’t at the office. :)
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The crazy thing is that there are multiple businesses that do this as a service.
Motivated employees get taken advantage of with more work with no pay raises. These workers have finally learned and reduced their production to be even with those around them.
P.S. If this is you, like it was me, learn entrepreneurship. The harder you work, the more success you have.
The world needs more than entrepreneurs though and those people deserve a living wage.
I agree with you.
Is it really “learn entrepreneurship,” or is it actually “have capital”
Just become a landlord, idiot. :-P
The key is to have enough to fail. That’s why you see successful house flippers or whatever who started out with money. They may have started 2 or 3 businesses before they found what worked.
If you start out with only enough money for one business or house, you will be struggling for a long time because you have to make it work to survive. You have no money to expand if it’s a good idea and no money to quit and start over.
The best thing to start with is luck. Second best is enough money, so you can try several times.
When I started, I setup hosting and created 100 websites selling other people’s products. It was like $50/mo to do it. There’s ways to start a business without capital.
These days I would do TikTok videos selling other peoples products. No hosting needed
The harder you work, the more success you have.
I mean if your definition of success is being rewarded with more work with no pay raise then sure, but that’s just not true anymore. People used to believe that and they got taken advantage of, and you even addressed this in the first part of your comment. The real lesson needs to come from the top down. If you want your employees to work harder, pay them more.
You missed a part of the comment you are replying to. tygr said “The harder you work, the more success you have.” in relation to the previous sentence about changing from wage slave to entrepreneur.
Okay, Tom Peters.
What’s great about this headline is how timeless it is.
Executives are constantly sucking up all the profits for themselves and putting more workload on everyone else. Americans are starting to wake up to the fact that corporate executives are robbing them blind.
Exactly this. I’m tired AF.
It feels like we’re just a dot in a complex scatterplot, the way statistics can measure and index an employee’s motivation. Maybe they can even use the same math to measure your own motivation. Imagine getting fired because you “lacked motivation” according to a computer. Maybe that’s not how we should cooperate as a species.
“Our systems noticed you only smiled 35% of your time at this job over the last month. Your pay will be docked accordingly.”
“I literally smiled all day!”
“Yes, but the computer felt it was forced.”
I used to think doxking your pay was fake until it happened to my coworker. His car broke down and he missed his first day ever. The coal mine cut his pay by 3 dollars.
He still spends all of his time starting fights with the union people and removed about how they protect the lazy.
If something would make someone money, that thing has happened, full stop. That is sadly our reality, and it will stay that way while greed is seen as an acceptable driver of behavior.
My workplace recently showed us the results from our yearly survey…
If it wasn’t anonymous (which frankly it might not be) they literally have that information for us, but from self report. They called out that company wide (under 200 total employees) there are 10 people actively disengaged (I’m one of them) and a third of the company is barely engaged.
The sad thing is everyone spent the rest of that day talking about how much it sucks that so many people are disengaged, and how those people must not understand how great it is, like it was scandalous to not love working here.
Funny I know of a survey like that but for a company of only about 50 and it was 55% of the company was disengaged and they had an emergency meeting to cover the sadness facing their employees. Bragged about management until one of them said they were in the disengaged group
Since then an entire location was shut down and all employees fired there and 3 aupervisors have quit.
Still plenty of conversation on the sadness of company work but in whispers and private conversation
No fucking shit. Maybe if they were to bring back the lube when they fuck our asses we might be less bitter
Why aren’t the peasants working themselves to death for scraps anymore!?!?
Why doesn’t anyone see how much the CEO needs his second yatch, and won’t you think of the poor investors? NoBoDy WaNtS tO wOrK
Businesses that are projecting growth, but are in cost saving mode, had layoffs, sub inflation raises, and hiring freezes aren’t exactly doing much to drive morale.
Plus requiring people to come back to the office to justify their real estate leases.
And micromanagement positions
Id be more motivated if i could see a doctor.
you should see an optometrist about that
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The work cultures of yore… christmas bonuses, work functions, retirement plans, affordable housing, and employer loyalty is no more.
And they’re surprised?
yeah, because they’re working harder for less… the fuck do you expect…
