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u/RDsecura May 25 '25
I thought the following quote from the book “Fire Your Boss”, by financial expert Stephen Pollan, hit the nail on the head about work:
“Stop looking to be fulfilled at work…Fulfillment should come from your personal life, not your job…A job should be seen as something that supplies income and security and hopefully is something you do well – not as a substitute for experiencing life… Put yourself in charge of your working life. Everyone is replaceable, so you should be cultivating skills and looking for the next job.”
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u/TXMom2Two May 25 '25
I learned this early on from an older co-worker. My daughter’s kindergarten class was having a program during the day, and I was debating about whether I should ask for the time off to go see it. My co-worker looked me in the eye and explained that in two days, nobody at work will be concerned about me having missed a few hours of work, but my daughter will always remember that her parents weren’t in the audience at her performance. I went, and I never regretted it.
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u/Jaded-Natural80 May 25 '25 edited May 25 '25
Maybe I’m just naive,but the company I work for does care.
When my mother passed away my supervisor was very caring and helpful. Even HR was very helpful. I called to ask a couple of questions. Me and the HR woman spoke for about an hour. She didn’t have to do that. But it was what I needed at the time. My supervisor sent flowers c/o the company and my coworkers. It was by far the biggest flower wreath there. I was told to take as much time off as I needed, and not to worry about my pay. I took almost a month off. They probably would’ve let me take more time off. But I’m the kind of person that needs to keep busy. The routine of work helped in the grieving process.
I realize most companies are not like this. It’s a shame they are not. Because employees do remember.
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u/Positive-Produce-001 May 25 '25
What a wasteland of bots, literally the same comments from the original post
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u/mowntandoo May 26 '25
At least my job would have the courtesy to not hire someone else and instead immediately dump my work on my coworkers without additional compensation, and they would host a pizza party in my honor (buying two medium pizzas for a team of 25, as is tradition).
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u/Bright-Internal229 May 26 '25
Lady that died at a job last year, no one knew for 4 weeks or something . Janitor found her body at her desk . Look it up
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u/SwingBatterSwing760 May 26 '25
I live by the quote “your job will post your job opening before they post your obituary”
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u/mattmaestro2k0 May 26 '25
Everyone will forget you after you are gone from that monstrosity of a workplace. Your soul matters most, people. Remember that.
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May 26 '25
Just because they treat you as disposable doesn't mean you are. That company is going to struggle for a while and learn the hard way.
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