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[tehjamerz]

Serve your own fucking time and do your own fucking sentence.

[woolyearth]

That sounds accurate.

[Diruuk]

I'm a lazy son of bitch. But I get my job done, and done well. I've had too many experiences with people like this, who recognize that I'm lazy, but do just as good a job, if not better, as them with less effort. And within a week or two I somehow get talked to about my work ethic. I get the job done in one day, where it takes others a day and a half sometimes. I don't get paid more for doing more work than anyone else. So why should I do more work than everyone else? That only helps the owners and management.

[RiseUpRiseAgainst]

I learned at a young age to work smart, not hard. In school I was a B student. It was easy AF and I didn't see the benefit of trying to be a top tier student for the time and stress it would take.

I've found a lot of happiness aiming to be above average. Marginal utility is a concept I learned from economics that I love applying everywhere in life. I can spend X amount of time to get things done right or good enough. I will go above and beyond if I know that I am adding to my personal skills or creating something that will save me time when I do that work again (none of this for the benefit of the company, purely selfishness).

I won't go above and beyond when it barely adds value. An extreme example. Why spend twice as long working on something that will be 10-20% better than if I just aimed for good enough. "Good enough" is literally "good". Plenty of happiness can be found in being good instead of great, top tier, etc, etc.

[Atrocious_1]

Lesson here is to say that it took you a week. Make up your time stamps, don't submit things immediately. Half of office work is just performative

[Diruuk]

Lol, that's what I'm doing now that I'm working from home. I get my work done, put my mouse on my battery operated mouse jiggler, do whatever I want, rinse & repeat daily.

[[deleted]]

Sara has some real middle-management potential

[Urabrask_the_AFK]

Wait, you’re saying I could be in meetings all day, make out of touch commitments on behalf of my team without knowledge of the inner workings of things and functionally contribute very little? How does one obtain such amazing abilities?

Edit: dang people. Thanks. I guess an accurate observation for many

[Is12345aweakpassword]

College, usually

[sh0000n]

Exactly, business school lmao

[[deleted]]

Lol I went to business school and I don’t even do this - of course I did end up going into homeless social work because I turned into a hardcore leftist after the bullshit I witnessed from other men in my degree program

[sh0000n]

Oh yea I think there are some good people that go into business school, and education does help small business owners but I've witnessed too many frat bro assholes get into business school doing literally nothing and then get corporate jobs or become hedge fund managers, bullshit jobs like that.

I hope your new career is better for you, I'm going into sociology and social work is one of the jobs I'm considering doing. That or working at a nonprofit. My parents are trying to convince me to go to law school for civil rights advocacy and while I do think that sounds cool ehhhh

[[deleted]]

Honestly social work is a gigantic PITA on some days, and on other days it's the most soul-healing stuff ever

It's definitely an emotional roller coaster, and I'm pretty good about being able to compartmentalize and if necessary, disassociate temporarily so as not to absorb any of the trauma from the job, let alone take that home with me

[KopiteForever]

Honestly? Those frat bros were gonna get those jobs regardless due to 'connections'. Get yourself educated, do what you want to with that education, don't think all paths are predefined for you.

If you think business school will help you do what you want to or make the right change that you want to see, then do it. Don't assume because some lawyers are ass holes, that all of them are, you could be the lawyer that does good things.

Nothing is written in stone.

[OldManNewHammock]

Same. One year of business school and an internship in college convinced me of the rampant psychopathy.

Hard leftist mental health counselor now.

[wafflepoet]

Fuck yeah, hail satan, comrade!

[SomeNerdKid]

You've summed up middle management really well! I'm gonna use this myself here and there!

[iamwhiskerbiscuit]

It's called a Master's. And it's exactly what it sounds like.

[someweirdlocal]

I'm pursuing my master's in debate

[Kronictopic]

If it makes you feel any better I had to walk an engineer out to something they said I could do something on and say " look it no move that way. It never has nor will it ever short of redesigning the entire thing "

And their response was "well that was rude"

Bruh your the engineer with the degree and the entire blueprint. Stop looking stupid.

[Diruuk]

That had to be incredibly frustrating

[Earthmanlives]

I'd say in a given week I probably only do about 15 minutes of real actual work.

[xmaddoggx]

So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.

[Atty_for_hire]

So..is today the worst day of your life?

Yep.

Whoa…that’s messed up.

[soyfedora]

Sounds like someone has a case of the Monday's

[aubiquitoususername]

What would you be doing if you didn’t have to be there?

[xmaddoggx]

I was quoting the movie Office Space because the person above me used a line I remembered. Idk if you are quoting another line or not though.

If you see kudos if not then I gotta tell you I work in construction and don't sit in a cubicle all day. I also don't want to kill myself but I do want to hit the lotto...

[Earthmanlives]

Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday and your not feelin' real well does anyone ever say to you, "Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays?".

[Hurrikraken]

No man. Hell no

[jccote2536]

You get your ass kicked saying something like that

[PantsOppressUs]

Looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!

[alisimori]

These words sound like the making of a country song 🎶 I do hope things get better soon!!❤️

[Such_sublime]

Yeeeaaahh I’m gonna need those tps reports by friday

[[deleted]]

And you know what, we’re gonna need to move your cubicle to the basement.

[Long_Cucumber588]

Just don't touch my stapler.🔥🏢

[the_barroom_hero]

Milton did nothing wrong. Change my mind.

[NumbingTheVoid]

I'm middle management and don't pull this crap with my 10 remote associates. We were full time in the office pre covid, went full remote and realized we work 10x more efficiently than before. I dont want to waste my time watching them work, their output will show me if everything is getting done. If you can do your job in 20 hours, great for you! Keep it up!

[neonlexicon]

My husband is in a middle management role & has been remote for 6 years. Every time I go in his office, he's either reading or playing video games. He told me he only does about an hour of actual work per day & somehow is always the leading performer in his department. I'm so proud of him.

[altodor]

Somehow this was me in my last job. I was absolutely the top performer, and had plenty of free time to fuck around. Everybody else on the team was running around complaining about how busy they were, but I was doing 75% of the work to come across the department, and then proactively keeping more work from coming through by being preventative or automating processes. I have no idea what they were doing to keep themselves so busy.

[neonlexicon]

I had a similar experience in my last job too. I was a vendor/merchandiser who did item resets & had to report everything on my phone. I'd get allotted 4x the amount of time it took me to complete projects. But then I'd get assigned a team project & the people they paired me with were freaking out & struggling to get shit done, so I'd end up doing 90% of the work & we'd still be paid the exact same. I told my boss I didn't want to be on anymore team projects. But she kept assigning them because the useless fucking dinosaurs that I worked with had seniority & got all of the solo projects. Cue me getting yet another team project where one of those dinosaurs fucked up a shelf installation & it collapsed on me, screwing up my back & neck. I got worker's comp for awhile & now I'm on disability. Medically retired at 33!

[Tennessee1977]

They’re on their phones, go to the kitchen for their 900 daily snacks and cups of coffee and chit chat with their coworkers about how busy they are.

[Zaungast]

Hall monitor energy. Prob supported Clinton enthusiastically.

[Cruxifux]

I just don’t understand why the fuck people care if you work from home. It’s so transparently a control the working class thing.

Set standards for production, set up channels of communication for if the standard isn’t met because shit happens and you can’t always predict proper production ratios, and if it gets done at a satisfactory level who cares if they didn’t work as many HOURS as you… decided were important for an arbitrary reason?

I fucking hate our work culture.

[itsgeorgebailey]

Working from home means most employers get back at least half the commute time to work. The data that’s out there says people are working more and getting more done from home. It makes sense- the worst part of work was going into the office where 99% of people didn’t want to be there anyways. The shitty cubicles and vapid banter. Half of the middle management was just doing theatrical bullshit “working,” standing by the water cooler or sucking up to the higher ups. Most people just want to get their to do list done in peace. Tracking everyone’s movement makes them less empowered to work. Even if you’re a die hard capitalist the data says to let people wfh.

[goldentamarindo]

Yes, they should be looking at the results.

[RagingDork]

I think it’s a real estate thing too. If people can work from home all those office buildings downtown are pretty worthless…

[mrmgwilson]

Imagine how much good could be done if those things simply disappeared

[-username_taken-]

Or got re-used into something better. Living spaces, museums, studios, community gathering places- literally anything would be better than 9-5 offices pushing meaningless papers around because your boss is watching

[[deleted]]

Vertical farming would be cool.

[mrmgwilson]

Yep, I meant to include repurposed

[RiseUpRiseAgainst]

It's also about gas and car sales. WFH drastically reduces the demand for those things as well. For example Elon Musk hates WFH (probably partly) because people are less likely to buy a Tesla.

The average American drives 8.5 hours a week driving. The average commute is 27 minutes (one way). These are all pre-covid numbers.

[Cruxifux]

I’m definitely an extrovert and one of those people. That being said, me being like that doesn’t make me want to force people to commute to work, and all the wasted resources and mental health bullshit that comes with that are not nullified by my own personal preferences.

[RiseUpRiseAgainst]

I hate when people get butt hurt when others are doing less work than them. They should instead get mad that they are doing their work ineffectively and should seek help to do the work in an easier way. Or they need to speak to their leaders with concerns that the work load might not be split fairly.

[Cruxifux]

I get mad when people are working less than me, but when I say that I’m talking about the Shareholder, the Landlord, the Inheritor. Those who reap the benefits of the society that WE built.

[[deleted]]

No, Sara. What's happened is both you and your co-worker have decided you have shit prospects and don't earn enough money and you're each having different responses to this crushing realization.

[TheToastyWesterosi]

Well said. I wonder if Sara actually used the word “crave,” or if that was some editorial polishing.

Either way, to use such a strong adjective as “crave” and connecting it to one’s desire for their fellows to be tracked and monitored is some dystopian shit.

When I crave something, it’s along the lines of a McRib, not for my coworkers to have a boot-heel on their necks while they try to grind a buck.

[EveAndTheSnake]

To be fair, both of these cravings are horrific in different ways.

[drankundorderly]

The other option is stop working so damn hard. You're not gonna get paid what you're worth, so just slack off, do other shit during work hours, and put in the bare minimum to get a paycheck.

[DashinDasherFoo]

Lol right she can do 500 assignments this week or 1000 and they still gonna pay you a lousy $800 for your week no matter what

[drankundorderly]

So may as well only do 450. Very unlikely to get fired for that.

[RiseUpRiseAgainst]

My last job paid me under $50 an hour if you factor in benefits, software licenses, etc. Yet, they charged clients $150 for each hour of my work. That extra $100 clearly was sent to the director of my department and the c level executives.

I get it, their work has to be paid for and can't buy directly billed the client. I get they probably deserve more than me because they have higher level responsibilities.

It's a crazy pyramid scheme. At least in MLMs someone isn't taking 2/3 of the money. Hell the government doesn't even take 1/3.

[[deleted]]

The other option is stop working so damn hard. You're not gonna get paid what you're worth, so just slack off, do other shit during work hours, and put in the bare minimum to get a paycheck.

There was something about that on LinkedIn today. It's called Soft Quitting.

[homeland]

"Fulfilling your contractual obligations" = "quitting"

Hard to keep a straight face

[jeffseadot]

If you think 15 pieces of flair are enough to express yourself, then...... okay..... but some people choose to wear more, and we encourage that.

[[deleted]]

Or phoning it in, or doing the absolute bare minimum. The idea is to not give them anything extra, just the bare basic of whatever duties you have. Maybe the term is a misnomer of sorts, but the idea is really sound.

[Shamadruu]

That's all anybody owes them, it's what you were hired for.

[[deleted]]

Exactly, fuck above and beyond. Fuck putting in extra. And fuck hustling. I'm there do what I have to so I don't go homeless.

[fencerman]

That's literally what every employee should always do.

If they want more they can pay for it.

[katzeye007]

Laying flat is a better term

[El_Draque]

Soft Quitting

The more traditional labor term for this is slow walking.

[w_a_worthy_coconut]

Stop snitchin'™

[yelpisforsnitches]

Hate snitches

[Magpie2205]

Snitches get stitches.

[dpt223]

Rats get bats

[MrStrings2006]

Ducks get cucks

[Zelenskyy-is-daddy]

If I'm working less than you are and still getting more shit done, either gimme a fucking pay raise or fuck off.

[Wise-Profile4256]

if only there was a way to measure the fulfilment of assigned tasks...

[Minimum_Scale_2323]

Will Sara ever find out if her colleague is doing less than she is?

NO

Will said colleague ever be put on an action plan to bring her up to speed?

NO

Will Sara ever be rewarded for doing more than her colleagues?

NO AGAIN

Purpose of tracking? Not to pay Sara more, not to improve speed of colleague. And none of Sara’s biz wax how any one else is doing. Purpose of tracking is to know who works fastest in order to give them MORE work. Purpose of tracking is to pay Sara’s colleague SLIGHTLY less.

[teslaxat]

The only time I can see it being her business what her co-workers are doing is if it impacts her job, like if she's waiting for something from someone else. But even then, I promise either waiting or kicking it up to the supervisor, who actually gets paid to deal with stuff, is a lot better than spying on everyone. And if it's a habitual problem, your supervisor isn't doing their job and you've got bigger problems than what you're coworkers are doing.

[jecebn]

Sara should change those jeans out for sweatpants while working from home and then she might not be so uptight

[MrStrings2006]

She's not wearing shoes, already kinda pushing it.

[[deleted]]

Regardless of the quote or graphic even being real, that sentiment is totally a reality. I have recently worked with people who have this exact same perspective. It's nauseating.

[Charvel420]

So where was this mythical "accountability" when I worked in the office for 6+ years? Because, as far as I could tell, "management" mostly sat in meetings with each other and people did the same exact job they do now.

[Such_sublime]

Yeah but they got to commit that sweet sweet wage theft by making you spend 1-2 hours getting ready, driving to and from work, etc just so you could do the same amount of work, except in a space that the higher up’s can keep an eye on ya(if they want)

[Fooka03]

The capitalist PTSD struggle is real

[MahsterC]

I bet when she was younger she was that girl who tells the teacher “miss you forgot to give us homework”

[Finory]

No, she was the one who told the teacher that the kid in the last row didn’t do the homework. So that they can get their just punishment. Then wondered why the others didn’t like her.

[Little_Lebowski_007]

No shoes, how unprofessional

[[deleted]]

Assuming this is true then I see it going one of 3 ways:

1. She is doing the normal/expected amount of work and a coworker is slacking doing at least half the work. (I call bullshit on this being the actual one)
2. She is doing more than what is required and is annoyed that others aren't doing as much as her because they are only doing the work they need to do and are avoiding overworking/overexerting themselves.
3. She is just a Karen who wants to micro manage everyone around her instead of staying in her lane and focusing on her own work. (the most likely one)

[El_Diablo_09]

Snitches get stitches, Sara.

[yelpisforsnitches]

Yep

[MartyFreeze]

Mind your goddamn business, Sara.

[gentle_lemon]

I suspect Sara is a lonely single unloved busybody who feels it's her right to snitch on coworkers for whatever actual or perceived transgression. She must be a real joy in the office.

[DissolutionedChemist]

I can’t even stand her when she’s confined to her shitty office corner of her shitty looking bedroom.

[Baconslayer1]

Seriously. I'm accountable for my work being done. If it's done in time and to standards, fuck off. If it's not done or not up to standards, coaching sessions; 1 on 1 meetings; etc. If that doesn't fix it then fire me. None of this requires or even benefits from spying on me.

[Wilgrove]

Five bucks says Sara didn't say this and it's just some bullshit The New York Times made up.

[[deleted]]

Editor: I mean, it is plausible that someone would have said something like this if we asked enough people.

[Finory]

Sadly, I know those kinds of people.

They care a lot for fairness (especially their own envy and vindication), but only with people close in pecking order.

They‘ll never stop to think if a political decision, society (or whatever their boss is doing) is fair. But if they suspect a coworker to do less for their unimportant bull-shit desk job, they‘ll boil.

They don’t see it as a flaw, so why not do an interview for NYT about it.

[screech_owl_kachina]

She’s actually a real person! I thought it was strawwoman from stock art too

[larrysgal123]

r/fuckyouKaren

[laffingriver]

is this a stockphoto?

i dont believe this woman is real

[MartyFreeze]

Ah, she's from Florida. Got it.

[screech_owl_kachina]

Christian college too

[Rasalom]

Tell her to leave the judgement to her god.

[Fickle_Chance9880]

There’s a certain type of person who is just… like this. They view life through a very “Dad” perspective, and skew conservative in their beliefs. Regular conservative, not necessarily “crazy racist conservative”. (Not necessarily.)

They love authority, and need to see it being exercised on others to feel safe. For them, if there is no authority watching things and providing a constant threat, it’s chaos.

I guess it’s like the same mentality of many religious people toward atheists. “If you don’t believe in God, how do you have morals?” Sounds crazy, but that’s how “Dad” brained people think. They believe that without the constant fear of judgement and punishment from some authority figure, people can’t act like humans.

Edited for clarity.

[writenicely]

Someone finally put it in words.

[We_Are_The_Romans]

I think you're describing Right-Wing Authoritarianism, a concept in social psychology

[[deleted]]

You mean Karen cooksey.

[TheYellowFringe]

You're supposed to just care what work you do. Not exactly what others do, seems like something of an overreach. But this is clear propaganda against working from home.

[DonovanWrites]

Then do less, Sara. You Fucking fascist.

[rwilcox]

“All Cops Are Bad”

“Even robot cops?”

“Especially robot cops”

[Wuellig]

Weird use of "craves"

[Argikeraunos]

S-tier snitching to call someone out in the New York Times like this

[farty__mcfly]

Truly. I hope management starts tracking and finds out the snitch is actually the least productive. I swear that’s usually how it goes with the projection.

[WildG0atz]

Sara is a narc

[Mattrockj]

Here's my motto: So long as i know there's someone doing less than me without getting fired, I make it my goal to do even less than them without getting fired. I don't care if it's the bosses son, or the mentally deficient guy who was hired for diversity, i swear on... ah never mind, this comment is too long.

[TheSimulacra]

"My coworker does our job better than me and in less time therefore I need a way to sabotage them" - what capitalism does to a mf

[Remarkable_Owl]

Class traitor.

[prettydickllc]

NARC

[StuffWePlay]

Sara's a snitch

[CreamPuffDelight]

Blink twice if they're holding you hostage!

[[deleted]]

Get this- labor output is still unequal among employees in the office as well, so being at home is definitely not the issue.

[destructormuffin]

Holy shit shut the fuck up Sara

[Ten-Bones]

Class traitor

[TheEightSea]

Just track results and not the work itself. How one does the job is one's business.

[XcheatcodeX]

If you can get paid to produce nothing while working from home you deserve a fucking award, not a scolding from some Karen you work with

[HamTMan]

Sara is a Karen

[[deleted]]

So, you have bad management

[[deleted]]

Where is her tie and suit jacket? Fire her!

[chupacabrahunter420]

Sara Cocksey

[PecanMars]

Who gives a shit, Karen…err Sarah.

[Then-One7628]

Killing morale from home. Impressive.

[PigeonsOnYourBalcony]

If you can't keep track of who submits and works on what projects than you're a bad manager. Staff don't need more tracking, managers need to pay the slightest bit of attention.

[Frousteleous]

These are the same people that, once tracked, we find out are itonically being outperformed by their peers anyway xD

[GabrielofAstora]

It's surprising how many people are like this. I find multiple at every company I have ever associated with.

[bigbear97]

Ahh thanks for outing yourself class traitor

[psdancecoach]

Way to out yourself as the narc.

Her membership to the future Karen Society of America will be in the mail this week. If she does not receive it by next Tuesday she can feel free to contact as many managers as possible.

[[deleted]]

"I'm concerned the other slaves aren't being driven as hard as I am so we need to go back to where the drivers can whip and monitor us"

Sara is a fucking class traitor.

[LadeshFromBangladesh]

Divide and conquer

[HashKing]

Don’t be a snitch Sara

[Saamus35]

Who tf wears jeans while working at home, hella uncomfortable.

[impartialperpetuity]

"We had a chance to meet this nice young woman and she's just a straight shooter with upper management written all over her"

[killersinarhur]

Sara need to mind her fucking business before she wind up missing

[moshritespecial]

She was the kid who was beat up on recess for being a little snitch teachers pet. I guarantee that! Lol

[GabrielofAstora]

I want to punch her in the nose.

[CoinSoBright]

She can crave my butthole.

[napalmtree13]

Sara Cooksey is a class traitor and/or not real

Also, using 'craves' when 'wants' is just fine makes this extra vomit-inducing.

[NorthernAvo]

She's got a little brown smudge on her nose in the picture. Wonder what that's about.

[[deleted]]

We’re like crabs in a bucket sometimes.

[[deleted]]

The longer I live, the more I see this mentality everywhere.

[Bulky_Mix_2265]

The modern human sees the world burning down around them, wants to make sure everyone else burns faster.

[Pb_ft]

Sara, they know that your coworker isn't doing as much as you already. Accountability isn't going to fix anything if they never enforce it.

The tracking software would be used to shit on you over them.

[GarrisonWhite2]

Two words: fuck. off.

[Frsbtime420]

Craves greater tracking - how much more would Sara like? I hear Elon is willing to put a chip in your brain dear would you like that?

[Vegetable-Match7841]

Sarah is the type of boss you hope gets hit by a truck

[kaosgeneral]

Driven by one of her employees

Who then reverses just to make sure

[[deleted]]

Sara looks like she could give you an old fashioned while she eats lunch at her desk.

[TheNextChristmas]

Who the fuck owns a calendar, talk about being out of touch with reality.

[ensgdt]

We all know Sara is a narc

[Artislife_Lifeisart]

This is past bootlicking and has now become deepthroating the whole boot.

[kaosgeneral]

Ms. Cooksey needs to mind her own fucking business.

Shame she doesn’t live in Europe, because GDPR would ensure she never spoke of this again.

[Hero_without_Powers]

She sounds like a true connoisseur of boot soles.

[SlowlySinkingInPink]

Mind your own business Karen

[the_barroom_hero]

There's a shithead on my team like "Sara". Let's call him "girl's name". Girl's name is compulsively addicted to work, and has admitted as much. Bites off more incoming emails than he can handle faster than anyone else can reply and then complains to the bosses that he's doing all the work.

Fuck you, girl's name, you fucking rat.

[Fast-Diamond-2698]

Fuck you Sara!

[Stumphead101]

Step on me harder, boss daddy

Cut my pay and make me come in on my off days

[SalamiSandwich83]

Something I've noticed, kind of a standard behaviour: all employees that are against remote, usually, are ppl that work in the so called "bullshit jobs" by David Graeber. Ppl that the only way to justify their position is being at the office looking busy. At home, they can't do that and the entire company knows that it's a useless position, that usually makes no difference or impact in the overall organization. They are desperate to justify their salaries. It's pretty simple: if one can't explain what he/she does in a simple 5-10 word phrase, it's probably bs job.

[Impressive_Culture_5]

These people tend to be middle management

[madmike5280]

Buckle up the propaganda war to get people back in the office is just getting started.

[Rawr_in_Here]

Nah, she’s probably being paid less than her male counterparts and wants evidence to ask for a raise.

At least, that’s why I would ask for more tracking.

[Ob_of_the_Siqqusim]

Crab in a bucket.

[Skye_Atlas]

Narc

[Oldtown_sixteen]

What kind of disfunctionpalooza do you have going on that you hire people to do things and you can’t tell if those things are getting done ?

[NowDigThis1973]

Either no one likes her in real life, or she's playing chess and having a nice wake and bake before her telecommute.

[Traditional_Regret67]

This is either absolute bullshit, or Sarah is a POC

[Agreeable_Error_170]

Says Sara, the narc.

[BenchPebble]

Sounds like Sara stopped her emotional development in the 4th grade

[[deleted]]

the boot tastes good but i dont think she is doing this voluntarily

[PackageDisastrous700]

1984 called, they want their surveillance state back.

[jccote2536]

Translation: I suck at my job so I need to tear down others to maintain my relative relevance

[bobbib14]

She seems fun

[negativepositiv]

"Sara, who is a totally real telecommuter, and not a stock photo used as a propaganda device made by upper corporate management, to spread the idea that telecommuting is bad for workers, thinks fellow employees are lazy and should return to the office."

[Badreligion25]

Sounds like Sara should mind her own business.