Worked in supermarket. New manager came in and decided to change everything, everybody hated it. So as a good 23 year old I decided to start harassing him by ordering free magazines, free stuff, furniture, kitchens etc etc online and get it delivered to his house.
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Previous company decided that not only would they make people redundant but they'd also gut the benefits of those who stayed and worsen working conditions all whilst trying to transition their entire manufacturing process to entirely different equipment.
Unsurprisingly all the experienced and skilled workers took their generous payouts or bailed as soon as the new process and working conditions went to shit.
Literally 10s of millions invested in machinery and a few million in redundancy all to end up making less and worse product at a higher cost than before. Combined with the few that stayed having zero morale and it was cluster fuck that's irreparably damaged a 140 year old company.
I bounced once I'd got enough experience to be of value elsewhere.
I just canβt understand the rationale for all that. Was it all for cost cutting? You would think after 140 years they would be relatively stable.
My guess is that they made two contradictory policies and didn't realize the combined effect.
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First the boss throws a hissy fit and starts handing out "verbal writeups" for things that were his fault. Then he imposes 7:30am demos every day to prove we were actually working and not... I guess slacking?
Bought out by a PE leveraged shitshow. Disaster was inevitable.
I was just listening to a podcast about private equity. Sounds ridiculous to be a part of something like that
PE firms are killing off all the tech companies still worth working for.
Been there, done that...
Although, the PE firm that owns the company I work for now has shelled out a lot of cash for major improvements to the technology. There are a few that are trying to make things better, but they are hard to find.
Someone incompetent was promoted to manager, they became drunk with power and a complete micromanaging piece of shit. Half the team quit within a couple of months.
(Hello to my current boss who may be here, no it wasn't at our job).
Worked for a F500 company in their data science department. Given the global footprint of the company and the nature of my work, all I did was sit in front of the computer (meetings, coding, etc). The pandemic struck and we went remote. Afterwards, they insisted on 100% return to office. Said I would quit if they did that. They pushed for it so I quit. So did most of the team. Apparently, interns were left picking up the pieces, and the dept has never fully recovered since