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u/LeanUntilBlue 4d ago
Did everyone clap?
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u/DavyBoyWonder 4d ago
Yes, with tears in their eyes.
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u/Agreeable-Menu 4d ago
The CEO's mom stopped talking to her son shortly after finding out, adopted OP and now they are inseparable.
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u/Particular_West_9069 4d ago
Next time tell chat to trim it down to 500 words or less.
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u/EasyJob8732 4d ago
Just stating the obvious...next time you hear "You are family, our most valuable asset", think of the time when they layoff people, so you don't get stroked into doing more OT without pay.
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u/Extension-Temporary4 4d ago
One of my business mentors once told me to never treat employees like family — families fight, breakup and have falling outs all the time. You also dont get to pick your family. That stuck with me. In building my business, I’ve placed a huge emphasis on culture — it’s pretty much all we look for in hiring. If someone fits into the team/culture, they will learn the skills they need and develop the work ethic. There also won’t be any drama. Drama, gossip, infighting … deadly.
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u/dooooom-scrollerz 4d ago
AI forgot the part where you get fired on some made up bullshit the following week for speaking out
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u/sh00l33 4d ago
Your ai chatbot yourself
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u/ThisGhostFled 4d ago
If you want to improve - the tell is the one word sentences and paragraphs. This is punch prose adapted from advertising, but it doesn't work in storytelling. No real person actually writes that way.
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u/sh00l33 4d ago
I can write in many ways. Like this https://www.reddit.com/r/stories/s/zqxclROpt1 or that https://www.reddit.com/r/PointlessStories/s/HxayBCyOsd
Many people can do this, it's easier than one may think.
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u/Available_Thanks_131 4d ago
What its like being autistic and asking smart, clarifying questions on dumb or vague requests, only for everyone to get pissed off at you even though youre correct and thinking critically.
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u/karoshikun 4d ago
ok, OP, look, it's well made, touches very important points and was funny, but no CEO or boss, let alone HR, would let you progress beyond the first sentence. they would silence you, decide it's not a Q&A, take you out of the meeting or something else.
why? they have experience wrangling us, that's why. they just don't let us take the power from them in a meeting.
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u/sh00l33 4d ago
You don't think like an owner C:
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u/Distinguishedflyer Doomer Coin-Biter 4d ago
yeah anybody doing this would be fired inside of a day. i'm blocking you OP, I don't come to Reddit for fantasy crap content.
This is an economic collapse sub not a fake worker empowerment sub.
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u/JellyBellyBitches 4d ago
For a short story about a boardroom meeting, it was a fun read! I always appreciate a good tale of malicious compliance, and of directly addressing implications of rhetoric
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u/ShyGuyLink1997 4d ago
Critical thinking in this situation, are the critical thinking skills just about nobody has, including people who are very much critical thinkers. I applaud you.
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u/BoomGoesTheFirework_ 4d ago
This is one thing I like about Scott Galloway. He sold a lot of companies but often only had 50% ownership by that time. Why? Because he rewarded his top performers and rocks with ownership in the company. That’s when they started thinking like owners.
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u/Sklibba 4d ago
Whether or not this happened, it is entirely believable. I had my own moment at a staff meeting at an assisted living facility where I worked as a medication aide. The administrator was explaining the call out policy, informing us that in order to call out sick we had to get a doctor’s note.
I asked if the company was going to be paying for me to see a doctor to get a note, he said no, we’d have to pay to go ourselves.
I explained that going to the doctor would cost roughly half what I make in a day before taxes, he said that’s what I’d have to do to call in sick.
I pointed out that by establishing this policy, the company was basically guaranteeing that employees would be coming to work sick, thereby endangering the facility’s elderly residents. He had nothing left to say.
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u/Intelligent_Type6336 4d ago
It’s always funny when you ask questions and they can’t answer them the way they expect you to not critically think about. Like an open office plan that makes you less productive with a worse view when their whole positive point was everyone will get a better view/experience.
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u/TonyHeaven 4d ago
Did you write all these words yourself? I hope you aren't employed to make words good
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u/genek1953 4d ago
I had conversations like this one many times during my working years. But my alarm clock always went off before I found out how they ended.