Grumpy Old Man
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
I am sure we have done the topic of paper straws and wooden spoons, knives and forks, but the world hit a new low for me yesterday when my takeaway coffee came with a paper lid. Fuck that shit. Especially when they don't even stir my sugar in.
As someone who carries a firearm they should know not to piss you off like this.
I wasn't working yesterday, but funnily enough when I am working the local shop gets my coffee ready without me having to ask. It's cheap too. Amazing what a firearm, the threat of tickets and a grumpy face can get you.
My local that I go to with the girl every Friday morning gave a bunch of firemen free coffees. I thought that was pretty awesome!
A number of places 'look after' the emergency services. It's appreciated.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
This is back in the early 90s, but the brother of a mate of mine was a cop and he used to put on his uniform to get free MacDonalds. I assumed that's frowned upon now!
Very much frowned upon. My lot even tried to stop businesses offering us a discount a few years ago.
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Fuck work.
Fuck the "be outside your comfort zone" attitude, when inside your comfort zone is where you're most valuable asset in the team.
Fuck a company that makes a fuckton of profit, and gives you a pay rise around half of inflation but says that is a good thing because the previous years it was even lower, as a percentage.
Fuck having to wait until October to get the bonus that I basically earned by end of June, forcing me to endure another fucking 4 months of fuckery.
In short, and as I stated originally: fuck work.
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@Crazy-Horse I know when I used to work at KFC in mid 90s, we'd ring the cops/Fire or Ambos telling them we had left overs if they want to pick them up (chicken, P & G, coleslaw etc)
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Fuck work.
Fuck the "be outside your comfort zone" attitude, when inside your comfort zone is where you're most valuable asset in the team.
Fuck a company that makes a fuckton of profit, and gives you a pay rise around half of inflation but says that is a good thing because the previous years it was even lower, as a percentage.
Fuck having to wait until October to get the bonus that I basically earned by end of June, forcing me to endure another fucking 4 months of fuckery.
In short, and as I stated originally: fuck work.
Fuck... yes. Yes. And yes.
- "outside of one's comfort zone" - fuck off. I am VERY fucking good at what I do. Use me to do that. Don't pay me to do something I'm not that good at. (Although, to be fair, I am now leaning towards doing that other shit - which other people do - even though it isn't my specialty, because they're so fucking bad at it that I want to yell "fuck, just give it here")
- pay-rises less than inflation... fuck you. That's a pay-cut. I took a 50% pay-cut to take this job.
- Oh - but we'll give you this extra-special prize of "equity shares"... which I have to stick around for at least 1 year to get 25% of the value, and 4 years to get the full value
- And... I'm actually getting given the best/highest benefits possible... which makes me feel like a prick for complaining (when every other poor sap is apparently getting a 0% pay-rise)... and also realising that the company just fucking sucks, coz next year it will be somebody else they need to throw the cash at in order to keep happy.
As of Monday - I get to hear what I'm being "given" this year - and I've already been prepped it's
"more than anybody else" - and that just makes me feel bad. I know it's probably going to be adequate to keep me interested for another year; enough to make me feel (slightly) guilty about leaving within the next year; enough that it makes it worth my while to stick around another year for shares to be divested; enough to feel guilty that others are being screwed; and the combo: enough to realise that in general - the system is fucking broken.
Fuck work. And fuck being a permanent employee for a seppo corporate.
I need to go back contracting, just... lazy. -
@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Fuck that shit. Especially when they don't even stir my sugar in.
Because too much sugar is bad for you...
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Fuck work.
Fuck the "be outside your comfort zone" attitude, when inside your comfort zone is where you're most valuable asset in the team.
Fuck a company that makes a fuckton of profit, and gives you a pay rise around half of inflation but says that is a good thing because the previous years it was even lower, as a percentage.
Fuck having to wait until October to get the bonus that I basically earned by end of June, forcing me to endure another fucking 4 months of fuckery.
In short, and as I stated originally: fuck work.
Come consult to Defence. Money is good. Mostly work from home. Client always has a requirement for your services because otherwise they'd be relying on public servants. What success looks like is a very low bar.
Although having said that, if I moved from Canberra I'd go back to finance...
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Although having said that, if I moved from Canberra I'd go back to finance...Spots going at PwC I hear...
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@Kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Fuck... yes. Yes. And yes.
"outside of one's comfort zone" - fuck off. I am VERY fucking good at what I do. Use me to do that. Don't pay me to do something I'm not that good at. (Although, to be fair, I am now leaning towards doing that other shit - which other people do - even though it isn't my specialty, because they're so fucking bad at it that I want to yell "fuck, just give it here")
Also: FUCK this whole "growth mindset".
That's just shorthand for "You should take on any task we give you - no matter how menial or pointless - because a pile of really dumb fluffybunnies can't get it done or see why it's a bad idea".
This, combined with basically gaslighting me if I don't want to share their little "growth mindset" circle jerk.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Fuck work.
Fuck the "be outside your comfort zone" attitude, when inside your comfort zone is where you're most valuable asset in the team.
Fuck a company that makes a fuckton of profit, and gives you a pay rise around half of inflation but says that is a good thing because the previous years it was even lower, as a percentage.
Fuck having to wait until October to get the bonus that I basically earned by end of June, forcing me to endure another fucking 4 months of fuckery.
In short, and as I stated originally: fuck work.
Come consult to Defence. Money is good. Mostly work from home. Client always has a requirement for your services because otherwise they'd be relying on public servants. What success looks like is a very low bar.
Although having said that, if I moved from Canberra I'd go back to finance...
I was in Canberra last weekend - I can see how you'd end up there, jeez it's an easy city - nothing more than 15mins drive away, food is good (but expensive), heaps of outdoor stuff to do, property way more affordable.
Shit beaches but.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
Shit beaches but.
Stupid hot in summer
Freezing cold in winterBUT it is a short drive to the snow, the beach, or some cool road trips.
Yeah - I don't mind that cold (being kiwi and all) - its the fresh kind, frosts and stuff, and plus I miss actual seasons given Sydney is really just minor variations on the same! Summer would be interesting I guess
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
Yeah - I don't mind that cold (being kiwi and all) - its the fresh kind, frosts and stuff, and plus I miss actual seasons given Sydney is really just minor variations on the same! Summer would be interesting I guess
Ah but you live over near the ocean.
Here in Western Sydney we get proper winter frosts and summer.
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
frosts and stuff,
For proper frosts, move to the New England region around Guyra and Glen Innes. This page below has some rad photo work of the recent events up there.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Fuck... yes. Yes. And yes.
"outside of one's comfort zone" - fuck off. I am VERY fucking good at what I do. Use me to do that. Don't pay me to do something I'm not that good at. (Although, to be fair, I am now leaning towards doing that other shit - which other people do - even though it isn't my specialty, because they're so fucking bad at it that I want to yell "fuck, just give it here")
Also: FUCK this whole "growth mindset".
That's just shorthand for "You should take on any task we give you - no matter how menial or pointless - because a pile of really dumb fluffybunnies can't get it done or see why it's a bad idea".
This, combined with basically gaslighting me if I don't want to share their little "growth mindset" circle jerk.
Fuck.... I had to look up "growth mindset".
People who have a growth mindset believe that even if they struggle with certain skills, their abilities aren’t set in stone. They think that with work, their skills can improve over time.
Sure... sometimes. But sometimes... nah. And sometimes... why bother?
- Firstly - it sounds like the fluffybunnies at your work are distorting the intention of that concept in order to justify things it's not supposed to justify.
- Secondly - it sounds like it could easily be used as a crutch for idiots. Easily perverted as a justification for people in the wrong area of the Dunning-Kruger Curve.
And fuck my work. Sure enough - they came to me with a big pile of money (or rather - shares) - that only get divested to me over the course of 4 years, if I'm still around at the end of each year.
And - to be fair... it's a fucking BIG pile of money... which - while nice, is infuriating... it's enough to give me severe pause about just throwing it away and moving on.
Also - zero pay-rises, for anybody, across the entire company. Not matching inflation, nothing. When inflation is rather high - and the company sent out emails bragging about 20% increases in Revenue over the last financial year... to mid-double-digits billions of USD. Fuck them.
They did give me a bonus, but I'd been warned "Yeah - we're going to give you a cash bonus, but I'd earmark it for moving costs if I was you... it's unlikely that we'll be helping you in the costs of moving to Vancouver-or-wherever in any way".It feels extremely fucking churlish to complain about this considering the massive pile of shares they've assigned to me... but... it's fucking irritating. And the shares just feel like a golden leash... chafing just as much as any other type. Also... knowing that everybody else I work with was almost certainly screwed over even worse than usual, in order to make me just content enough to stick around.
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@Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
I moved to Oz to get away from the weather in NZ (well the winter, I could happily live in HB in summer/autumn).
Haven't needed a heater this winter and can wear shorts most days.
So you’ve either become a) a tradie/lifeguard or b) you’re still unemployed
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@Kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Also - zero pay-rises, for anybody, across the entire company. Not matching inflation, nothing. When inflation is rather high - and the company sent out emails bragging about 20% increases in Revenue
There's a twitter account for this:
https://twitter.com/fuckyouiquit
https://www.facebook.com/SeQldWeatherPhotography
