At this company, we are family
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At this company, we are family
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#2It is a joke, and funny. But not entirely sure this is un-realistic in todays world.
or "As you know, Grandma has Long Covid. With her reduced efficiency, and diminishing ROI, tough choices have to be made"
> Edit. Not sure why the negative feedback. We all know this is satire and a joke right?
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#3It is a joke, and funny. But not entirely sure this is un-realistic in todays world. or "As you know, Grandma has Long Covid. With her reduced efficiency, and diminishing ROI, tough choices have to be made" > Edit. Not sure why the negative feedback. We all know this is satire and a joke right?
I think that's generally the point of targeted satire. You've seen the real thing (from companies, in this case) so many times that it feels like it could be real.
It's the basis for sites like The Onion and Beaverton.
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#4A different take on the same joke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnWutAm4En4
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#5Mildly amusing, and yes - the whole "this company is a family" schtick is overplayed by companies. I never say that at my company - instead the employees often say it back to me, which I feel is much more culturally "real" than me saying it.
At one company party, the employees were going around the room telling me how nice it was to work for me (which is very kind of them). The last guy sheepishly shrugged and said, "I don't want to be standoffish but I felt this way at my last company, and they let me go. This is just a job to me." I felt like this is overall the most healthy attitude to have when thinking about work, and frankly to hear it out loud was refreshing. I love that kind of honesty.
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#6It is a joke, and funny. But not entirely sure this is un-realistic in todays world. or "As you know, Grandma has Long Covid. With her reduced efficiency, and diminishing ROI, tough choices have to be made" > Edit. Not sure why the negative feedback. We all know this is satire and a joke right?
lol, to the detriment of employment discrimination laws banning you from firing an employee due to medical reasons… funny but there are some companies I know that operate this way.
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#7It is a joke, and funny. But not entirely sure this is un-realistic in todays world. or "As you know, Grandma has Long Covid. With her reduced efficiency, and diminishing ROI, tough choices have to be made" > Edit. Not sure why the negative feedback. We all know this is satire and a joke right?
I think that's generally the point of targeted satire. You've seen the real thing (from companies, in this case) so many times that it feels like it could be real. It's the basis for sites like The Onion and Beaverton.
I know it is satire. I'm saying it might be even more dire, that in todays world, and limited access to health care, families might increasingly put kids up for adoptions. And of course, the cross link to corporate satire makes it more funny and sad.
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#8Gosh, I hate “we are a family” companies so much.
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#9The 'values' and 'we/us' scam is how we get the younguns to donate to the 'our' cause.
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#10It is a joke, and funny. But not entirely sure this is un-realistic in todays world. or "As you know, Grandma has Long Covid. With her reduced efficiency, and diminishing ROI, tough choices have to be made" > Edit. Not sure why the negative feedback. We all know this is satire and a joke right?
I think that's generally the point of targeted satire. You've seen the real thing (from companies, in this case) so many times that it feels like it could be real. It's the basis for sites like The Onion and Beaverton.
Ye messages from some companies are best described as psychotic. I got this feeling that the inner circle on many companies are like sects, but I have never dwelt on those my self.