I cannot think of too many things worse than being forced into a 'company retreat' where you have to spend even more time with people that you already see most in your life.
Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise
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So they couldn't come up with an excuse that would have been a legitimate reason?
Well, bear in mind that this all seems to be based on his account of the incident.
Per the article, Netflix's attorney confirmed that the therapy factored into the decision.
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If you’re looking for employment that’s as stable as a minor-league cartel, sure. Coke, machetes, and drunk driving gets your passion moved? Concisely, seek help.
It’s a joke, buddy. You must be fun at parties.
> You must be fun at parties
In the context, this is funnier than your “joke” was!
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I don't think you're fundamentally disagreeing. Your work community can be a source of friendships (and sometimes but more rarely, more than friendship), but you shouldn't confuse the two. Finding out your colleague also plays chess can segue into an invitation to play chess outside of work, and launchpad that into building a friendship. But that's not the same as playing chess together at work (get back to work?), l…
> Finding out your colleague also plays chess can segue into an invitation to play chess outside of work, and launchpad that into building a friendship. Yeah, but if you make a point of never shooting the shit with your coworkers how will you ever really come across this kind of info? I do ultimately agree forcing this kind of thing isn't usually good, and it definitely sounds like this retreat went sideways due to p…
> if you make a point of never shooting the shit with your coworkers how will you ever really come across this kind of info?
Asking coworkers about their hobbies is well within the domain of small talk that serves as the exploration for what you have in common with someone else. Small talk is universally acceptable, not only in the context of communities that you're already a part of, but even as part of striking up a conversation with strangers.
Again - private grief is not small talk, and even if you have expert-level small talk skills, that doesn't mean that you will build friendship with everyone.
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HR stands for Human Resources, as in how the company manages ones of its resources, the humans. Is this not obvious at all?
I agree. If it is so obvious, why do people like saying it? Do they also go around repeating the sky is blue?
>The phrase appeared in print in the 1885 biography of the noted swindler Joseph "Hungry Joe" Lewis, "King of the Bunco Men". The author writes:
>>It was always a saying with Joe that there was a sucker born every minute, and all through his business career he acted on that basis, and generally found a good crop of them
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> According to ChatGPT Please don't do this. Quote a source, not an LLM that bullshits.
This conversation is at a level of triviality where OP did not think it was worth looking up and no one would have clicked through to any source anyway. I didn't even believe it was worth GP's time to have to type out an answer. This way, everyone who was wondering got an accurate answer instantly. Note that I did source the claim where it actually matters if you believe the wrong thing about the person. I feel you j…
Please try selecting the text "splitting the G" in your browser, right click, and click "search". Immediately you will see...
> ‘splitting the G’ is the act of taking your first sip so precisely that the creamy white head of your drink drops clean through the centre of the “G” in the Guinness logo printed on the glass.
Asking ChatGPT for "trivial" questions like this is absolutely bonkers. This is a question that a search engine can answer immediately and accurately. There is no reason to gamble whatsoever.
Suggesting that we must "get used to the idea that an 80% confident answer is better than none", despite a properly sourced answer being easier to obtain instantly via a search engine, is bizarre, and only a reflection of how much brainrot these things are causing.
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I remember at the ad agency I used to work at (somewhere around 2018) we used to have a happy hour every Friday where from 5pm onwards all drinks (including booze) in the cafeteria were free, which led to people of all departments including C-Suite to get together and drink. I remember it as a good time though, I don’t remember anything ever happening that led to people having repercussions for employees. Then again,…
Japan here and there is a word for it "nominication" for nomu (to drink) and communication. Instead of Christmas party we have a year end party (bonenkai). Otherwise reads the same. It's common and many people actually like it. There can be negatives, like the pressure to drink too much. But I never heard of anyone getting fired in all my social circle.
Outside of Japan, the idea of bureikō is not necessarily similarly part of the culture.
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#519Offsite retreats seem like a bad idea in general, I've never been to one where I felt the team or company worked together better afterwards, and I've seen some spectacularly bad results... like the time the facilitator tried to get to the bottom of tensions between the CTO and head of sales (the classic problem of "Engineering isn't shipping features fast enough" and "Sales is selling features before even consulting…
> classic problem of "Engineering isn't shipping features fast enough" and "Sales is selling features before even consulting with engineering" That's not a problem, in the sense that there was never any possible debate: if I make a promise on your behalf, I am a di*k.
Sales is welcome to build the products they're selling while engineering builds the ones on the roadmap.
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#520Earlier quoted context omitted.
This conversation is at a level of triviality where OP did not think it was worth looking up and no one would have clicked through to any source anyway. I didn't even believe it was worth GP's time to have to type out an answer. This way, everyone who was wondering got an accurate answer instantly. Note that I did source the claim where it actually matters if you believe the wrong thing about the person. I feel you j…
Please try selecting the text "splitting the G" in your browser, right click, and click "search". Immediately you will see... > ‘splitting the G’ is the act of taking your first sip so precisely that the creamy white head of your drink drops clean through the centre of the “G” in the Guinness logo printed on the glass. Asking ChatGPT for "trivial" questions like this is absolutely bonkers. This is a question that a s…
I remember the “I’m feeling lucky” button