A pizza can feed a family of four. A cop could feed his family of four if his wife and kids hadn’t left him for the domestic abuse reported amongst 40%* of all American cops.
40% is the self-reported figure. Unreported instances presumably would make the actual number much higher.
It’s not so much about how pizza delivery drivers get easily fired. It’s more about how cops get away with literal murder. If a pizza dude killed somebody who called for them, they wouldn’t have a union and PR team fighting for them and showing that the murder victim was maybe kinda asking for it because they ordered pineapple on their pizza. That’s a metaphor for a light criminal record, yes.
Do you want to kill what tiny fanbase you already have in America? Because this is how you kill what tiny fanbase you already have in America. We already have MLS to not give a fuck about, but if you make it impossible for fans of a premier team to watch their team play then people will pivot to MLS or a new sport entirely. And somebody might chime in to point out that they have no reason to care about people who aren’t paying customers, except that these white whale fans absolutely are paying customers because they buy team merch and don’t shut the fuck up about how other people should also pay attention to their team, thus expanding interest in their team across the American market.
I like the sport, but I can’t be bothered to give a shit about any team in particular. I just like the higher stakes games between high performance teams like in the world cup group stage and onward.
I did this at the interview for the power plant I’ve been working at for the past 2.5 years. There was a 3 person panel interviewing me and I think they were impressed that I not only asked this but kept asking it through vague bullshit answers. They initially just said “the previous guy left.” And I just sat there for about 10 seconds, waiting for more info than that. Then I said “okay, did he quit, get fired, put in his notice, retire, get demoted, get promoted, become disabled, die off site, die while here…?” He had gone to a different company, but I was uneasy from their hesitance to be forthcoming, so I dug into questions about the culture there, work/life balance, advancement opportunities, safety record, management style, and (maybe my favorite) “what does success in this role look like and how are your feedback and expectations of that communicated to employees?”
They seemed uncomfortable and impatient, but because I already had a decent job at the time I had nothing to lose by swinging my dick around and cutting the bullshit. I highly recommend applying and interviewing for jobs while you’re already reasonably well-employed. It’s great practice, it keeps your resume up to date, you learn real negotiation tactics, and you get to decline offers that aren’t a substantial step up. About a year and a half ago, I did a video interview in my underwear where the manager and supervisor running the interview couldn’t hear me so I was live troubleshooting and resolved their issue. I got an offer, rejected it by telling HR to come back with a higher offer, got the same offer a week later, asked the HR lady why she wasn’t capable of listening to my instructions and was wasting my time with greedy negotiation tactics (which really annoyed her), asked for her name and the name of her supervisor while wholeheartedly rejecting any offer that would come from her, reported the experience to her supervisor, got a call back from the HR lady full of apologies (which I didn’t forgive but thanked her for), and emailed the supervisor I had interviewed with to thank him and let him know that everything sounded great but I couldn’t work for a company whose HR department was that shitty to me before I even verbally accepted an offer. Because of the nature of my industry and our relatively young ages, I told him I wouldn’t be surprised if I wound up working with him somewhere within the next ten years anyway, and I looked forward to that within a company that respects its employees as much as he seems to.
For those who don’t already know, HR exists to fuck the workers in order to benefit the company. Do not trust a goddamn thing HR says. Get everything documented. Record everything they say if it’s legal to do so in your state. If not, draft immediate, timestamped memos (like an email to yourself) of everything that just happened and was said, and be objective with your phrasing.
First of all, I agree with you and applaud you advocating for sick time off and letting production goals slip to prioritize wellness.
There are reasons people would come to work anyway, and I’m not justifying or excusing or even agreeing with it, just explaining different factors:
they might not want to admit that they’re sick, so if they’re able to come in and get through the workday, then they’re not sick sick.
they might be too comfortable in their routines to want to disrupt them for “just a cold” or whatever
you may not pressure them, but their peers may pressure them
they might have a strong will to "not let the team down"
depending on pay structure, maybe using sick time negates what would’ve been OT, so they make less money even though it’s paid sick time
depending on bonus/raise/promotion metrics, calling out may impact advancement opportunities
some people define themselves via their occupation, so being sick at home gives them a sort of existential crisis and makes them feel like useless lumps of shit?
they want to impress a higher up (maybe even you) that they’ll sacrifice their own well-being to achieve
they’re fucking morons who learned absolutely nothing from the pandemic that was way too recent to have already been forgotten
the coffee at work is that damn good
they hate their family and want to get away
their family hates them and told them to fuck off and they had nowhere else to go
if they’re able to cash out PTO and/or sick time, maybe that’s what they’re aiming to do
they think you’re cute and don’t want to spend even a single day at home away from your cute face
But in all seriousness (and I know I’m preaching to the choir because you already agree), studies show that productivity is higher when people call out one at a time compared to infecting the whole staff. Don’t back down on this issue. You might not be able to send people home when they’re sick, but I’m sure you can be direct and say something like:
“Flu season is upon us. I know for a fact that many of us will be getting sick over the next 3 months or so. When (not if) I get sick, I will be using sick time to be at home, resting and getting better and ensuring that I don’t spread it to anybody in here. I encourage each and every one of you to do the same. I care more about our health and safety than I do about productivity and goals. I would rather lose you for a day or two than lose half our staff at once for a week. Be self aware and proactive. If I had my way, nobody would even be allowed in the building if they had so much as a case of the sniffles. Take care of us all by taking care of yourself.”
Their timing is incredibly stupid. If they had rolled this out in like October, people would’ve stuck it out for prime shipping on Christmas purchases, and then most people would’ve forgotten about it because nobody launches prime video because it’s fucking garbage. This timing is probably gonna push the most people possible to cancel because we already bought shit, we’re looking to cut costs, and people will have a “new year new me” attitude to change habits. The next dumbass move will be to split prime video off to be a separate subscription from prime shipping, and then they’ll raise prices on both until shutting down video when nobody wants it, and then they’ll introduce a cheaper prime shipping tier (current prime price) that is a required subscription to order anything from amazon. They will make the product shittier and shittier until the entire brand collapses like the hollow shell of its former self that it is.
Literally the first thing we see Jedi do in episode one is get dispatched by Valorum, Chancellor of the Senate of the Republic to negotiate with the Viceroy of the Trade Federation (Nute Gunray) in an attempt to get him to disband his illegal blockade of the peaceful planet of Naboo per request of the recently elected Queen Amidala of the Naboo. They’re the motherfucking CIA of the Republic. They’re basically like if the Secretary of State had an agency of hybrid ambassador/spies. Their whole business is to interfere on behalf of the Republic. They’re space wizard samurai cops.
Agreed. The concession for prime video being so shitty was that it was thrown in with prime shipping. People wanted fast, free delivery and what got them to pull the trigger on paying for that was a streaming service as a bonus. Now the shitty streaming service getting even shittier is making people wonder how much they really care about prime shipping. That’s an uno reverse card if ever I’ve seen one.
Lol, joke’s on you! With these meager wages, paltry living conditions, and body-destroying hours and tasks, I probably won’t even survive 30 years of this! You don’t have to save or invest for retirement if you expect to be dead before then 🫠
Agreed. I get annoyed when I see a post here that’s just a gif of a full commercial. Rather than be a dick, I usually just downvote and move on. I’m torn on this one because it’s a solid post critiquing the community to improve, but the comments from OP are a toxic train wreck.