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Brionglóid is one word.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    14 days ago

    One of the most important members of the technical team rang me on my mobile (im on sick leave) and told me she’s quitting.

    She is one of the most amazing and intelligent people i have ever met. She is the companies knowledge base, and they are doing to her what they’re doing to me. The work overload.

    They pay her poorly. Very poorly. And knocked back raises in the past.

    I told her what I did, and she’s going to give it a last shot.

    Rome is burning.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      14 days ago

      Telltale signs of shitty management. If this isn’t addressed quickly and effectively, time to leave. Good luck with the job search :)

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        8·
        14 days ago

        You assume that business owners and management want to have a thriving and growing business. To too many owners and management a business is just a vehicle from which to extract money and or power/benefits.

        The sad bit is that the workers believe in the work.

        • Duenan@aussie.zone
          4·
          14 days ago

          Well I can’t figure out the exact plan of they’re planning. You take over a business to gut it and kill it?

          Sounds like a a lot of people have left at his workplace.

  • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
    16·
    14 days ago

    5 year old would not sleep at all last night.

    Exhausted.

    Work is utter hell, I want to go home already.

    World is going to shit.

    The light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

    -screaming intensifies-

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
    16·
    14 days ago

    You ever have a day where you have action paralysis, struggle against the brick wall of zero motivation, waste time on rubbish, and then think fck it, I’ve wasted so much of the day anyway I don’t want to even try for the remainder of the day. It’s one of those.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    12·
    14 days ago

    Look what I found. My sister knitted them for my daughter years ago. I’m not throwing them out. They’re heirlooms now.

    spoiler

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    12·
    14 days ago

    I’ve been reeking of garlic (and, embarrassingly, sweat) all morning and lolling around in bed shamelessly avoiding uni obligations. House is a dumpster. Well, I’m done with being gross now… time to start with the mountain of chores to bring this place back to sanity.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
      11·
      14 days ago

      Lol. I’ve got stuff on the floor in every room but I have tidy cupboards and drawers. Throwing out a heap of shit. I found napisan that expired in 2014. Everytime I mark something off my list I add another 2 things to it. I feel ya. 💜

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      6·
      14 days ago

      Yeah, I meant to swap that one for a less problematic day but forgot how much notice is required to do so. Oops.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      14 days ago

      I have a couple days overtime accrued already, so i’m taking tomorrow off too :D

      Good thing we all have monday off, 37c forecast yikes

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      14 days ago

      Is everyone Celebrating Australia Day/ Commiserating Invasion Day on Sunday or Monday?

      I need to get the Lamb Chops for the BBQ, but don’t know exactly when I will be having them for Lunch.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11·
    13 days ago

    Yet another wave.

    Also got into a barking contest apparently with an elderly St. Bernard doggo. This thing was huuge. They’re gentle giants but I lost that one had to yield.

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    11·
    13 days ago

    I do not know what I want for dinner. Sorely tempted to load a baked potato up to fuck and just eat that

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    11·
    14 days ago
    Mildly touchy recent topic

    Fuckkk, Spud was being forced to withdraw cold turkey due to not being able to afford nicotine therapy and barely having money for food.

    @[email protected] When you see this if you can get to one of the places you can get some food for Mickey https://secondchanceanimalrescue.com.au/resources/outreach-program/scar-pet-food-pantry/

    There are food banks around that might have relaxed eligibility

    And there might be bulk billed consults or reduced cost/free nicotine therapy

    Ps. Sorry if this is none of my business

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    11·
    14 days ago

    Once a little sugar ant made up his mind to roam -

    To fare away far away, far away from home.

    He had eaten all his breakfast, and he had his Ma’s consent

    To see what he should chance to see; and here’s the way he went -

    Up and down a fern frond, round and round a stone,

    Down a gloomy gully where he loathed to be alone,

    Up a mighty mountain range, seven inches high,

    Through the fearful forest grass that nearly hid the sky,

    Out along a bracken bridge, bending in the moss,

    Till he reached a dreadful desert that was feet and feet across.

    'Twas a dry, deserted desert, and a trackless land to tread,

    He wished that he was home again and tucked-up tight in bed.

    His little legs were wobbly, his strength was nearly spent,

    And so he turned around again and here’s the way he went -

    Back away from desert lands, feet and feet across,

    Back along the bracken bridge bending in the moss,

    Through the fearful forest grass, shutting out the sky,

    Up a mighty mountain range seven inches high,

    Down a gloomy gully, where he loathed to be alone,

    Up and down a fern frond and round and round a stone.

    A dreary ant, a weary ant, resolved no more to roam,

    He staggered up the garden path and popped back home.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    10·
    14 days ago

    I sat through two hour long meetings today so I think I can take 6 hours sick leave instead of 8

    • indisin@aussie.zone
      3·
      13 days ago

      You forgot about the ramp up and down time for those meetings. That’s 4 hours sick leave at best.

        • indisin@aussie.zone
          1·
          13 days ago

          Yeah and if you were in any team I’ve worked in we’d be questioning why you’re putting in any sick leave at all.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    13 days ago

    Jesus christ, giveacrap just keep digging that hole.

    • failed delivery due to shitty delivery company - i bring it to their attention - they resend with same company and driver. Rinse and repeat six friggin’ times

    • I look up our order history and realise this shit has been going on with every single order for the past year. F this. I cancel everything. Ain’t got time for that shit. Especially since the guys who deliver my cat litter do tp now.

    • Leave a review on productreview under the usual nick telling them they used to be great, but now they’re not and they need to stop using the cheapest, shittiest couriers and callcentres they can get their hands on, and they’ve lost a loyal customer.

    • This <censored> from their staff doesn’t pm me on productreview, but instead runs my nick through their database, matches my email and emails me directly asking ‘did you leave this review?’ Not looking to resolve the issues or regain a customer, nope, just wants the bad pr to go away.

    He’s about to become extremely fucking acquainted with the word ‘inappropriate’

    • Kudra :maybe_verified:@aus.social
      6·
      13 days ago

      @Taleya @briongloid had it with them about a year ago, just awful couriers, failed at least 3 delivery attempts in a row and I told them to go jump. Switched to Yarn’n, who so far haven’t fucked up once, but I’m kindof waiting for it to happen, it just seems almost inevitable.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      4·
      13 days ago

      Yikes. That sounds awful… I haven’t had a new delivery in well over a year because I forgot to delay one before and I’ve still got a whole unopened box to use. Did the company get bought over or something?! Why must even WGAC fall to enshittification -_- although it is perhaps ironically fitting that they do. Ugh.

      Feels really unsettling, all the brands you felt good about and safe with ending up like this, like all your friends turning into dropkicks and your old life is no more.

      The other day I read about Kogan having an energy plan (wtf to even that) and really horrible service - apparently it’s white labelled Powershop. Jesus, anyone remember when Powershop were the energy brand of choice for us greenies before they got inexplicably sold to Shell…

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3·
        13 days ago

        I’m finding it the same, all the things I used to be ok with and rely on suddenly aren’t working well

        • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          13 days ago

          we haven’t opened the rolls yet, but eco247 sell them now, so hoping they’re good! These are the guys we get our whopping great refill wheelie bins of cat litter delivered from, so having them do both the cats and us in regards to poop tickets tickles me wonderfully

      • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        13 days ago

        In my case it’s them partnering with a shitty courier and having customer service mishandle it to the point of cancellation. But the mishandling to the point of a federal complaint is a new one for me…

        The courier issue is a fucking mind boggle because it’s ANC. And i use pet circle. Who very fucking famously use ANC and i have had ZERO delivery issues. Ever. Different tiers and SLAs i guess

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      4·
      13 days ago

      Oh! I’ve not had trouble with them aside from couriers who literally throw and run. What is knocking? Possibly because we are so close to the main DC?

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      3·
      13 days ago

      I had a lot of trouble with them in the past before I eventually cancelled my subscription, like delivering the wrong things when I varied the order, missing orders, customer service that was friendly but incompetent, incorrect billing.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
        2·
        13 days ago

        That’s who I get mine from last time, after WGAC annoyed me by reducing the minimum time for their subscription. The paper is ok but not great quality, probably equivalent to the WGAC standard recycled stuff. The wrapping for each roll has lots of animal pictures on it, which I consider to be a good feature.