Corporate Absurdity

Sharing absurd experiences and memes about corporate life.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

HR when you say you’re working for money

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, is offering buyouts to 60,000 workers as part of the company’s efforts to cut costs amid AI adoption, per Bloomberg.

Personnel on select teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible.

This reflects ~27% of Microsoft's total workforce.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

Recruiters expect you to do hours of free labor.

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Benefits of remote work:

-More free time from having no commute
-Lower transportation expenses
-Can live anywhere in the country
-Spend more time with your family
-Can work with people around the world
-Don’t have to socialize with coworkers (be sure to get outside the house and socialize outside work hours if you do work remotely though)

I don’t get why so many people are against it. In most cases, it’s a net benefit.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

My strongest “vibes not evidence” belief is that remote work is a cancer that’s making (most) people miserable even though it seems better in the short term.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

In the 60s, you could walk into an office, have no idea what the company did, demand a higher salary than the market rate, and get a job offer.

[Allocator Jobs @AllocatorJobs]

How easy was it to get a job for the boomer generation? Below is an excerpt from Steve Schwarzman's book, 'What It Takes'.

Walking into DLJ in '69, he had no idea what the firm even did.

Was offered a job immediately and demanded a pay higher than everyone else, which...worked somehow?

The world was a different place back then. And, because thing are different now, use resources like us to help you in your job search journey. You're not alone, and our goal is to help you land that front-office investment job.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

@randomrecruiter Idk how he hasn’t thought of that yet!

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

Has he tried a firm handshake?

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@ghddr16 It’s in chemical engineering.

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@danstradingco Yup lol

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@danstradingco The employers think someone with a degree will jump ship after finding a better opportunity.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

Great reading comprehension.

[Chad Slime ® @ChadSlimeBased]

weekends are just parole from corporate prison

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

Yet they are expected to stay until 5.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

The average office employee who works an 8 hour day is productive for just 2 hours and 23 minutes, according to a UK study.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

When you sleep through your alarm and have to jump over traffic to make it to work on time

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

Now that we’re going to have flying cars, we won’t be able to use traffic as an excuse for why we’re late to work.

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When you clog the toilet in the work bathroom so badly everyone gets to go home early.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

@chasedownleads Thank you. I’d rather earn passive income than be qualified for an active income job.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

How exciting.

[Corporate Absurdity @CorpAbsurdity]

Let’s be honest, no one is actually working the whole day.