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re: Was work culture better across the board 20 years ago?
Posted on 12/4/16 at 7:14 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 12/4/16 at 7:14 pm to athenslife101
Early 90s I worked in a grocery store in a small town. Christmas the manager bought lots of alcohol for employee consumption. New Years the night manager arranged party in the parking lot with lots of alcohol, fireworks, and police participation was included to ensure every thing went smooth.
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Posted on 12/4/16 at 7:17 pm to kingbob
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people were not connected to their job 24/7 and expected to always answer calls and emails, ect. It was completely different.
That's your own fault. Set your phone to do not disturb. Emails and shite can wait until you're back on the clock.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 7:33 pm to The Torch
quote:How? I thought we were too lazy to get real jobs?
yes, prior to the Millennials screwed everything up.
quote:huh?
a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000; a Generation Yer
This post was edited on 12/4/16 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 12/4/16 at 7:36 pm to athenslife101
The only thing I wouldn't like is the fact they allowed people to smoke inside office buildings.
No way I could work somewhere where people smoked right next to me.
No way I could work somewhere where people smoked right next to me.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:15 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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My office brings in beer twice a week, we get catered lunch daily and we have ping pong in the break room.
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14 downvotes
Whole lot of mad in this thread. OP was saying work was better when we had these things, I'm saying we still have these things depending on your company. All of these things are pretty much the norm here in Austin. If you don't like your perks then keep an eye out for a better opportunity.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:31 pm to Grassy1
I don't blame lawyers for this mess, I blame this younger generation that has pushed so much stuff that they have caused corporations to make all kinds of new rules up each step of the way. Just when you think you have it straight, their thinking caps go to work to figure out a new twist on things. I've been changing more of my own corporate rules each year as they seem to find new ways to take advantage of the system. My older workers/managers keep getting pissed that the younger ones keep messing up their good job. That's the facts. Just the way I've personally seen it happen. I know this will piss someone off but that's how it's played out the last 5 or 10 years. The previous years were a lot easier to do HR stuff.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:36 pm to brass2mouth
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That's your own fault. Set your phone to do not disturb. Emails and shite can wait until you're back on the clock.
Pretty much any upper management/exec type position is going to require you to stay connected, you can choose not to but you're putting a ceiling on your career opportunities.
Staying connected allows me to not have to be in the office and still work. I can forward calls to my cell and go fishing on a random Tuesday.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:39 pm to 3deadtrolls
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Human Resources ruined all of that.
Before it was HR it was called Personnel. They fought for you then.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:41 pm to yellowfin
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Pretty much any upper management/exec type position is going to require you to stay connected, you can choose not to but you're putting a ceiling on your career opportunities.
this!
Posted on 12/4/16 at 9:48 pm to 6R12
Here's an example of the litigious society: hurricane Sandy hits the Northeast a couple of years ago, an employee's home gets flooded and needs help getting it cleaned for eventual repair. Manager in that area allows employees to go help the unfortunate employee, on the clock. 2 days after the water receded, the house is clean - even before the insurance adjuster makes an assessment. Adjuster tells employee there's no damage to assess and ask if the employee has pictures of damage...employee says "no." Insurance company stalls...employee try's to sue our company for repairs...now, when the floods hit La. manager is told by Corporate that he can't pay employees while assisting flood victims.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:02 pm to kingbob
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people were not connected to their job 24/7 and expected to always answer calls and emails, ect. It was completely different.
This.
I graduated from grad school and started my career in 2009, so I've never experienced a work culture in which employees weren't connected 24/7 via email, phone and text.
I often think about how much better it must have been when you were able to completely disconnect and leave work at work when you left for the evening, the weekend and for vacation.
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