Damn. Now I want a ping pong table.
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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I doubt most people leave because of a lack of ping-pong table.
This is the reason why but never the reason I give. If I make employers think at any time that I focus too much on the money, they will see me as a troublemaker. Instead, I come up with some bullshit excuse such as medical reasons and the smart employers will work it out on their own.
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I can't afford groceries for the 3rd time this month, but did you hear they're putting a ping pong table in the lounge!?
That's 95% correct. Ping Pong table is dumb but it's very often not about the money.
I actually dislike it when companies do this because it makes them feel like they've got this "oh look at us aren't we cool and hip, we're basically Google, stay after hours and don't get paid" vibe.
If a company is paying competitive wages then when an employee quits it isn't because of pay.
If a company is paying low wages it will probably be because of the pay that a person quits, because there is nothing to keep them putting up with the bs that EVERY COMPANY HAS.
It's especially morbid when the CAPITALISTS try to get you to "care about our totally noble mission, not what you get paid."
The irony being that the mission is always to make the capitalist owners money as the only priority. You, on the other hand, should just see making them money as its own reward, you lucky little capital battery.
It's like being scolded about the intrinsic value of human life... by Jeffrey Dahmer.
Capitalism stops when it comes to salary. Then it's all about culture and warm fuzzy feelings. Those are the only incentives an employee needs.
How about giving them a raise in pay, and if they really want it, they can buy the ping-pong table out of their own pocket flips desk
That's stupid. Wouldn't the smarter thing to do be to buy the ping pong table and Dock everyone's pay because of it? That ping pong table cost the company a fortune. And no, those bite marks on the leg of pool table aren't from my dog/s
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It'd such a bad feedback loop. Employees don't always feel safe being honest at exit interviews, so they say what they think HR wants to hear and HR just takes it as fact. Then they build training like this based off what Former employees felt safe telling HR and the cycle continues.
The ping ping table at least lasts longer than a pizza party, but it's no more significant. When retiring, nobody wishes they ate more pizza or played more ping pong at work. They wish they had been able to grow and make more money so they'd be better taken care of.
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I thought this was chatgpt for a second because I didn't want to believe anyone but ai could be this tone deaf. then I remembered humans and got depressed
If they put a ping pong table anywhere within earshot of my desk I’m going apeshit
As a capitalist I don't understand why it wouldn't be about the money
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This is why we need a huge general strike. It's going to take this getting a lot worse before must people would consider joining though. It's a trap and it's tough to get out of. Capitalism is a train wreck.
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