10 Insane (But True) Things About Work
The view of life has changed for many. Views like how much time people want to spend with their families, and how often they actually find it necessary to go into an office. But, the one view that isn't as discussed is the strange yet commonly known experiences we have in our places of work. Across the board, we just accept these instances as just the way life is.
But life has changed, and it doesn't always have to be what we are conditioned to accept. So, let’s take a look at how and what we have been conditioned to see as just the norm in Corporate American life...
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When someone leaves (dies or quits) people just move on. Like it’s nothing. Maybe a moment is taken for someone who passed but for the most part, it’s like they weren’t there because your job is easily replaced.
We work hard often for someone else to make the big money. Trying hard to be the best at what we do, but most of us aren’t the owner, so it’s working extremely hard to make sure someone else gets paid.
Very few jobs should require school-based knowledge before actually doing the job, yet we value degrees like they mean you’re capable at doing the job. However, many people learn how to work at work. (Excluding doctors, lawyers, etc...)
Meetings can be helpful for sure, but often meetings are just created to make people seem busy so that they don’t lose their jobs. Filled up calendar must mean you’re busy. A less busy calendar must mean you don’t have a ton of work to do.
Jobs want people to act like they are not human without emotions and no personal lives. Yet they want to promote work-life balance.
Before 1978, In the United States…if you were a woman and you had a job and became pregnant, that was enough to just fire you. Then in 1978, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act was created. It took a law to happen for women to stop losing their jobs because they were going to become a parent.
The Average Employee in the United States will receive over 200 emails, phone calls, or paper mail a day. And we are expected to be able to answer all of those forms of communication and still get our jobs done. No pressure.
Over 80 percent of employees in the United States aren’t happy with their jobs…and we wonder why people are deciding to walk away after everything that has happened over the past 3 years.
If someone gets into a car accident or has some big life-changing event that causes them to go onto disability, the moment it hits 12 weeks means you have to go back to work, even if that person is in a coma. They can legally be fired at that point. I don’t know about you, but this makes perfect sense to me (Yes, I’m being sarcastic!)
Being productive is the whole point, right? Then that super cold office doesn’t make sense because lower temperatures, specifically lower than 68 degrees, makes employees 44% more likely to make errors. While a warmer office of at least 77 Degrees people will make fewer errors. So, blame those minor mistakes on the cold office, not you. You’re welcome 😉
All true, but all very crazy as to what we actually put up with just for a paycheck….
What Crazy things do you know of that people do?
