For me:

Sometimes it doesn’t matter how hard you work, your going to get laid off either way.
Just showing up can sometimes make the difference.
Your not paid to be a software developer. Your being paid to be a problem solver.

    • BougieBirdie@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      4 days ago

      Literally an hour ago my boss tells me he doesn’t think I’m working fast enough because things aren’t always getting finished. I tell him that six months ago the labour budget was reasonable and but now I have half as many hours to do the same amount of work.

      He tells me it can’t be helped, the labour budget is what it is. I tell him that the work can’t be helped without more labour, because it is what it is.

      Anyway, I guess what I learned on the job is if you use management’s own words against them you’ll get written up

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        yup, did it some time ago, boss yelled in a meeting, wrote an email ‘for confirmation of understanding’ with word for word, he did NOT like it. and ofc I did not understand what all the yelling was about.

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      Boss said, last year’s performance met expectations, so we are all not getting any bonus.

      What?? Hold on. It’s a performance-based bonus. This directly translates to a bonus-based performance, effective immediately.

      Fuck the company, I don’t work for peanuts.