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I usually check my emails while on my autopilot commute to work
Also, with a 90-minute commute each way, in 2023, he apparently started sleeping in his car, showering at the factory and microwaving his dinners on days that he was working.
This guy sounds like a fucking idiot.
Probably thinks he’s a temporarily embarrassed billionaire
Sounds like a quiet quitter to me, if only he went above and beyond the expectation I'm sure he'd still be there /s
What...what is even the problem? Managers "feel uneasy"? What?
Yeah why would the managers feel easy if their workers are apparently continuing to work hard up until they quit?
Quiet Quitter seems like such an American concept. I feel like America's work ethic resembles Asian work ethic a lot? Nobody would complain here about someone who is fulfilling their duties without being more enthusiastic about it than necessary, or about not giving it more than they absolutely need to. It's a job, after all.
Obviously, in some professions you want the worker to be somewhat involved, like a caretaker or doctor or surgeon or teacher. But if they just do what is asked of them, they shouldn't be called "quitters"... Just my two cents, I guess.
I feel like culture is beginning to change, but there's so much inner class warfare and competitiveness in some positions that some are blinded to the bigger picture it seems.
Every measly raise I've ever gotten, comes with a warning that the company doesn't want us discussing wages. I feel like a lot don't see that as the red flag that that is, and are only concerned about themselves in that matter. I've always ran to blab to my coworkers make sure we're all in it together for equal pay
It's illegal to ask you not to discuss wages in the United States. Violation of federal labor law.
He sounds like a true believer.
Which is the same thing, really.
That's my first reaction too but it could very well be that the dude can't afford to lose his job if he's late. I get it, I have long commutes too.
I think it was more about checking his email while his car was in Autopilot mode as if that were a safe thing to do.
(For anyone unclear on that, it is absolutely not a safe thing to do.)
Ah fair enough. Yes that's crazy, I heard of a dude who would take 20 minute naps on his commute home he didn't even have 'autopilot' it was just fucking lane assist and adaptive cruise control. That's a death waiting to happen.
Darwin Award runner-up.
Unions are the only way to protect workers. The wealth extraction class only cares about numbers. Collective action can threaten their bottom line and force them to the negotiating table.
Adding this to my list of reasons why I don't give "110%"
I always give 100% at work:
Generous Friday
That's the before lunch average...subject could not be found for evaluation after lunch.
Have to make up 100 somehow. All numbers are just approximations, of course.
Based
#1 - literally impossible
#2 - not being paid 110%
#3 - the company doesn't actually reward going above and beyond, and sometimes they punish you
We ain’t even being paid 100%. I checked what a vaguely comfortable lifestyle would be for my area and even the top earners in the field make nowhere near that number. They were paying me effectively 43%, it was a miracle I came back to work after lunch on Wednesdays.
What? The guy who fired people who slept in their offices at Twitter fired more people who were sacrificing their personal lives for one of his companies?
Ya don't say.
I hear masochistic genocidal overlord is much nicer once you get to know him. You just have to look past all the masochism and genocide, to see the fluffy teddy bear inside.
I hear masochistic genocidal overlord
I think you mean sadistic.
Tesla is a massively overvalued stock and has been for a long time. When they announced their recent dire sales, the share price actually rebounded because the clown Mush spouted his usual nonsense about the real value in the company - self drive and robo-taxis - but it's been widely reported for some time that the companies tech is a dud because Musk decided to remove all the expensive components that actually make the technology work. They lost their first-move advantage; their competitors have caught up and surpassed them both on EVs and self-drive tech.
The guy is a joke, the company is a joke.
That new Chevy RST looking pretty badass, it isn't just marginally better than a Cybertruck, it's objectively superior in nearly every aspect that it can be superior.
Does it make you look like as much of a douche?
No joke, a cybertruck passed me on the road during my drive home today, and it's even stupider looking in person than in pictures and videos. I laughed out loud at the genius who paid actual money for it.
I saw my first one in the wild this morning in Dallas. Holy fuck is that a fugly-ass vehicle, and the dude driving it looked like a pretentious twunt.
When you work for a snake expect to be bitten.
It is my nature said the scorpion
Why bother living.
I guess maybe if the extreme overwork overtime is a means to an end by getting money, retire early, get experience to find a more reasonable job... I guess maybe some can justify it. Maybe. There's probably some who feel forced due to desperate circumstances.
Idk. I hate this overworked overtime culture.
Yeah I just was forced to quit after putting in 10 hours a day for 5+ years at a company. It caused health problems and is definitely not worth it. Put the extra time into YOUR OWN projects instead of someone else's.
Agreed. And remember that a good personal project does not necessarily have to be for profit.
I'm proud to be a 'loser' by our standards. I think it was theory of a deadman's lowlife that really made me think about how much better it is to simply not fucking care about all the bullshit.
Why are we still surprised by stories like these? Post pandemic tech layoffs are not performance based. The tech industry has decided that less employees is better than more employees and they're laying off entire departments.
Mmm yeah, that sweet sweet grind culture
Surely you'll be a billionaire too some day, if you only play doormat to the owner class hard enough.
- The employee right now.
But was the car on autopilot?
Answer to self:
I usually check my emails while on my autopilot commute to work
How many times has some fool slept on the job for that asshat only to be given the old heave ho.
