Speaking strictly anecdotally, it feels like way more people work to live than live to work.
What’s that mean, exactly? It means that jobs are often unsatisfying, and many of us just stay in them because we need the money .
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A Twitter thread on this very topic yielded some interesting replies.
You’re reading this at work, aren’t you?
If so, and you’re not going to get in trouble for it, read on. The drudgery of working five days a week gets old fast, and sometimes you need a break. So don’t worry about ‘time theft’ or any of that.
Seattle entrepreneur Dan Price sent out this tweet.
Price, who founded a credit card company, has made headlines for the generous pay he gives his employees. He’s also become somewhat of an advocate for better working conditions, so it’s safe to say he isn’t your typical CEO.
There were many, many responses.
This seems to be a common theme here: even though employees have lives to live outside of work, and may have to take care of important family business, their employer only cares about them returning to work.
This one hurts.
Even if you haven’t worked for Disney, chances are good you’ve been in a similar scenario, where your company boasts about its record profits, getting everyone all hyped up, and then giving the employees nothing to show for it.
This seems just a bit sketchy.
This one stands out from the others because the boss goes beyond being unkind and moves straight into negligence. I’m sure this would be a tough mess to clean up, but it still seems like a problem that should be taken care of.
When your boss wants you to take horse dewormer.
The pandemic has laid bare a division we barely knew existed: those who listen to doctors, and those who’ve, uh, done their own research, so to speak. If your boss is forcing you to listen to their ivermectin propaganda, it may be time to leave.
How’s the pandemic going for you?
Speaking of the pandemic, how about this story? It just gets worse and worse. Even when every second of your day is recorded on camera, none of it matters if your boss is too lazy to check the tapes.
More insensitivity.
If you’re working a job for any length of time, lots of stuff can happen in your personal life, some of it requiring you to take time off of work. Good bosses understand. Bad bosses get called out on Twitter.
“Uber next time.”
Can you imagine saying this to someone who’d just been in a car accident? Couldn’t you just ask if they were okay, buy them a coffee and drive them to work? No need to tell them “it’s a one-time thing.”
Just get over it already.
This anecdote is short on details, but still, it seems pretty heartless. It’s tough to imagine the pain of losing a child unexpectedly, and even tougher to imagine that any boss would ever respond in this way.
How generous.
Here’s another one that stings. How are you supposed to feel proud of your bosses for donating some of their generous salary, particularly when it comes at the same time as massive pay cuts to the rest of the workers?
When your job is your prison.
It’s easy to feel trapped in a job when the alternative is poverty. But if you’re in this situation, where the alternative is literal deportation, it takes things to another level entirely. This guy basically can’t quit.
Just give the guy a personal day.
You’d think that if you’re getting married and tell your employer a literal half year in advance, that you’d be able to get one measly day, your wedding day, off of work. Well, think again.
Fix your own printer.
I like this one because it isn’t a case of the employer issuing a firm demand that the employee return to work. It’s a case of a boss not knowing how to fix a printer, a tale as old as time.
Sure, take it to HR.
While the folks in HR might be perfectly nice people, it’s important to remember that, generally speaking, HR is not the employee’s friend. Imagine getting HR involved when someone takes time off for bereavement, of all things.
When you can’t take a day off.
I don’t know much about the world of teachers and substitute teachers, but judging by this story, they get screwed over just as much as the rest of us. Anti-worker policies like this just deplete the workforce in the long run.
I can’t believe this one.
I’m not sure if I legitimately don’t believe this or just don’t want to believe it. It beggars belief that a boss would respond with such anger when one of their employees made such a happy announcement.
This one’s a little too real.
Have you ever done the math, factoring in what you make versus what you could make versus cost of living, only to come to the realization that you’ll always be poor at this rate? Yeah. This one hits hard.
Here, here.
The old cliché of the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer has never been more true. Employees at all levels are necessary to keep the economy moving, and perhaps they should be treated better by their billionaire overlords.
What made you lose faith in your job?
If you’ve never lost faith in a job, you’re a rare and lucky creature. But if you’ve ever had a point of no return with a job, or experienced something to make you lose faith in your job, we want to hear about it.
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