Don't let this be you

[Anonymous No.21889663]

>be me, 35 years old, upper middle management in a large corporation
>new young employees start in the office
>7 of them are great, extroverted, funny
>1 of them almost mumbles sometimes, isn't as enthusiastic, is the only one that wears glasses (not fashionable ones either)
>isn't as polished as the other recruits
>hasn't travelled to as many countries as other people
>told him to do training on the computer instead of going to the client presentation
>another time, we're discussing politics at lunch
>he just stared at the table awkwardly when we made jokes about Trump (I like Trump, but still, you have to pretend)

I asked the receptionist (9/10 25 year old blonde) what she thought of him based on their interactions and she said, "He's kind of quiet. He hasn't really talked to me, he just says Hi and Bye"

But the killer was:
>we all had to work 100 % remote when coronavirus hit
>his productivity went UP

That's the last straw. If not being around your team mates ENERGIZES you, then you're some sick twisted freak. We're going to put him on furlough (Government pays 80 % of wages of redundant staff) this week and cut his contract when the scheme ends.

He casually mentioned he had signed a 9 month lease. Wew, I hope furlough lasts that long! Remember kids, don't be awkward!

[Anonymous No.21889693]

>>21889663
Good bait, I’m mad ngl.

[Anonymous No.21889710]

i dont get it

[Anonymous No.21889732]

There are people who genereally think this way unironically in high up positions

[Anonymous No.21889756]

>>21889663
Sir, this is 4chan. People here have mental illness self probably included

[Anonymous No.21889771]

>>21889710
This

[Anonymous No.21889776]

>>21889663
This russled my jimmies

[Anonymous No.21889817]

>>21889663
LARP

How can you be 35 years old and never heard of the concept of introverts and extroverts before?

[Anonymous No.21889853]

>>21889732
They don't know how to manage or communicate well then, not to anyone that's different than them. Read a couple books on it and they'll do a little better at finding and using strengths. After all, it's not like it's easy to devote yourself to a company and slowly climb the ladder kek it takes big brain to be man a ger wite. Jesus I was a store manager at 18, they think their job is the hardest

[Anonymous No.21889906]

OP.

[Anonymous No.21889963]

>>21889663
I am an introvert myself, everyone look at me like I'm a dumbass at work because I don't like to speak that much. The fact is I only speak to people who can afford to understand what I have to say, and they are not ready to hear it. I can go and see god whenever I want, they can't. That's the difference and I will still be quiet to those judging me for being the way I am.

[Anonymous No.21890030]

If this regularly happens then I'm screwed.

[Anonymous No.21890034]

>>21889663
Normies everyone!

[Anonymous No.21890066]

This hit hard

[Anonymous No.21890082]

>>21889963
shut up noone wants to hear you

[Anonymous No.21890085]

weak pasta but I like the idea, you just need to polish it a bit

[Anonymous No.21890114]

nice blog Post

buy Link

[Anonymous No.21890139]

>>21889963
If this was true you wouldn’t have posted into the ether on a message board.

[Anonymous No.21890198]

>>21889663
Wow you sound like so important, not awkward, not uptight and very uppery middle managmenty

Truly, an interesting thread

[Anonymous No.21890204]

>>21889663
You are a cunt

[Anonymous No.21890272]

Bloody hell, some absolute sadcases on here.

[Anonymous No.21890273]

>>21889663
Just kys.

[Anonymous No.21890289]

>>21889663
>itt op tells the story of how he thinks he got furloughed
Just get better at your job, nerd.

[Anonymous No.21890293]

>>21889663
middle management is a meme, people can manage themselves. I mean they manage to get to the office all on there own..
And guess what OP, you are just another wage cuck doing work for someone else so they can get rich.

[Anonymous No.21890314]

>>21889663
Pretty good troll, I'm actually mad even though I know it's not real, 8/10

[Anonymous No.21890333]

>>21889663
Know this is a larp but I was that kid a few years ago at my first job as a tech recruiter, but honestly way more awkward. I hated working with normie faggots and didn’t realize being around so many strangers and having to cold call (I’m an introvert) made me very uncomfortable. I left after 1 month and started learning coding. 2 years later I work as a remote dev and these same assholes call me for jobs. Life is funny sometimss

[Anonymous No.21890356]

>>21890139
I like to let some clue behind me, I think some people deserve to know the truth about the spiritual / mental nature of our world.
"Great power implies great responsability"

[Anonymous No.21890373]

>>21889663
You have to respect each other and you call yourself a middle management fukkin retard

[Anonymous No.21890534]

>>21889663
Actually autist, used my autism to dive into topics like group behaviour, selling, reading people. At this point I'm literally the guy who is send to the big boys deals because they know I will always get the deal done. Currently got a leadership positions normies literally told me they couldn't read me and find this hard. Meanwhile I read them and get what I want.

[Anonymous No.21890548]

>>21889963
Since you can see god whenever you want I have a question for you. Does he live in the sun? Once in college Brad went to get weed but the guy was gone or didn’t have any. But then as Brad is parking behind our house on mifflin street, he runs into this dark young gentlemen who for some reason was in our backyard. Brad learns this fine young man has weed so he invites the guy in (Wtf brad), and we don’t know that brad just met him in the yard so we assume he’s the original weed hookup. This guy proceeds to roll a joint that’s like foot long, but he uses literally 30 rolling papers and the weed was shit. Anyway, we’re all drinking Long Island iced tea out of Muskie glasses (basically 24 oz of straight liquor) which we generously share with new guy. After awhile he starts telling these crazy stories like his uncle was a ninja who trained him in the ways, so he had an impenetrable defense. He demonstrates by getting into a crab position on the ground (facing up, feet and hands behind him holding him off his back). Lucas stands up, jumps towards him and fake kicks at his head. Dude says, “I blocked it”. Fucking hilarious. Then he tells us he got hit by a car when he was a kid, which flung him as high as the streetlights, and he traveled to the sun, where he met Jesus and god. Then he says “I don’t feel so good, my doctor says I’m not supposed to drink.” We’re like dude, then why did you just bogart that monster joint and drink three mugs of booze? So Dave and I agree to drive him to the hospital. We told him to get out across the street at a busy corner (park and university?) and drive off. Turns out he was 15. Fucking brad. Ten years later brad is walking down state street and sees him, recognizes him instantly. The guy is a street preacher. True story. College was great.

[Anonymous No.21890582]

we're all gonna make it bros

[Anonymous No.21890976]

So what youre saying is that you are an asshole. Check

[Muy $100 eoy No.21891315]

>>21889663
> new employee is not chaddy
Probably op is one of those genx retards that Cannot accept that they are not 20 anymore.
OP you need to cope harder with your Middle life crisis.
On the other hand, kill all nerds and neets.

[Anonymous No.21891548]

>>21890534
any books/resources in particular that you recommend?

[Anonymous No.21891635]

>>21889663
I'm introvert as fuck and people respected me when I was a wage cuck because I was good as fuck.

I was a customer service and sales monkey.

[Anonymous No.21891665]

>>21891548
>believing an autist can read people

[Anonymous No.21891686]

>>21890976
This.

[Anonymous No.21891770]

>>21891315
>35
>gen x

[Anonymous No.21891797]

>>21889663
Based. Kid should have learned to turn up his autism up to 12 that way it becomes entertaining and then middle managers want to keep him around.

[Anonymous No.21891920]

>>21889663
>If not being around your team mates ENERGIZES you, then you're some sick twisted freak.

honestly 0/10 bait try harder next time

[Anonymous No.21892497]

>>21889663
>Tfw when productivity dropped off a cliff as soon as we started working from home
Could I really be a chad

[Anonymous No.21892549]

>>21889663
I don't get the joke because I mow lawns

[Anonymous No.21892565]

I'm king wagie, I work long hours as a codemonkey while consuming the only media I enjoy (history podcasts). I am upbeat, always pretend to love the company, and within the first lie to my manager, telling him that I have OCD.

Every single manager I have has loved me.

[Anonymous No.21892624]

>>21889663
You will never going to make it and I hope your whole family tree falls in a debt bigger than a third world shithole.

[Anonymous No.21892664]

My manager one time told me "I can tell you're a quiet guy, but I appreciate when you speak up." He's a good guy, but the only reason he thinks I'm a "quiet guy" is because I don't do bullshit small talk unless absolutely forced to. There's good managers out there even in fortune 100 companies.

[Anonymous No.21892702]

>>21889663
Good job and pat yourself on the back for being an absolute pathetic man. You will not be missed. Kill yourself or change drastically for the better.

[Anonymous No.21892778]

FUCK NORMIES
FUCK JANNIES
AND SPECIALLY
FUCK OP

[Anonymous No.21892782]

>>21889663
unironically fuck awkward retards, everybody deserves everything they get i learned.

[Anonymous No.21892803]

>>21889693
>Good bait
for u

[Anonymous No.21892886]

>>21889663
Lol when some autistic faggot pretends to be in upper management. Cool story bro, looks like you’re running low on cheetos, get mommy to bring them down to the basement LOOL...

[Anonymous No.21892990]

>>21889963
holy cope is this what you tell yourself? I used to think like this too and tell myself things like "im too intelligent for these normalfags" it honestly made me feel superior in a way. Now i just accept i get anxious around people or i genuinely have nothing to say.

[Anonymous No.21893208]

>>21892782
t. Self-loathing awkward retard
>>21892803
uwu make me hate myself senpai

[Anonymous No.21893257]

>>21889663
That literally how I feel my manager is thinking about me.

I despise every single one of you. Getting home and closing the door, has the same feeling for me like being through nicotine withdrawal for 24+ hours then finally having that cigarette.

[Anonymous No.21893307]

>>21889663
Shut the fuck up

[Anonymous No.21893324]

>>21889663
Ahhh I see you're either a baiter or one of the people who is truly the twisted freak.

[Anonymous No.21893331]

>>21892990
I am literally a genius.

[Anonymous No.21893424]

>>21889963
Ignore the haters. Any conversation is inherently limited by the least intelligent or aware person participating. You’ll probably want to work on your soft skills if you need to interact with normies but you’re alright and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you

[Anonymous No.21893450]

>>21889663
>He doesn't want to be my friend and he only wants to get get paid for doing his job
Yeah, sounds like a terrible human being, maybe you should do one of those mandatory team events that everyone loves to make him more social

[Anonymous No.21893490]

>>21890534
Do you get laid ever?

[Anonymous No.21893572]

>>21889663
Wagecuck, how can you be 35 and not retired? This is /biz/, a magical place where we retire at 32.
You may laugh at furlough cuck, but we laugh at you.

[Anonymous No.21893607]

>>21889663
a year ago I would have insulted you harshly for this post
but really, it's important that we all try to overcome our autism enough to soothe the normies. Or at least be competitive in some fashion, so that we are needed on the team even if we freak everyone out a little bit.
In other words, OP's antagonist wasn't even making an effort. Nothing of value was lost.

[Anonymous No.21893665]

>>21893331
you may score well on the tests
but the real test is life

[Anonymous No.21893673]

>>21893208
dont be so hard on yourself

[Anonymous No.21893766]

>>21889963
based schizoposter

[Anonymous No.21893864]

>>21889663
This honestly triggered me hard. Not because I'm that awkward kid, but because I haven't even gotten a job like that before. Despite having a polisci degree the only jobs I've had involve stocking grocery store shelves either as an overnight stocker or a merchandiser during the day. Being forced to interact with people makes me so fucking angry. I had a job at Hersheys as a sales rep. You have to go to convenience stores and have conversations with the store managers about their inventory, make recommendations, etc. After the training period where i pretended to be enthusiastic about it, within the first week on my own, I ended up not going in the stores anymore. I just parked my car outside the store to spoof my companies gps system on the tabelts we were given, and id just sit outside in my car because I couldn't talk to people. I spent 5 hours a day driving around to 711s/gas station coneivence stores/etc just sitting in my car for 15-20 minute stretches and lying about the things i did in the store on my tablet

I did this for about a month, and then i made the wrong turn at an exit omw to an in-person meeting that was far away. Instead of calling them, i turned my phone off, waited 2 days, and then sent an email and said i didn't want to do the job anymore. then i overnighted all my equipment back to their HQ instead of meeting the girl in person and blocked her email.

I can't do it guys. I'm gonna hide from the world for the rest of my life

[Anonymous No.21893875]

>>21889663
>"He's kind of quiet. He hasn't really talked to me, he just says Hi and Bye"

I don't want to bother her. I have nothing to say anyway

[Anonymous No.21893964]

>>21889663
i am an extrovert but office people - especially the scummy leftist bluepilled clown faggots like (You) - really made me introverted lately.

What is the point of exerting energy towards you faulty fuckers? Just so I can become a fake ass fanny like yall are? having laughs with management and throw us under a bus like the guy you mentioned that told you abotu his lease? jeeez, get fooked boomer

[Anonymous No.21894008]

>>21889663
make it less obvious and this would be 10/10 neet bait

[Anonymous No.21894069]

>>21889663

Oh, I thought this was going to be about being old and slow, in middle management, with life ending fast.

[Anonymous No.21894162]

>>21889663
>>21894008
OP tone it down a bit and take it to /r9k/, you might literally kill someone

[Anonymous No.21894256]

>>21893875
but you can give her ATTENTION,its like gold to them

[Anonymous No.21894266]

>>21893864

[Anonymous No.21894513]

>>21893673

[Anonymous No.21894586]

>>21889663
I bought xPOP today. I will make your salary by next week.

[Anonymous No.21894648]

>>21893864
You have an anxiety disorder.

[Anonymous No.21894796]

>>21889663
I want to fucking kill myself. The only reason I know this story is fake is because that guy would have never made it past the job interview. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH WHY DID I HAVE TO BE BORN LIKE THIS

[Anonymous No.21894926]

>>21894796
Man is unique in the universe in that we are simultaneously the sculptor and the clay. You can shape yourself into anything you want, you just need the will to do it. It’s not easy but nothing of consequence for ever is

[Anonymous No.21894931]

>>21889963
Based and clearly fucking insane pilled

[Anonymous No.21894962]

>>21894796
Big mood.
>pass google interview
>can’t match with a team
>pass amazon interview
>can’t match with a fucking team

[Anonymous No.21894983]

>>21889663
>being a wagecück in 2020 while crypto is mooning
>he didn't made it from LINK already

[Anonymous No.21895546]

>>21889663
He probably holds Chainlink and doesn’t give a fuck about all of you and your stupid secretary

[Anonymous No.21895662]

>>21890314
It works because it doesn't have to be real. It's just a reminder that middle management Dave and his big normie axe is waiting to give you the chop for any bullshit reason at any moment

[Anonymous No.21895788]

>when the IT guy reads Jung rather than teamwork books

[Anonymous No.21895882]

>>21889663
this is sad but true

[Anonymous No.21895970]

>>21895788
Would you recommend that book?

[Anonymous No.21896012]

>>21889963
I wish I could have met one person like you at my work.
It would have made it interesting to go there to have someone to talk to who is a real thinking person and not an automated bot following his programmed script from childhood.
Even if I can make a conversation, it's so tiring to speak to people who always speak of the same topics and the latest gossip.
It makes me feel like I am living in an automated factory.

The worse part is that I have to hide more and more things the more I learn and improve myself to the point there is almost nothing left to discuss.
I can never speak of the time I spend learning trading.
But the same goes for all my different interests, which are completely outside of the norm.
As if hiding my power level was not already a problem, when I have to constantly ignore the truth.

[Anonymous No.21897003]

>>21889663

This should be fake but this is actually how normies think and act like in the corporate world, if you're not a jolly good fellow and blend in totally with other ultranormie coworkers they'll fuck you up. This shit even happens in software companies, which used to be a safe haven.

Remember, hide your power level.

[Anonymous No.21897043]

>>21891548
>>21895970
I haven't read it myself but how to win friends and influence people is supposed to be good. Apparently the book helped Charles Manson build a cult.

[Anonymous No.21897134]

>>21889663

>whom I picture as OP

[Anonymous No.21897218]

Dont let this be you.

The post is talking about the OP character right? I mean imagine sticking around that long in an office job to be a middle management cock sucker.

[Anonymous No.21897232]

>>21892497

No, you're just an extrovert normie.

[Anonymous No.21897259]

>>21889663
"I like Trump" -- stopped reading, since OP is clearly an idiot

[Anonymous No.21897293]

>>21889663
Imagine coming to an Iranian basket weaving site at 35 years of age

[Anonymous No.21897349]

i used to work in a restaurant, had tolerable social skills. they've since eroded. i barely talk to anyone at work (white collar office job.) my social skills are basically 0 now that i've been working from home since april. i don't care. fuck normies.

[Anonymous No.21897385]

I never talked much, but when I did I learned in high school to just make whatever I was saying/contributing funny. Usually it was just little quips, teasing, etc. Makes people like you more and less likely to view you as a freak.

[Anonymous No.21897458]

>>21889663
This is shitty bait OP

[Anonymous No.21897592]

>>21897349
It feels so good to ignore all the normies who are having a breakdown from their lack of unproductive gossip time.
I only feel bad for the huge amount of time I spent doing nothing before I worked remotely.
If I have to go back to my desk for more than a few hours a week in the future I will really consider leaving my work.

[Anonymous No.21897609]

>>21889663
Good way to deal with people to be honest. I usually do the same when my workplace gets new graduate staff at the beginning of each year. If I cant have an enjoyable conversation with someone within the first 2 weeks of meeting them, they go on my shit list. From then on ill pull them up on every little thing they do wrong, whereas I let things slide for the people I enjoy talking to.
Being extroverted and social is actually one of the most important things within a workplace.

[Anonymous No.21897671]

>>21893490
Just abit of rape here and there

[Anonymous No.21897755]

>>21893864
You tried bro.

[Anonymous No.21897785]

>>21889963
I pulled a similar stunt when I got a shit gig in the backroom/stocking shelves at walmart overnight. I couldn't deal with the constant interaction between managers, employees, pajama wearing customers, etc.

Noped the fuck outta there, mailed my badge and didn't shop there again for months. I had to go into the woods in the dead of winter for a few weeks so my parents thought I was work. Dark times but it can get slightly better.

[Anonymous No.21897838]

>>21889663
>coworkers discussing politics at lunch
>just stare awkwardly and don't say much
Fuck I know this is bait but I know this feeling all too well.

[Anonymous No.21897846]

>>21897609

You're despicable.

[Anonymous No.21898012]

I play the chill, outgoing coworkers. literally would drain me in the office as people would come to me with their office problems, but it did put me in the loop of a lot of situations. i realized people just want to be heard and vent, so if you nod your head and say yeah they will keep going. the key is to provide solutions to their problems and not add to the negative gossip when it's about another coworker

the people who talk the most are unironically the head managers in the office

now that we're all at home I don't have to hear all that BS and get to work 3-4 hours a day but be paid for 8. it's fucking awesome. not only that but my productivity also increased so I'm given more important tasks (but still work way less). one director told me she heard from another that she didn't know i had these abilities based on how i acted in the office (friendly, outgoing). shows you how much people will believe a facade. now this same manager who thought this about me is always trying to be buddy-buddy with me, literally the reason why she thought I was a slacker lmao

[Anonymous No.21898080]

>that guy who shows up to his minimum wage job clearly high as shit, doesnt talk to anybody
>doesnt even matter because the job is just standing in place doing nothing anyway
>managers always asking if hes okay and I just say yea swamped with schoolwork
It was me working at the university gym last year

[Anonymous No.21898135]

>>21892664
same here. one time I got a "anon, anytime you speak up you just bring brilliant ideas"

another one was "anon, I've noticed once you say something, sometimes people don't buy it or dismiss at first, but you calmly keep mentioning it until they catch up to you"

normies are so hilarious. they also think I'm always ahead because I bring up news events or memes months before they get popular in the mainstream. like I was calling all these tiktokers zoomers last year and people were like "wtf is a zoomer". AOC tweets it out and it's "wow anon, you were early on zoomer too". lmao

[Anonymous No.21898182]

>>21897609
I think you can still be introverted and still be social. Ppl at my work know I'm a little quiet. But for me I have a geniune interest in people. Call me a normie but its kinda fun/passes the time to run into someone every now and then and talk about their dog how or how their home renovation project is. typical normie convo:
>hows ur project
>i just installed a new gazebo
>oh really where'd you get it
>costco
>oh cool how much, i bet its nice when its so hot outside haha.
Not every conversation has to be deep/philosophical. Idk, its just not a big deal. Although it is nice to run into a fellow geek to joke around with.

[Anonymous No.21898201]

>>21889663
>That's the last straw. If not being around your team mates ENERGIZES you, then you're some sick twisted freak.

1/10

[Anonymous No.21898213]

>>21897846
Not really. I also cut women slack if they are attractive or young, not because I shit where I eat, but because it is in my nature. And if people avoid attending out of work social events, they are not offered the same opportunities as the people that I have had social drinks with.
What reason would I have to keep people around when I do not enjoy there company/presence? Maybe keep an autist or two if they are only passive/shy (kind of like a mascot), but only if they are friendly and somewhat engaging when I go out of my way to interact with them. The ones that are just weird, depressing or who avoid interaction can fuck off because they decrease the morale of those around them. No need for them regardless of how hard they work.

[Anonymous No.21898216]

>>21897293
S-Shut up!

[Anonymous No.21898303]

I had a boss once tell me "People are starting to talk about how un-social you are. You never talk to anybody here. You need to start being more social or it will reflect on your reviews and could lead to you being terminated."
My response was something like "I try to talk to my coworkers but I don't know what to say."
He said "Literally just come stand by my desk when you see other people there. Stand there, even if it's awkward, and I will talk to you."

Amazingly, this worked. Being told "just fucking stand there awkwardly" so directly helped me a lot I guess.

[Anonymous No.21898371]

>>21898182
yeah I do miss shooting the shit about sports and other random things happening around the office. at lunch me and some of the lunch guys would go for walks to check the downtown eye candy. good times honestly but still prefer working remotely by far

[Anonymous No.21898381]

I had one interview where the manager told me they were looking for a quiet reserved person. Probably the last hires were outgoing instagram hoes not suited to the job. Yes some places like conservative law firms or back office types get to shine in those kinds of solitary analyst/writer type roles... but they are a tiny minority of jobs.

[Anonymous No.21898421]

>>21898303
You have to do it unfortunately. Sounds like you have a good boss though who is throwing you a bone. It means you must come across as an ok person, just quiet/shy.

[Anonymous No.21898525]

>>21898303
your boss helped you out more than you know. good man

[Anonymous No.21898619]

>>21889663
This is the perfect example of an upper middle management fag. He get’s a bit of power, listens to other people’s opinions on someone he should support and in the end he list a to a blond receptionist. Sorry, but you will never make it, uppermiddlemanagementfag.

[Anonymous No.21898624]

>>21889963
>I can go and see god whenever I want, they can't.

Powerful anon detected

[Anonymous No.21898674]

>>21889663
i have now doubt that productivity goes up for a large number of people

[Anonymous No.21898685]

>>21890534
Kek same. Already head of my section because of it.
Clients see me as someone with integrity, coworkers like me and ask me for advice, and I just sit there talking absolute shit.

Then I go home and crash the fuck out/ work out.

[Anonymous No.21898808]

>>21898213
>>21897609
I hope you get cancer. Also get the fuck off my website normalfag.

[Anonymous No.21898824]

I see myself in your description...

[Anonymous No.21898880]

>>21898213
Wish I knew this going into my first job. Very important...

[Anonymous No.21898914]

I know this is completely fake but If you wanna fire someone for working too hard it's your loss. There's other companies that'd want him.

[Anonymous No.21899011]

>>21898685
Based

[Anonymous No.21899012]

>>21894962
Can you elaborate? Does this mean you just don't act like a normie enough?

[Anonymous No.21899040]

>>21889663
Good job, sir!

[Anonymous No.21899050]

>>21898914
Not in this economy

[Anonymous No.21899057]

>>21898808
Just be more outgoing anon. Not exactly a hard concept to get across. Just talk more to those around you, be friendly, make jokes and get yourself invited out for drinks with your workmates.
Ill be honest, I used to be extremely socially awkward when I was younger. Always struggled to make conversation and talk to women. But then I joint the military and now work in an 80% female environment. Things are just so easy now. Turns out that there is actually nothing to worry about when it comes to social interaction and it is extremely easy to make yourself likeable. You just keep your strange shit to yourself. I don't talk about politics, crypto, vidya, 4chan or any other odd topics when I am at work. Save those sort of conversations for on here or with your actual friends.

[Anonymous No.21899069]

>>21898525
>>21898421
Yeah. I have since changed jobs, but I stayed in that job for another 18 months after that meeting. I ended up really making friends with some coworkers over that time and I still keep in touch even now 8 months after leaving. By the end of that job, I felt like I was going to hang out with friends while working instead of hating it like I did when I started there. My reason for leaving was a career change, so it was unavoidable.

[Anonymous No.21899083]

>>21890534
How is it even possible? Human species are hardest than PC

[Anonymous No.21899122]

>>21898182
This is very true, you need some variety. It becomes intolerable when they talk about examining their 9 year old for pubes because he thought he had a hair on his balls.

[Anonymous No.21899148]

>>21889663
That is just an executive in the making and you're working him out of the company
>I hope karma will smite you

[Anonymous No.21899166]

>>21899069
That's what I aim for in my workplace. I find that when people see their colleagues as friends, they are more likely work harder to help each other out and less likely to take sick days, because it 'lets the team down'. You also reduce the amount of workplace induced conflict as the people in the workplace socialise in their own free time, therefore do not want to upset each other over work events. Plus I like to spend at least an hour per day just shooting the shit. We are all paid to be there, might as well enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.21899200]

>>21899057
I can be outgoing. I'm considered very charismatic by people I meet. By week 3-4 of any job I just get too tired and can't keep up the charade. I stop fake laughing at their shitty jokes. After a certain point I can hardly bring myself to smile at them when I first meet them.

Co-workers start asking me if i'm doing alright and I just yah i'm good. I just can't fucking do it man. Its not even like I hate them. Its more exhausting putting on the fake charade then it is to do construction work.

[Anonymous No.21899220]

>>21889663
I laughed thanks OP. Thank goodness I am a trustfund baby and live rent free

[Anonymous No.21899258]

>>21889663
>Don't let this be you
>be me, 35 years old, upper middle management in a large corporation
>1 of them almost mumbles sometimes, isn't as enthusiastic
which one OP?

[Anonymous No.21899269]

i thought op was going to say don't be a 35 year old wagie, instead he talks shit about neuro atypical people. lmao gtfo faggot

[Anonymous No.21899273]

>>21899166
This has one major built in flaw: As soon as people are so friendly with eachother that it's more of a friend thing, it gets harder to criticize each other. Seen it happen a million times. Like, when Allen from accounting is not performing at all, but he's such a nice guy and his wife is sick and he has a bit of a headache sometimes and...

[Anonymous No.21899356]

>>21898213

I wish you were just trolling but I know better than that.

[Anonymous No.21899384]

>>21899166
This

[Anonymous No.21899438]

>>21899200
I kind of understand what you mean. Unfortunately though, maintaining that facade is almost as important as your actual job in most workplaces. Failing to act 'normal' makes everyone else feel uncomfortable.
I guess I have it easier in this regard, because if i'm not feeling it and want a break, I can just turn on the authoritative/totalitarian aspect and pull a few people up on things so that everyone tried to avoid me for the day/tries to be overly friendly so as to not draw ire. Little do they know that I preemptively choose who I am targeting, based on who is working that day and which staff I actually like. I can always sell this as being forced to crack down on things by the higher up's, whereas I really just don't feel like interacting much that day.

[Anonymous No.21899451]

>>21889963
we live in reality and it would behoove you to work on playing the same game as everyone else, but i understand why anyone would prefer not to

[Anonymous No.21899476]

>>21899273
You don't want staff criticising each other anyway. You have managers to criticise staff.

[Anonymous No.21899504]

>>21898303

At least you had a boss being honest about that, that's rare.

[Anonymous No.21899574]

Why did you hire him if he wouldn't be a good fit with your team, retard?

[Anonymous No.21899766]

>>21898914

It's about 90% true. Modern jobs are fucking daycares where they fuck you up if you don't (fake) getting really along with your co-workers and bosses, productivity and actually making money be damned. It's all about how others view you and if you embody the groupthink like a fucking sheep.

[Anonymous No.21899812]

>>21899012

That really seems to be the case, even tech companies (especially the big trend ones) have this BS going on.

[Anonymous No.21899872]

>>21899148

I hope karma fucking destroys him and his ilk for good.

[Anonymous No.21899915]

>>21899438

Finally we're getting somewhere with you admiting it's a fucking facade.

[Anonymous No.21899962]

>>21890548
Textbook Brad

[Anonymous No.21899987]

>>21889963
do you also study the blade?

[Anonymous No.21900014]

>>21889663
Wow an introvert works better not having to play your gay little office politics if everyone going around and saying how many countries they’ve been to?

Fuck you op

You sound like a woman

[Anonymous No.21900344]

>>21899069
yep. what you describe is building up the trust pyramid. when colleagues see each other as more than just that, then it really builds up the work environment and camaraderie. the people who are closed off are the ones who never get invited, don't get gifts, don't get chosen to fly to conventions, etc.

I was like you too and a little awkward when I started my office job but sports and food are great ice breakers. everyone will have their down time where they are focused on just work but enjoy those sociable times

[Anonymous No.21900355]

If this isn't just a LARP, his productivity probably went up because he doesn't have to worry about some roastie throwing an unwarranted HR case at him and he actually knows better than to discuss politics at work because he actually has half a brain.

[Anonymous No.21900522]

>>21899915
The thing is, its only a facade if you yourself aren't normal. The normies in the workplace don't have an issue with each other. Thats why the onus is on you to change, because you are the minority. Its your ability as an outsider to pretend that you are not one, that will get you ahead in the workplace. You will see very few people in management positions who arent outgoing, or who cannot fake it 99% of the time. Unless they are the autistic overly authorative types, which has its on set of pros and cons.

[Anonymous No.21900629]

>>21900344
>>21900355
>>21900522
you just digited

[Anonymous No.21900787]

You guys laugh but this literally just happened to me. I was the quiet guy at a contract job and they let me go halfway through covid but kept the other guy they hired a couple months after me. He was the one that spoke up on the zoom meetings. My manager's parting advice was to speak up more. Although the difference is that my productivity didn't increase at all. I spent most of the time watching youtube.

[Anonymous No.21900808]

>>21900355
Again, if your outgoing, you dont get HR cases. I work with mainly females. I spend most of my time at work joking and flirting with the ones I get along with, not for any reason then its fun to do. If you are actually fun and sociable, people wont complain. If you are wierd and act like that, without having a rapport, fair enough, you probably are harrasing them.

[Anonymous No.21900897]

>>21889663
I want to kill normies with a hammer. Just splatter brains everywhere.

[Anonymous No.21900905]

>>21898303
oh my god what a great boss

[Anonymous No.21901158]

You don't have to be super social to survive in the work environment, all you have to do is take an interest in people. Ask them about their family, hobbies etc all that kinda shit. Sometimes you'll find you'll actually pick up some good wisdom and advice from people along the way. I'm not naturally outgoing but I always make an effort to talk to everyone I work with, if you're just sat there stewing people will pick up on your energy, one thing you can never hide is the energy you're giving off

[Anonymous No.21901226]

>>21901158
>fake an interest
There, fixed your typo.

[Anonymous No.21901498]

>>21900522

I'll have to concede that to you. And for that very reason I'm acting more and more as a wolf disguised as a sheep.

[Anonymous No.21901525]

>>21901226

Nah you don't have to fake it. Problem with a lot of the replies here is that they don't seem to think the laws of the world apply to them at all

[Anonymous No.21901651]

>>21901525
And by that you mean?

[Anonymous No.21901744]

>>21901651

He means that non-normies must deal with living in a world molded by normies and become a normie. It's as simple as that.

[Anonymous No.21901785]

>>21900522
>Unless they are the autistic overly authoritative types
could you expand on this? I've seen a couple of those. I feel like I could be one, but it might take too much work. I don't enjoy being a dick to people unfortunately.

[Anonymous No.21901826]

>>21901498
Thats the thing, dont think of it that sort of negative way. The more you force yourself to socialise, the more positive vibes you will get back from the people you are interacting with and the more you will enjoy it. Eventually it will no longer feel forced and you might even find yourself enjoying the company of those you work with and getting joy from the interactions you have at work. At least that is what happened with me.

[Anonymous No.21901920]

>>21901525
And you’ve just come up with an operating definition of borderline/almost functional autism. I appreciate your input but normies really have shit this site up

[Anonymous No.21901969]

>>21901744
Just not true. I’d wager half the people on /biz/ are here to make it just so they can escape the normie life.

[Anonymous No.21902020]

>>21889663
He just doesn't like to hang out with spergs, sperg.

[Anonymous No.21902040]

>>21901969

And I'm certainly one of them. I was just stating the tragic state of things with that post.

[Anonymous No.21902076]

>>21901785
Then dont be one. The overly authorative types enjoy being a dick. Thats why I called them autists. You wouldnt choose to be like that unless that is naturally who you are. They dont need to fit the normie mold though, as they will often get put in positions of minimal power, like supervisor roles, because they force people to work/do the right thing. But they normally they have a low progression caps, due to their poor social skills and often having complaints against them or too many conflicts with their peers. They are the ones who spend 20 years as a supervisor/lower management.
If your not naturally like that, there are no real benefits to acting like it, because if you can pull of being the extroverted type, you will usually surpass them eventually.

[Anonymous No.21902095]

>>21902040
What I mean is it’s possible to leave. The “laws of the world”, as he put it, don’t have to apply to you. You don’t have to play the game.

[Anonymous No.21902150]

>>21901826

Yeah this is a better articulated version of what I was trying to say. I know being around people and interacting can feel like a chore and tiring but you're gonna be fuckin stuck there for 40 hours a week either way so you might as well try and make the best of the situation. It'll help the time pass if you feel happier there. Realise as well that people probably think about you a lot less than you think they do, everyone got their own shit going on and their own worries to deal with

[Anonymous No.21902161]

>>21889663
you sound like a woman. nice bait.

[Anonymous No.21902255]

>>21902095

You're in the game whether you like it or not, the rules are already there, if you choose not to play by them you aren't "winning" man. This just doesn't apply to the work force, its life in general

[Anonymous No.21902312]

>>21890548
please rewrite this pasta replacing the characters with sirgay and adelyn and post it in a chainlink topic

[Anonymous No.21902315]

>>21900522
Stop pretending as though you aren't a normalfag

[Anonymous No.21902317]

>>21901969
>>21902095
Of course the rules of the game no longer matter once you have won. Not everyone can win though unfortunatly and not everyone who lurks/posts on biz will end up rich.
Playing by the rules can be beneficial in other ways though. For example, it is much easier to meet/date/fuck women if you are extroverted, confident and comfortable talking to them. You can easily practice this at work (but never shit where you eat). The negative and socially akward people will still have trouble when/if they make it, they will just have more money and more to lose when they get blindsided by a gold digger or a bunch of superficial thots.

[Anonymous No.21902377]

>>21900787
geez I wonder why they fired you

[Anonymous No.21902388]

>>21902255

[Anonymous No.21902417]

>>21901525
The laws of the world? You stupid normalfag nigger. The only laws in this world are kill or be killed. This thread has given me a much much greater appreciation of the homeless then I've ever had before.

[Anonymous No.21902430]

>>21889663
>try to be extrovert
>people only want to talk when they are in the mood and typically about themselves
What's the fucking point of trying? I was in the community slack channel and recused myself because all it was is people making random comments occasionally and no replies.

[Anonymous No.21902449]

>>21902255
I don’t want to “win” this game, I just don’t want to play at all, so I don’t. There’s no life I want to live that involves spending 40 hours a week making petty small talk with my judgemental coworkers and pretending to care about their lives and interest when I really don’t give a fuck. Spending 40 hours of my life per week working on shit I don’t care about is already a bad enough deal as it is.

[Anonymous No.21902468]

>>21901744
not true at all. you just have to fake being a normie. if you're not low IQ, you can even drop smart redpills to normies you interact with on the job or elsewhere. the point of doing this is to make a good wage to pay for investments that will get you out of having to follow normie orders

[Anonymous No.21902542]

>>21902315
Your right, I probably am more 'normal' then you. But I was just as bad 10 years ago. I had crippling social anxiety and basically spent all my free time playing vidya in a filthy house. I once went two weeks without saying a word out loud because I took holidays, had no friends and could use self services at the supermarket. Realised I had no reason to talk because I had no one to talk to.
But I turned my life around. Just trying to give people advice as to how they can do the same.

[Anonymous No.21902628]

>>21902377
I got my work done and responded instantly on the slack channel whenever they needed me. Besides nobody would know if I put my dog in front of the computer while remote working.

[Anonymous No.21902647]

>>21902468

That's a way to deal with living in a world defined by normies (which also happens to be my strategy more and more), hence recognizing that what I wrote is true.

[Anonymous No.21902747]

>>21890534
Same, I have Asperger's and learned how to manipulate people watching RSD on YouTube.

[Anonymous No.21902769]

Must be a larp, no upper middle management could be so utterly useless at understanding their team and bringing out their strengths. Such a weak minded fool would have killed themselves years ago

[Anonymous No.21902857]

>>21894796
you can confidence your way past interviews even if you dont say jack shit. just spur the boomers on to do all the talking and just sit there as if they have your full attention

[Anonymous No.21902874]

>>21891548
its really not that hard

1. be aggressive in being willing to initiate communication. gentle and nonjudgmental in personality

2. be good looking enough that people give you benefit of doubt

[Anonymous No.21902989]

>>21889663
Obvious larp, but it’s true. I’m introverted but at work you would have no idea. Everyone thinks the quiet guy is a creep. I hate sports but that’s what everyone wants to talk about so I just recycle whatever the last person told me to the next person, it’s fucking amazing how well that works. It’s absolutely draining, but I can say for sure 2 promotions were due to me forcing myself to act this way.

[Anonymous No.21903062]

>>21898303
LMAO

[Anonymous No.21903346]

>>21889663
I hope you like the smell of lead coming from inside your head.

[Anonymous No.21903417]

Im starting new office job on monday, 33 kissles virgin, will be working with three other women in the same office. Any advice? Im not good at social shit, and probably autistic but i just dont give a fuck anymore i think, how i got the job is i pretended to listen what the ceo was saying and just noded my head agresively and just "will do my best sir" after each sentence, is being "yes men" all it takes nowadays?

[Anonymous No.21903437]

>>21902989
dude yeah i dont even watch too many sports but you can just watch the highlights and spit out talking points the next day and have a sports conversation. so easy.

[Anonymous No.21903458]

>>21889693
Same, I got triggered.

[Anonymous No.21903500]

>>21902989

That's a good one to add to my anti-normie toolkit.

[Anonymous No.21903511]

>>21889663
people like you get the rope OP

[Anonymous No.21903528]

>>21889663
You're a fucking faggot.

[Anonymous No.21903548]

>>21892497
>tfw when
>chad
No.

[Anonymous No.21903611]

>>21903417

Oh my god, you're heading straight to hell. I would get out while I still can.

[Anonymous No.21903662]

>>21903611

And yes, you need to be an "yes men". A vast majority of jobs can be summed up as making your boss look good and keep him happy and (hope) that the good shit comes at you.

[Anonymous No.21904033]

>be me,new employee in the office
>I'm part of 8 new employees there
>all wannabees
>all day talk about travels and parties, never take job seriously
>suddenly one day manager tells me to do training on the computer instead of going to the client presentations. Best day of my life, don't have to deal with pointless talking anymore
>you won't believe how stupid all sound at lunch table when they "discuss" politics, goddamn they don't understand anything, their general understanding ends with cnn and wsj article levels, but I suspect my manager pretends to be dumb about Trump, I bet he's regular at /trump general/ on /pol/
>corona hits, don't have to meet those fucking dumb colleagues anymore face to face
>side jobs suddenly increase, haven't had enough sleep for last few weeks, I still wonder how did I manage to increase my productivity past anyone else at current company
>I was occasionally talking to HR at company, kinda furious lady, but dunno, our minds click, she told me i will be put on furlough soon
>I guess more time for side jobs

[Anonymous No.21904037]

>>21903611
Why hell? What can they do to me? Gossip? I aint scared of that shit, ima just do my job and work till i drop dead

[Anonymous No.21904276]

>>21889663
Ok boomer

[Anonymous No.21904396]

>>21890548
Underrated sun god post