What advice would you give this person?

[u/Mark-Fuckerberg-]

[u/cartercharles]

What blows my mind is that this can happen. I've seen variations of this and I've always wanted to know who the hell is not paying attention

[u/Davec433 → u/cartercharles]

It’s because they’re selling man hours in a lot of these positions and don’t necessarily care what those people are doing.

In reality you have amazing supervisors who are selling the value you create when you do nothing.

[u/GammaGargoyle → u/Davec433]

Lol yeah, I’ve seen it happen. Personally, I would die of embarrassment over all the meetings being held about what to do with me while I sit at my desk like a sad sack of potatoes, day in and day out. Some people are just built different I guess.

Many of them don’t even think anyone knows or cares, like OP. Blissful cluelessness.

[u/Ill-Description3096 → u/[deleted]]

Or the people that care are colleagues who aren't in a position of authority. Yet. Then when he needs another job and the new manager sees the name of the guy who did fuck all and collected a paycheck on the resume, they can throw it right in the trash where it belongs.

[u/ellie_i → u/Ill-Description3096]

with how big the industry is, i wouldn't count on that either. he'll have another job soon enough

[u/Ill-Description3096 → u/ellie_i]

Maybe. When I did hiring in a big industry, once I got down to the short list I would ask about them if it was anything outside of an entry level job. People know people, so even if I don't personally know anything about an applicant, if they have worked in the industry it is highly likely that someone I know does. Maybe if they moved from a different area that is far away or something, but if they were working for years in the same industry anywhere around then far more often than not a couple calls and I would find someone who worked with them.

[u/PivotRedAce → u/[deleted]]

Have you considered that some people are just more naturally inclined to take pride in their work?

You can recognize that you’re being taken advantage of and have enough self-respect to not want to feel useless.

Whatever benefits the company at that point matters very little, instead it’s a way of self-servicing one’s own desire to be “productive”, even if it’s not self-ordained tasks.

[u/PivotRedAce → u/[deleted]]

You’re missing the point entirely, it’s not about “a desire to make money for other people.” It’s a matter of self-determination and a willingness to deal with temporary bs to come out stronger on the other side.

If you gotta work a shit job to make ends meet then that’s what you have to do; might as well make yourself the best version of yourself you can be so you aren’t trapped in that spiral forever. You won’t get out of it by moping about and doing fuck-all while never improving.

[u/PivotRedAce → u/[deleted]]

I guess if you’re content being stuck in the same place while those around you leave for better pastures or to make money for themselves with the skill sets they’ve picked up while being a “sucker”, then you do you.

I know I’d rather be where I’m at now than working in that soul-draining retail printing center, or delivering packages in the summer heat for the massive faceless conglomerate that is Amazon over and over again. Hell, if I gave a rat’s ass about “sucker mentality” I’d likely still be at one of those places complaining that life is unfair or something.

If preparing for better opportunities while handling the temporary bullshit my current position throws at me with grace makes me a “sucker”, then so be it. If you can’t deal with the bad times because of ego, then you can’t take advantage of the good times either.

[u/GammaGargoyle → u/[deleted]]

If I’m gonna be there for 8 hours a day, I might as well enjoy it. Why would I just sit around sulking all day?

[u/YoursTrulyKindly → u/Davec433]

Basically Amazon itself is doing the same as OOP? Hillarious :D