I Hate My Job With A Fierce Passion Club

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It's come to pass that nobody is really happy with the way things have shaken out this calendar year, and almost everybody in the production area is actively looking for new work. Everyone's on edge and getting short with each other. It's amazing how quickly shit has hit the fan.
 
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CEO was courting some VIPs today, and took them into the employee parking lot.

He didn't say anything explicitly "overt" per se, but he definitely made a sideways comment about all the crappy cars in the parking lot.

I see his train of thought - I've been "informally chastised" or whatever for calling into question the "perception" of the company by asking a few questions on an online message board. Seems that, by asking questions, the "perception" of the company is that we don't have all our poop in a group and we're really strugglin'. THEREFORE, by taking VIP's to the employee parking lot and seeing my 15 year old rustbucket, alongside a 2000s era Dodge pickup, a Chevy with the bumper hanging off, and a handful of Toyotas that have been in crashes (lots of body damage), the "perception" of the company is that we can't afford nicer cars because we're underpaid. And we can't have VIPs thinking that our employees are underpaid, now can we? That would put forth a negative "perception" of the company, maybe that we're not taking care of our employees as best as we could.
 
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knuckledust3r said:
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CEO was courting some VIPs today, and took them into the employee parking lot.

He didn't say anything explicitly "overt" per se, but he definitely made a sideways comment about all the crappy cars in the parking lot.

I see his train of thought - I've been "informally chastised" or whatever for calling into question the "perception" of the company by asking a few questions on an online message board. Seems that, by asking questions, the "perception" of the company is that we don't have all our poop in a group and we're really strugglin'. THEREFORE, by taking VIP's to the employee parking lot and seeing my 15 year old rustbucket, alongside a 2000s era Dodge pickup, a Chevy with the bumper hanging off, and a handful of Toyotas that have been in crashes (lots of body damage), the "perception" of the company is that we can't afford nicer cars because we're underpaid. And we can't have VIPs thinking that our employees are underpaid, now can we? That would put forth a negative "perception" of the company, maybe that we're not taking care of our employees as best as we could.
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I'm old. I would have DEFINATLY vocalized and confirmed that I was underpaid, (and asked if they were hiring). :poop::poop::ninja::ninja:
 
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ponchonlefty said:
i never thought of my car looking bad on the work place. interesting. image is part of
marketing. maybe more than quality.
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This is actually a funny example - one of those schlocky interview checklists on Linkedin or somewhere mentioned that when you go to an interview, check out the cars in the employee lot to see what condition they're in. If they're newer or in decent shape, that probably means that the company pays well enough for their employees to buy new cars, or they're allowed enough free time to have the cars serviced. If the employee cars are rusty or beat up, that can tell a prospective hire that the employees are not well-paid enough to afford a nicer vehicle. I never thought I'd actually see this one played out in real life.


ituobrey said:
I'm sure after speaking with your CEO the VIP's proceeded from 'perception' to 'reality'
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CEO's a NYC Big Businessman - TBH he gives me the creeps. I'll grant that my personality type doesn't mesh well with salesman types, and boy howdy, he's a salesman through and through.


Andyman said:
I'm old. I would have DEFINATLY vocalized and confirmed that I was underpaid, (and asked if they were hiring). :poop::poop::ninja::ninja:
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Honestly, I thought about it today, but for a different group of people - a large group came into the taproom wearing jackets with the logo of a company I've applied for a few times but never got an interview. I was *this* close to asking them how to get an interview at their company, who to talk to, etc. but didn't want to interrupt paying customers.

RE: Vocalizing the issue - we all called the CEO out when he was drinking a hard seltzer and said "This is terrible! No body, no flavor!" Like, bruh, that's the entire point of a hard seltzer.
 
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knuckledust3r said:
This is actually a funny example - one of those schlocky interview checklists on Linkedin or somewhere mentioned that when you go to an interview, check out the cars in the employee lot to see what condition they're in. If they're newer or in decent shape, that probably means that the company pays well enough for their employees to buy new cars, or they're allowed enough free time to have the cars serviced. If the employee cars are rusty or beat up, that can tell a prospective hire that the employees are not well-paid enough to afford a nicer vehicle. I never thought I'd actually see this one played out in real life.



CEO's a NYC Big Businessman - TBH he gives me the creeps. I'll grant that my personality type doesn't mesh well with salesman types, and boy howdy, he's a salesman through and through.



Honestly, I thought about it today, but for a different group of people - a large group came into the taproom wearing jackets with the logo of a company I've applied for a few times but never got an interview. I was *this* close to asking them how to get an interview at their company, who to talk to, etc. but didn't want to interrupt paying customers.

RE: Vocalizing the issue - we all called the CEO out when he was drinking a hard seltzer and said "This is terrible! No body, no flavor!" Like, bruh, that's the entire point of a hard seltzer.
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i remember honda wanting the workers to drive hondas. if i worked there it would have been a civic with a v8 shoved in there. wonder what kind of impression that would get?
 
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