Memes @lemmy.ml алсааас [she/they] @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 yr. ago

Work is fulfilling and fun 🙃

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/7597775

Alienation of labour, what's that?

when things get too real for me_irl @lemmy.ml алсааас [she/they] @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 yr. ago

Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com алсааас [she/they] @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 yr. ago

Work is fulfilling and fun 🙃

71 comments

I'd love to have a job where I get paid to work with excel the whole day. Not kidding.
- It's pretty dope, especially when you get to work from home. I'm usually in my pajamas snuggled under a blanket. Much comfier than dress pants in a cubicle.
  
  WFH is my goal, already doing the excel, company I'm in is really relaxed, so can't complain, but WFH would be nice
  
  I never got why people love working from home so much. Home has so many distractions like my PC, my phone, my fridge, etc.
  
  It also helps to just physically seperate my work from my free time. My home is my fortress where no work shall ever be done, a place for resting and wanking.
  
  Also, work was like 90% of my social interaction and the pandemic really did a number on me.
  
  In a cruel twist of fate, I now work almost exclusively from home, a dream for others, a dread for me.
  
  It's not even the dress pants in cubicle. For 8 years I was working in factories on the production floor. This included heavy industry, night shifts, dust, noise, blinding lights, near freezing temperatures and a real threat of loosing an appendage. Now I'm working from home, sterling at an Excell sheet in my pajamas, under a blanket.
I feel incredibly blessed to have a job that allows me to do my work on my own time, and to utilize company resources to educate myself while on the clock. I honestly get excited to go to work nowadays, and it’s great. :)
- You have drawn a good lot it seems. Tho no matter how pleasant the job, you still create more value for your boss than you get paid back by them... (value extraction for profit lessss goooo)
  
  Oh believe me, I’m well aware. Having a healthy work environment doesn’t change the fact that it gets harder and harder every year to pay rent.
  
  It's pretty plain for me to see it. I still like my job as well, but I know my company charges clients 3x my hourly wage for an hour of my time.
  
  Is there is job that isn't value extraction for profit?
  
  That is the entire point of hiring someone is to make more profit.
  
  True, although this can be alliviated by working in a worker-owned cooperative business
Doing excel for 9 hours straight is far better than breathing toxic gases inside a damp badly lit coal mines tho. Juste saying...
- Yes of course and eating trash is better than eating shit
  
  What I mean is that work conditions have vastly improved compared to the last century (thanks to unions). It may be miserable yes but it's a far cry from the horrible work that our ancestors were forced to endure starting from a young age.
  
  Is it tho?
- Permanently Deleted
- I suppose that is the 3 largest domino.
It would be nice to have that kind of job security
- Well it's either that or you design something like a "Jump To Conclusions" mat
Why not automate stuff? Do enough janky shit with excel functions and macros so you get everything you need from copying data into a worksheet.
- Then you're only getting more work, not more free time, for the same wage
  
  See that's where a lot of people go wrong
  
  Automate what you can but don't tell anyone and don't turn it in any faster
  
  Make your deadlines and be one with the chill
  
  Then you're doing it wrong. If you're good at automation you can get promoted readily.
  
  But hey if you hate Excel that much why not find another type of work. Be a carpenter. Be a tour guide. No one is forcing you to work an Excel-only office job.
Today I received a meeting invitation from the CTO (this doesn't usually happen, I am getting dragged into a mud trap), the agenda for the meeting is "Plan to prepare for the preparation..." and my contribution to that meeting is to come prepared with a timeline of the plan. I am not even kidding.
- I used to work for a 2 billion dollar company and when we meet with the CEO, we have a week's worth of planning meetings. Such a waste of time.
- I hope you did some work in preparation of this meeting
I somehow managed to avoid excel my entire life, and I'll be so lost whenever using it is actually going to be required of me
- Get on Google sheets or something to stay organized... Learn how to use index match and how to nest formulas (e.g. countifs, sumifs).
  
  It's incredibly frustrating when someone at work can't navigate an excel file or a spreadsheet.
  
  It's incredibly frustrating when someone at work can't navigate an excel file or a spreadsheet.
  
  Oh, I know the feeling, be it in other areas.
  
  I love google sheets. I made some nifty little functions in it. Then I discovered appscript and things got a little weird. I made an automated CRM system. An automailer. An animated dancing badger made by changing the colours of the cells. It gets a bit hazy after that.
  
  😬 I moved from a restaurant job to an office and live on Excel now. I have probably not used it for 10 years before this. I'm beginner level for sure. Any suggestions on how to improve quickly?
At the pearly gates.. what did you accomplish in life?

Uh I excelled 9 hours a day for 40 years.

Great, come on in!
The last block will be "Prompt Writing/Engineering"
I personally feel attacked.
- Yeah. What about those of use who are in Google Sheets 9 hours a day? Fuck OP.
  
  I'm sorry, how could I forget? smh 😔
- Sorry to hear that... Maybe join a union and/or socialist party/org in your area to bring about change?
  
  It's ok if you don't have the energy/motivation for that though... maybe just spread the word that a better world, where the economy is democratically controlled and owned by the public, is possible?
Trades are always hiring. My phone says I walk like 5 miles a day just working in our factory. I use my brain, body, problem-solving skills, and have real conversations with my coworkers daily about how to go about the work and solve problems, or just pass the time when we're not as busy. I learn new things constantly and enjoy working with my hands and making my work look beautiful, which can be surprisingly deep in the field of industrial electrical work.

Just know that if anyone's interested in this kinda thing, make sure you have some thick skin and maybe leave a terminally online brain at home
- making my work look beautiful
  
  The plumber who did work in my kitchen made a fantastic job of the under-sink pipework. Everything curved and lined up just so, little screw valves instead of clunky taps, it's lovely. It's hidden away behind cleaning products, but I know it's there and it makes me smile. Thank you to tradespeople who enjoy their work!
- Which trade are you in?
  
  I'm gonna guess industrial electrical work
I love me some excel formulas! Makes me hot and bothered!
9 hours? Every day? Where? I work 8 hours and obviously only 5 days a week. I thought that's the norm.

You've viewed 71 comments.