What Annoyed you today

[vashti]

Do the fires ever really go away?

Yes. Fires come, and fires go. They are cyclical.

[IndiReloaded]

We're on fire.

Again.

BC has been burning for the last 2 weeks but it rained here today. Finally. Maybe we can send your firefighters back that you sent.

[nerdy_guy]

Useless, idiot supervisor refuses to talk about the rate of the pay rise. Keeps passing the buck to Human Resources which is just as useless

[lahnnabell]

Useless, idiot supervisor refuses to talk about the rate of the pay rise. Keeps passing the buck to Human Resources which is just as useless

Is there anyway to get answers from someone higher up on the chain of command? Don't settle for repeatedly getting shafted like this.

[nerdy_guy]

Is there anyway to get answers from someone higher up on the chain of command? Don't settle for repeatedly getting shafted like this.

Higher ups don't give a damn about us peons. I work in a Japanese multinational company. According to veterans here, The parent company in Japan, allocates budget for salary increase, when it arrives here, the higher ups then takes a large bite out of it and then leaves the rest for us to divide. Then, the people next to top management gets to handle who gets how much. Typical trickle down effect. Then they tell us that the company is still losing money (If my company lost money for the last 5 yrs, I'd close down) and that is why there's very little increase.

Stupid company really. They're willing to let go of veteran employees who's more efficient to replace them with greenhorns. There was once they actually let go of a veteran because they don't wanna give him a proper increase, and instead hired 3 noobs to replace him.

Company motto (According to HR as been circulated around): There are lots of people lining outside for work.

[lahnnabell]

After years of working for that company, the veteran probably made way more than those 3 noobs combined. This company doesn't value its employees, as you can see from the motto, and they seem to have grown comfortable using the common workplace scare tactic about the company losing money. This generally keeps workers from complaining about their wages, and even plays a tiny guilt trip on them... "How can you ask for a raise, when the company is losing money?!"

If you want to stop being treated like a number, I suggest you look for a new job.

[nerdy_guy]

Actually, I'm just waiting for my visa to come through which I'm expecting to be close. It would be difficult for me to be in a new binding contract that requires another 2-3 years of service. Yes, they're using scare tactics, that's true. What really ticks me off is that we get to see how they are squandering money around even the confidential expenses (I'm in IT). But can't do anything about it. I'm living in a third world country, and work for a Japanese Multi. These assholes treat their own as royalties while they treat the locals as second class citizens

[lahnnabell]

My bad for not noticing your flag. I simply assumed you were American because your English is so good. I'm sorry to hear all that suckiness. It seems to be the way with giant global companies.

American companies that offshore are no better.

[lahnnabell]

Pretty sure I just found a flea on my bed. I'm glad one dog will at least be gone for a few weeks while my roommate is away. Hopefully, my roommates will step up and handle this before it gets any worse.

[nerdy_guy]

Thank you for the compliment. I do read a lot so I guess that really helped. My problem is that I actually do get conscious when I speak with a native English speaker, so sometimes my train of thought stops coordinating with my mouth . Anyway, I've heard that western companies do tend to pay and treat locals a little better as opposed to Asian multinationals who come here.

That is what I have seen in my life. Asians like to degrade other Asians, but they themselves don't like to be looked down upon by westerners. I really can't quite understand why they do such petty things.

[lahnnabell]

Thank you for the compliment. I do read a lot so I guess that really helped. My problem is that I actually do get conscious when I speak with a native English speaker, so sometimes my train of thought stops coordinating with my mouth . Anyway, I've heard that western companies do tend to pay and treat locals a little better as opposed to Asian multinationals who come here.

That is what I have seen in my life. Asians like to degrade other Asians, but they themselves don't like to be looked down upon by westerners. I really can't quite understand why they do such petty things.

Western companies only do so because they get so much flack for NOT doing it. They would continue to exploit foreign workers more horribly if it meant they wouldn't have their operations exposed to the general public for disapproval. Even still, the glossy images and smooth slogans are only a paper thin facade covering the reality of companies like Starbucks and Nike.

[nerdy_guy]

That reminds me of the "Wal-mart: the high cost of low price" documentary. The funny thing about it is that even companies in China which gets exploited heavily, hire Caucasian actors/models to attend business meetings with other companies to make them look like a large multinational company.

[doppelgaenger]

We're on fire.

Again.

And it burns burns burns!

[Lipp]

Actually, I'm just waiting for my visa to come through which I'm expecting to be close. It would be difficult for me to be in a new binding contract that requires another 2-3 years of service. Yes, they're using scare tactics, that's true. What really ticks me off is that we get to see how they are squandering money around even the confidential expenses (I'm in IT). But can't do anything about it. I'm living in a third world country, and work for a Japanese Multi. These assholes treat their own as royalties while they treat the locals as second class citizens

I always thought that that was the Czechoslovakian flag, but since you said that I noticed the faint sun, and also appears that the colours are switched around as a difference between the two.

[Junket]

I left a pen in my clothes, and it got all over one of my new t-shirts.

F u c k.