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Mickey7 lemmy.world Mickey7@lemmy.world
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MutantTailThing lemmy.world MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-23
#2 · Quote Reply

I was called into a meeting like this once to talk about why I got so fucking angry all the time.

Apparently ‘Stop giving me reasons to get angry’ was not an acceptable explanation.

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SpaceNoodle lemmy.world SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#3 · Quote Reply

I was called into a meeting like this once to talk about why I got so fucking angry all the time. Apparently ‘Stop giving me reasons to get angry’ was not an acceptable explanation.

I just don't understand why everybody else doesn't try not being a stupid asshole.

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BallShapedMan lemmy.world BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
#4 · Quote Reply

That's when you get let go. But when HR joined and I said "fuck" it was too late to write me up for it. So I had that going for me!

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MutantTailThing lemmy.world MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-23
#5 · Quote Reply

I just don't understand why everybody else doesn't try not being a stupid asshole.

I know!

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TrackenDaKracken lemmy.world TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-29
#6 · Quote Reply

Call people a "resource" is so on the nose. We're just another input on their spreadsheet. Something to use and exploit to generate profit for them.

I'm surprised more people don't point this out.

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TrackenDaKracken lemmy.world TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-29
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

I got sent home for the day because I responded to the wrong email. I clicked on the wrong email and wrote a response that didn't make any sense.

From home, I sent one last email to work saying I wouldn't be returning to work. That was the last thing I said them. That really pissed them off, they tried so hard to get me to come back in for an "exit interview", which is just what they use to cover their ass. They even withheld a bonus check. By law, they can't withhold your last paycheck owed, though.

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[object Object] lemmy.ca panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-20
#8 · Quote Reply

They must be fast tracking giving me a raise!

HR is there to sign off so there’s no waiting, nice!

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DonutsRMeh lemmy.world DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-13
#9 · Quote Reply

Tell me this is slavery without telling me this is slavery.

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DonutsRMeh lemmy.world DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-13
#10 · Quote Reply

I was called into a meeting like this once to talk about why I got so fucking angry all the time. Apparently ‘Stop giving me reasons to get angry’ was not an acceptable explanation.

Sometimes the idea of living alone in the woods in a small shack doesn’t really sound so bad.

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GeneralEmergency lemmy.world GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#11 · Quote Reply

Call people a "resource" is so on the nose. We're just another input on their spreadsheet. Something to use and exploit to generate profit for them. I'm surprised more people don't point this out.

Im14andthisisdeep

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Grostleton lemmy.dbzer0.com Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-11
#12 · Quote Reply

Sometimes the idea of living alone in the woods in a small shack doesn’t really sound so bad.

Only some?

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ceenote lemmy.world ceenote@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#13 · Quote Reply

I just don't understand why everybody else doesn't try not being a stupid asshole.

Have you tried telling them they're stupid assholes? Maybe they haven't realized.

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
#14 · Quote Reply

That's when you get let go. But when HR joined and I said "fuck" it was too late to write me up for it. So I had that going for me!

What school or church did you work for where you weren’t allowed to curse in private?

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BallShapedMan lemmy.world BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
#15 · Quote Reply

What school or church did you work for where you weren’t allowed to curse in private?

I wasn't in private, HR was there. My boss joined shortly after.

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diablomnky lemmy.world diablomnky@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-22
#16 · Quote Reply

I got sent home for the day because I responded to the wrong email. I clicked on the wrong email and wrote a response that didn't make any sense. From home, I sent one last email to work saying I wouldn't be returning to work. That was the last thing I said them. That really pissed them off, they tried so hard to get me to come back in for an "exit interview", which is just what they use to cov...

I would have loved for a former employer to try and pull that stunt in my state. All I'd have to do is take that recording/email to any judge and automatically get 3x in damages plus the original amount. You don't fuck with earned wages in Colorado.

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FilthyShrooms lemmy.world FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-17
#17 · Quote Reply

They wanna hear the really good joke i made earlier!

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Triumph fedia.io Triumph@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-09-19
#18 · Quote Reply

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

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Proprietary_Blend lemmy.world Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-12-25
#19 · Quote Reply

Tell me this is slavery without telling me this is slavery.

Tell me you're not familiar with slavery, etc...

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Proprietary_Blend lemmy.world Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-12-25
#20 · Quote Reply

This happened to me this morning. I got promoted to department head.

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scytale piefed.zip scytale@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-07-16
#21 · Quote Reply

Lost a couple of teammates this month to layoffs. Fucking bs.

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shalafi lemmy.world shalafi@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-22
#22 · Quote Reply

I would have loved for a former employer to try and pull that stunt in my state. All I'd have to do is take that recording/email to any judge and automatically get 3x in damages plus the original amount. You don't fuck with earned wages in Colorado.

Same in Florida, and I'd guess most states. Employees don't know their rights and come into spaces like this bitching. A call to the state labor board and that employer has to produce answers and the employee is automatically right unless they can prove otherwise.

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Captain_Buddha lemmy.world Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-21
#23 · Quote Reply

I was called into a meeting like this once to talk about why I got so fucking angry all the time. Apparently ‘Stop giving me reasons to get angry’ was not an acceptable explanation.

Have you tried altering how you say things?

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
#24 · Quote Reply

Have you tried altering how you say things?

I'm not certain that's feasible

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
#25 · Quote Reply

I wasn't in private, HR was there. My boss joined shortly after.

So you weren’t in front of children or customers, just your superiors. Using a four-letter word in front of them was enough to offend their sensibilities that they would have written you up for it had they not already intended to fire you.

Real inspirational leadership right there.

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BallShapedMan lemmy.world BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
#26 · Quote Reply

So you weren’t in front of children or customers, just your superiors. Using a four-letter word in front of them was enough to offend their sensibilities that they would have written you up for it had they not already intended to fire you. Real inspirational leadership right there.

Probably not, I was just trying to make a joke. I failed.

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gandalf_der_13te feddit.org gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-08-01
#27 · Quote Reply

Have you tried altering how you say things?

lmao "due to some easily offended employees"

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Ravenheart lemmy.zip Ravenheart@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-03-01
#28 · Quote Reply

This happened to me this morning. I got promoted to department head.

Are you happy about that or not? Need to know before I congratulate you. Haha.

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DonutsRMeh lemmy.world DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-13
#29 · Quote Reply

Tell me you're not familiar with slavery, etc...

Stfu. We are all slaves to our jobs and bills.

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NotASharkInAManSuit lemmy.world NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-05-06
#30 · Quote Reply

Have you tried telling them they're stupid assholes? Maybe they haven't realized.

Speaking from multiple points of experience on this one, it’s a coin toss. Sometimes it works.

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Taleya aussie.zone Taleya@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-21
#31 · Quote Reply

I got sent home for the day because I responded to the wrong email. I clicked on the wrong email and wrote a response that didn't make any sense. From home, I sent one last email to work saying I wouldn't be returning to work. That was the last thing I said them. That really pissed them off, they tried so hard to get me to come back in for an "exit interview", which is just what they use to cov...

Exit interviews are fun i rip management a thousand new arseholes

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MsPenguinette lemmy.world MsPenguinette@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#32 · Quote Reply

This happened to me this morning. I got promoted to department head.

My condolences

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Proprietary_Blend lemmy.world Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-12-25
#33 · (edited) Quote Reply

Are you happy about that or not? Need to know before I congratulate you. Haha.

I'm nervous and pleased to be recognized for my efforts.

Thanks for asking

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Proprietary_Blend lemmy.world Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-12-25
#34 · Quote Reply

Stfu. We are all slaves to our jobs and bills.

Poor thing

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Kintarian lemmy.world Kintarian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-23
#35 · Quote Reply

And there's a plastic sheet covering the fancy rug

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CaliforniaSober lemmy.ca CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-07-10
#36 · (edited) Quote Reply

You: “Wait… Why can’t I log into this meeting? “

Them: “Dont worry about it…”

———

Just a reminder kids, HR is there to fuck you. They are not there to help you.

Never look to HR for help unless your problem can be used to blackmail the company into basic compliance.

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Bakkoda lemmy.world Bakkoda@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-28
#37 · Quote Reply

SUP BITCHES

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DonutsRMeh lemmy.world DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-13
#38 · Quote Reply

Poor thing

I know you are.

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toynbee lemmy.world toynbee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#39 · Quote Reply

Call people a "resource" is so on the nose. We're just another input on their spreadsheet. Something to use and exploit to generate profit for them. I'm surprised more people don't point this out.

I still feel it's better than "human capital."

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-05-30
#40 · (edited) Quote Reply

"So about the fotos of you fucking the secretary...."

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MutantTailThing lemmy.world MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-23
#41 · Quote Reply

Probably not, I was just trying to make a joke. I failed.

I exhaled audibly.

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RustyNova lemmy.world RustyNova@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-24
#42 · Quote Reply

That's a weekly occurence :D

(Small company and my boss is also HR, and also we do meetings on the current tasks)

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ThreeKnew lemdro.id ThreeKnew@lemdro.id
Joined: 2026-07-23
#43 · (edited) Quote Reply

That's a weekly occurence :D (Small company and my boss is also HR, and also we do meetings on the current tasks)

Your boss is HR? That's uh... interesting for sure

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RustyNova lemmy.world RustyNova@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-24
#44 · Quote Reply

Your boss is HR? That's uh... interesting for sure

We're literally 9 people lol. This isn't enough for HR. Most of us have two roles

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maxthemummer lemmus.org maxthemummer@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-09-06
#45 · Quote Reply

Or just your boss with a strongly worded lecture accompanied by table pounding.

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anasofia214 lemmy.world anasofia214@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-29
#46 · Quote Reply

Better have that recording of your boss saying he finds 15-year-olds attractive ready. It will then be a short merting but a significant increase in your salary.

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ThreeKnew lemdro.id ThreeKnew@lemdro.id
Joined: 2026-07-23
#47 · Quote Reply

We're literally 9 people lol. This isn't enough for HR. Most of us have two roles

Hahaha alright that changes things

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