Antiwork 2: No One Is Getting A Pay Raise

[Kepler]

I’m no expert on this, but I can’t imagine now is a good time to be job hunting for better salary considering costs are going to go up, everyone (smart enough at least) knows they’re going up and is making preparations for costs going up.

On the other hand, the companies all know the Self-inflicted Depression is coming and obviously they can't cut into their executive compensation, so there's no money left.

I believe this is a good time to find safe harbor, hunker down, and just ride out the Climax of Beastiality.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

TFW you have that obstinate customer who doesn't listen to what your entire team has repeatedly told them.

Client is a mid-tier management consulting firm. Think they can go live with 4 major platform applications and not have either an internal platform admin team, or pay to outsource to a managed services vendor. So we're going live next week and there is no plan for Day 2 support. We've been screaming at them for months. Every time, the lead stakeholder shuts us down and says, "We've got good people, we'll manage it".

Client is also obsessed with AI and wants it all turned on, despite having no platform data to train the AI models with.

My boss and sales are supposed to be going over the lead stakeholder's helmet and having a "come-to-Jesus" directly with their CIO today. I would wash my hands of this customer and walk away if I could, but I can't. This farking blows.

 

[MissThundercat]

I work at a Planet Fitness in Member Service.

Low pay? Yes. But also low stress. After enduring the worst in residential care, I like having a job where there are no worries and I can leave work at work.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

On the other hand, the companies all know the Self-inflicted Depression is coming and obviously they can't cut into their executive compensation, so there's no money left.

I believe this is a good time to find safe harbor, hunker down, and just ride out the Climax of Beastiality.

I’m guessing we’ll find out BT was murdered today for a particular reason, but what if this is the beginning of making ceos scared again. When inequality surpasses a point, baaaaad things happen

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

I'm not holding my breath. The F500 ones will just pay for bigger security details and keep their travel and meeting plans closer to the vest. Many/most of the billionaires are likely already doing this. Sue or go through whatever process to hide your private jet's location from FlightAware/FlightRadar24, ride in small motorcades, use back exits, etc.

 

[Jimjamesak]

I'm not holding my breath. The F500 ones will just pay for bigger security details and keep their travel and meeting plans closer to the vest. Many/most of the billionaires are likely already doing this. Sue or go through whatever process to hide your private jet's location from FlightAware/FlightRadar24, ride in small motorcades, use back exits, etc.

There are ways to get around that stuff.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

My mood today, after my awful client went against our advice and is going live anyway:

 

[St. Clown]

My mood today, after my awful client went against our advice and is going live anyway:

You’re doing ServiceNow work, right? Is this a big install package or small? We have a pretty big one here, almost feels like everything on our intranet has a SN value in the address. It’s not quirk free.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

You’re doing ServiceNow work, right? Is this a big install package or small? We have a pretty big one here, almost feels like everything on our intranet has a SN value in the address. It’s not quirk free.

Oh it's big - waaaaaay too big for them right now. They are not ready at all. The whole ITSM suite, plus ITOM Discovery, and ITAM (both hardware and software). I'm also leading a separate CSM implementation for their Middle East legal and translation services teams. Another implementation partner is also doing HRSD for them. All going live at the same time.

There has been no OCM. There is no proper plan for Day 2 support. They haven't hired their own platform team, they've simply nominated/voluntold a couple of admins from within. They've considered managed services, but so far there's no urgency to vet partners to do that. Their UA testers haven't taken any process training and don't know how to test, so they're sending back "defects" that aren't. It's just absurd.

They're going to fall flat on their face and all we can do is log the risks, push it to prod, do our hypercare as quickly as possible, and GTFO.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

My mood today, after my awful client went against our advice and is going live anyway:

Is your client Crowdstrike?

 

[RaceBoarder]

Work decided to kick us in the nuts on Monday in regards to days off for federal holidays... This will take a bit of explanation for the nuance here:

We're a 24/7 operation. This is covered by five different shifts:

- 1st: Mon-Fri 6a-2:30p
- 2nd: Mon-Fri 2p-10:30p
- 3rd: 10:30p-6:30a (Split between Sun-Thur (3A) or Mon-Fri (3B) schedules)
- 4th: Thur-Sun 7a-5:30p (10 hour day)
- 5th: Sat-Tue 7a-5:30p (10 hour day). Also this is my shift.

Also a significant note: You are either at work or using your available time off to cover any hours missed. If you have no time available, disciplines start accumulating.

The change comes in when a holiday falls on your weekend. In the past, you would be given an extra day closest to the holiday if the holiday is a normal off day. For example, I would normally be given the Saturday after Thanksgiving since Thursday is a normal day off for me every year. There is some variance, but it was fairly predictable. And since you got a day's worth of pay for it, it was a "free" day off you can count on (8 or 10 hours of Holiday Pay).

Moving forward, the building will be closed on the actual day of the holiday (NYD, Memorial, July 4, Labor, Thanksgiving, Xmas). If that is a normal workday, you stay home. If the holiday falls on your weekend, you will get your holiday pay, but will lose the extra day off. Holiday Pay will still pay out for all six holidays however, regardless of when they fall.

For me, in 2025, the only days off I will get will be Memorial Day and Labor Day. So I went from six days off down to two. I now only have a max of 5. In 2028, 4th shift get ONE day off (Thanksgiving).

This is a kick to the balls to say the least. Time off holds a super high value since the job requires many 40+ hour weeks and with required OT usually being a last second call, planning life is a Fuster-Cluck many times. We could count on those holiday days to put a flag down for family/friend stuff. You could plan a full week away at a "discounted" rate (30 hours of time off instead of 40).

But hey, line gotta go up!!! Management claimed that it's become too difficult to schedule around the holidays and its easier to just shut down for one day. They also swear that "things will even out as the calendar progresses" yet the same guy didn't realize that my shift will never see a Thanksgiving day off or that 4th loses Memorial & Labor Day. He claims that the 3-day weekend somehow makes up for it.

Ugh. Ironic that this happens on the day Cheeto takes office. And I 100% guarantee that it's with the assumption that if we lose people because of this (already a high turnover job for about 1/3 of our floor) there will be many others who need a job.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Had a thirty-something coworker suddenly drop dead last week, reason unknown. He'd been complaining about stomach/gastro issues for a couple of months, which could be any number of maladies.

This morning, I found out my new boss will be out sick for a third week in a row. It's like, WTF is going on?

 

[MichVandal]

Had a thirty-something coworker suddenly drop dead last week, reason unknown. He'd been complaining about stomach/gastro issues for a couple of months, which could be any number of maladies.

This morning, I found out my new boss will be out sick for a third week in a row. It's like, *** is going on?

retire as soon as feasible

edit- also use 100% of your paid time off, buy as much as is feasible, as well.

work to live, not live to work.

(ironically, it will probably make you a more effective worker)