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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by TootSweet@lemmy.world to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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My employer just laid off a huge amount of the IT department where I work a year or two ago. I survived it, but today they announced they're going to require everyone to come back into the office. And coincidentally they're opening a new office in India. (Their first office outside of north/central America. And they do no business/sales in India and have no plan to start. Pay no attention to the fact that the going rate for labor in India is a fraction of a fraction of what we're paid in the U.S.)

It's painfully obvious that they're just trying to incentivize people to leave on terms that aren't considered "termination" for purposes of... say... unemployment benefits payment and such.

So, now I'm in the market for a job. It'll basically have to be full-time remote for reasons. And I super don't relish the idea of becoming a vibe coder. Nor job hunting in the current market.

Stressful bullshit.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Just come into work every day, but wear really ugly sweaters.

And wait until they say something.

Then, do everything really really loudly.

HI FRANK!!! HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY??? ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO FISH??? I HAVE A FISH IN MY FREEZER, SO IF YOU COME TO MY HOUSE AND ARE ALLERGIC TO FISH, DON'T TOUCH THE FISH IN MY FREEZER!!!

Uh, yeah, I'll remember that....

GOOD! BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE STRAWBERRIES IN THE CRISPER, AND I...

Ok, ok, I'll stay out of your fridge, at your house, that I've never been to, and have no reason to go to.....

I LIKE COLD PILLOWS! A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I'M WEIRD FOR SOAKING MY PILLOW IN COLD MILK BEFORE BED, BUT MY BONES NEED THE CALCIUM!!!

Uhhhh......what?

Aaaaaaaaaand, just repeat this behavior for a year or two. They will have no reason to fire you as long as you're loud, annoying, and borderline stupid, but they'll really want you gone.

I figure, if they're going to take away the comforts of your home, then you should take away their comfort of you being at home.

You can also add in smelly to the mix. Just shit your pants in front of your boss. Tell him you have no time for toilets. Make sure you don't wear underwear, so it plops right onto his office floor.

If you really want to mix it up, I've had varying levels of sucsess by adding crazy into the mix. Not like violent aggressive crazy. More like eating a brownie while standing on the ceiling and defying gravity kinds of crazy.

[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Relevant username! I love your ideas, but I would hate to work with you. Also, the OP is in IT so there's a good chance he knows people that are like this already. I sure knew a guy that would shit his pants and smeared it everywhere while trying to clean it and not be discovered. And he wasn't even trying to be annoying!

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

That's a great thought, but poor targeting. This would drive away your fellow employees more than it would piss off the boss. It's doing the boss's job for them, making them quit instead of be fired.

Instead, be nice to everyone except the boss. Be careful never to be recorded. Look at them with utter hatred when no witnesses or cameras are around, and smiles at all other times. Send them fruit baskets where all the fruit has little injection marks in the skin, but nothing injected. Leave a Chucky doll outside their office door on the 13th of every month.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

don't forget to stomp when you walk. that way everyone knows you're walking.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No, get shoes that fart with every step. Like a flatulent clown

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

they'll really want you gone.

Is a valid reason to fire someone in the us