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This is the weirdest wording for layoffs I've ever seen. Makes it seem like some sort of data error in the db they are fixing
by dgrin91 3y ago
This is the weirdest wording for layoffs I've ever seen. Makes it seem like some sort of data error in the db they are fixing
- riebschlager 3y agoBob Porter : I looked into it more deeply and I found that apparently what happened is that he was laid off five years ago and no one ever told him about it; but through some kind of glitch in the payroll department, he still gets a paycheck. Bob Slydell : So we just went ahead and fixed the glitch. Bill Lumbergh : Great. Dom Portwood : So, uh, Milton has been let go? Bob Slydell : Well, just a second there, professor. We, uh, we fixed the glitch. So he won't be receiving a paycheck anymore, so it'll just work itself out naturally. Bob Porter : We always like to avoid confrontation, whenever possible. Problem is solved from your end.
- gustavus 3y agoWhen I was younger I laughed assuming it was a comedy Now I laugh to keep from crying because I realize it's a documentary.
- Bluecobra 3y agoI would love to work in a cubicle farm like that vs. an open office any day though.
- kevsim 3y agoAfter relocating from the US to Scandinavia, people here are always give me crap for having worked in a cubicle farm. And I always tell them I'd go back to that layout in a second compared the open landscape nightmare we have everywhere here.
- beretguy 3y agoEspecially cause he faced the entrance to his cubicle with his face, not his back.
- ilyt 3y agoYeah open plan offices is like someone looked at cubicles and said "they are not miserable enough, we need to change something"
- mensetmanusman 3y agoYeah, after just watching the matrix, cube farms are necessary for running away from ai agents.
- gosub100 3y agoI remember in the early 00's seeing blogs or cartoons where they would complain and call it their "gray, 4-walled prison cell". Well, that cell is a lot more dignified than today's open-office hot-desking that would be akin to an impoverished country's prison!
- thmsths 3y agoWhile it was a really funny scene in the movie, I always assumed that on top of being cruel this seems like a dangerous way to handle the issue. Looks like a pretty easy wrongful termination lawsuit here. Especially if Milton keeps showing up for work and doesn't get paid for it.
- TheAdamist 3y agoIt doesn't work out well for the company in the end in the movie either. Works out great for milton though.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoGee, thanks a Milton
- ddol 3y agoI dunno, he asked for a Mai Tai and they brought him a Piña Colada. And he said no salt on his margarita, but it had salt on it. Sounds like people still don’t listen to him, poor Milton.
- CoastalCoder 3y agoSince we're on this tangent anyway, can I just give a shout out to that actor, Stephen Root? It's amazing to see the contrast between Milton and his other characters.
- Atreiden 3y agoI was absolutely floored when I realized Fuches and Milton are the same guy. Terrific actor!
- tiahura 3y agoWrongful termination generally requires either discrimination based on protected class or retaliation for reporting (discrimination / injury / safety). You generally can’t sue your employer for being an unfair asshole.
- ant6n 3y agoI immediately had the same thought. „We fixed the glitch!“
- manicennui 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUE0PPQI3is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUE0PPQI3is
- isykt 3y agoWhen it comes to corporations, we’re all just numbers in a database.
- hulitu 3y ago> When it comes to corporations, we’re all just numbers in a database. ... or bricks in the wall.
- myth_drannon 3y agoConfuse trading algos that do semantic analysis? It can be interpreted as neutral, if it's not "cuts".
- omgsharks 3y agoI agree, but at the same time it’s just the flip side of the term “job creation” so can’t blame them.
- tmaly 3y agoMaybe a Freudian slip? Maybe we are all in a simulation?