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SomeGuyUO
05/11/23 12:32:51 PM
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Literally don't even see or hear customers. I call their name to get their attention and they don't hear. I have to go over and tap them on the shoulder to bring them out of their focus with their phone.
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nononom0use123
05/11/23 12:33:30 PM
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Maybe you should do the work yourself instead of complaining about others

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ellis123
05/11/23 12:34:49 PM
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nononom0use123 posted...
Maybe you should do the work yourself instead of complaining about others


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gatorsPENSbucs
05/11/23 12:38:07 PM
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Yah, its pretty bad.

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SiO4
05/11/23 12:38:16 PM
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nononom0use123 posted...
Maybe you should do the work yourself instead of complaining about others


I've only had one coworker that I had no problem doing his Job for him.
He maybe was in his 80's and a great person.

He's the only one I've totally covered for, that I don't resent.

I am the least corporate person you could meet, but I do believe in some basic form of work ethic.

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DarkBuster22904
05/11/23 12:40:20 PM
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Sounds like you're talking about a low level service employee.

And they are absolutely not paid enough to care. You get what you pay for.

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R1masher
05/11/23 12:41:16 PM
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We got a genzer like that and we just blow his phone up with the dic pic he sent to Barbara in accounting, sure that means were on our phones to do it, but its hilarious

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Ratchetrockon
05/11/23 12:42:02 PM
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Tbh I used to be on my phone during the work day too. I just can't help it

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Samurai_Man
05/11/23 12:46:51 PM
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DarkBuster22904 posted...
Sounds like you're talking about a low level service employee.

And they are absolutely not paid enough to care. You get what you pay for.
This. They're paid to be there, not paid to care. Its unskilled labor, anyone can do it and they pay like anyone can do it so I don't know why they expect top tier effort from workers.

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Prestoff
05/11/23 12:50:34 PM
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Yeah I had to fire 2 Accountants that would stare at their phones most of the day. I don't mind every once in awhile if you want a breather or have to text/call someone personal. But when you're literally behind schedule/deadlines and it can be traced to you being on the phone too long, then we have a problem. One of the workers, whom I fired, was literally just sliding up watching tik tok videos and when I ask him what was his progress on the AP invoices he was processing, he said he was behind schedule because of his "mental health". Mother fucker couldn't even be honest. That's one risk you run into when you hire someone very young or lacks work experience.

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SiO4
05/11/23 12:55:24 PM
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Prestoff posted...
That's one risk you run into when you hire someone very young or lacks work experience.


Totally true, but the cheap and malleable.
Having said that, once you get to the point you need a babysitter over a manager, there is a problem.

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Were_Wyrm
05/11/23 12:58:30 PM
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Ok millennial

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WingsOfGood
05/11/23 1:02:58 PM
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SomeGuyUO posted...
Literally don't even see or hear customers. I call their name to get their attention and they don't hear. I have to go over and tap them on the shoulder to bring them out of their focus with their phone.

where exactly did this occur?

sounds totally real
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CARRRNE_ASADA
05/11/23 1:05:28 PM
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This is true in a lot of cases. Its ok a few second here and there and its ok if theres nothing to do, but it snot ok to be on it a good chunk of the day while the work/production suffers. And money has nothing to do with it.

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WingsOfGood
05/11/23 1:08:00 PM
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CARRRNE_ASADA posted...
but it snot ok to be on it a good chunk of the day while the work/production suffers.

so this scenario in your op you were at the business the entire day to examine the worker's productivity?
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Prestoff
05/11/23 1:19:20 PM
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SiO4 posted...
Totally true, but the cheap and malleable.
Having said that, once you get to the point you need a babysitter over a manager, there is a problem.

Yeah, as a Senior Manager, you gotta put some faith in your staff to be able to handle the job. I specifically told them they're allowed to do whatever just so long as they can get the job done, a "ends justify the means" kind of deal. The only time I had to hound on some staff was when they're clearly behind on something that shouldn't be taking this long and I can trace it back to them just goofing off. If this was just joe schloe blue collar job it's whatever, but the whole point of them being on my team in my department is that they're looking to go forward on their career. I can't do that if they're going to slack off.

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SomeGuyUO
05/11/23 1:23:14 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
where exactly did this occur?

sounds totally real

Reception desk at work. Customers are supposed to stop by and check in first to use services but coworkers are glued to their phones and just let people walk by. We have to keep sending people back to the desk to check in first.
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Pitlord_Special
05/11/23 1:28:37 PM
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I trade stonks on my phone at work since thats the only time the market is open.

If a boss gives me grief over it, I tell them to pay me more so I dont need to be making that side income to stay afloat.

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AI_TechGam3FAQS
05/11/23 1:29:57 PM
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Not gonna lie I cant imagine what workers did before phones

Maybe bring in the newspaper?

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CARRRNE_ASADA
05/11/23 1:31:05 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
so this scenario in your op you were at the business the entire day to examine the worker's productivity?

On op's example, their addiction to their cellphones obstructed them from doing their job at the moment. If I see a pattern of the same thing occurring over and over I would write them up. Its called doing the very basics as an employee to keep your paycheck. And with that job ethic you are getting nowhere in life.

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WingsOfGood
05/11/23 1:36:03 PM
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SomeGuyUO posted...
Reception desk at work. Customers are supposed to stop by and check in first to use services but coworkers are glued to their phones and just let people walk by. We have to keep sending people back to the desk to check in first.

that is fair, literally not doing their job...

thought maybe you were the customer at best buy or something with the whole you went up to them to tap them on shoulders
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Jagr_68
05/11/23 1:36:34 PM
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Jerkoffs who do that also influence distrust towards terrible managers who aren't in tune with their teams, causing the good employees to be held accountable for the same problem.

Not that hard to just do the job so you have that kind of downtime throughout the day...

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Solar_Crimson
05/11/23 1:38:15 PM
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DarkBuster22904 posted...
Sounds like you're talking about a low level service employee.

And they are absolutely not paid enough to care. You get what you pay for.


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WingsOfGood
05/11/23 1:40:08 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
Jerkoffs who do that also influence distrust towards terrible managers who aren't in tune with their teams, causing the good employees to be held accountable for the same problem.

Not that hard to just do the job so you have that kind of downtime throughout the day...

tbh sounds more like bad management

why would you blame these people instead of their managers who according to what op has told us now already MORE than know this is happening and not changed it?

like he said
just let people walk by. We have to keep sending people back to the desk to check in first.

so...you keep these people? family members?
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rexcrk
05/11/23 1:41:22 PM
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How much are they paid?

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TMOG
05/11/23 1:42:53 PM
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If you pay minimum wage you should expect minimum effort
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WingsOfGood
05/11/23 1:44:25 PM
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if they are paid horribly it would also explain it and once again be managers fault

would explain why manager knows it is happening and can't fix it because if they fire them no one would take the horrible pay
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ellis123
05/11/23 1:45:23 PM
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TMOG posted...
If you pay minimum wage you should expect minimum effort
More so if you pay below a living wage you should expect minimal effort. One should not be expected to care about the job if the job isn't going to care about the worker.

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R1masher
05/11/23 1:46:54 PM
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Such flip flopping in this topic

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Jagr_68
05/11/23 2:04:41 PM
#32:


WingsOfGood posted...
tbh sounds more like bad management

why would you blame these people instead of their managers who according to what op has told us now already MORE than know this is happening and not changed it?

It partially can be but accountability can also trickle down to a manager who may be very lenient and laid back to allow that sort of flexibility and then their job is on the line because said jerkoff abused that trust, which results in the hammer falling and the fun stopping.

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LordFarquad1312
05/11/23 2:07:44 PM
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That's what happens when you let TikTok raise your kids.

Truly a tragedy.

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WingsOfGood
05/11/23 2:09:13 PM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
That's what happens when you let TikTok raise your kids.

Truly a tragedy.

and you let TikTok raise your kids cause you work14 hours a day either because you have to or because you bought into hustle culture

imagine if parents only had to work 3 days a week
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Crazyman93
05/12/23 2:13:02 AM
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In the same vein, for that pay I'm not doing his job on top of mine. And TC should feel the same.

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Big_Nabendu
05/12/23 3:40:33 AM
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Fire them

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Kaiganeer
05/12/23 3:54:17 AM
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AI terminals will replace them soon enough, don't worry

the quality of service won't improve but at least they'll be out of a job
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Crazyman93
05/12/23 6:01:16 AM
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Kaiganeer posted...
the quality of service won't improve
Debatable in this case. The AI will actually pay attention to the person it's receiving. Unlike TC's coworker.

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rexcrk
05/12/23 6:04:47 AM
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How much do they get paid?


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Trumble
05/12/23 6:05:23 AM
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I call bullshit. Something like 80% of the workers I supervise are Gen Z, and there are very, very few I've had any issue like this with.

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Bad_Mojo
05/12/23 6:16:55 AM
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Dont make generalizations

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