Been in bed all day with my recovery friend.
Feeling better. Must have been one of those days I didn’t get enough sleep fragments.
Discussion Thread 🍁 Wednesday 13 August 2025
Submitted 2 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
aw, feel better soon
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I've finished the cross stich I've been working on.
After taking the photo I realised I’d missed a few stitches, but I’ve fixed that now. Miss Meow approves (assuming trying to walk and roll on top of it is approval). Now I just need to figure out what to do with it.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 day ago
That’s so cute!!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
That looks great
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
That’s adorable 😊
( tip on how to find missed stitches is to hold the work up to the light to find “holes” )
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 day ago
That looks absolutely beautiful :)
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The mood at work has really soured. I didn’t post last night because I wanted some time to think it though and not just to scream into the universe, but I might have a problem.
New KPIs went into effect this week, and they’re a big increase - what was, before “a really solid day’s work, excellent effort, you’ve done a bit better than planned” is now considered “just about barely adequate, maybe”. Not good, just minimally adequate.
We’ve been busting our collective ass to keep churning through work as everything changed around us. The “new benchmarks” are based on productivity we were flogging ourselves for, with the understanding that we could breathe once things stopped going bananas. We’re undermanned, senior members of the team have been seconded out to back up other departments, the system we use is old and breaking regularly…
Nope. Now the “busting your ass” productivity is a permanent requirement. Everyone hates it.
Me personally, I type with one hand. My right hand won’t do much of anything, so it’s all with my left. I can’t realistically get much faster at processing than I am…and the new benchmarks are set so high I’m only just scraping past them. If I have a day with particularly complex work, or any technical issues at all, I won’t make it.
I like my job. I’d quite like to be competent at my job, and I’d like to feel there was a realistic way for me to improve at my job.
At the moment, it doesn’t feel that way. My absolute best is now barely good enough, and I can’t see a way for me to get any better than bare minimum (and permanently worrying about being pulled up for low productivity) while still “only really being able to process work with one hand”.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 days ago
My problem with KPIs is that it’s so damn easy for a bean counter at HO to just routinely adjust them upwards even though they are unfamiliar with the conditions at the grass roots. It also appears in a lot of ‘how to run a company’ books that the staff are supposed to always be yearning to ‘improve’ their stats by continually getting more done with less. This is completely unrealistic imo. American hustle culture being imposed from the top down in the name of efficiency, but really to make the HO bean counter look good in comparison.
spoiler
As a person with a disability, who is essential if the org is going to meet it’s diversity and inclusion obligations, then I think you may be able to negotiate a more realistic KPI. Be warned though that this is a very risky move if you want promotions. Also, having senior staff members seconded elsewhere is a major red flag for ‘sub-par’ KPI assessments. And something of a get out of jail free card too if played correctly.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I need to verbalise it, because it IS a problem…and realistically, I’m probably very well placed to mention the concerns of the whole team, given that “finding the KPIs unrealistic” would be down to an identifiable medical issue in my case and they supposedly can’t penalise me for that.
But lordy me, I hate to play the “please hold me to different standards than my colleagues, I can’t do it!” card. I was really, really proud of not being judged by different standards until now. I was genuinely proud and happy to know that I was “good enough” and deserved to be there off my own effort.
And now I have to swallow that.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
union , call the union
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 days ago
And get together a meeting of your colleagues to discuss it, or at least establish lines of communication among yourselves in some way
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
That’s the problem with KPIs, people look at your output then just think you can do 10% more next year.
I hope things work out, either everyone just collectively agreeing the KPIs were ‘stretch goals’ all along, or you find somewhere else more chill to work.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I wish it was only 10%. It’s like…30
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Given you’ve got CP, if they try to come at you for KPIs you can probably hit them with some disability protection stuff.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I’m probably very well placed to mention the concerns of the whole team, given that “finding the KPIs unrealistic” would be down to an identifiable medical issue in my case and they supposedly can’t penalise me for that.
But lordy me, I hate to play the “please hold me to different standards than my colleagues, I can’t do it!” card. I was really, really proud of not being judged by different standards until now. I was genuinely proud and happy to know that I was “good enough” and deserved to be there off my own effort.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It sucks to hear that you’re feeling under so much pressure. If these KPIs are unrealistic though, it would make sense that the team across the board struggle. If that’s the case, what are management going to do? Fire everyone? or rethink their KPIs. I know what I’d choose. The KPIs don’t mean much if no one is meeting them
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Never underestimate the hubris of senior leadership.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
🪼
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I think it might be one of the few naturally blue animals
there are some birds, some insects, some reptiles, some amphibians
but not many
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
To the tradie next door taking a circular saw vertically to a brick wall right now…
You might want to use some eye protection.
Just a suggestion.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Ughhh. I’m so tired and depressed it’s hard to do anything.
I wish I had energy to do things like drawing exercises. Maybe if I did them with music or a movie in the background but I am really struggling for motivation.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
music is a must 😊
choose something melodic and calming
do your art at the same time everyday
tone212_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The new smoking while walking on the street is vaping while walking. Just as disgusting and vape clouds linger for longer, so you’re more likely to breathe in the second hand smoke. I made disgusted sounds and quickly walk past.
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I much prefer walking through a cloud of Grape Ice over tobacco stank. 🤢
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 days ago
If someone is walking in front of me vaping I follow more closely behind 🐽
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Melbcat asked for the door to open and she’s staring out the screen door at the birds 👀
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
this is wonderful 😻
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
She was monkeytailing my cup and put her tail in the coffee… ☕️
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I, too, like staring at birds.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Don’t we all 🦜🧐
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Toe just above the joint. Don’t know if it was from yesterday or today.
Ate a snack which was more filling than I thought.
I hope it doesn’t ruin my plans for dinner.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Any advice on finding a good panel beater? There’s heaps around but how do I tell dodgy bros from legit good quality peeps?
I just had a super frustrating run in with a concrete planter at the local shops (weird height, stupid pointy corner, completely in my blind spot, I stuffed the angle and dented the back door) 😭
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Not Sheen
Pilk@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Well, I came across a dead bird of prey in the city (looks like an owl?). Likely a natural death I suppose, but a bit surprised Agriculture Victoria didn’t seem to want to at least check it out. Wrong suburb to be concerned? Hopefully a fox comes along and cleans it up.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Stripping the walls of the basement brewery and oh lord i am a fan of coveralls. Big fan. Less of a fan of standing in my shorts on back step in winter while bundling contaminated clothing for washing, but still. Coveralls. Yes.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I’ve had so many hats on this week. The fun party animal, the loving wife and the attentive mother who follows her only sick child back into her bedroom with a can of Glen 20 demanding she does not emerge back out here without a good reason. I even delivered a plate of food to her like a prison warden.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Aw, poor YL. Hope she pulls through soon!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Me too cos the coughing spoils the serenity.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Forgot ADHD meds at home today. Sleep was yucky, hair is yucky, skin is yucky, mind is yucky. But I am here til 6 today. I shall survive.
Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone 2 days ago
After this happened to me a couple of times I bought a key ring/chain pill container from the chemist. I put one each of the various meds I’m on in it, attached to my house keys, so I’ve always got a backup on me if I forget to take one or need a dex top up.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Same.
tone212_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Just finished up a 7am client call (involved someone in the US so it had to be an early one) which I was a little anxious about. Also too early for my brain to be fully operational but I think it went well.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I’m so flat today. Barely staying alert for work.
This weekend is yet another experiment adjusting the pill so I can get some sleep.
If this doesn’t work I honestly don’t know what else to do.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I had a trick to help babies and little children sleep.
I would lay down with them , or hold in my arms, and mimic sleep breathing rhythms, it’s natural for humans to copy breathing rates, and pretty soon the kids were asleep. Often I was too as when we do something our brain acts as if it’s real.
So maybe actively do sleep breathing, maybe do it for Fluffybutt. ( this is not the same as meditation )
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
If you’re desperate there’s an antidepressant called Valdoxan that is good for sleep. It may just make you sleepy for a few nights and then stop working but if you’re willing to take the risks involved it might help.
Otherwise this might be a sleep disorder and need a specialist
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The Dillinger Escape Plan are playing tonight and tomorrow. I’m hoping to get out and watch them tonight. To me they’re one of the best and most influential bands in the past couple of years. Such a distinctive style and nothing comes close to them, even now
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Miss machine will always have a special place in my heart.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It’s such a heavy and all over the place album. I need to listen to it more because I haven’t absorbed much of it at all
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
two more bands for my play list
TY 😘
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I put my water bottle down at work and now I can’t find it. I’d like to think someone came across it and moved it somewhere, I don’t think I’ve misplaced it myself.
It’s a work one, so no big deal, but now I need to find another water vessel for my desk.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Are there more work water bottles being given away? I use old glass spirits bottles now after losing a few fancy water bottles.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I can always pick up another from the storage room. I also bought a nice glass carafe from a gin distillery near an old job, I might find that and bring it in
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Tis a chilly morning kids. Wrap up warrrrm.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Farting under the doona never felt so right
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Greenhouse gases for local warming
bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
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Something that warps me to Friday 4pm?
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I’d settle for 3.30pm.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Time travel is currently prohibited.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Sameee but make it 6.30 for me
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Comfort food, please bacon
bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
beach time
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I have an interview for a role next week that’s paying about 25% more than my current role and would suit me way, way better.
Cancelled all weekend plans so I can prepare.
The recruiter reached out to me oddly enough. I didn’t even apply.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
so today ended well 🤓 neato