I'm still not sure if this is all just a bit, but if so, it's a pretty good bit. and the last paragraph should be carved into a brick and thrown through the window of every tech CEO on the planet.
Honestly Jeff, good riddance to bad rubbish. All that constructive feedback you gave Evelyn, and she couldn't even write a simple peace on this bill, instead turning it into some personal story about her life? You stayed up until after midnight and interrupted your personal time to guide her, and I still don't know how exactly I should feel about this bill!
Evelyn... do Jeff a solid and don't quit. He needs a solid example of something to aspire to. And if he never appreciates you, rest assured the rest of us out here sure as hell do.
Great bit, Evelyn! The headline sucked me in, so much so that I almost included it in one of my regular deletions of messages that look like unwelcome come-ons. Then I saw the "I Might Be Wrong" bit and began reading. Then I got carried away with the nigh-on sob story and the irony. Then the IRONY became more and more real...until it turned into an analysis of the very issue...parody!
hilarious - "only a huge dipshit would support" but certainly wouldn't want to influence your reporting on this issue, oh no can't have that now can we.
The ideal employee is looking at a screen at all times, whether during working hours (what does that even mean?) or during leisure time (??) and always has a minimum of one additional screen within their field of vision and within arm's reach. So responding to asynchronous work communications is really just a matter of pausing the "entertainment" feed and opening the Work feed as needed.
Of course the future we are working towards is where the idea of "work" and "not-work" move closer together until they are indistinguishable. AI can help "gamify" work tasks to make them more engaging, like a game! An exciting, high-stakes game where if your score falls before a certain threshold you lose your source of income.
At the same time, entertainment closes the gap from the other side by becoming more like work -- if you fall behind on episodes, you won't know what anybody in your Slack channel is talking about tomorrow morning! (This may negatively impact your score.)
I’d have to disagree. The reality of today is that managers and supervisors live in a world where it’s a simple “pause on the entertainment and open a work slack.” But as a former journalist, who wouldn’t wish the career on one of my enemies at this point, there is no “pause.” You are expected to always be available. Mind you, while they are enjoying their kids school events, traveling to and from their vacation homes for the third time this year, or just out with some friends to “blow off steam” you are sitting at home hoping to be able to have the time to eat a full and balanced dinner (that you couldn’t cook because you had someone at work call in sick so on top of everything you do on a daily you and another unlucky coworker had to split those responsibilities too). Only to then receive a text sent “on the fly” by your manager asking you to write up another piece. Mind you, you still have to be at work at 8 am and it’s already 11 pm. And mind you, all of it is to be done with the biggest smile on your face like you are so honored and humbled to be hired. Let’s also add the weekly staff meeting where you’re told that you are replaceable and that there are hundreds of kids out there hoping for your job which you could lose at any minute for damn near anything. I hope this article was real and I wish nothing but success for the writer. If more people called out the bs that these “managers” do publicly, I bet we would see a shift in the work environments everywhere. They want us to be silent about it and then use some call to the “old days” as a way to shame us into compliance as if back in the day people just worked and loved it and nowadays people are all lazy. This is a college educated journalist. There is nothing lazy about that. But back in the day, it was easier to do this shit and no one truly know what was happening. Now we have social media and a plethora of platforms to speak truth to power and show the world that a lot of these people (men) are not what they portray. Kudos to this woman and I hope many follow in her footsteps!
You had me at ‘Junior content wench’.
I’m branding “Drudge Report For Liberal Morons” on everything I can find.
I'm still not sure if this is all just a bit, but if so, it's a pretty good bit. and the last paragraph should be carved into a brick and thrown through the window of every tech CEO on the planet.
Honestly Jeff, good riddance to bad rubbish. All that constructive feedback you gave Evelyn, and she couldn't even write a simple peace on this bill, instead turning it into some personal story about her life? You stayed up until after midnight and interrupted your personal time to guide her, and I still don't know how exactly I should feel about this bill!
Millenials are the worst.
But I bet Millennials are wise enough to copy edit for misuse of homophones. 😉
Evelyn... do Jeff a solid and don't quit. He needs a solid example of something to aspire to. And if he never appreciates you, rest assured the rest of us out here sure as hell do.
1st rate. Still laughing.
Great bit, Evelyn! The headline sucked me in, so much so that I almost included it in one of my regular deletions of messages that look like unwelcome come-ons. Then I saw the "I Might Be Wrong" bit and began reading. Then I got carried away with the nigh-on sob story and the irony. Then the IRONY became more and more real...until it turned into an analysis of the very issue...parody!
Admirably achieved. Thanks!
So good. So….. if you’re not using her anymore Can I hire Evelyn to launch my personal brand and respond to my (as yet unbuilt) adoring subscribers?
Ha. That was great.
And sadly relatable.
Absolutely killer final line.
Self-depreciation taken to the next level. That was brilliant!
Brilliant. Hilarious.
Pure gold!
hilarious - "only a huge dipshit would support" but certainly wouldn't want to influence your reporting on this issue, oh no can't have that now can we.
In 2024 there is literally no possible way to differentiate reality from a clickgrab gambit.
Comedy gold!
The ideal employee is looking at a screen at all times, whether during working hours (what does that even mean?) or during leisure time (??) and always has a minimum of one additional screen within their field of vision and within arm's reach. So responding to asynchronous work communications is really just a matter of pausing the "entertainment" feed and opening the Work feed as needed.
Of course the future we are working towards is where the idea of "work" and "not-work" move closer together until they are indistinguishable. AI can help "gamify" work tasks to make them more engaging, like a game! An exciting, high-stakes game where if your score falls before a certain threshold you lose your source of income.
At the same time, entertainment closes the gap from the other side by becoming more like work -- if you fall behind on episodes, you won't know what anybody in your Slack channel is talking about tomorrow morning! (This may negatively impact your score.)
I’d have to disagree. The reality of today is that managers and supervisors live in a world where it’s a simple “pause on the entertainment and open a work slack.” But as a former journalist, who wouldn’t wish the career on one of my enemies at this point, there is no “pause.” You are expected to always be available. Mind you, while they are enjoying their kids school events, traveling to and from their vacation homes for the third time this year, or just out with some friends to “blow off steam” you are sitting at home hoping to be able to have the time to eat a full and balanced dinner (that you couldn’t cook because you had someone at work call in sick so on top of everything you do on a daily you and another unlucky coworker had to split those responsibilities too). Only to then receive a text sent “on the fly” by your manager asking you to write up another piece. Mind you, you still have to be at work at 8 am and it’s already 11 pm. And mind you, all of it is to be done with the biggest smile on your face like you are so honored and humbled to be hired. Let’s also add the weekly staff meeting where you’re told that you are replaceable and that there are hundreds of kids out there hoping for your job which you could lose at any minute for damn near anything. I hope this article was real and I wish nothing but success for the writer. If more people called out the bs that these “managers” do publicly, I bet we would see a shift in the work environments everywhere. They want us to be silent about it and then use some call to the “old days” as a way to shame us into compliance as if back in the day people just worked and loved it and nowadays people are all lazy. This is a college educated journalist. There is nothing lazy about that. But back in the day, it was easier to do this shit and no one truly know what was happening. Now we have social media and a plethora of platforms to speak truth to power and show the world that a lot of these people (men) are not what they portray. Kudos to this woman and I hope many follow in her footsteps!