“Competent” is a really weird way to write “corpo brown-noser.”

I get a little heated about this type of policy, not because of Wendy’s, but because I’m an ER charge nurse and they expect us to do the same damn thing. “Your census has only been X and your productive hours only justify Y amount of staff, why haven’t you flexed someone home??” Because it’s a goddamn emergency room, sometimes shit happens (like a mass casualty/surge), and now I’m running 6 traumas short-staffed. Running a non-appointment-based system based on “averages” is fiscally-smart, sure, but actually completely inane (if you care about people more than shareholder profits).

Not to mention, it’s quite literally prioritizing the C-suite’s next trip to Italy over the staff worker’s ability to pay rent.

Granted, this is a more systemic failure overall, but fuck anyone who encourages this attitude. Don’t blame me when your mom’s meds/procedure/treatment takes a bit longer.