and also: you just got diagnosed with cancer but your doctor thinks you'll be okay because your employer provided health insurance is going to get you the medicine you need to beat the cancer.
While simple, it can honestly be kind of fun to just go in and let them know. When I was recently laid off, it went something like this.
HR: "I know this might be a shock–"
Me: "Yeah, you're letting me go, I know. Here's my work laptop and badge, I've got all my stuff in a box outside, what do I sign? Trying to catch the next train home, so I have like 20 minutes."
It totally threw off my boss and the HR lady trying to do their sombre, dignified thing, and was pretty funny to watch.
My dad just got diagnosed with cancer, I just bought a house, I was at a conference in San Francisco and my boss cornered me before the flight home saying i was being laid off. They literally don't care.
Guy was asking for the rest of the story. Not really that interesting: finished out a month at that company as "handover," got a month severance pay, used those two months to look for a new job. Got one.
My dad used to brag about those situations being great cause it meant you had the salesperson by the balls and wouldn't have yo care about raises or bonuses for them cause you knew they needed the job badly.
It's an English language idiom that means you have power over them and can make them do whatever you want because the pain, (real or financial) would be intolerable if you make good on whatever threat you have.
Oh, well if they just closed on a house or had a kid then they need a steady income. They'll be willing to take a pay or benefits cut to keep their job instead of spending months trying to get a new job.
At the time basically, in that town, that particular kind of salesperson had few similar other places to go for a new job. Because they were newly married, or had kids, or bought a house or a car, then it meant they had increased financial obligations necessitating they really needed to keep a steady job and get paid well. Meaning that person would be less likely to suddenly quit if they were unfairly treated by their employer.
He was bragging about how he liked when he had a salesperson that worked for him in that situation so he could take advantage of it. It's a potentially more old school term he'd say, he "had them by the balls" or basically had the upper hand to be a shithead.
Come in and start strongly advocating for a union. Make them worried about a wrongful termination lawsuit. Won't look good to fire someone the day they start talking about unions.
I had an old friend who showed up to the office naked. He was a local legend for his stunts. He walked in and sat down. The dude behind the desk asked him what the hell he was doing. He said, “Well, y’all are getting ready to fuck me, ain’t ya? I figured I’d go ahead and get undressed.”
He worked at a mine, so it was all men, and it was the 90s. Everyone knew his sense of humor and everyone loved him.
He was back at work 3 months later.
He died from black lung in 2019.
The whole damn community was broken up about it. Everyone who talks about him has some crazy story.
Ask for a day off for radiation treatment because you were diagnosed with terminal cancer. Normally you would plan this outside business hours but you also need to get a second mortgage to be able to pay for treatment as insurance won't cover it.
Oh and talk about it out in the open with coworkers before they ask you in their office for 'the' conversation.
A keylogger on the back of the boss' computer? A hardware VPN backdoor to the company's network? Oh maybe bring a flash drive full of malware and viruses and just drop it in the break room?
Please don't do this, you will be tried and probably end up in prison. There must better ways to be petty that won't give you problems with police and judicial system.
I was involved as a witness in two cases like this, not only it creates problem for you but a lot of other people as well.
You didn't hear this from me, but I hear a lot of cubicle corners have removable caps that can make a great storage place for all kinds of interesting things.
Well if you were using that malware to gain remote access to a system or to exfil data, then that would be clear cut unauthorised access of a computer / network.
But if the malware wasnt giving you data and access, then it would probably be acting with intent to damage a computer system or network.
You might argue that the fault lies on the person who picked it up and plugged it in, but by that logic, it wouldn't be illegal to distribute rat poison at a dog park or to set rabbit traps in a playground.
My baby left me and my mule got lame
Lost my money in a poker game
A windstorm came just the other day
Blew the house that I lived in away... ...so, boss, what did you want to see me about?
Oh a gift to the boss for allowing you to have this opportunity would be the cherry on top.
and also: you just got diagnosed with cancer but your doctor thinks you'll be okay because your employer provided health insurance is going to get you the medicine you need to beat the cancer.
"Look, before you start, I just want to say I'm so grateful to be offered a management position, and I won't let you down!
Now down to business, who do we need to lay off before Q1 budget report? Just give me a name, and I'll handle it."
While simple, it can honestly be kind of fun to just go in and let them know. When I was recently laid off, it went something like this.
HR: "I know this might be a shock–"
Me: "Yeah, you're letting me go, I know. Here's my work laptop and badge, I've got all my stuff in a box outside, what do I sign? Trying to catch the next train home, so I have like 20 minutes."
It totally threw off my boss and the HR lady trying to do their sombre, dignified thing, and was pretty funny to watch.
Kinda how I did it.
Laid off? Why me? You know what, doesn't matter. Just do your speal and tell me what you need besides my laptop.
Totally made his brain brake when he got into his "explaining why you" mode to "uhh OK..."
My dad just got diagnosed with cancer, I just bought a house, I was at a conference in San Francisco and my boss cornered me before the flight home saying i was being laid off. They literally don't care.
Guy was asking for the rest of the story. Not really that interesting: finished out a month at that company as "handover," got a month severance pay, used those two months to look for a new job. Got one.
I found out I was having my second child when they told me. I found a better job during the in between time so it was fine for me.
My dad used to brag about those situations being great cause it meant you had the salesperson by the balls and wouldn't have yo care about raises or bonuses for them cause you knew they needed the job badly.
He was a fucking asshole.
I don't understand, how do you have anyone by the balls?
It's an English language idiom that means you have power over them and can make them do whatever you want because the pain, (real or financial) would be intolerable if you make good on whatever threat you have.
I know, again, how do you have any power over them?
Oh, well if they just closed on a house or had a kid then they need a steady income. They'll be willing to take a pay or benefits cut to keep their job instead of spending months trying to get a new job.
Oh ... "The salesperson" is not some (bad) colleague, it is the person getting layed off!
At the time basically, in that town, that particular kind of salesperson had few similar other places to go for a new job. Because they were newly married, or had kids, or bought a house or a car, then it meant they had increased financial obligations necessitating they really needed to keep a steady job and get paid well. Meaning that person would be less likely to suddenly quit if they were unfairly treated by their employer.
He was bragging about how he liked when he had a salesperson that worked for him in that situation so he could take advantage of it. It's a potentially more old school term he'd say, he "had them by the balls" or basically had the upper hand to be a shithead.
You wrote psychopath wrong.
Come in and start strongly advocating for a union. Make them worried about a wrongful termination lawsuit. Won't look good to fire someone the day they start talking about unions.
Very much this vibe
I keep expecting someone to add on, 5: Chuck
I think it’s saying soft humans don’t pose much of a threat when struck by the car, but ones carrying bricks will cause damage to the car if struck.
I had an old friend who showed up to the office naked. He was a local legend for his stunts. He walked in and sat down. The dude behind the desk asked him what the hell he was doing. He said, “Well, y’all are getting ready to fuck me, ain’t ya? I figured I’d go ahead and get undressed.”
He worked at a mine, so it was all men, and it was the 90s. Everyone knew his sense of humor and everyone loved him.
He was back at work 3 months later.
He died from black lung in 2019. The whole damn community was broken up about it. Everyone who talks about him has some crazy story.
RIP Rolly Poly.
Edit: Fixed it a bit.
dude I don't wanna see drake talking about getting laid, it has terrible connotations
This is accidentally so true for German learners when it comes to German verbs.
vögel vs vögeln gang
They wouldn't care.
Just change an important password somewhere, have an important file/tool at home somewhere, or make yourself unmissable in any other way.
Or at least send a giant corporate mail to everyone stating all the nasty shit the company has done over the years you worked there.
I think this might be classed as industrial sabotage and might be illegal. I’m not a lawyer though.
Yeah, definitely don’t get caught doing that.
In case you missed it...
Layoffs rule
Layoffs *don't rule
It's shorthand for the rule of layoffs; I thought that was obvious.
Ask for a day off for radiation treatment because you were diagnosed with terminal cancer. Normally you would plan this outside business hours but you also need to get a second mortgage to be able to pay for treatment as insurance won't cover it.
Oh and talk about it out in the open with coworkers before they ask you in their office for 'the' conversation.
Make sure you do this in a non identifiable way. This is illegal and you can get fucked. Do not have it associated with your account at all.
it's not that hard to pin the blame unless you do it months in advance
Or delayed
The secret bash file hidden in a corner that is waiting for the cron job
A keylogger on the back of the boss' computer? A hardware VPN backdoor to the company's network? Oh maybe bring a flash drive full of malware and viruses and just drop it in the break room?
Please don't do this, you will be tried and probably end up in prison. There must better ways to be petty that won't give you problems with police and judicial system.
I was involved as a witness in two cases like this, not only it creates problem for you but a lot of other people as well.
Fill the curtain rods with fish. It'll take a few days for the smell to start, and weeks before anyone even thinks to check the curtain rods.
You didn't hear this from me, but I hear a lot of cubicle corners have removable caps that can make a great storage place for all kinds of interesting things.
A dish wash sponge, soaked in ascorbic acid.
It does no damage, is hard to find, easy to clean up when found... But best of all... It smells 100x worse than the fish in the rods.
You’ll want to wipe that for prints, just to be clear
Gonna have to do a hell of a lot more than that if they're actually trying to get away with it opposed to disrupting things for it/cybersecurity.
Is the last line (flash drive full of malware left in the break room) actually illegal?
All these things are illegal.
I'm not saying don't, I'm just saying don't leave fingerprints (physical or digital)
What is the crime called for just dropping a stick?
Well if you were using that malware to gain remote access to a system or to exfil data, then that would be clear cut unauthorised access of a computer / network.
But if the malware wasnt giving you data and access, then it would probably be acting with intent to damage a computer system or network.
You might argue that the fault lies on the person who picked it up and plugged it in, but by that logic, it wouldn't be illegal to distribute rat poison at a dog park or to set rabbit traps in a playground.
Worse case, it might count as littering? 🤔
Twist: they chicken out and your only friend at work gets fired
Do the castanza thing, don't show up. Day after just goto work and act like nothing happened.
My baby left me and my mule got lame
Lost my money in a poker game
A windstorm came just the other day
Blew the house that I lived in away... ...so, boss, what did you want to see me about?
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