Goltbrook

@Goltbrook@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valid point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  At my workplace, the made up numbers extend to the WFH ratio.

  At first everyone was allowed to work as much from home as they wanted. Until internal agreements had been made.

  Then they just set it to 50%. Arbitrarily. Because 50/50 sounds good, right? Can’t go completely wrong with 50/50 after all.

  Then it turned out that only my regional headquarters does it. 15/16 regional sections and only mine enforces it fully. Everywhere else it is just an unenforced agreement.

  Why? The regional boss thought it would be unfair toward the personnel that needs to work in person. The professional drivers. The cleaners. The clerks at the service counters.

  Took them a year to go to 60/40 because they realized you cannot split a 5 day workweek 50/50 without having to implement all kinds of side rules, like alternating 3 and 2 day weeks.

  And now it turns out no one gives a crap after all and everyone just does what they want until a teamlead is unhappy with you and looks at your office times to have a reason to admonish you.

  Federal government agency, by the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hypothetically, if an indoor cat escaped and had to face a fight with a stray/feral cat, who would have an advantage?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I would find it hard to make a general judgement here.

  The human-analogies some people make are rather unconvincing. I’d think physiologically cats are less diverse than humans are. In both species size translates to weight, force, reach.

  There are outliers, but most house cats are still “fit” enough not to suffer massive disadvantages.

  So it would be more a matter of size and stature than lifestyle. A Main Coon with their voluminous fur might enjoy a form of natural armor. But the same fur would exist if it was a street cat (bar any diseases).

  And they also possess natural weapons that are not related to their grooming and lifestyle (much). If some jerk has their house cats declawed, maybe. But usually claw is claw and tooth is tooth.

  What will probably be the most decisive factor, just as it is in humans, is aggression and killer instinct. That is where a street cat might be better conditioned. On the other hand, animals lean heavier on instinct and even the gentlest house cat can become vicious when exposed to the right stimulus.

  tl;dr I am not sure