#Work Talk

[catboyattorney]

AI grifters really found the perfect marks in gamers because who else is entitled and whiny enough for this to appeal to

[venomouslilith]

I always love when people who are stereotyped as mean are sweethearts.

sat at my desk at work today and mentioned that I'd love something sweet but have nothing with me to my coworker, this big mean-looking metalhead with a mohawk proceeds to opens his drawer, pulls out two packages of sweets and asks me if I'd rather have Kinderschokolade or Schoko Bons with the cutest smile on his face 🥰🫶🏻

[torque-witch]

May as well, while we’re at it, quit my job too bc I found out something else abhorrent that involves her manipulating me and lying by omission. I’m at my limit.

[woundjob]

hi friends! the latest book i’m in is kickstarting starting today! it’s a book about inspiring trans adults meant for kids, but the comics in it are awesome for anyone! it would mean a lot to me if you backed it!

[the-multi-geek]

Best thing about getting Halloween decor is walking my department to just see

And then going to shove them back in the box

Back with your brothers, deserter! If we have to suffer Christmas shit so do you!!

[mapicccc]

I need ti quit my job I hate peopleee

[rosesgrownbytheseaside]

how I feel after sending a email

[swamp-gremlin]

ik i rarely if ever show wips (especially comic wips) but like this one is just really funny yo me

-like girlie stop your scaring him

[karvivore]

Working in Vetmed is so cool cause like i can be like “fuck i don’t wanna go to work” then i get to work and im greeted with the softest cutest little guys all day. Its hard to get bored of it, even if shitty people sometimes come in.

Rlly glad i somehow got into this field

[stonebutchooze]

whenever I say I worked at a care home people always assume I mean an OLD PEOPLE'S care home and start talking about dementia, and even when I correct them and say no, it was adults of all ages with disabilities like cerebral palsy, some of them younger than me, people still don't listen and start talking about how hard it is "when you get to that age".

like people who live in 24/7 care for their entire adult lives exist!!!! residential care is NOT something that only comes into play at the end of your life. lack of awareness and funding is, in my opinion, partly why negative experiences of full time or respite residential care are so widespread.

ALSO when I successfully clarify that I worked with people of all ages, people start talking about how SAD it is when young people who have conditions like cerebral palsy can't move or talk or whatever. and I ALSO take issue with that. I think seeing disabled people's experiences as wholly "sad" or "what a shame" pre-emptively dictates what kind of life we expect disabled people to live. people in residential care CAN be happy, largely independent, or happy with their level of control where they are dependent on others. if we assume they can't, we won't even try to help them get there.

some people have high support needs at home and then go into residential care. some people spend their whole lives in residential care. some people won't need it at all with proper support and funding at home. people need support, not pity and people seeing their lives as lost causes.

[starsciencees]

NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

The DSN is a key piece of space infrastructure which allows NASA to communicate with distant satellites (such as Voyager 1/2.)

IMAP, the heliophysics mission I am working on, will be going to L1, partway between the Earth and the Sun. My team is working with DSN folks to help retrieve near real time solar wind data to help react to solar weather events. Cool stuff!

[catboyattorney]

the only megacorp likely to pushback on unity charging the installation fee is microsoft because developers are paid to let their games be hosted on gamepass (or be exclusive, even) and to compensate for no xbox revenue MS usually gives a healthy chunk in return. however, that money usually goes towards funding the game being made at all. if their game is a game pass exclusive then they do not get revenue from sales at all, but would presumably still be charged by unity for every installation on an Xbox or pc; gamepass has around 25 million subscribers. if unity follows through on this, Microsoft is gonna have to shell out a LOT more to developers to make their offers seem lucrative. companies like MiHoYo are more likely to shrug it off and pay the fee, because they make bank and this will ultimately not impact their revenue because they're sustained by gacha whales. (mhy is also an investor in the Chinese unity counterpart, for what it's worth)

in general, there's a huge misconception with how money in games works. indie games rarely break even when considering the investments made, because they tend to have recoup that demands revenue from the game sales making up for the money invested to pay the development teams. the hope is that games eventually make enough revenue to pay back the recoup and then go towards helping sustain the team. game studios RARELY make enough money to sustain themselves from sales alone-- most indies are afloat on a pitch-by-pitch basis, with a few viral exceptions that afford studios time to breathe and maintain their releases without immediately scrambling to get the next game pitched and funded.

anyway, this supposedly goes into effect on January 1st 2024. there's time for it to be rolled back, but knowing unity's habits, even though they've hit rock bottom I have a feeling they brought a drill with em

[stillebesat]

Talking with my Manager at work today and the CEO killing came up and my Manager was like "The CEO is the FACE of the company. They often don't have the power to make changes. It's the Board. It's the Board that decides everything. Like our CEO who just stepped down? He wanted to give us more hours at work. He wanted to help us. The Board? They said No."

[torque-witch]

I'm at the point where my 10 hour part time job is still the biggest stressor in my life right now, and that's after cutting my hours by 50%. It was good for a little bit, but got exponentially worse and we are all finding out that shit is realllly fucked up behind the scenes and I do not want to be a part of it????? But me leaving will also spur a huge shit show? She just knows that she can't openly treat me like shit because I'm not playing around and everyone would get mad at her if she yelled at me. THIS IS NOT NORMAL TO HAVE WEIRD POWER DYNAMICS IN A JOB WITH LESS THAN 10 STAFF MEMBERS

[softspiderling]

someone tell me why my boss added me to a two hour long meeting