[Loki]

EmperorMagus, on 22 March 2015 - 11:54 PM, said:

Loki, on 22 March 2015 - 10:37 PM, said:

My mother-in-law is an elf!!!

does she have pointy ears?

She's the bloody Grand Enchanter!

How does that even work? She was blighted at the time?!

[Gnaw]

Solidsnape, on 22 March 2015 - 06:20 AM, said:

So instead of doing the what they'd expect of me, which would be lazing around doing fuck all, I'm doing the opposite.

I'm lashing all the fucking work in the cell off. So when they come in Monday, they'll have fuck all to do!! There really is that little work.

Bastards!!

When I was the 2nd shift setup at the die casting shop our plant manager told us that keeping the operators happy was counter-productive. Slightly pissed off == work harder. So we had to be seen to make sure the 5pm break cycle was purposely fucked up.

But management never could quite get the point that 7pm - 7am consistently out produced the first shift and the first couple of hours of ours. Even though we ran 2-4 people less than 1st and 3rd ran with 3-5 fewer.

[Nicodimas]

This week will be my 3rd layoff at my company ever.

We all know its coming...my manager said put together your resume..its random. having been through 2 of these...they are fucking shitty. they hire a fing 3rd party company to let people go.

I'm like XX/XXXX of my position...but they could cut top earners too.

/survival.

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 23 March 2015 - 05:20 AM

[worry]

Let's invent something and go on Shark Tank.

[Solidsnape]

Gnaw, on 23 March 2015 - 04:38 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 22 March 2015 - 06:20 AM, said:

So instead of doing the what they'd expect of me, which would be lazing around doing fuck all, I'm doing the opposite.

I'm lashing all the fucking work in the cell off. So when they come in Monday, they'll have fuck all to do!! There really is that little work.

Bastards!!

When I was the 2nd shift setup at the die casting shop our plant manager told us that keeping the operators happy was counter-productive. Slightly pissed off == work harder. So we had to be seen to make sure the 5pm break cycle was purposely fucked up.

But management never could quite get the point that 7pm - 7am consistently out produced the first shift and the first couple of hours of ours. Even though we ran 2-4 people less than 1st and 3rd ran with 3-5 fewer.

Yeah same. The weekend nightshift out produces the other mainstream weekly shifts.
By quite a bit.
It's because there's no distractions.
But what you said about slightly disgruntled workers is bad crack.
Is that what they teach at management school?
Bastards.

Each shift I do is a shift too many now. My heads already left.
AAARRGGGHHH!!

[Nicodimas]

Solidsnape, on 23 March 2015 - 05:32 AM, said:

Gnaw, on 23 March 2015 - 04:38 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 22 March 2015 - 06:20 AM, said:

So instead of doing the what they'd expect of me, which would be lazing around doing fuck all, I'm doing the opposite.

I'm lashing all the fucking work in the cell off. So when they come in Monday, they'll have fuck all to do!! There really is that little work.

Bastards!!

When I was the 2nd shift setup at the die casting shop our plant manager told us that keeping the operators happy was counter-productive. Slightly pissed off == work harder. So we had to be seen to make sure the 5pm break cycle was purposely fucked up.

But management never could quite get the point that 7pm - 7am consistently out produced the first shift and the first couple of hours of ours. Even though we ran 2-4 people less than 1st and 3rd ran with 3-5 fewer.

Yeah same. The weekend nightshift out produces the other mainstream weekly shifts.
By quite a bit.
It's because there's no distractions.
But what you said about slightly disgruntled workers is bad crack.
Is that what they teach at management school?
Bastards.

Each shift I do is a shift too many now. My heads already left.
AAARRGGGHHH!!

Btw is there so upper echelon management strategy that really says..making peoples lives complicated..harder..stressful = profits??

That's what the last six months have been like. just grin and smile and keep your head low.

[Gust Hubb]

Nicodimas, on 23 March 2015 - 05:38 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 23 March 2015 - 05:32 AM, said:

Gnaw, on 23 March 2015 - 04:38 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 22 March 2015 - 06:20 AM, said:

So instead of doing the what they'd expect of me, which would be lazing around doing fuck all, I'm doing the opposite.

I'm lashing all the fucking work in the cell off. So when they come in Monday, they'll have fuck all to do!! There really is that little work.

Bastards!!

When I was the 2nd shift setup at the die casting shop our plant manager told us that keeping the operators happy was counter-productive. Slightly pissed off == work harder. So we had to be seen to make sure the 5pm break cycle was purposely fucked up.

But management never could quite get the point that 7pm - 7am consistently out produced the first shift and the first couple of hours of ours. Even though we ran 2-4 people less than 1st and 3rd ran with 3-5 fewer.

Yeah same. The weekend nightshift out produces the other mainstream weekly shifts.
By quite a bit.
It's because there's no distractions.
But what you said about slightly disgruntled workers is bad crack.
Is that what they teach at management school?
Bastards.

Each shift I do is a shift too many now. My heads already left.
AAARRGGGHHH!!

Btw is there so upper echelon management strategy that really says..making peoples lives complicated..harder..stressful = profits??

That's what the last six months have been like. just grin and smile and keep your head low.

Naw, mistreatment of underlings with no mind for stressors is typical of companies nationwide. Hospitals have no compunction stressing their employees.

[Maark Abbott]

Why does this chain of thought remind me so of my own workplace?

[Loki]

The Fade

[HiddenOne]

People, never doubt that your management is manipulating you at your job. Even those without the specialized training offered at the higher levels of the more organized companies; the typical owner strategy is to get as much from your labor as is possible, as cheaply as possible. The CEOs play the game like chess, mid level plays it like battlefield tactics, and low level mouthpieces bring the bad news to the masses, trying to keep everyone dependent on those wages and subservient to the source of that paycheck.

Pray now to the corporate deity, won't you? Be thankful for the chance to serve as a cog in this great machine, until you are worn out and then you will be allowed to die. If you can afford it, then maybe you won't die screaming and alone, starving and trying to eat the paperwork that kept you alive all these many years.

[Maark Abbott]

Loki, on 23 March 2015 - 12:45 PM, said:

The Fade

Delicious mortal.

[Una]

Ugh!

My depression has come back full force and, as often happens with depression, I'm not really sure why it's back. But what makes this time a bit different is that, since the last time, my best friend moved out of the country and my other close friend (of 10+ years) is no longer on speaking terms with me since he confessed having a crush on me and I had to turn him down. Still super upset about it, since it was a friendship I valued a great deal. I have no one to talk to. Well, I don't usually talk to my parents about my feelings, even though they have complained in the past that I'm very closed to them and they can't help me if they don't know what's bothering me.

So, it was bad enough tonight that despite my best efforts to suppress it, I started spontaneously weeping into my bowl at the dinner table and they asked me what was wrong. So I confessed I was feeling very sad, like I can't get anything right no matter what I do. I'm not really sure what happened next, because I wasn't really able to get in another word. My father asked me for specific examples of why I felt like I couldn't get anything right and proceeded to accuse me of being ungrateful for all the help they've been giving me. (Which I admit has been considerable. I don't think I could manage without it, in fact, which has been contributing to my sense of failure and inadequacy.) There was also something about how they were only trying to help and that if I'm feeling guilty about that, then it's my own damn fault.

He tried to patch things up later by inviting me to discuss it again. But in the course of that invitation, managed to include things like, "Why can't you act like an adult so we can talk it over?", and "You're overly sensitive, just like your mother."

And I'm reminded of why I never talk to my parents about my feelings. I think I would have liked someone to just listen while I poured my heart out. But I would have settled for a, "There, there. It's going to be alright." and a hug. Ok, maybe not even a hug. A pat on the shoulder might have helped.

I know my father loves me. I just can't talk to him about anything, that's all. Thanks for listening, internet...

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Una, on 24 March 2015 - 05:14 AM, said:

Ugh!

My depression has come back full force and, as often happens with depression, I'm not really sure why it's back. But what makes this time a bit different is that, since the last time, my best friend moved out of the country and my other close friend (of 10+ years) is no longer on speaking terms with me since he confessed having a crush on me and I had to turn him down. Still super upset about it, since it was a friendship I valued a great deal. I have no one to talk to. Well, I don't usually talk to my parents about my feelings, even though they have complained in the past that I'm very closed to them and they can't help me if they don't know what's bothering me.

So, it was bad enough tonight that despite my best efforts to suppress it, I started spontaneously weeping into my bowl at the dinner table and they asked me what was wrong. So I confessed I was feeling very sad, like I can't get anything right no matter what I do. I'm not really sure what happened next, because I wasn't really able to get in another word. My father asked me for specific examples of why I felt like I couldn't get anything right and proceeded to accuse me of being ungrateful for all the help they've been giving me. (Which I admit has been considerable. I don't think I could manage without it, in fact, which has been contributing to my sense of failure and inadequacy.) There was also something about how they were only trying to help and that if I'm feeling guilty about that, then it's my own damn fault.

He tried to patch things up later by inviting me to discuss it again. But in the course of that invitation, managed to include things like, "Why can't you act like an adult so we can talk it over?", and "You're overly sensitive, just like your mother."

And I'm reminded of why I never talk to my parents about my feelings. I think I would have liked someone to just listen while I poured my heart out. But I would have settled for a, "There, there. It's going to be alright." and a hug. Ok, maybe not even a hug. A pat on the shoulder might have helped.

I know my father loves me. I just can't talk to him about anything, that's all. Thanks for listening, internet...

Jesus Una, that's awful! I hope things look up soon.

[Andorion]

That sounds pretty dark. Isn't there absolutely anyone you can reach out to?

[Puck]

Una, on 24 March 2015 - 05:14 AM, said:

Ugh!

My depression has come back full force and, as often happens with depression, I'm not really sure why it's back. But what makes this time a bit different is that, since the last time, my best friend moved out of the country and my other close friend (of 10+ years) is no longer on speaking terms with me since he confessed having a crush on me and I had to turn him down. Still super upset about it, since it was a friendship I valued a great deal. I have no one to talk to. Well, I don't usually talk to my parents about my feelings, even though they have complained in the past that I'm very closed to them and they can't help me if they don't know what's bothering me.

So, it was bad enough tonight that despite my best efforts to suppress it, I started spontaneously weeping into my bowl at the dinner table and they asked me what was wrong. So I confessed I was feeling very sad, like I can't get anything right no matter what I do. I'm not really sure what happened next, because I wasn't really able to get in another word. My father asked me for specific examples of why I felt like I couldn't get anything right and proceeded to accuse me of being ungrateful for all the help they've been giving me. (Which I admit has been considerable. I don't think I could manage without it, in fact, which has been contributing to my sense of failure and inadequacy.) There was also something about how they were only trying to help and that if I'm feeling guilty about that, then it's my own damn fault.

He tried to patch things up later by inviting me to discuss it again. But in the course of that invitation, managed to include things like, "Why can't you act like an adult so we can talk it over?", and "You're overly sensitive, just like your mother."

And I'm reminded of why I never talk to my parents about my feelings. I think I would have liked someone to just listen while I poured my heart out. But I would have settled for a, "There, there. It's going to be alright." and a hug. Ok, maybe not even a hug. A pat on the shoulder might have helped.

I know my father loves me. I just can't talk to him about anything, that's all. Thanks for listening, internet...

Eh, parents or not, those are bad things to say. For what it's worth, since my mother is pretty much the same in that regard I have a good idea of what it feels like, so please accept some internet hugs from a complete stranger


On topic: perpective. I hate it and I suck at it and I still manage to plan what I draw around it.. WTH, Puck?!

[Maark Abbott]

Trying to get disparate tracks of MP3s downloaded from YouPubes (ones not elsewise available as VGM soundtrack stuff) to bear roughly the same volume so that I don't get my eardrums nuked. Erk.

[Solidsnape]

Maark, on 24 March 2015 - 07:49 PM, said:

Trying to get disparate tracks of MP3s downloaded from YouPubes (ones not elsewise available as VGM soundtrack stuff) to bear roughly the same volume so that I don't get my eardrums nuked. Erk.

Just guessing, but I bet you're a bit late there.
All that Voodoo Metal Rap must have made a barren wasteland of your inner ear anyway.

I just fuckin hate my employer for messing up a perfectly good life work balance.

[amphibian]

Briar King, on 24 March 2015 - 07:43 PM, said:

I've never understood how people threw away friendships just because they get rejected. The one time that happened to me it actually made us better friends. People are wired differently though.

For women, rejecting a romantic proposal is one of the more dangerous things they will ever do. Culturally, men don't take rejection well. This is true almost everywhere in the world. A significant number of us malign the woman, stalk, harass or even get violent. It's why many women are very good at non-confrontational rejections - they don't want this to happen and most of them would like some sort of way to just not deal with any of this.

So... there can be really good reasons for getting distant and not all of them have to do with you specifically as a person.

My groove is messed with because I popped something in my knee while stretching in bed. I AM NOT OLD. DAMNIT, BODY, YOU HAVE ONE JOB - KEEP ME ALIVE AND HEALTHY.

[Maark Abbott]

Solidsnape, on 24 March 2015 - 08:59 PM, said:

Maark, on 24 March 2015 - 07:49 PM, said:

Trying to get disparate tracks of MP3s downloaded from YouPubes (ones not elsewise available as VGM soundtrack stuff) to bear roughly the same volume so that I don't get my eardrums nuked. Erk.

Just guessing, but I bet you're a bit late there.
All that Voodoo Metal Rap must have made a barren wasteland of your inner ear anyway.

I just fuckin hate my employer for messing up a perfectly good life work balance.

Funnily enough, a song's genre does not explicitly denote the volume at which it must be listened.

[Gnaw]

Maark, on 24 March 2015 - 10:08 PM, said:

Funnily enough, a song's genre does not explicitly denote the volume at which it must be listened.

I can refute that with one song: Back in Black