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re: How do you feel about your job saying “ We are a team” and “ We are a family here”
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:20 am to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:20 am to BowDownToLSU
Whenever people ask me how work is going, I always say..."They keep paying me and I keep showing up. If one of us stops, the other will too".
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Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:21 am to BowDownToLSU
Team is correct. Family is not.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:21 am to Dire Wolf
quote:uh oh I think we work for the same company. That’s one of the lines word for word
We spend more time here than we do with our families
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:22 am to Dire Wolf
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Hey dire wolf, I know you are in sales for a decade but are you still forklift certified? We are bowed up, I need you to unload some hazmat deliveries coming in
Don't forklift certs typically have a 3 year cycle?
ETA...HAZMAT definitely has a refresher requirement.
This post was edited on 1/30/23 at 9:24 am
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:26 am to BowDownToLSU
Hearing that and not responding is part of the job.
Team oriented might actually mean something at most firms. But they might be saying that to combat a problem with their culture. The family part is what’s weird. But either way just do your work and get paid. Try to follow their guidance as best as possible. All you can do is your best.
And if it doesn’t feel right, move on.
Team oriented might actually mean something at most firms. But they might be saying that to combat a problem with their culture. The family part is what’s weird. But either way just do your work and get paid. Try to follow their guidance as best as possible. All you can do is your best.
And if it doesn’t feel right, move on.
This post was edited on 1/30/23 at 9:28 am
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:27 am to BowDownToLSU
I've firsthand seen the pitfalls of that "family" or "we're all besties" approach to the workforce. F that mantra.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:27 am to BowDownToLSU
My immediate co-workers and the people I most like to be around at work gave presents to each other a few years back at Christmas.
I got a personalized item that said "Team Player" and a rubber ink stamp that said "not my job", along with something that said "My level of sarcasm depends on your level of stupidity".
I hide those things from the higher-ups when they happen to come around spouting all that team/family crap. I know who really has my back at work.
I got a personalized item that said "Team Player" and a rubber ink stamp that said "not my job", along with something that said "My level of sarcasm depends on your level of stupidity".
I hide those things from the higher-ups when they happen to come around spouting all that team/family crap. I know who really has my back at work.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:28 am to BowDownToLSU
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“ We are a family here”
Makes sex with your coworkers awkward outside of Alabama
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:29 am to madmaxvol
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Don't forklift certs typically have a 3 year cycle?
Some companies require a yearly certification
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:29 am to madmaxvol
quote:
Don't forklift certs typically have a 3 year cycle?
yes
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:29 am to BowDownToLSU
You have meetings every morning? Tell them that family doesn't have to meet every morning.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:30 am to BowDownToLSU
If they're a team then who are they playing this week and what's their record? What a crock.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:30 am to fr33manator
It's a load of BS when this stuff is constantly thrown out in meetings and in posts. Unless you are at the top, you're a pawn and would be removed/replaced from the "Family" no problem.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:36 am to madmaxvol
A family will be there for each other when everyone is broke, people are dying, and there is no economic interest with each other.
Your job and people you work with are not your family.
Your job and people you work with are not your family.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:37 am to BowDownToLSU
Generally, I have found that the teams that don't say garbage like that are closer than the ones that do.
But, regardless, with the occasional exceptions, I don't want to be a "family" with my coworkers anyways. I have enough family/friends that I just want to do my ob and go home at the end of the day.
Of course, if I was in a field where my coworkers had similar ages/interests, it might be different.
But, regardless, with the occasional exceptions, I don't want to be a "family" with my coworkers anyways. I have enough family/friends that I just want to do my ob and go home at the end of the day.
Of course, if I was in a field where my coworkers had similar ages/interests, it might be different.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:38 am to BowDownToLSU
It’s fricking bullshite designed to elicit emotional attachment to your job. You’ll find out much emotion your company has for you when it comes time to lay folks off because the executives did something stupid.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:40 am to BowDownToLSU
It is very tiresome mainly because my boss is a dumb arse. Used to be great friends and he was a good mentor. Now he just lies and makes dumb decisions and no one likes nor respects him. We don’t hang out anymore and on top of that he attends crazy church and thinks he needs to save us all. Luckily, his mismanagement doesn’t affect my position much at all.
This post was edited on 1/30/23 at 9:41 am
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:41 am to BowDownToLSU
Sad that you millenials have so little love in your heart for your work family. I guess that’s what happens when you jump from job to job. Us boomers knew true loyalty and our work family was like a band of brothers
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:42 am to BowDownToLSU
quote:until someone does something wrong on team and is thrown under the bus.
“ We are a team”
quote:until someone is sick as has to be home or has a sick kid and cant come in.
“ We are a family here”
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:42 am to BowDownToLSU
Every employer I've ever known that said "we're just one big family here" was a complete and total Jerry Springer level trailer trash shite show.
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