stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Used to be a phone salesman. Got there at least 15 minutes late every day. It got so bad that one time I got there 15 minutes early and when my boss saw me arrive he shouted “Steve?! What time is it?!”. Nobody cared because I outsold everyone else for so much that I was making almost twice as much as anyone else, until the boss of my boss’ boss decided to start micromanaging the branch basically told me I would be fired unless I was on time. Boomers have weird priorities.
nthavoc@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Their weird priorities is because they were raised with the dumbass idea that showing up early somehow increased production and is rewarding. Hell I showed up 15 minutes early everyday and the boomer was still pissed because he didn’t want to pay the overtime. Can’t even make up their minds!
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Meh. It’s all about power. Same reason tucking in your shirt and being clean shaven is a big thing for some boomer execs, it’s just some bullshit they can’t use to force people to conform
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
This seems more likely. The same guy also wanted me to buy a suit because jeans and military boots give clients a bad image of the company. We did all of our business through the phone.
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 day ago
He wanted you to buy a suit, but wouldn’t give you a stipend for it if you asked
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
yeah we have this whole thing about being logged on by 8.30 to start stand up at 8.37, so everyone logs on between 8 and 8.30 and then has breakfast or doomscrolls until the stand up starts. Which nobody listens to, because it’s poorly run, and then immediately after goes an makes another cup of coffee, bathroom run, and probably starts actual work around 9.30.