derf82
@derf82@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
There wouldn’t be slack if people were reasonably on time. Easier just to get rid of people that refuse to be on time.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
So, you should get overtime.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
As I have said, occasionally something happens. But I know too many people that are RARELY on time.
And I’m a worker. I don’t say I own anyone. Being late fucks with your fellow employees that have to pick up your slack.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I understand if it’s occasional. But constantly means you are not giving it all. Sorry, I just hate lateness. I am almost never late, but am constantly waiting on people that cannot meet at an agreed upon time. It just wastes my time and shows me they think their time is more important than mine. It’s a pet peeve.
I’m all for flexibility and flextime when it can be granted. But if you agree something happens at a certain time, it should happen at that time.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
The structural issue is having people constantly late.
And, yes, constantly being late IS A CHOICE. I’m not talking about hitting traffic, the kid or pet being sick, having to deal with an emergency, or stuff like that. I’m talking about people that are repeatedly, constantly, late to everything. People are not just born to perpetually be late.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
If the labor wants to have a job, yes.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Not an option if you expect to stay in business.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
And if no one is there?
I’m not saying everyone has to get mad over occasional tardiness. But when one employee decides his time is more important than mine because I always have to cover for them, and they are always missing when we start, fuck yes, I will be mad at them, not just as a boss, but as a fellow employee. Have some respect for your fellow workers.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I wasn’t arguing any different. By all means leave on time.
But this is part of why it is disrespectful. Look at nurses. If you are late, patients in a hospital can’t just go without care. So that means the prior shift is asked to stay later. That’s just one example.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Because others have to pick up your slack. Because others have to waste their time waiting around for you. Because it’s unfair to other staff that wind up working longer than you.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Some jobs are more critical than others, sure, but it’s still disrespectful to make people constantly have to cover for you. Why does Brad constantly have to give you notes? What if both Brad and you are late?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I actually think I’m with the boomers on this one. You should strive to be on time. No need to make a federal case out of occasionally being a little late, but it’s wrong to be constantly late.
- Comment on Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too 1 month ago:
Other CEOs that sit on governing boards set the compensation. It’s the same thing.
Sorry, I’ll never buy that it’s fair compensation, especially for a nonprofit charity.
- Comment on Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too 1 month ago:
Convenient the C-Suite sticks to a theory that massively benefits themselves. Sorry, it’s bullshit.
And there is ample evidence. Look no further than how every other employee is treated. Do you think they could get the best veterinarians by paying say, $300,000/year? Of course. But they don’t because they recognize the diminishing returns of thinking they have to have the best. But somehow the C-suite makes itself immune.
And that goes back to your example. As an engineer, I can tell you that construction trades are in HUGE demand. Same with civil engineers. Yet pay isn’t going up, at least not much.
Executive pay has gone up far faster than pay for regular workers. Sorry, I don’t buy the explanation that somehow they are the only group struggling to to find top candidates.
- Comment on Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too 1 month ago:
Depends on the job. But I make less than both those numbers. And the construction journeymen make more than me, actually.
Yes, they make less because they are less talented. I completely disagree with your assertion that these executives are more talented. I have yet to meet a business major that wasn’t an absolute moron.
What evidence do you have they are more qualified, besides some paradoxical “they must be because they are in the position” reasoning.?
- Comment on Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too 1 month ago:
But if you want a talented, experienced person to run your org, you have to consider what they could make if they worked for someone else.
That’s such bullshit reasoning. They make more than 99.9% of people. I get that not everyone is great, but you are saying 99.9% of people are all talentless hacks that couldn’t do a decent enough job to the extent that the salary savings would be worth it?
Guess my civil engineering degree and 18 years of experience is a worthless pile of shit.
- Comment on Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too 1 month ago:
I’ve given up on charity. They’ve lobbied sites like Charity Navigator to not count executive compensation as a negative. I’m sick of capitalism ruining everything.
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 2 months ago:
Lies! I’m not calling for genocide. I oppose genocide, I oppose the war. But the fact people like you think Trump is the same as Harris erodes that sympathy.
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 2 months ago:
I feel that way because you helped Trump.
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 2 months ago:
I’m betting he helps complete the genocide. And I no longer have any sympathy for it.
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 2 months ago:
So, you’re counting on Trump, known for racist, anti-Muslim rhetoric, will do no different than Harris? Ridiculous. Trump doesn’t care, and it’s clear Bibi doesn’t care.
Also, that doesn’t tell me how that protest vote does anything. If the result is the same, then at least go for the person that won’t destroy even more lives.
- Comment on Lowest bidder quality 3 months ago:
It’s the same builders that build the cheap homes
What cheap homes? No one is building those these days, other than maybe Habitat for Humanity and companies making mobile/prefab homes.
- Comment on McDonald's is getting rid of self-serve drinks and some locations may charge for refills 7 months ago:
If that’s the goal, fine. But we know the real reason is profit. If people are getting less, they should pay less.
- Comment on How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals 8 months ago:
Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh were largely responsible for turning politics into a team sport and convincing Conservatives that all Liberals are evil and that is a Liberal wants it, it must be bad.
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 8 months ago:
These are even smaller than that. A standard 2x4 is 1.5x3.5.
- Comment on Why American Suburbs are so Creepy (liminal spaces) 8 months ago:
I’m going to spend most of my time inside with decor I’m going to pick out and make my own, anyway. I don’t care how similar they look outside.
- Comment on Why American Suburbs are so Creepy (liminal spaces) 8 months ago:
I’ve never found them creepy at all. Boring, maybe.
- Comment on banaynay 8 months ago:
For the price they might as well be.
- Comment on banaynay 8 months ago:
Banana trees take up a lot of space. And heating greenhouses would be very expensive.
- Comment on banaynay 8 months ago:
It’s a tropical fruit. It doesn’t grow well in temperate areas.