▲ 4 r/LockedIn_AI
Can we please stop treating emails after 6 PM like they're normal!!!!
Yesterday I left work at 5:10. By 8:45 at night, I had 14 emails and 3 meeting invites for the next morning. Why do people feel like they have to keep working and grinding all evening?
People look at me in shock when I say I'm not going to answer to anything after 6 PM. I go to the gym after work. I spend an hour and a half with my wife and kids, and then another 45 minutes just with my wife. Why should I have to give up any of that because someone couldn't bring up a topic between 8:30 and 5:30?
How do we fix this?
u/PackageAgreeable4305 — 12 days ago
▲ 53 r/LockedIn_AI
I've become a seasoned professional at this point
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u/PackageAgreeable4305 — 26 days ago
▲ 118 r/FinalRoundAI
My "office" day consists of working from a coworking spot because my company doesn't have a real office anywhere near me
I got hired at a company headquartered in Chicago. I'm in South Carolina. They knew that very well when they hired me. The job was remote. And then suddenly it came with conditions.
When they used the hybrid RTO system, remote employees had two choices: either move to Chicago within 120 days, or choose a "company approved coworking location" near you and do your 3 in-person days there.
So now every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I drive 25 minutes to Industrious, take whatever desk is open, sit next to strangers from startups and sales teams I know nothing about, and join the same Teams calls I would have taken from the spare room at home. The only difference is that now I do it in a noisier place, with worse parking, and coffee that tastes like regret.
The company pays for the coworking membership. $425 a month. That's $5,100 a year so I can sit in a random building and pretend I'm at work. I don't work with anyone there. No one on my team is within 650 miles of me.
My manager has never asked me about my coworking days. Not once. I'm pretty sure he has no idea what happens there. Because the answer is the same thing that happens at home. Just with zippered pants.
This is what compliance theater looks like when it plays out in real life.
update : I am done with this job but thank god I have a plan going to upgrade my CV ,applying to a free position in a friend company which is according to her pays very well but I become quite nervous usually in interviews so I will sign up in this interview man many here suggested to remove the tension of interviews ,so wish me luck
u/PackageAgreeable4305 — 26 days ago
What's the problem? I have a second job at a small supermarket, and each shift has only one employee. My colleague usually covers from 1 PM to 5 PM, and then I take over the shift from 5 PM to 9 PM. My main job is at a financial services company, where I work from 9 AM to 4:30 PM, which is why I go straight to the supermarket after that job.
Sometimes I arrive at the parking lot around 4:45 PM and sit in my car for a bit, maybe listen to a podcast, have a light snack, or just relax my nerves before officially starting work.
The strange thing is, if my colleague sees me there, as soon as I enter at 5 PM, she immediately becomes hostile, annoyed, and irritable, talking about how much work she has, how overwhelmed she is, and how she needs an extra hand.
I only clock in at 5 PM, which is the start time of my shift. But without saying a word, if she sees me before that, she sends a message to our manager saying I'm sitting in my car doing nothing. And guess what happens? My manager gets annoyed with me, even though I'm a diligent and loyal employee. This is because this colleague, who is high-strung, creates a problem and threatens to quit.
Has anyone here experienced something like this before?
u/PackageAgreeable4305 — 2 months ago