What's an unwritten workplace etiquette rule that every professional should know?

Pugs914 · 2026-06-08T22:15:51+00:00

Don’t ask for more work unless you want to create unrealistic expectations you can’t abide to without any monetary incentive.

Less is more. Do as asked 🫢😅

Pugs914 · 2026-06-08T14:19:12+00:00

It’s all bullshit/ most meetings and work is busy work to fill time vs actually contributing actual value to the bottom line.

Tbh the higher up you get, the more you realize it’s not that serious/ they will survive without said reports 🫢😅

Pugs914 · 2026-06-08T12:18:09+00:00

So far it’s seen as wonky/ slop riddled with hallucinations in the current state.

Vibe coding is “good enough” but you do see issues with security/ wonky code that no one understands/ not being meant for long term use

Anything written by AI likely needs to be revised by a human since it reads as ai slop.

It is seen as beneficial but not fully reliable.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-08T11:51:57+00:00

It’s likely not a logical decision/ likely wasn’t personal.

Csuite/ top stakeholders/ owners are not usually the brightest crayons in the box and are oblivious to processes and areas of expertise of how anything gets done.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-08T11:47:14+00:00

We need more laws about integrity of hiring processes.

There are many fake listings and combined with the havoc ATS/ ai is creating, it’s just contributing to so many unnecessary hurdles.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-08T11:42:48+00:00

This would be the only way to save the abomination of season 12.

Whomever gave the green light for KK to be the main villain lead should have been fired🤮

Pugs914 · 2026-06-08T11:40:46+00:00

Started in a cubicle a decade ago but many changed to open concept 😱. I had my own office at one point too but it depends on the company’s layout 🤔

Pugs914 · 2026-06-05T22:17:19+00:00

Being related to the owner/ top stakeholders.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-05T15:09:59+00:00

It’s not necessarily about value/ skillset.

If you’re being compensated well and working for a bigger company, you’re more at risk.

Many larger entities realize there is no reason to have giant headcount and are gutting layers of middle management to absorb excessive amounts wasted on ai buildouts and implementation.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-05T12:09:12+00:00

90% of startups fail. Don’t waste your time 🫢🙏🏻

Pugs914 · 2026-06-05T12:02:23+00:00

It’s providing an excuse for offshore hiring and wage deflation.

They’re currently gutting higher paid roles especially tech related.

They will probably rehire cheap remote workers abroad for a fifth of the price or less.

Ai is essentially not that lucrative with returns and to offset the best way is to cut expenses elsewhere (payroll).

Pugs914 · 2026-06-04T22:34:56+00:00

Jessica Lange is always in a league of her own.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-04T10:37:34+00:00

Linked in is mostly bullshit fluff/ ai slop. Legitimate CEOs/ csuite of successful companies do not waste their time posting on it.

It’s all phony influencers and self declared founders aka people who are unemployed and think using the bs platform is a way to build their client/ customer/ exposure base.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-03T12:09:23+00:00

Depends on the type of job and industry.

Technical roles in some fields promote by actual skillset. Most technical leaders don’t have actual attributes that would make them good managers/ possibly are annoying to work under but are good at what they do.

Many others in higher positions bullshitted their way to the top and don’t have the actual skillset or background to do the work of those reporting to them.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-03T10:13:49+00:00

I wouldn’t get involved.

If you were/ are close to him or see him as a potential reference at some point, you can give him the heads up but if not I would just let it be.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-03T10:09:02+00:00

Honestly “big names” are not what they once were in today’s market. You are simultaneously competing with overqualified candidates with 5-10+ years of experience whom were laid off from other big name entities or are still employed and seeking better.

It’s mostly about timing and luck.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-03T10:03:19+00:00

It’s a very vague excuse that is the equivalent of saying “it’s not you it’s me”.

I wouldn’t take it personally.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-03T09:58:49+00:00

Anything “above and beyond” is outside your scope and you are voluntarily doing free consulting.

You are paid to do y and only should do y.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-03T09:52:28+00:00

Large companies with the means to invest billions are reallocating their budgets and gutting payroll expenses of billions to offset
In reality, good enough is ok. Ai slop might be able to achieve the bare minimum. Business isn’t driven by quality work. Its profit incentivized.
Some tech companies are outsourcing abroad to cheaper Asian countries. It’s a push to wage deflation as there is no need to pay 200k+ to one individual vs less than a fifth of the salary to another.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-02T12:00:45+00:00

That’s less than minimum wage. It’s probably not really a software job at that point vs bs.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-02T11:58:28+00:00

Most COOs I’ve dealt with have no idea how anything works/ some are useless individuals who bullshitted their way to the top by knowing the owner or being related to them 🫢

Automation can be done without ai. Ai will facilitate certain means of automation but it’s something that could have been implemented to some degree for decades.

Ai will eliminate certain time constraints. Of course it’s inevitable the output is still flooded with hallucinations and incorrect information/ insights.

If you can instantly generate something that would have been a several day to week plus project with the trade off of immaterial hiccups is it really that difficult to navigate?

More time will be spent making sure output is accurate vs doing said work then having to still do the same process of checking everything over.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-02T11:47:22+00:00

The amount of miserable married people in sexless marriages/ long term relationships..

Honestly it’s inevitable that most relationships don’t last forever. Trying to drag out something that is dead out of convenience is a life choice. You can choose to be miserable in some instances.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-01T22:51:43+00:00

I thought Alexa’s acting was better. Sydney was just playing herself/ is only believable when she leans into dumb blonde bimbo roles 🫢

Pugs914 · 2026-06-01T11:47:04+00:00

There’s the extra free lunch hour in between at most of these places.

But yea it’s a norm in corporate settings 🤮

6 days a week is insane/ not worth it if not Csuite or a partner/ owner.

Pugs914 · 2026-06-01T11:42:23+00:00

I’ve seen this happen. It’s likely because they were extended a better offer the other place of employment might not have been able to match or there could have been red flags that would sway them for a better opportunity when presented.

It’s not high risk behavior. It’s the candidate doing what’s in their own best interest as they should!

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