Wave of Resignations Predicted As Pandemic Lockdown Ends (axios.com) 298
tomhath writes: Economists are predicting a massive wave of resignations in the coming months. Up to 40% of employees at some companies are considering career changes after working from home or living on unemployment supplement for a year. The reasons are varied -- burnout, unwillingness to return to the office, opportunity to change while on unemployment all factor into it.
i'll bite (Score:2, Insightful)
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I quit my job a few months ago without having a new job lined up. I've been going through interviews and currently have one offer. I hope to have another within a few days and then I'll pick one of the offers (or the only one if I don't get another one.)
Both potential new jobs are 100% remote. I will never go back to a job that requires in-office presence.
Re: i'll bite (Score:4, Insightful)
Until you can't find another remote job.
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Which won't be a problem because there's a) a shortage of IT workers, and b) anyone looking at switching jobs right now can tell you the vast majority of jobs are contractually fully remote with no plan to go back.
So keep dreaming, but there will now always be plenty of fully remote IT jobs forever, because companies have to offer it to get the best talent. Any company that doesn't will fall into irrelevance as they're dependent on people who are desperate and not able to pick and choose the job they want s
Re: i'll bite (Score:5, Insightful)
I have a remote job lined up. Should I lose it or should it not work out, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to find another remote job. Employers realize that being able to hire worldwide gives them access to a vastly bigger pool of candidates than only hiring locally. (My previous job was fully remote too. The one before that was remote-during-COVID only, but that gave me the taste for it.)
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To be fair, it wasn't much of a plunge. I live in Canada, so medical insurance is a non-issue. I've had 30+ years' experience in the industry and am in good financial shape... could survive a year or maybe even two with no income. Most people don't have that luxury.
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Some yes, others no.
They are a lot of factors including their life and financial conditions. How good or bad the current employer currently is.
Re:i'll bite (Score:4, Interesting)
Depends on the general level of Fuck This Shit now doesn't it?
As my greybeard uncle used to say, I'm two bad days in a row away from retirement...
Re:i'll bite (Score:4, Funny)
Based on the grammer of the english language (mainly the comma), it is implied that both options are mutually exclusive and your truthy response makes no sense
"grammar".
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Based on the grammer of the english language (mainly the comma), it is implied that both options are mutually exclusive and your truthy response makes no sense
Starting off: First, it is grammar, not grammer. Then, it is English, not english. Lastly, you forgot to end your sentence with a period, so amidst your attempt at pedantry you managed to make three mistakes in one go. Apologies, but I could not resist. Pedants making mistakes are funny.
The gist of it all: No, it is not generally implied that the options are mutually exclusive. It is, indeed, one possible interpretation. One that you, presumably, made. Which is perfectly fine, although often incorrect. The
Employers will pick their stars. (Score:5, Interesting)
Employers will take steps to protect the vital employees (as they see them), and treat everyone else as interchangeable parts. For some, this will go just fine (it's already the norm in many industries). For others, not so much. It will be "interesting times" upcoming. But will this lead to an overall improvement in working conditions? By itself, probably not -- but as part of a larger movement, maybe.
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> For others, not so much. It will be "interesting times" upcoming. But will this lead to an overall improvement in working conditions? By itself, probably not -- but as part of a larger movement, maybe.
The danger that I see right now is that many companies are not training new hires very much and want someone who is already nearly perfect for the open position in terms of prior experience, etc. And it's usually taking a long time / number of applicants to find someone willing to fill the position.
Call
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Companies may base levels of PAY upon your work status....more for in office, less for remote...especially if you live somewhere with lower cost of living.
I think we already saw FB instigating something like this.
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FB did threaten to lower pay for people who moved to cheaper places.
In a sane world, that'd be illegal but this is the good ol' US of A where business profits rule the day.
If you're FT WFH and not in some kind of embargoed or restricted location companies should not have any say over where you live. My 2c.
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So you think, its not a big deal they might have to file taxes in additional sates, maybe countries to accommodate a single employee? Different states have different laws to that might require special compliance.
Its completely non trivial to have employees just working wherever they want!
Re:Employers will pick their stars. (Score:5, Interesting)
For remote work, you structure it as a contractor relationship, not an employee relationship. Then the employee is responsible for filing taxes, doing payroll, etc.
From my perspective as the contractor, that's way better than being an employee. I incorporated a company to handle my contracts; I can pay myself a salary or if I make lots of money, I can pay dividends up to a holding company to defer taxes. This offers much more flexibility than being an employee.
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I agree...I have been the owner of a S-Corp for a long time now.
Sure, you have to put on your big boy pants and do a bit more paperwork, but in the long run, I prefer the freedom (no "earning days off"), and the money.
As an independent you can very easily and LEGALLY write off things and save money on other taxes like SS and medicare, etc.
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The UK has been clamping down in this kind of thing for years because it was a tax dodge. Not saying you are doing that, but people need to be careful and I'm sure the governments of other countries will clamp down too if they start losing too much revenue.
From memory the deal in the UK is that if your work for a company for more than 2 years, or expect to, you are an employee and not a contractor, for tax purposes.
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Canada has clamped down to some extent, but not completely. But anyway, the contracts I'm involved in are between my clients and the company that I own. There's no question of my being an employee of the client. I am, however, an employee of my company.
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The applies to workers based in country, and the primary reason to have a contractor relationship was to pay less tax via various means.
If your workers are located in another country, which is what the parent post was about, then none of this applies. The UK considers you non resident unless you spend more than 90 days per year in the UK. If you're non resident, then you're not liable for UK income tax and are expected to pay tax wherever you are legally resident.
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We're not talking Uber here folks...we're talking real jobs.
That is false distinction. Driving is a real job. Driving for Uber is gig work. Working in an office is a real job. Working as a contractor in a real office is gig work.
Gig workers have few, if any, benefits.
You have to know what your bill rate needs to be....you negotiate your bill rate to cover your time off, your money you put back for your retirement, healthcare, etc.
The same can be said of Uber workers. They just don't do it before they agree to the contract.
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Feel free, the more barriers they throw up, the more clear it is they don't actually value you as an employee, the less reason I have to want to work there and with me many others that know their real value. Good luck recruiting only mediocre candidates in the future.
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Companies are going to have to pay a significant premium to get talented hires that will work from the office full time.
Conversely, companies can potentially save significantly by allowing FT WFH hires. Both in real estate and salary. This is how they'll try to flex their bottom line at the cost of staff...hi mr. wyoming developer. we're offering you 100k instead of 200k if you were local to our SF office because we know it's dirt cheap there.
Re:Employers will pick their stars. (Score:5, Insightful)
Honestly, this also depends on what "better working conditions" would even mean. Some people love the office and can't wait to come back. Some people hate the office and would love to work from home. Some people love the open office and interactions that it brings. Some hate it, because it distracts them. Some prefer jobs where there are great benefits, even if there's a lesser salary. Some prefer no benefits and higher salary instead.
Preferences vary wildly, just like people's personality traits vary wildly. Modern work life has been moulded by combination of interests of employers and interests of employees. Even if current crisis adds more weight to interests of employees over interests of employers, interests of employers are also wildly different and often mutually exclusive based on personalities of people involved.
Re:Employers will pick their stars. (Score:5, Insightful)
Things won't go back to how they were. The office won't be as busy as it used to be, people will keep shopping online.
People who want everything to go back to "normal" will be disappointed. People who like the new normal will be very happy.
Many bosses are in the former group.
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And this will be different than before the pandemic exactly how....?
Job security, and company/employee loyalty flew out the window at least 30 years ago.
There is no such thing as job security nor company loyalty.
I used to never get it when companies would have big meetings and sometimes actually pay consultants for corporate culture type things....its laughable as that while the
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I think before the pandemic they treated *all* employees as interchangeable parts.
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Employers will take steps to protect the vital employees (as they see them), and treat everyone else as interchangeable parts.
The ignorant ones will continue to assume everyone is interchangeable, and assume they can replace them with a snap of their finger.
(You should see them walking around all day long snapping their fingers...it's practically a dance move now.)
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Yes and no.
A lot of companies aren't going to be able to keep their stars. Folks are burned out and want a change. A new location. Not to be forced back into the office. Heck, LOTS of people moved because they had to WFH and their previous living situation made that difficult or impossible. Companies telling people to move back or suck it up for some now-ridiculous commute? (after they dumped most of the transition to WFH on their employees with minimal help)
Rather doubt this will play out like compan
I am one of these people (Score:5, Interesting)
In my case this was nothing to do with return to office (I don't mind) and everything to do with hiring freeze since COVID started. I won't continue doing job of multiple people just because I don't have to commute anymore.
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Sure. You can troll if you like but with that URL as your sig ... most folks understand you're going to be a dbag anyway.
Work From Home Forever!!! (Score:2)
That's what they said. Vaccine came around and now that directive has been rescinded. Fortunately enough people are still unemployed that traffic is light and parking is easier.
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No more Youtube videos of animal herds wandering the streets.
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I think if it is a case if they promised work from home for a long time, and especially if they hired people to work from home, bringing them back to the office is unfair.
However, I expect most of the companies made it clear that this is only a temporary condition, and I think some of the employees were just being overly hopeful, that it would stick, even though the workplace never mentioned that.
Pirate resignation letter (Score:5, Funny)
Dear XXXX:
After an appropriate period of deliberation, I have come to the decision to tender my resignation from XXXX, effective April 1, 2005.
Please know that I still maintain a high level of respect for you as a manager and supervisor, and I thank you sincerely for the support and assistance you have offered me in each of those roles. I have been proud to work for XXXX over the past three years; it has been a journey that has provided me an unparalleled foundation to move forward to new and exciting opportunities.
As such, I have decided to become a professional pirate. It has always been a dream of mine to live the life of a swashbuckling corsair, beholden to none and master of all I survey. Once my crew of unabashed rogues is assembled, we shall take to the capacious expanse of the high seas to pursue fortune, fame, and hair-raising adventure.
Our path may not be filled with the porcine comforts and technological marvels that XXXX provides, but we shall nonetheless move forward to carve a name for ourselves in the annals of bold insurgency and death-defying derring-do. Once I have a keen blade at my hip and the Jolly Roger is flapping high above me, I believe I will find my true calling.
Please note that I am currently accepting applications for First Officer, if you are at all interested in applying. I will provide a full medical and dental plan, which will offer immediate coverage of all maladies other than scurvy and the occasional bout of rickets.
Sincerely,
Re:Pirate resignation letter (Score:5, Funny)
I’d like to apply for the First Mate position.
I don’t know how to sail, I get seasick, and I don’t like conflict. Since I’m from Seattle, and we don’t compete here, I will expect a cut of the booty whether we win or lose. While I’m not one for confrontation, if you need someone to leave a pissy note on someone’s ship, anonymously of course, or you need someone to be a bad ass on Twitter, look no further. I speak snarky one-liner fluently.
Oh, I assume the other pirates will agree with me about everything? Cause I’m both tolerant and diverse and I refuse to be around anyone who isn’t. Matter of fact, if you can put one of those fashionable signs up on the ship. You know, one of those “The following groups are not welcome on this ship:”, and then list a bunch of subjective groups that most people claim to hate, that would be perfect. Oh, and it would be great if you scan Slashdot a couple of times per day and mod as “Troll” anyone who doesn’t agree with me. Consider it part of our commitment to tolerance and diversity. It’s important that we only tolerate those we agree with, as that’s the difficult part of being tolerant. Anyone can tolerate those they disagree with. I like to think that we’re a cut above.
What would you say the work/life balance of your ship is? I won the lottery and was born to affluent parents who sent me to a good school, I’m not one of those paycheck-to-paycheck deplorables (deplos as we call them). Despite having little formal education and being born to backward parents, I still expect them to progress as fast as I did. That may seem unreasonable, but I assert my affluent white privilege on that one (which trumps white privilege several times over), so so please don’t bring it up.
Otherwise, yeah, I’m totally onboard with ...
Actually, nevermind. I’ve decided to be an astronaut instead.
Good luck.
Re:Pirate resignation letter (Score:4, Insightful)
I sincerely hope you're naming your ship the Crimson Permanent Assurance. Arrr!
A year locked into your current job. (Score:5, Interesting)
One factor I think is the biggest one, is that for over a year, those people who kept their jobs, didn't feel secure enough to leave them at the moment.
I know for myself, I usually keep my resume out, and will entertain job recruiters for a new job. However for the past 5/6 years or so, I realized that the job market isn't going to be such a reliable place to be in, and that my job as the new guy, could be in jeopardy if a big problem came out, and I felt that soon something might happen that would put a good amount of stress on these companies, and would see who can weather the problems and who couldn't. So I kept my job, which is very stable, and mostly had put myself in a mindset that I am going to be there for a while.
Now that such an event has happened, we are seeing which organizations are rising out of the ashes and who is really strong and who is weak. I can check hiring companies to see if they had canned a lot of their employees in 2020 or they found a way to make sure they were productive. I can see what they are doing differently now things are returning to normal. It is actually becoming a good time to change your job again. At least for about a half a decade or so, in which companies again will start to get lazy, and ignore their long term goals.
Re:A year locked into your current job. (Score:5, Insightful)
They have the same management now that realizes that while many things went just fine with people working from home, it made the actual management at least an order of magnitude harder. So they expect us to go back to a routine we have grown to despise, simply because it makes their job so much more manageable. Screw that, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Find a new way to manage effectively or find another career path. They are buggy whip manufacturers.
Re:A year locked into your current job. (Score:5, Interesting)
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This scenario gets worse the older you get, the more kids you have, and the older those kids get. It really sucks when you think you did the right thing and wait until your 30s to have kids.
Yeah.
In hindsight, I'd recommend people to have kids when they're in their early 20s. 25 at the latest.
Not sure my 25-year-old self would agree with me...
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It's the same whether you have kids or not. The older you get the more crap you swallow because the fear of finding something as good comes into play. The young think the old know nothing and the old think the young know nothing. Ageism is the only acceptable ism across the spectrum still.
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Im 50 now. My oldest just went off to college (or is about to anyway) but the younger is only 11. My priorities are getting the kids independent, pay off my mortgage, and then do whatever. For a while I even considered paying $150 and getting an FFL and just sell ammo and some collectors pieces. Without the mortgage I could probably be a Walmart greeter and be OK if the kids were grown and off on their own.
Ah, a fellow older dad. I figure I'm working until I'm 70, or whenever they wont let me do this any more.
Just hope your wife doesn't walk in your mid-50's, it's quite fashionable these days.
It throws your financial plan out the window.
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This, exactly.
Reasonably, if the employee were so secure in their view that they could find another job if they wanted one without any effort and they dislike their job enough that they are actually unwilling to suffer through a commute, then I think it is likely the case that they would have left their job even before the pandemic started.
The fact that
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I agree that right now isn't the best time, but I feel we are going to start to see things settle soon.
Inflation has been historically low for a real long time. But Inflation isn't always a bad thing, it is often a good sign of consumer buying stuff. We have been so focused on companies saving money, we forget that they make their money not from saving money, but to selling to the customers.
Mass retirements (Score:5, Insightful)
Also these kinds of articles are often just there to provide an excuse for cuts to unemployment benefits, safety nets and to wages in general. Mississippi is literally at full employment and is cutting federal unemployment benefits. Tennessee is only at 5% and they're doing the same. Every honest economist has come out and said it's for political reasons, but it's not. It's to depress wages.
And let's not forget, Unemployment isn't there to help the unemployed. It's there to help those still employed. Because there's millions of people out there who got a taste of what it's like to have enough money for rent and food, and they're coming for your job. That'll mean your boss has more options, and firing you or cutting your pay is gonna look real attractive real fast.
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There's also the fact that their raising the age you have to wait to collect your FULL Social Security benefits.
For many right now, that age is 68yrs.
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It's going to be interesting times when Gen X is too old to work but too young to retire. Tens of millions of people with absolutely nothing to lose and lots of guns.
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The boomers aren't retiring because they need health care, and by the time they're old enough to get that healthcare and they have enough money saved a way to cover the gaps in Medicare Gen X have aged out an employers will hire the younger millennials.
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GenXers are just out there getting the job done with none of the Millenial drama. As long as they keep doing that, employers will keep loving them.
However, GenX for the most part are not the children of Boomers, they're the children of the Silents, who don't have nearly the amount of money to pass on that the richer Boomers do. GenX will continue having to fend for themselves. Thankfully, we're good at it.
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The phrase was popularized by the leadership of BLM. Patrisse Cullors, one of the founders, describes herself that way from her early political activity in the Weather Underground. I'll note that BLM has some very real abuses to protest, but the public Marxism of its leadership should be a cause for concern. Spending any time in a Marxist or formerly Marxist country is a real education in how much worse the racism and abuse of women can be.
same idiot predicted the PC is dead (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:same idiot predicted the PC is dead (Score:4, Funny)
The rest of us live in the real world.
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Venezuela is a dictatorship.
What that has to with capitalizm or not capitalizm is beyond me.
You lack some brain cells or are some paid agitator?
Or Just Ask (Score:5, Interesting)
Posting as AC for several reasons...
I contract at a university and they've already said August 1st everyone is going back in. I was on-site pre-pandemic and just told them that I'd like to continue to work from home come August. Their answer? No problem at all, as long as my standard of work continues to be up.
I get it that I'm a contractor and it's much easier to justify letting me work from home than regular employees, but sometime you just may need to let them know your preference. If they make you go in, they you can still quit afterward. It's better to go in with an attitude of "I'll quit if you're going to force me to go back."
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AC posting often does not work. No idea why.
You probably have to use a different browser to do it.
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It's not about money (Score:5, Insightful)
Here is a simple thought experiment for you. Say you currently make $104K a year and get 4 weeks off and your manager gives you 3 options. Stay the same, make $102K but get 5 weeks off, or make $106k but get only 3 weeks off. Which you choose says a lot about you.
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I'm going to become a social media influencer!
Even better. (Score:5, Funny)
I'm gonna become a social media influencer coach!
Re:Even betterer better (Score:4, Insightful)
I'm gonna become a social media influencer coach!
I'm gonna become a social media influencer coach strategist!
Even better, imma be a social media influencer coach strategy consultant!
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What's a coincidence, I've only just created the first School for social media influencer coach strategists and we offer an industry recognised certification in consulting social media influencer coach strategists.
Recognised by whom? Well whichever influencer we paid of course. And that's how you know we know what we're talking about.
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He did not invent alternating current or more precisely he did not discover it.
He engineered some methods for using alternating current efficiently. Most importantly he came up with methods suited for fast large-scale employment given the technology of the time. This helped spread electric power around the world rather quickly and sped up development in many place. This was quite the feat which should be honored.
As far as the rest is concerned,
Re:Uh huh (Score:5, Insightful)
While people like their paycheck, there has been a lot of research to show that their salary isn't the only factor.
I am not sure why you think this is based on communism (Do you even know what communism is, outside of "Its bad"), but this is just normal capitalism, were workers are in the market for an employer who will give them a better deal for what they want. Every employee is really a business of 1 person, now if a company want the services of that employee, they are going to need to give in to the compensation and environment they will want. Now over time the negation strength fluctuates between the Company and the Employee, so some time the Company has a lot of power to demand the level of compensation, this is often during a down economy, because the employee needs a job and is willing to work for less. However during a stronger economy where it is difficult to hire new employees, the company will need to find a way to offer more to get new and keep their existing employees.
So lets say someone works $25 and hour. If they have to commute 1 hour back and forth to the office. that is $50 a day of their time that they cannot get back. So if that person is doing $25 an hour work from home without a commute, The company may need to offer them $30 an hour to go back to commuting, But if the company tried to hire you at $27 an hour compared to your current $25 an hour, you may find, that a lot of people may choose the lower paycheck, because their time is worth more than the extra money.
I am still not understanding why someones purchasing decisions at home comes into play their work ethics and values? They may choose a smaller house, so they can get that Tesla, or that iPhone may be pre-owned, even if it wasn't what about it. Oh you think this person is a Communist, even though they never mentioned it, but just mentioned that they want more for themselves.
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Also you can often live a comparable lifestyle in a cheaper area if you don't need to commute every day.
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Well if you can't read why bother posting.
aka Communism is strongly built on Marxism [wikipedia.org]
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Re:Uh huh (Score:5, Interesting)
Just like most of the fake Marxists on Slashdot: people talk a good game. But at the end of the day [...]
...but at the end of the day, some of us actually follow through.
I had been happily working as a software developer at a company for nearly a decade, but my pay hadn't been keeping pace with my growing responsibilities, industry norms, or my family's growing needs. With raises on pause because COVID, we finally reached a breaking point.
So, I applied for a remote position with an all-remote company about three months back and was able to land a bit more than a 50% "raise" with a bit less responsibility than what I had previously. The benefits are slightly better, there's more opportunities for taking on additional responsibility, and did I mention that I'm making a decent bit more now?
Not all resignations are driven by "but I don't want to work!". A lot of us are resigning because COVID allowed us to see that remote work can work for us, which greatly broadened the employment opportunities available to us. I'm in a smaller town, so I was previously limited in my choices to the three decent software companies in town if I wanted to stay in the town. Now, I'm spoiled for choice.
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I'll go one better. I quit my job six months *before* COVID. It's the best decision I've ever made. Now I do what I used to as a consultant about 10% of the time, get the credit my boss used to hog, make almost as much money, and get to spend the rest of the time working on new ideas.
Re:Uh huh (Score:5, Interesting)
Yeah, the company I’m now at wasn’t remote until COVID. Prior to that, they were strictly in-person, but now they’re selling their building and their veteran employees are dispersing all over the country.
And for me, it wasn’t just about the money. I knew I was being underpaid, but my previous place is a really great company in virtually every other regard: great work-life balance, great culture, great people, great benefits. Some things are worth giving up a better paycheck. COVID, however, brought about a set of conditions that forced me out due to pay, which wasn’t a leap I would have taken otherwise. I wasn’t seeking praise for doing something most people would suggest I should have done years earlier: I was sharing a story about what drove my own resignation related to COVID, and that it wasn’t what the OP was suggesting.
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My company is the same. Probably 60% of the employees are now on full time or part time telework, when before you were limited to no more than 4 days/2 week pay period.
They just sent a company wide policy letter suggesting this would continue if people wanted it. One of my coworkers just applied for and got a job at a different location (on the west coast) and isn't moving.
My job... is not telework friendly though
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You guys act like I keep it a secret or something
Nah, it's not that. It's just commenting on something you're moderating as well is not exactly how the system here works IN SPIRIT. I mean, if you wanted Reddit level moderation, then it's easy peasy to go set up an account there. So it's not "we're surprised", it more like, "if you wanted ABC and have easy access to ABC, why are you doing MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ here? It seems like it'd be a lot easier over there with the ABC."
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I just switch between them to get around the moderation
It is just strings in a badly designed Postgres DB
Then you created multiple accounts for something that you can easily change with that whole slider thing you see before entering the comment section.
Sorry to burst your bubble of righteous indignation
You do whatever you want to do buddy. I'm just commenting on the information I have thus far. But considering that you're taking a pretty simple comment and making into a personal attack in your head, perhaps you'd be better served over at Reddit, no?
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The reason to create dozens of accounts is to allow me to continue posting even after one of my accounts has been modded down.
So you want to keep talking after everyone has asked you to stop talking? That's an awfully funny thing to admit to.
I am trying to patiently explain to you how the system works
Ah! You know you're right here. I was unaware that you were trying to bypass everyone trying to politely tell you that you're a troll. See I figured you could take a hint, silly me. I agree that's 100% on me here.
Maybe YOU belong at Reddit, no?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL... Says the person admitting to all of the above and constantly having to change usernames because you just can't stand being called out for what you are. And t
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they are abusing the moderation system to mod me down with their sockpuppet accounts. I am not moderating anything, they are.
"I'm not the bad guy! They are!" And with that I think we've gotten to the point I've been trying to make.
I guess you still don't understand.
Well whatever person. I've said my peace about it. If you're fine with it, far be it for me to convince you otherwise. I ain't your parent, if you feel like this is what you need to do, then you go do it. Happy trails.
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Nope.
The voices in my head would tell me, if I had.
Re: Uh huh (Score:4, Funny)
Re: Uh huh (Score:4, Informative)
Re: Uh huh (Score:4, Informative)
You can just call me a douche in the comments. No need to hide behind moderation. Just say it. Own it.
If someone is talking to you they can't also moderate you. Learn how Slashdot works and be less of a douche.
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Middle managers, mostly. Actual research suggests the average office worker working from home is about 60% more productive, and happier too.