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"It's not my job to be nice!" No, I suppose it isn't. But then I don't have to give you my best either, do I? I just need to do the bare minimum to keep my job until I leave you and go somewhere else. Abuse or neglect your equipment and tools, they won't work right and will likely fail you when you need them. It's the same with people. You can give them the minimum but that's likely what you'll get back from them.

You should explain how being nice and empathetic doesn't mean being a pushover

Really enjoyed this thought provoking topic had not considered it before this way but it is so very true. As I leave work daily I think about my work team if I made a difference in their day or put more stress on their life, it is a balance to have 2 things mesh together for the best day

Awesome subject it is so very true to building teams

Work…. People use what they know about you against you at a job. So nope. The less they know the less they can use against you. Maybe if I’ve been at a job for decades and have learned where and when and what to show about myself at a job. Otherwise I’m there to do a job for a pay check and it ends there. I’m not getting paid to be myself at work. I don’t care who says.

I'm in tech, so nope.... In fact jokes are discouraged because of various cultures/interpretation.

I used to teach a class in small group communication and problem solving. One of my goals was to help people learn that differences can be strengths -- for complex problems, the best solutions come from bringing a variety of different perspectives to bear. We are conditioned to seek out and be comfortable with people who are very much like us, and yet we become more creative and effective problem solvers when we work with people who are different from us. Learning to be comfortable with other people being their true selves has to be where it starts.

... I care that the plane has winglets. They improve fuel efficiency and are really cool. It is an odd thing to put in the app, though.

so true

You definitely work for HR.

People don't always quit bad jobs, they quit bad managers. It is unreasonable to expect 100% engagement 100% of the time. The current job market is also incredibly pathetic right now. Offering minimum wage for positions that require years of experience. Wages not keeping up with demand. AI being used in place of Hiring Managers was the worst decision of the decade. US Fertility is down because Gen Z can't afford children, homes, or cars. The key focus of the American Dream is unobtainable, so why should we love work? It provides a weak and unreliable safety net because management considers everyone either "expendable" or "replaceable". If companies no longer offer pensions or are not loyal to employees, then whats the point in company loyalty? The future is doom and gloom. The Self Unaliving Rate is higher today than it was in The Great Depression. The youth of today have a higher chance of ending their own life than they do making babies.

I work in inventory for a pretty large company, currently - my workplace conflicts are infrequent and minor, the culture in my department is pretty good, me and my co-workers are never pressured into doing work faster than we can safely handle. It's still fairly demanding, however, and does not pay very well. I agree that many fun and significant moments happen at work, but for someone at my level, that feels more like a factor of the time spent at work - if you spend a good portion of your waking life in the warehouse, of course lots of things will happen at the warehouse. For me, work-life balance feels more like an appropriate phrase because everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) in my personal life is on hold while I'm at work. I have to be 'work-me' and come home exhausted and unable to learn, play, or engage in anything I consider fulfilling. I disagree that work-life balance is a misleading phrase as a result . Maybe for some people it can be different, but it's always been my experience that work is a means to an end - how I get the resources to live my life outside of work - rather than an essential part OF my life.

Just love this piece about work life balance! Well said! The expression is definitely misleading as it conveys a similar idea as a "zero-sum game" between work and personal life. Some people believe it means giving less to work and more to personal life (yes if you can afford it). The balance is to give 100% (hopefully :)) to whatever we are doing at the time - 100% to work when we are at work and 100% to personal life when we away from work 🙂

Total agree! Employers can't "pizza" their way out of employee low moral! Love the fact that the content is concise, to the point, and lighthearted 🙂.

Love this - I always had an intuition that pizza had multiple applications- you made it so much clearer for me 😊. Seriously though: real listening takes real work, and there’s no way around it and no substitute, not even my favourite pizza! I appreciate the constructive and light hearted perspective on such a core/care issue.