I run my own small business. I complained to my boss about burnout, but it was me, so I’m fucked. ;)
Why you have downvotes I think not even the ones giving them know but anyway keep on keeping buddy!
Boss told me to work overtime this week. Said the shop was a bit messy and the floors won’t sweep themselves. I told my boss to fuck off and made him sweep instead. Somehow I still lost.
Here’s a solution: Nationalize all major industries.
Perfect! I’d been looking for an easy way to get rid of both the baby and the bathwater.
HR surprised us with a thing.
"We’ve been studying some and found that having a 3-day weekend, totally disconnected from work, is great for your mental health.
From now on, you get a paid Monday or Friday off every month. Work it out with your manager/team, but this is mandatory. And no, this does not count against your normal PTO."
Yeah. 12 days off, paid. On top of our generous PTO plan.
If you’re bitching about your job/capitalism/greed/whatever, I have some advice. Work hard, learn new skills, accomplish new things, hang in a year or three, upgrade your resume, upgrade jobs. Rinse and repeat until satisfied.
That’s literally impossible. You cannot stuff 8 billion human beings into the few positions that give this. Your comment smacks of elitism where the wealthy deserve mental well being and the poor deserve nothing.
I did that, I am better off. I know that is not feasable for everyone, somebody has got to still do the shit jobs. The least we could do is cut the crap out so only the actual work sucks.
Oh it is also absolute hell to upskill yourself when you go home tired everyday and have hardly any time to “improve” youself.
I think we will see companies increasingly focus their hiring based on emotional intelligence and mental health.
Emotional intelligence is a four fold better predictor of academic and financial success, family stability.
I used to think being smart was enough if you’re looking for a good worker.
I realize now there are plenty of smart people who failed to launch and are perpetually bouncing from job to job every few years, not usually on their own accord.
I do this. It’s shitty to say, but it’s even why nepotism happens. I’m not trying to “right the game” for my network by making intros or recommendations. These people have earned my trust with their character and how they treat others.
This is just a furthering of class divide. Those who are poorer have little to no access to mental health services and are generally more prone to be victims to mental health issues.
Not to mention a continued pressure on neurodivergent individuals just trying to exist in this world through no real fault of their own.
Beatings will continue until morale improves
My boss bought me pizza once! It wasn’t as good as the pizzas I used to buy myself, but who can afford non-work-pizza anymore?
I think work-pizza is making my teeth hurt, but my ex-dentist is all like “tell your job to pay me.”
Hey, do any of y’all wake up crying, too? My boss says it’s allergies in my home; my boss is so nice, they’ll even let me stay at work extra-long so I don’t have to deal with my home-allergies and they only need me to do extra work without telling anyone in exchange!
Anyway, I don’t love work-pizza, but it’s better than waking up crying!
Whoops! Another tooth fell out… I bet the new ones are gonna look beautiful when they grow back in like my boss said they will.
