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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

"I have costs." statement is the response for everything, every year. It looks like these type of people come from the same template, read the same book about starting the business.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Well yeah, the first two yatchs were getting lonely. Did you ever stop to think of their feelings? Starving children in Africa weep at their plight.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

My former employer was tight on funds. We ended up with two rounds of layoffs (hence former). It was when I found out that the owner had a boat that I became disenchanted.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Been there, seen that. We were asked (a long time ago) to forego our Christmas bonus (which was part of our employment contract, so they could not just scrap it) because the company had problems and might get rid of some coworkers if we did not accept this. Later, we learned that this money was needed to finance a managers' golden parachute.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Literally stealing Christmas. I couldn't live with myself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Well, they did.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

John Deere CEO, John C May, took $23 million in bonuses this year.

He also laid off almost a thousand guys just in my town alone.

Can we eat the rich yet?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Hey, this isn't antiwork

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

If the company buys "motivational presents" for employees.... the company is already several years or more behind the employment market. You're not unionizing hard enough.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's a shit ton of Costco pizza.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

At Home Depot at all places

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For real, 1 whole Costco pizza is already a good amount.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 months ago (4 children)

God it's so transparent. I'm a software engineer, and I have first hand built software that has made my business teams and execs wealthy. I have sat there and watched them buy new audis and new houses while I'm told "sorry we can't afford a raise this year". And I know I do better than most being in software, but man do they want to keep us arguing about that while they go and buy everything while we squabble.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Serious question: have you considered starting your own business? Maybe there is a way to shift some of that wealth back to you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have, but no major ideas. I've started thinking later I may do some consulting and just charge an insane rate, but that's many years away

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I've started a biz. Hit me up is you ever have questions - could be closer than you think.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I make my company 100-200k a month. I make around 4k a month. No performance bonus, nothing.

Meanwhile the higher ups that do bare minimum are raking it all in. I love our society.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

So I figured I'm also going to do the bare minimum. Good thing my managers aren't actually competent in IT so I can set my own deadlines (with a big juicy margin for doing fuck all and getting money for it)

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I worked for a small company that saw growth year after year. We'd have a staff Christmas party towards the end of the year where the boss would thank us for our work and give everyone a bonus of $500. One year the boss was super excited to tell us that we helped build up his company to the point that he would now be opening a new location. He told us this new location was a large investment for him to open and so he would not be giving us a bonus that year and there also would be wage freeze. Thanks for the hard work! Merry Christmas! He sold the company the next year for a few million and retired at 50. I quit after that.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Congrats everyone on this spectacular growth! As a thank you, fuck your Christmas! And a happy new year!

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Release an "update" with a "bug" that can only be fixxed with a raise.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

Nothing goes wrong:

"Man, what do I even pay these IT guys for???"

Everything goes wrong:

"Man, what do I even pay these IT guys for???"