Even people passionate about their work expect to be paid for it.
If I’m doing it for free, it’s going to be open source or I’m owning part of it.
You want to own what I make, I’m getting paid.
Oh so they want the we’re family mindset?
“Since we’re family, could you help me take care of grandma tonight?”
“Will you be at my mom’s funeral? Can you help with the flowers?”
Paycheck is literally the job description. If you want passion, hire a volunteer.
Feels like rage bait
Family doesn’t make me talk to strangers on holidays.
Shit, my boss knows perfectly well that if he didn’t pay me, I’d be working for his competitor. It just so happens that I am widly nerdy about what we do, and absolutely love everything about my job, so I am willing to actually do it with a smile on my face, but there is an unspoken agreement, that the absolutely only thing that is actually getting me out of bed in the morning, is the fact that I get paid.
I’d do my job for free for a few days just to help people out (which I like doing) and there’s parts of it I enjoy.
But I like paddling down the river much more.
For most people, a paycheck is a business financially compensating them for the time lost and the effort done. The business is of no value to the employee otherwise. The compensation must be fair and worth their while, else the business will have to find someone worth what they’re willing to offer in compensation.
If my job ever misses a check they won’t see me again until I have my money.
I’d flip the sign, and write: “Then raise our dividends, Karen Ment.”
Glad I don’t have to remind folks in this community who are the class traitors.
that one employee:
Post is in the correct sub and yet everyone in the comments is taking it entirely at face value. Are you all new, or are you just playing along?
This is every single thread in Lemmy Shitpost. People explaining the joke, raging against the machine, offering their solutions, karate-chopping the air… lol
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I’m here because I find fulfillment in creating spreadsheets and having my expertise routinely ignored.
But do those spreadsheets also never go to any meaningful use? That’s the dream.
Relegated to a random shared drive, never to be opened again.
They’re used as ad-hoc databases. Mission critical ones!
As Bernard Q. Database had dreamed.
You know how at some point people always say “id still work when I’m retired” like it’s some sort of badge of honor? Like their character integrity would be hurt if they didn’t.
Fuck that. I retired and immediately stopped working. Life is amazing when you don’t have to be somewhere every morning rain or shine. I don’t want to be anywhere i don’t want to be anymore.
Getting laid off during COVID was like a preview of retirement, on top of other benefits like showing how little of my personal identity was tied to my job and how little I actually care about it. “Career line go up forever” was one of many things I was SUPPOSED to care about, but did not ACTUALLY care about. And that helped me fast-forward figuring out what does matter to me.
It was amazing.
The “I’ll work forever” badge of honor garbage is just one of the many ways people get conditioned to go against their own best interests to help out the rich/political people that really matter. (/s and barf)
I want to retire early, but I would still keep working because I find what I do stimulating and rewarding.
Retirement for me would be working small jobs that I want to do, and taking classes that I find interesting. I’d probably be taking jobs at small businesses and charities.
Similarly, my fantasy is that If I won the lottery, or otherwise became independently wealthy, I’d be doing a ton of different entry-level jobs to find one that hit as a passion.
Construction worker, stagehand, (i’ve already been retail), food service, intern for anything that requires a degree I don’t have, etc.
I like my current job but if I didn’t need the paycheck then I’m not sure I’d stay. I might stick around if I could negotiate terms and only do the parts I liked, though.
I wish I could learn a little about everything, but our culture pushes us to commit and be deep instead, and then we get stuck in a job that used to be a fun hobby.
I would “work” as in do what I do for a living but not at the behest of someone else. I would only create for my own use and enjoyment.
Exactly how I feel.
The year of Covid lockdown that I didn’t go to work was the most amazing time.
I worked through covid. We were not pleased everyone else got a “vacation”. I think that was a big reason why i couldn’t wait to retire.
The clapping for essential workers wasn’t enough for you? Entitled much? /s
Hey we got a neat little superman nurse postcard. I’m happy.
So wait, you’re one of those people who helped humanity survive?
Thanks a lot.
(That’s both sincere and sarcastic)
Lol yeah, my bad.
Honestly though, i saw far too many baby sized body bags to feel good about it.
I think almost everyone wants to work except not what work means today. I doubt anyone wants to sit home and stare at the wall and even if they want to why not just let them instead for them to make problems.
I work to live and not the other way around. As soon as I can afford not to work anymore, you can be assured that I won’t. The wife and I have plans to retire to SE Asia, so hopefully just a few more years or so.
What is SEA to you? South East Asia? Seattle? A boat?
The first one. I’ll edit the post.
I was really hoping you were going to clarify that you plan to retire to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, like inside it and past security. I was very much looking forward to that Q&A.
I unironically want to retire to the sea.
A lot of folks have their work tied to their personality like that.
I do kind of get the idea of working into retirement - I actually really like my job, it’s not soul crushing, and I pretty much get paid to learn things and write about them. In that regard, I’d be okay to keep going for a long time because I fucking love learning. It’s a sweet gig, and super rare. Big difference vs. someone conditioned to toil to their detriment.
I will retire, but when I do, I intend to be active in other things related to what I do for work. Volunteerism, mentoring, etc.
even the person who was paid to our that sign up… they wouldn’t be there doing that if not for the paycheck.
They also get a power trip out of it. Some people would do that for free
US version:
I’m here for a paycheck and insurance so I can afford medication to not die.
Because I need to pay my high medical deductible, daycare expenses, mortgage, and a car payment that adds up to about $60,000 a year from my yearly income of $65,000 gross before taxes.
Oh yeah and the coffee is free, which helps, because rich people tell us all this burden would go away if we didn’t buy Starbucks so often.
My job once gave us water coolers and coffee. At one point the coffee was a big all in one where you can make great drinks with it. Then they took it away because it cost to much. We then had kurigs. They then took away the pods because apparently we cant be trusted and people were stealing them. At least we could still bring ours in! Oh once they broke they refused to replace them so we had no more coffee. Then they took the water away as well once the company claimed it needed cutbacks because it is not doing well. Even the perks are all going away. I remember when I first started 20 years ago we got 2 holiday parties where the company rented a big venue and gave out 10, 15, 20 year anniversary gifts and bonuses and the other party was our department one. Those ended 10 years ago and not a word on anything ever coming back.
The only perk now is that they cutback so much they have no room for my department anymore and we became full remote a little over a year ago. Yay!
Remote is great but you might want to polish up your resume while the company is still semi-solvent, since it’s easier to find a new job while you’re still employed.
I am, but I am also in a tight spot since I have a kid who has 1 more year left until school starts and we can’t really afford daycare. This job has been nice since the work has also been much easier compared to 5 years ago. After that happens I am looking for something new immediately.
