http://www.askamanager.org/2016/06/i-wa ... -code.html
I bet they went home and hugged some participation trophies in mom's basement...
Special Snowflakes Meet The Corporate World, Get Fired
- mekender
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Special Snowflakes Meet The Corporate World, Get Fired
“I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.” - Norman Thomas, a six time candidate for president for the Socialist Party, 1944
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- JustinR
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Re: Special Snowflakes Meet The Corporate World, Get Fired
I am speechless.
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- g-man
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Re: Special Snowflakes Meet The Corporate World, Get Fired
As my dad would say when I would bitch about stuff like this to him: "Welcome to adulthood". This is where 'we need a consensus on everything' upbringing gets us.
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I am laughing my ass off. Smacked on their asses by the Paddle of Reality.(TM)
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.
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Re: Special Snowflakes Meet The Corporate World, Get Fired
Well, experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.....
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Notice, no mention of the intern smart enough to say, "Not only no I'm not signing that but HELL NO!" Guess that intern is still there.
one can be a Democrat, or one can choose to be an American.
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- D5CAV
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Re: Special Snowflakes Meet The Corporate World, Get Fired
My first job out of high school also had a very strict dress code. During our "internship program" our manager went so far as to make us get the same haircut from the same barbershop, made us wear the same footwear, and would check our footwear every morning for proper shine.
I'm trying to imagine his reaction if we "interns" submitted a petition to relax the dress code. We wouldn't have been "fired", but I'm sure he would have made sure we wished we were.
I know that Robert Heinlein was widely ridiculed for his idea that some form of national service be a pre-requisite for citizenship rights (including the right to vote), an idea he highlighted in his book "Starship Troopers".
I still think that's a good idea.
I'm trying to imagine his reaction if we "interns" submitted a petition to relax the dress code. We wouldn't have been "fired", but I'm sure he would have made sure we wished we were.
I know that Robert Heinlein was widely ridiculed for his idea that some form of national service be a pre-requisite for citizenship rights (including the right to vote), an idea he highlighted in his book "Starship Troopers".
I still think that's a good idea.
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Re: Special Snowflakes Meet The Corporate World, Get Fired
I bet they made you wear the exact same clothes as everyone else, too.D5CAV wrote:My first job out of high school also had a very strict dress code. During our "internship program" our manager went so far as to make us get the same haircut from the same barbershop, made us wear the same footwear, and would check our footwear every morning for proper shine.
The manager, legally, is probably not allowed to tell you anything.I spoke with my manager about being allowed some leeway under the dress code and was told this was not possible, despite the other person being allowed to do it.
Well, golly gee. The special snowflake sounds bitter.The worst part is that just before the meeting ended, one of the managers told us that the worker who was allowed to disobey the dress code was a former soldier who lost her leg and was therefore given permission to wear whatever kind of shoes she could walk in.
Yup. Bitter.You can’t even tell, and if we had known about this we would have factored it into our argument.
Because the company is obligated to listen to you?We were shocked. The proposal was written professionally like examples I have learned about in school, and our arguments were thought out and well-reasoned.
We weren’t even given a chance to discuss it.
Sounds like someone got mugged by reality.
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
- JustinR
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It took me a second to get that joke.D5CAV wrote:My first job out of high school also had a very strict dress code. During our "internship program" our manager went so far as to make us get the same haircut from the same barbershop, made us wear the same footwear, and would check our footwear every morning for proper shine.
I'm trying to imagine his reaction if we "interns" submitted a petition to relax the dress code. We wouldn't have been "fired", but I'm sure he would have made sure we wished we were.
I know that Robert Heinlein was widely ridiculed for his idea that some form of national service be a pre-requisite for citizenship rights (including the right to vote), an idea he highlighted in his book "Starship Troopers".
I still think that's a good idea.
In a lot of ways, Heinlein was right about that. I'm not convinced it's a BAD idea the way things are going.
"The armory was even better. Above the door was a sign: You dream, we build." -Mark Owen, No Easy Day
"My assault weapon won't be 'illegal,' it will be 'undocumented.'" -KL
"My assault weapon won't be 'illegal,' it will be 'undocumented.'" -KL