• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    19 hours ago

    Best I can do is clean out half a storage closet, put a broken wobbly chair in it, replace the warm orange-hued light with a harsh fluorescent one, put a security camera pointing directly at the chair, and then lock the closet so you have to ask to get in.

    Congratulations on your new “Self-care/Mental Health room” please use it whenever* you need it**.

    *on your breaks

    **pending management approval

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      I’m a strong believer that those cold spectrum fluorescents are stressful as hell and they’re a major reason people hate their office job, but they don’t know that part.

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    22 hours ago

    At my previous job they had a “dealing with overworking” webinar within the first few days I joined. During the webinar it came out that like 75% of the people in my department worked unpaid overtime every week… I only lasted a year there, not for that reason specifically but it was definitely an interesting first impression…