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When you work for a company owned by a A..hole

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    Yeah, that company has red flags.

    Red flag number 1: the contents of the note

    Red flag number 2: using duct tape to attach the note to the wall. Hints at a huge managerial Skill Issue.

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      Some companies would tell you not to take gifts in case they look like bribes

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      In some type of job it is even illegal

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        Food? So if a client takes me for a meal I have to make sure to vomit it onto my boss' desk when I get back to the office?

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        • luccus@feddit.orgL [email protected]

          Once a user came into our office on the verge of tears. Her notebook wouldn't boot and she thought that meant her thesis was lost.

          Didn't make a backup either.

          But luckily it was the mainboard that quit and not the SSD. So we were able to decrypt it and get her up and running again. After we told her to make a backup next time, she was so happy that she wanted to give us money. We refused.

          Come next day, she stormed in, without saying a word. Just threw a pile of candy and a handful of soft drinks on our table and ran off before we could do anything about it.

          Fuck you, boss. That's our candy now.

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          The whole story just warms my heart.

          Heroes definitelly don't always wear capes!

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            Take long enough and you can just shit on the boss's desk, slap down the paper, and ask for a "thank you" for bringing back some lunch.

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            Let's be fair: by that stage you should probably also draw some blood and leave it there.

            Wouldn't want to unwittingly be keeping from the boss the nutrients from that free meal.

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              Best start having takeaway cups at home next time somebody comes by to install something, just in case they need to take the gift which is my offering of coffee or tea, to their bosses...

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                Food? So if a client takes me for a meal I have to make sure to vomit it onto my boss' desk when I get back to the office?

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                Obviously not. You order it to go, sit there awkwardly while the client eats, then bring the box of cold food to the manager who the gives it to the owner eventually.

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                • luccus@feddit.orgL [email protected]

                  Once a user came into our office on the verge of tears. Her notebook wouldn't boot and she thought that meant her thesis was lost.

                  Didn't make a backup either.

                  But luckily it was the mainboard that quit and not the SSD. So we were able to decrypt it and get her up and running again. After we told her to make a backup next time, she was so happy that she wanted to give us money. We refused.

                  Come next day, she stormed in, without saying a word. Just threw a pile of candy and a handful of soft drinks on our table and ran off before we could do anything about it.

                  Fuck you, boss. That's our candy now.

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                  Thats a great feeling.
                  I did extremely low level tech support for other students while at uni. in 2003
                  (Think issuing user names, filling copy paper, sorting out storage space allocation on the shared drives.) Small part time job that paid for boze.
                  A girl came in with a 3.5" floppy disk on the verge of tears and said she couldn't get the file on it. It was her master thesis and the only place she had stored it.
                  We still had floppy disk drives and I slitted it in and used a dos shell to acess a: but nothing. No disk in drive.
                  I took the floppy out and noticed that the metal protection of the actuall disk (that soft plastic circle) didn't slide properly. To me it looked like the spring was just to worn and had no tension. Took it off and could then access the files on it. Error was that the spring wasn't able to slide the metal protector away when inserted into the reader.

                  Copied the files to her "home" area, sent a copy by email and gave her a new floppy with the files and told her about the importance of back ups.

                  The sheer look of relief and gratitude was priceless.

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                  • umbraroze@slrpnk.netU [email protected]

                    Yeah, that company has red flags.

                    Red flag number 1: the contents of the note

                    Red flag number 2: using duct tape to attach the note to the wall. Hints at a huge managerial Skill Issue.

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                    A proper company would instead be talking about compliance and how gifts of really any meaningful value have to be rejected outright.

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                    • semi_hemi_demigod@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                      When I worked for a major database company they made me take annual training to explain that I wasn’t allowed to buy sex workers for potential clients.

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                      Duh, buying them would be capex. No one wants to do depreciation. Short term lease with a damage clause.

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                        Pretty sure I just got anti-bribery ethics and compliance training that said no one in my company is allowed to accept such gifts lol

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                        Yeah we had that training. Not that anyone ever offers me bribes anyway.

                        It's like all the lies about the drug dealers giving kids free drugs. Never happens.

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                          In our company this is a bribe and we don't accept bribes.

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                            My handbook at work specifically bans buying illicit drugs for customers with the company card.

                            It doesn't say anything about buying it with my card and getting reimbursed though...

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                            Make sure the dealer gives you a receipt.

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                              In our company this is a bribe and we don't accept bribes.

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                              What are you, a cop?

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                                I would simply refuse all gifts rather than give them to the owner.

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                                Explain to the client that your refusing because of the policy that all gifts must go to the owner.

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                                  We need to start recognizing corporate greed as a mental disorder. This is a company large enough that employees don't interact with the owner directly, and all the profits from the company aren't enough for the owner: they also want the pen the delivery guy gave you. It's a sickness.

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                                  • cilethesane@lemmy.caC [email protected]

                                    Explain to the client that your refusing because of the policy that all gifts must go to the owner.

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                                    Even better. Make clients look for better companies.

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                                      What are you, a cop?

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                                      Not if they don't accept bribes, they aren't.

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                                        Food? So if a client takes me for a meal I have to make sure to vomit it onto my boss' desk when I get back to the office?

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                                        Vomiting is not as much fun as waiting for it to be ready for you to deposit on the boss' desk the other way.

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                                          "Oh, thanks! What I'd like is some extremely hot sauce in a bottle labelled 'ketchup'".

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                                          or mayo in a pudding glass

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