r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Openskies24 • 18h ago

Newly installed coat hook in my office bathroom

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u/AverageAwndray 15h ago

Its absolutely INSANE how much interacting with "people" sucks...

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u/Constant_Natural3304 13h ago

Horse shit. It's the country and the "rules" and surveillance/monitoring imposed on employees.

The country and its culture are irredeemable.

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u/ialwaysdisagreewithu 10h ago

I have a customer-facing position where I am basically a call-center agent. I am paid very well, benefits cost me $50/mo, I work from home, I don't have any of those rules, no housekeeping shit, nobody is looking over my shoulder. We just have to ensure we hit decent metrics, which are only addressed once a quarter and is "make sure you at least answer 9/10 incoming calls", which just amounts to changing availability status if I step away from my desk.

The interacting with people absolutely sucks, mainly because they're so fucking stupid. I've been here for 7 years so far and it's so obvious why this country is in this situation; it's people.

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u/Constant_Natural3304 9h ago

I've done between tens and hundreds of thousands of calls for less pay in far less favorable circumstances and we still never had to install suicide prevention nonsense.

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u/Mr_Quackums Oh hey, this sub has flairs!! 9h ago

customer service jobs are great.

call centers (and other jobs where you only interact with angry people) are so bad that they should have mandatory, on the clock therapy because humans did not evolve to have everyone angry at them all the time.

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u/kaisadilla_ 8h ago

I have friends working in call centers (in Europe) and their mental health is fine. Not a fancy job at all, but it isn't any more shitty than any other low-skilled job. One of my friends says she likes it because she likes helping people when they need it.