I know a couple people that came from UK to USA. They were Physical Therapists. They came for higher pay and less taxes. Now they’re moving back because the supposed net gain ended up being a net deficit after having to figure out health insurance, etc. that their taxes paid for in England.

How many limbs are we talking about?

If you asked the question, “Who is Nissan?” or “Who is Ford?”, you would get confused looks. Maybe some people would name the CEO, if they even knew who it was.

You’re confused as to the target of your rage. YOUR EMPLOYER determined the appropriate amount of days and you seem to be upset someone uses those very days.

You sound like a crappy manager who seems to think that employees are clogs just like Elon and yes you are saying I’m a badass hardass curmudgeons.

If you think people are abusing the sick days that they have legitimately earned, you’re a toxic AF manager and I’m super happy I don’t work for you.

Well, thanks for spreading your colds and flus to the rest of your co-workers. I find this idea about “I never take sick days” to be utterly ridiculous.

You’re upset at an employee using all the sick time that he’s allowed? A whopping 14 days out of the ~250 working days in a year?  

GM has thr worst customer facing IT in the industry. The probably need to spend MORE on IT, not less.

10 years ago, you spotted them at professional conferences. They were the non-gray haired people that showed up and asked good questions and joined in discussions. But a lot of companies hide them behind the old people that have been with the company for 30+ years and don’t even know there are new questions to ask.

I could not agree more. People need to realize that their best options are to do the least amount of work possible for the most amount of money. Then get good at corporate speak and resume writing, and jump ship every few years for way more money.

the other changes are meant to boost employee productivity hours worked and collaboration reduce salaries and bonuses using arcane and subjective metrics

I was never more productive than when the actual Engineers were in the office, and middle management was at home.

In my 40+ years in the workforce I’ve witnessed countless times when the very rumor of layoffs results in the best heading out the door first because they are highly marketable. The competent and “loyal” employees then go through an emotional roller coaster where they try to kiss up to management while destroying…

Maybe its because I am in a bad mood today. Maybe its because I am now a middle aged male. I am not at company number 9 in my career. I spent well over two decades in the tech industry and now work at an older established financial firm. If I could retire today I would. None of the companies I worked for really care…

Tech companies have been trying to downsize since lockdowns ended. I don’t feel like looking for the article, by my hypothesis about tech company RTF mandates ended up being confirmed recently: CEOs did it to downsize without explicit layoffs. I firmly believe GM is doing the same thing now. Give weird requirements…

1st Gear

FIRST GEAR: Ah yes, loyalty pledges. This is something that’s coming into vogue across industries. If people are deemed not sufficiently excited or enthusiastic, they’re viewed as low performers or disloyal and removed from the business. I’ve heard of this happening in tech companies already.

It’s looks have been measurably improved.

It’s a good thing everyone’s retirement and the world’s markets arent dependent on what is essentially a giant ponzi scheme. That would suck.