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[–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 175 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's because anon can't spell than

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 102 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Or she's paid for her skills/experience/contacts, and ~~he~~ anon doesn't have any of those.

edit: She probably makes lots of money for her employer in those 1 or 2 conversations per day

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 27 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Doesn't make it not absurd.

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I'm not pro-management or anything. Maybe anon should be angry at their higher-ups instead of being annoyed at the success of their wife

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Doesn't seem to me like op is annoyed at wifes success. Op os annoyed that bullshit jobs make tons of money and the actual hard work only earns you a broken body, depression, and poverty.

You dont think laborers deserve ample time off and good pay?
Please explain your position.

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You dont think laborers deserve ample time off and good pay?

Yes, I'm an actual monster. /s.

No! I was speculating about the anon's situation, as are you. Maybe they have a job at a factory, risking life and limb every day. Maybe they just dislike their boring office position. Maybe they dig ditches and their back will give out before retirement. We don't know. I did imply that they were unfairly compensated here:

Maybe anon should be angry at their higher-ups

And yes, I did read "My wife has a make-believe job and it's kinda annoying" as them being annoyed specifically at their wife rather than their own work situation. This is because they were disparaging their wife's job with "make-believe", which seemed dismissive to me. It doesn't seem like a stretch to go from "dismissive of their wife's job" to "dismissive of their wife". But I could see how you could interpret it the other way.

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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Why would it make it absurd? Those few conversations possibly bring the company incredible value. Just because someone works hard doesn't mean their job has incredible value, since effort isn't proportional to value.

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[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

We don't know who those customers are. If she's meeting with Google and Microsoft, or Walmart and Safeway, then "one or two customers" is huge.

Also, we are seeing an easy day for her. Many people are hired for when the shit hits the fan. If there's a huge recall that jeopardizes all the business with Walmart and Safeway, or some similar issue that affects Google and Microsoft, you better believe she's doing more than 2 hours of work. That's probably what she's waiting for.

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 100 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Remember:

If you saw someone living a decent life while "working" a bullshit job, no you didn't!

[–] Cicraft@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

Yes you did, now go and demand a better working environment for the sake of "competitive pay"

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[–] fiveoar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 88 points 9 months ago (1 children)

She's possibly a manager of some kind, I have seen plenty of managers that have days that are kinda like this, though less extreme

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ahh yes, the air stirrers.

[–] Littleborat@feddit.de 21 points 9 months ago

We call them "flow through heaters" because they take the same info anyone already has and restructure it and put it in a ppt or something.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 60 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That sounds awesome! Are they still hiring?

[–] Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works 31 points 9 months ago

Grab an application for me too

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 52 points 9 months ago (7 children)

You guys need to read Bullshit Jobs. Some percentage of jobs just don't need to exist.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago

That percentage being fuckin most of them.

Fantastic book BTW.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 51 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The ironic part is that the only changes are her lack of commute times and where she clocks in. Oh, and that he now knows the insides details of what she does. He should be grateful that she's earning a paycheck and quit whining (assuming it's even a true story). Most people can't even afford an apartment without 2 incomes.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dude I find guy who get weird about their partner making more money than them sorta odd. Fucking please, by all means honey go make significantly more money than me.

[–] CaptFeather@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's a toxic masculinity trait. His value is tied to how much money he makes in his mind, and because men are supposed to be more valuable to society according to the patriarchy he is therefore a failure.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 48 points 9 months ago (3 children)

literally

then me

This is how I know the OP isn't out of high school.

[–] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Regrettably I know many professionals whose grasp of written English is worse than OP's.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

You’d be shocked to learn that more than half of Americans have at best a 6th grade reading ability, so their writing won’t even make it to a high school level.

[–] giggling_engine@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't see the problem. She makes more, then him. Is she available?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 24 points 9 months ago

Anon's wife is a middle manager.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 23 points 9 months ago

His make believe wife's make believe job

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

This was my job until this week. Got onto a new team with a great manager. Now I actually have to work, but I'll get to enjoy what I do again.

[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Yeah I bet it's really annoying for your wife to contribute to ~~her~~ your shared income with her hustling skills gtfo. This is either fake or they're both professional workers doing so well the man-child has to whine about how much money ~~she~~ they make.

[–] Locuralacura@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I am an elementary school teacher. I took a personal day and I was hanging with my friend. She works virtually for an NGO. She replied to a few emails, updated some data in a spreadsheet, she called a few people. That was all she did. I made some snide remarks about it and she was like 'oh I'm sure your job is so much harder.'

The sheer audacity. I do all that shit she does, in 20 minutes before class starts, while I am slamming coffee and doughnuts. Then I do exhausting work all day.

[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

If every worker wants other's to have it as bad as them we'd all be slaves, blame the employers and economic conditions rather than the worker who has it better than you. Really if your job is stressful and more work you should want better conditions for yourself, not worse conditions for someone else. She has knowledge that professional employers think is worth paying for, that's not something you should blame her for.

IMO I think for teachers and nurses, they should be way better compensated, and even treated as a special class.

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wow, being envious of his wife's job makes him a man-child and incapable of understanding how marital income works.

You read that much into a fucking greentext 😂😂

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[–] TonyToniToneOfficial@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Ah yes, Federal employment. Can confirm this is the case for almost all of us.

[–] Kengaro0@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Any IT positions I can pretend to work at?

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 33 points 9 months ago (3 children)

can you download adobe reader

[–] EurekaStockade@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

Sorry all I know is Google Ultron

[–] afunkysongaday@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Jeez that sounds like work forget I asked.

[–] Kengaro0@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I can even do that with a chocolaty command

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[–] lola_best_bun89@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is half the reason social services suck so much.

The other half is funding. But even with all the funding in the world, if the staff is a bunch of lazy asses, the service will suck.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

The vast majority of social services are handled by state employees, not federal. Those state employees are often underpaid and overworked, and often only stay in their position because they understand the need too.

The problem with federal employees is that they're often underpaid compared to similar jobs in the private sector. Most of them only choose to remain federal employees because it offers a lot better work life balance compared to the private sector.

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