for those who don’t know, Thom York is the lead singer of Radiohead.
edit: ok, I’m SOOO glad its not just me. apparently, Thom York is not unique in his appearance. it would seem that a lot of people vaguely look like him.
There’s almost always one guy who is “the omega worker,” like the lowest person on the totem pole that everyone uses like a bar one can’t cross. There has to be a “well, at least I am not THAT guy!” Opposite of the Alpha pack leader, this person is the other end. Yes, it’s abusive in toxic environments, but it’s nothing compared to the chaos that follows when that person leaves. The scramble to “not be at the bottom.”
ew. like, I get what you’re describing, and I’ve heard about that before, but I suppose I’m fortunate to never have worked at a place like this. how awful that sounds, not only for the “Omega” person, but to work in an environment that encourages such hierarchical cliquery. because the worst part? th constant in-fighting, gossip, and tearing each other apart. the lies, the deceit…
ok, I hav worked at a place like this, I just realized. I must have repressed it— thank goodness, because I don’t think I could have lied convincingly for the jury at that arson trial…
In my job we had a guy that we would joke was the cause of all our issues (he obviously wasn’t and knew this, as we used to say it about things he hadn’t even touched). He eventually left for to wanting a more stable job before getting a mortgage arrive we were on the way to going under (still fighting that to this day). Even though he’s gone we still use him as reference to be like “I fixed what X broke”. Sort of used now as a way to not actually blame anyone in the company for things. Things go wrong and we fix them, no point in actually blaming anyone.
The Jerry Gergitch effect
Me. I’m the guy. I freelanced a lot for a few years. Mostly part time multi-week/month gigs. Every new company that brought me in had a guy already there with my first name. Not a rare name, but not a common name either. Within two weeks of my start dates, those people would be fired. It happened three jobs in a row.
There can be only one
Every manager Hannah I’ve ever met has been deeply troubled and unable to not make that everyone else’s issue. Only manager ones though, regular Hannahs seem to be immune.
Don’t @ me, stats don’t lie Hannah.
everywhere I’ve wroked she’s been named “D”, and she’s had that insufferably phone high-pitch voice that says, “HIIIIIiiiiii”. and you just want to choke her.
Corporate accounts payable, this is Nina speaking. Just a moment
When talking on the phone or in a video call, there’s always someone that would make this “tshh, tshh, tshh, tshhhhhhh” sound while they look something up on their computer or notes.
OP…is this your way of telling us that you look like Thom? 😜
But real talk, you just made me realize that one of the guys on my team looks way too much like Thom to ever not see it again now.
I’m cute, but I think Thom is cuter, so, no, I wouldn’t compliment myself like that.
But real talk, you just made me realize that one of the guys on my team looks way too much like Thom to ever not see it again now.
see? it’s not just me!
My last 3 jobs the company got bought out while I was working there. I’ve really only had one (non-internship) job where the company didn’t get bought and that was a door to door sales job for one summer in high school
How did that go? My company is in the process of getting bought.
He looks like a british Joe List.
There’s always some deeply emotionally insecure white guy. He’s always a greedy, manipulative tyrant, even if he covers it with a veneer of kindness or generosity most of the time He’s usually NOT the brightest bulb in the room, but he’s usually the most cunning, which is not the same thing. He often doesn’t understand the more complex aspects of the organization very well, if at all. He’s usually his own worst enemy in terms of leadership, increasing productivity and maintaining team moral, something he seems completely oblivious to. He tends to take all the wrong lessons from various small crises, such as senior employees leaving or customers cancelling contracts. Everyone around him knows they’re the wrong lessons, everyone except him.
The worst part about him, is everyone coddles him, humors him, and lets him believe his own bullshit all the time without calling him on it. This calcifies the worst aspects of his toxic behavior and hardens them to stone. He usually mistakes criticism or “insubordination” as jealousy of his success, and responds to it by being smug and patronizing.
At the end of the day, the workplace social contract is actually just as bad for that guy as it is for everyone else, at least in terms of his mental health and stability. It enables him to live in a bubble where his opinions are facts and his words are given more respect than they deserve. He also thinks the people around him like him and admire him a lot more than they do. And when it comes out that they don’t, his feelings are hurt far beyond what’s called for.
I’m sure he’s not always white, that’s just my experience. And I’m sure he’s not always he, that’s just also my experience. But it sure as hell IS my experience.
There’s always that one person you suspect is some form of white nationalist, and it always ends up being the case.
Every single place I have ever worked at had a guy with some form of the name “Priit”. That was also the case for school.
Most companies I work for go downhill hard within three years.
