Happy birthday, peon

The "loving your work" poster behind him as well...
- And the trash can right next to him
  
  But look how vibrant and happy the chairs are. What a crazy fun workplace.
  
  That's where the happiness goes.
- And his headset’s still on
- Chef's kiss. 👌

Ate without table -3
- That should easily be -30.
  Making someone eat without a table is a war crime.
  ~~At least there are no laws on the Rim~~
  
  Ate human meat -5
  Ate without table -60
  
  We should totally overthrow the ruling class and establish a workers paradise, in Rimworld of course

- Can't wait for season 2
  
  Same. I think I have the wrong food reward party though
  
  2nded
  
  Show?
  
  skeleton.jpg
- Defiant Jazz!

Do people usually stay home for their birthday? I didn't know of any companies that specifically give you off, so I'd think you'd use PTO.
- Yeah, I really have no particular interest in taking my birthday off.
  
  I'll take your birthday off for you.
  
  No more birthdays... Loads shotgun
- My workplace gives you a free day within a month of your birthday. Most people take the closest Monday or Friday to get a three day weekend, but some people are lucky and get to bump a three to a four.
  
  My birthday is on a holiday week, so I usually take the whole week off.
- I've never heard of a company giving you your birthday off either. But it's the only day every year that I feel special, so I always use vacation time to have that day off. And usually a couple of days surrounding it too.
  
  My company originally said you got two free days off per year, outside the accrued PTO: one for your birthday, and one for parity because office #2 got a state holiday that #1 didn't.
  Now they moved to the "unlimited PTO" gimmick which has no right answer for how much time you can take off, so I follow the old PTO accrual schedule for my seniority as a guide.
- What's wrong with taking off? I do it every chance I get. Screw em, they take enough of my time, and I refuse to go a year where I leave any time unused.
  
  Yeah that's fine, I try to use all my paid time off to, I just usually take it in larger chunks with family.
- I've never worked on my birthday
- I've never really given much of a shit personally.
- I know several (small) companies that give you 8 hours PTO on your birthday. You can use it immediately or save it for later.

Coming in on his birthday
Wait, you have jobs where you don't have to show up if it's your birthday?
- I've never had that ... But for the past seventeen years I've used PTO if my birthday wasn't on the weekend and I haven't been denied yet, so there's that?
- We get birthdays off, not counting towards the 30 days paid holidays, which is completely separate from unlimited paid sick days. Oh, and also since last Wednesday, the entire company is on holidays, we're back 2nd week of January. Doesn't count towards the 30 days, of course 👍
  
  Sounds nice, it's good to see some people receive better conditions
- My current job and not my last job but the one before fhat yes. (Join a union)
- I have pto
- There are also some places that might just do a nice, if not grandiose, gesture for someone on their birthday.
  Previous place I worked it was pretty routine for a manager to grab one of those containers of store made cupcakes if it was someone's birthday and they knew they didn't mind, make sure they got one and leave the rest in the break room.
  Never anything more or less than just a nice gesture.
  I'm guessing someone tried a nice gesture and it came out looking sad, so they posed for a picture for a chuckle and moved in. I don't know anyone who would be really upset by being given a pizza bagel on their birthday.
  
  Tbf it looks nicer than anything I would bring to work for lunch. I just bring in pasta from the night before and give it a ding 🤣
- It says "shift leader". Shift work jobs have some flexibility for days off anyway, and if the management is nice they schedule the week so your birthday is free.
- I used to in a previous job. They brought in a thing where if your birthday fell on your usual shift day, you got it off at full pay.
- I always tell the months in advance that I'm going to take that day off. I haven't been denied, and if they did I would just take the day off anyway.

1, I used to work for this company when I was young and had no idea what my rights were. They very much took advantage of this, such as calling me in on an hour's notice on my days off.
2, The Raw Egg Nationalist is a right-wing twat. https://hopenothate.org.uk/2024/06/20/egg-sposed-we-reveal-the-identity-of-far-right-bodybuilder-the-raw-egg-nationalist/
- I had a strict I don't answer the phone when not working policy. They could attempt to call me in but it wouldn't be recieved. If they asked me while I was at work I usually said yes, but I'm not about to come in on an hours notice for the same rate of pay, if you want on call, pay for on call.

This picture is pure art. Holy shit.

Not even a nice pizza either, that's clearly just a shitty microwave pizza
- Prolly Altoona pizza.
  
  Nah, that’s a Tesco uniform so probably UK. It’ll be a Chicago Town mini pizza.

I'd almost prefer if they didn't give notice to my birthday if I got that pizza

That same pizza is also given to those before a layoff I bet.
- So they leave by themselves?
  
  To keep everyone on edge.

I got called in for an inventory audit on my birthday and ended up working from 8am to 2am the following morning.
- What kind of pizza did you get?

Most commenters here don't appreciate how sad the image really is: the headset is playing some corporate prefabricated Happy Birthday message, starting and ending with "Loving your work." company motto accompanied with nothingmusic in background.
- This is Tesco. I heavily doubt they do that. The pizza is probably just something a colleague came up with than an actual policy thing.

That's a man considering a new career.

Damn, is that a Lunchables UPLOADED!?

Bro that looks like a waffle with syrup wth kinda pizza even is that
- microwaved, not even toasted
  
  Toasted?!

Any reason he should not have come in during his birthday?
- Because he had the day off, then came in anyway presumably because they called him in?
  
  I asked because it sounded like a very common thing to do. Where I live the person celebrating is supposed to bring cake, snacks or something. He/she has plenty of time off, just not typical taken during one own birthday
  
  So, just making random shit up?
- Everyone should have PTO that they can use whenever they want.
  
  Yes certainly.
  We prefer taking days off around weekends or an entire week for holidays (valid for the part of Europe I been). But talking your birthday off is not particularly common practice although nothing is stopping you if you want to.

I can't decide if this is AI generated or if bro has size 38 shoes
- He's clearly a big guy, look how far his legs extend past the edge of a normal chair.
  Jesus it's wild to think people would assume I'm an AI generated image based off of the fact that I wear a size 15 US (49 Euro).
  
  Sure, that's what an AI generated image would say
- If he is working at a place that requires steel or composite toes they will also look like clown shoes.
- Why would he still have on his phone headset during lunch too?
  
  Is it a headset? They .ight just be cheap headphones, but you don't really see those anymore
- They don't match either...

A free meal on your birthday is pretty sweet.
- Pizzas are usually savoury
- And what a feast it is!
- They never said his pay wasn't docker for that

Huge feet. Must have absolutely massive socks.
- A nightmare to shop for

Who needs table when you are truly "Loving your work.".
- IMO, it's not even good phrasing and sounds hollow somehow.

And here I am taking off my entire birthday week off like a rube.
- This is the way. I don't even care if I can share most of it with anyone. Like a party or get together is nice perhaps but spending a week sitting around in my shorts, drinking garbage lager and playing vidja games from the past? 1 sick week out of the muddling other 51. Pretty good shit imo.

Anyone who willingly associates with Raw Egg Nationalist deserves this fate tbh

"I suddenly feel very sick."
The pizza inexplicably gets tossed in the garbage and he's homeward bound...

... This is an AI pic and a probably fake description to go with it
- There's some wonkyness here, that's for sure. The major thing that makes this look legit is that the mirror is dirty and it has a correct reflection for the person's arm and the trashcan.
  
  I think I saw it before AI became that good
  
  The first time I saw this pic, it had enough pixels to see it really looked real, at least to me
  
  Where does the door frame siding go that runs from the floor up to the top of the wall? It just becomes wall
  
  Green box is pushed against the wall like the shelf it's on but somehow has more overhang on one side?
  
  And the shoes (which are abnormally large) don't look like any work boots I've ever seen, resembling trail running shoes but bigger. The laces seem to be oddly non-existent and instead the straps for lacing them appear to connect with each other.
  AI can get reflections right, just when it doesn't it can be very creepy.
- What about this picture makes you think it's AI?
  
  Left hand has a pinky/ring finger thing, the garbage can angle looks off because it comes towards you but the angle of the wall is going the other direction and if it's against the wall, it would follow the angle of the wall
  Edit to add more since I'm on mobile swapping between the two (inefficiently): the weird blue coat thing going down the back of the chair, seemingly no back legs to the chairs
  Foot pedal of the garbage can is misaligned
  Garbage can lid isn't symmetrical
  no buttons on his button-down shirt
  The big cabinet casting a shadow the width of a chair leg on the left side (ironically right next to the chair on the left)
  Shelving next to the chair's shadow is misaligned at the bottom when it transitions from under the chair to above it
- This is not real.