This was known at the turn of the century with the kmart-sears combo. - GET OVER IT
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Yeah. I remember at the time of the merger it was assumed he just wanted the real estate. Either that or maximizing the diversification of their synergies.
sodomymcscurvylegs :
Employers that throw around the phrase “going above and beyond” should be banned from running a business. It’s exploitative, because the actual translation for that is: “I want you to do work that isn’t your job and isn’t in your job description without paying you for it. Give me free labor.”
This is a lesson I learned over and over again. Mostly because I grew up abused and it took me time to get over my streak of “be excessively helpful even to your employers so that you won’t be abused”. Which says something about both of those situations really.
But every time I went “above and beyond” for an employer it was treated as if it was expected. As if it was just a part of the job. In fact sometimes it was even punished. More than once I’ve revamped a department and made it run better, more efficiently, and so on, and both ended up in a layoff for me, either as a scapegoat for problems that the company already had but that my work uncovered, or so that my immediate supervisors could take the credit.
One of the first things my new manager told me was that my job doesn’t pay what I’m worth or for how much work I will do beyond my descripted role, or that my position will be filled in a heartbeat if I’m fired or if I leave. That brutal honest was so God Damn refreshing that I haven’t felt stressed at all. I do my job well, helping when I can, and then I go home without taking my work with me. I know I’m going to make changes at this new position but I have that speech motivating me to just do my best and to simply go home knowing I did just that. Nothing above and beyond.
But anyone with a half a brain knows it isn't over yet.. Get over that.
Hi Eddie!!!
But anyone with a half a brain knows it isn't over yet.. Get over that.