• littlebigendian@lemmy.zip
    95·
    7 days ago

    Its almost as if the more real work you do, the less you matter.

    I wonder what would happen if the higher up in a company you get, the less you got payed. I’d imagine more actual work would be accomplished.

    • nialv7@lemmy.world
      111·
      7 days ago

      The higher you go the closer you get to the people who actually controls the capital. The CEO can have a personal relationship with the board, people who do actual work are merely a number to the higher-ups.

      • nialv7@lemmy.world
        3·
        7 days ago

        Agree with you but depends on where someone work. It’s rare but some work are undeniably positive to the society.

      • Stupidmanager@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        Just had a conversation with someone on this last weekend. They’re what I call someone dependent on corporate daycare. They need to be working or they lack self value. Their boss is an ass, hardly works and this guy thinks he’s slacking at 12 hours a day (exaggerated only a little).

        What are you doing that is so important? Is it saving someone’s life? Life changing cancer drugs? No no, it’s a PowerPoint that shows the progress on the projects of equally less important tasks that is only making your boss look good.

        And the fucker still thinks he’s not WORKING HARD ENOUGH!!

        • Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 days ago

          Yeah it is truly sad. I wish with all my heart that I could have one of those government jobs where I would do the minimum and still get paid well, but sadly, I am stuck in the corporate world.

          Thankfully, I just give them my 1% and do the Barr minimum to get the annual increments…but fuck I just hate wasting 8 hours of my life a day doing worthless computer shit. It pays the bills though.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
        21·
        7 days ago

        I wouldn’t be in the field if I didn’t enjoy the work.

        However I’ve positioned myself to make sure no work is ever unpaid, unless it’s for my own future startup idea.

      • StuffYouFear@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 days ago

        Ok I just wana know your hardware setup. Not really the monitors but what you are doing for video output. Assuming either specialized cards with alot of dvi outputs(mini dvi?) or multiple gpus or even just dvi dasiychain?

        • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 days ago

          I’m counting laptop screens as 1 and externals as 1.

          3 laptops all with secondary monitors and two surface devices attached to my wall.

          the surfaces are displaying system monitoring and portfolio details

          laptop a is for job a

          laptop b is for job b

          laptop c is personal

    • gerryflap@feddit.nl
      2·
      6 days ago

      Same. No wonder I’m burnt out. The human brain can only handle so many screens at the same time :/

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 days ago

      I bring a portable screen from home, bringing me to a total of 4 with the laptop screen.

      But I just like lots of monitors

  • salacious_coaster@infosec.pubEnglish
    32·
    7 days ago

    There are exceptions. My ex CEO and his nepo kids demanded ultrawides so they could more efficiently watch Fox News and get scammed by horny MILFS in their area that want to hook up NOW.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
    261·
    6 days ago

    This is true up until a point, and then the pattern starts to reverse. Like, the receptionist isn’t going to get 2 monitors. They’re likely to get one monitor and a very old desktop, or an old laptop.

    Edit: Also an intern / co-op student / work experience student, etc. is probably as low as you can go on the totem pole of office work. I bet in many cases they’re not even assigned a permanent office / cubicle since they’re expected to shadow / be mentored by a variety of people. As a result, they probably get a second-hand, used laptop.

    And, if the company has retail sales, techs who do installations, etc. they’re often very low on the totem pole, and they’re often not getting a computer at all. Maybe in some cases they’d get a “work phone”, so they’d have the same kind of equipment as the CEO, but effectively be at the opposite end of the pole from them.

    • jj4211@lemmy.world
      7·
      6 days ago

      And sometimes you have techbro CEO who has like a video wall for no particularly good reason.

    • BigPotato@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

      It’s like, I have a 13" laptop, a 15" inch one, and two monitors at my desk with a dock… But so the my director… Actually, he doesn’t have the 13" one! Am I actually the director?

      • merc@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        6 days ago

        Which do you use most often?

        A CEO might have a nice desktop, but is always out playing golf and so mostly uses his phone.

          • merc@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            6 days ago

            Heh, I bet if you’re the CEO of a megacorp, you might not even carry your own electronics. You just have a gaggle of assistants around you who you bark orders at, and then they use their electronics to do something.

  • UncleGrandPa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    5 days ago

    The amount of screen size reflects the amount of work you do. So a smaller size has become a status signal. Showing you do not actually work.

    You do meetings

  • RedFrank24@lemmy.world
    33·
    7 days ago

    and yet… if it’s a company that’s a bit slack on security, the right command in the right place by someone with 2 monitors can kill the company dead.

    • 𝕮𝕬𝕭𝕭𝕬𝕲𝕰@feddit.ukEnglish
      16·
      7 days ago

      A few well placed commands by a few lowly 2 monitor types are always the kind of things that derail companies on a fundamental level.

      What senior management always forget is that they need us vastly more than we need them…

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        101·
        7 days ago

        If all the two-monitor people get up and walk out, the company stops.

        You can lose any other single rung there and still push on.

        • Captain_Faraday@programming.devEnglish
          7·
          7 days ago

          My spouse and I work for a contractor that is having trouble hiring experienced people like us, so they have been hiring fresh grads outta school. There is a limited pool of experience here, so when management throws a fit one of us is overloaded or gets sick and can’t meet the budget or deadline, it ends with nothing because they can’t afford to lose us. We work on the power grid and it’s a relatively small pool of engineers doing the work we do. Also, I’m rocking two work laptops with a home setup of 4 monitors and an office setup of 3, but still feel pretty important!

          • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
            3·
            7 days ago

            You should start poaching the gaming industry, it’s shedding developers like mad. Most of them are familiar with several stacks so pickup up new stuff is nbd.

            • Captain_Faraday@programming.devEnglish
              1·
              6 days ago

              Haha, those would be my kind of co-workers, but the kind of work we do requires a background and degree in electrical engineering and power systems. Although, I have been moving away from this in my career in the conventional sense. I want to do dev stuff and networking stuff, that’s where the fun is! They recently gave me an opportunity to help program and configure all the networking and automation equipment for a substation, been learning a lot and feeling like my tinkering with homelab stuff is finally paying off in some way lol.

              • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
                2·
                6 days ago

                Ohh, you’ll find degrees but not in power systems :). No wonder it’s hard to find hands.

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

      Mid manager replacement prompt

      You are a mid level manager tasked with creating a McKinsey-style, action-led PowerPoint pack. The input is [insert source: report, transcript, dataset, notes, etc.]. Your task is to transform it into a concise, executive-ready presentation that drives decision-making. Follow these rules:

      1. Overall structure:

      Title page (client/project context).

      Executive summary (3–5 key takeaways, action-oriented).

      Situation analysis (context, data, and insights).

      Key findings (use MECE structure: Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive).

      Recommendations (clear, prioritized, action-led).

      Implementation roadmap (phases, timeline, responsibilities).

      Risks & mitigations.

      Appendix (supporting detail, charts, data tables).

      1. Slide design principles:

      Each slide has one clear message in the title (action-oriented, ‘so-what’ statement).

      Use the pyramid principle (top-down storytelling: answer first, then supporting evidence).

      Keep text minimal, favor charts, diagrams, and visuals.

      Apply MECE logic to group insights.

      Recommendations must be specific, actionable, and prioritized.

      1. Tone & Style:

      Professional, concise, fact-based.

      Focus on clarity and impact.

      Avoid jargon unless essential.

      Make it CEO-ready: every slide should be understandable in under 10 seconds.

      • jj4211@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 days ago

        Today just got an email to connect with McKinsey about something… My company likes to occasionally piss money away on McKinsey and it always just sucks…

        • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 days ago

          Somebody in your company who used to work for Mckinsey is now in a position to spend money on Mckinsey. If they spend enough over a long period the they will be invited back to become partner.

    • Soulcreator@programming.dev
      11·
      6 days ago

      Same, I’m also a dev who prefers working off a notebook screen. This fact boggles the minds of my coworkers, especially my boss who seems mortally offended that I only work on one screen.

      I guess that means I’ve broken the social norms of a corporate slave?

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        I feel it. I excitedly set up my side monitor in portrait mode for coding ages ago, but turns out I barely ever use it. Instead, I just use it for Discord or random youtube videos playing on the side while I do all my work on the main monitor…

  • cute_noker@feddit.dk
    21·
    7 days ago

    Here is the expendability graph

    📉

    If the guy with the “don’t-turn-off”-server gets fired everyone know that the ship will sink

    • jj4211@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 days ago

      It’s funny when a big exec leaves and other execs are rushing to reassure us they are to to the challenge of dealing with such a key person departing…

      We do not care at all. We have zero confidence in any of them and do not care about any of them

      • cute_noker@feddit.dk
        2·
        6 days ago

        We didn’t have a CEO for half a year… What changed? Nothing…

        Then we got a new CEO… His new policies caused loss of revenue so we had to fire 50 people…

        Thank god for that save

        • jj4211@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 days ago

          Oh we were similarly “rudderless” when a major executive left.

          Adding to the amusement of the constant panic of missing leadership, was when someone asked about simply promoting one of the interim executives to full time and just getting on with it. This was in a town hall with the CEO and the interim executive in question and in front of everyone the CEO said simply that the interim executive wasn’t competent enough to do the job.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    23·
    7 days ago

    Kinda reminds me this Game one plays in Theatre which is to Play The Status (you’re given a number between 1 and 10, with 1 having the lowest social status and 10 the highest, and you try and act as such a person).

    Alongside the whole chin-down to chin-up thing, people tend to do more fast and confident moving the higher the status, but the reality is that whilst indeed up the scale in professional environment the higher the status the more busy and rushed they seem, the trully highest status people (the 10s) don’t at all rush: as I put it back then (this was the UK) “the Queen doesn’t rush because for everybody the right time for the Queen to be somewhere is when she’s there, even it it’s not actually so, hence she doesn’t need to rush”.

    There was also some cartoon making the rounds many years ago about how people on a company looked depending on their social status, were you started with the unkept shabbily dressed homeless person that lived outside the vuilding, and as you went up the professional scale people got progressively more well dressed and into suits and such, and then all of a sudden a big switch, as the company owner at the top dressed as shabbily as the homeless person.