Things that sh*t me the seventeenth

[Gralin]

Options like a security token in the metadata of a phone's photos and videos could be used maybe? Then you can find the people doing it. Platforms can't accept uploads without that token? But this still leaves other platforms like Telegram as alternatives for sharing. Dunno.

Better off creating a better society where parents have time and resources to help their kids. Where kids have safe options.

Open to stalking and doxxing

 

[Gralin]

Just the standard data built into a photo on your phone is bad for your safety online

 

[Gralin]

And not just your phone, other people's

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

That's true as well. Also heaps of self diagnosis that you'll see amongst that age range, with GPs all too happy to prescribe medication when depression or anxiety may be purely circumstantial (i.e. a bad breakup, a rough time at school, loss of family member etc).

Without looking at any qualitative or quantitative data, I'm sure teenage anorexia has gone way up. The unfortunate need to compare to your peers on what is essentially a highlight reel (Instagram) that doesn't go close to showing any of the lowlights, gives people a false image of what they should be doing.

That's not to mention the dangers of cyberbullying, which was certainly prevalent when I was in school especially because social media was still in its relative infancy, and thus hard to regulate at all. And that's before I even touch on Snapchat, which was probably the worst app to give a bunch of teenagers and let them run wild with.

I'm definitely welcoming any change to the current system.

How Big Tech Created the Anxious Generation

https://todayspaper.theaustralian.com.au/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=c0e7b8f1-61ed-405c-9adf-95e2d8f61ed2&share=true

 

[Gough]

How Big Tech Created the Anxious Generation

https://todayspaper.theaustralian.com.au/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=c0e7b8f1-61ed-405c-9adf-95e2d8f61ed2&share=true

Murdoch doesn't like the competition, creating anxiety was strictly his job here for a long time.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Murdoch doesn't like the competition, creating anxiety was strictly his job here for a long time.

Nonsense

 

[rank and file]

The struggle is real for generation dopamine

 

[raskolnikov]

You can't buy a product or pay for a service these days without being asked to complete a survey. Work is getting ridiculous as well having to complete surveys all the time. **** off with your ****ing surveys.

 

[Off The Couch]

You can't buy a product or pay for a service these days without being asked to complete a survey. Work is getting ridiculous as well having to complete surveys all the time. heck off with your ******* surveys.

We are introducing a new cultural-change program that teaches people how to cope more effectively with adversity and stress with the aim to prevent trauma symptoms

One of the first things that happened was a confidential survey to all staff and then workshops where management weren’t able to attend and staff were asked questions around management. The feedback effectively was that there were too many “chefs”, they made changes without consultation, the changes were almost always reactive and ineffective and led to a toxic work environment.

That feedback obviously didn’t go down well as we are now only implementing some of the modules - you can guess who it is they won’t be making changes

Defeats the purpose of the entire program but it will look good at accreditation.

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[Chief]

You can't buy a product or pay for a service these days without being asked to complete a survey. Work is getting ridiculous as well having to complete surveys all the time. heck off with your ******* surveys.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you feel about surveys?

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

We are introducing a new cultural-change program that teaches people how to cope more effectively with adversity and stress with the aim to prevent trauma symptoms

One of the first things that happened was a confidential survey to all staff and then workshops where management weren’t able to attend and staff were asked questions around management. The feedback effectively was that there were too many “chefs”, they made changes without consultation, the changes were almost always reactive and ineffective and led to a toxic work environment.

That feedback obviously didn’t go down well as we are now only implementing some of the modules - you can guess who it is they won’t be making changes

Defeats the purpose of the entire program but it will look good at accreditation.

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The amount of arguments I've had over surveys is ridiculous - I won't let managers do them unless they commit to a transparent action plan off the back of the results. They want people to 'feel' heard but not actually hear them

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

My six year old had an eye test at school and lied to the optometrist so much (he told them he'd previously had eye patch training, used to wear glasses full time, and now wears them for reading) that I can't work out if his report is accurate or not

 

[MP_]

My six year old had an eye test at school and lied to the optometrist so much (he told them he'd previously had eye patch training, used to wear glasses full time, and now wears them for reading) that I can't work out if his report is accurate or not

My son when 4 memorised all the lines on the eye chart and as a result an eye issue that could have been rectified early never got treated and now he needs glasses.

 

[Frank Bunn]

The amount of arguments I've had over surveys is ridiculous - I won't let managers do them unless they commit to a transparent action plan off the back of the results. They want people to 'feel' heard but not actually hear them

It's a box ticking exercise for senior managers to 'engage with their employees'. When they get panned in the surveys for their shitty behaviour the managers will spin it into 'an opportunity to improve' then sweep it all under the carpet.

 

[Rotayjay]

This talk of North Queensland becoming its own state is unrealistic and just clickbait.

Imagine the shit fight between Cairns and Townsville over which would be the capital. Maybe a Canberra-style compromise would work - call it Queenbra or Cairnsville.

 

[Rotayjay]

It's a box ticking exercise for senior managers to 'engage with their employees'. When they get panned in the surveys for their shitty behaviour the managers will spin it into 'an opportunity to improve' then sweep it all under the carpet.

And it seems to me that getting external consultants to do a report on your organisation is the perfect out. Want to do something unpopular? 'This is what the independent external experts said to do.' Don't want to do it because it's unpopular? 'We won't be implementing that recommendation - it came from external people.'

 

[MP_]

My armpit bee sting still hurts 36 hours later

 

[cats_09]

This talk of North Queensland becoming its own state is unrealistic and just clickbait.

Imagine the s**t fight between Cairns and Townsville over which would be the capital. Maybe a Canberra-style compromise would work - call it Queenbra or Cairnsville.

That talk has been around for decades and it'll continue to get air time for the foreseeable future

 

[raskolnikov]

This talk of North Queensland becoming its own state is unrealistic and just clickbait.

Imagine the s**t fight between Cairns and Townsville over which would be the capital. Maybe a Canberra-style compromise would work - call it Queenbra or Cairnsville.

Innisfail

 

[raskolnikov]

 

[cats_09]

Innisfail

My aunt would probably be happy with that as she’s use it as a new reason for me to go visit them up North - so far that’s something I’ve managed to avoid, but if the home town is the new “North Qld” capital, then it’ll be added to guilt trip of when am I going to visit…

 

[burge13]

It's a box ticking exercise for senior managers to 'engage with their employees'. When they get panned in the surveys for their shitty behaviour the managers will spin it into 'an opportunity to improve' then sweep it all under the carpet.

A hospital network I worked for did an 'employee satisfaction survey'. Judged wellbeing, development, trust in leadership etc

Department I worked in scored so poorly, worst of all departments from memory. They panicked and followed up with another survey of what they could do to improve. answers were all pretty similar

Work flexibility ie allow more WFH
Less nepotism (they created roles for a lot of their friends who were useless)
Less micromanagement
More development opportunity

The directors answer to this feedback? Set up mandatory 'wellness sessions' run via Teams where people mediated, led by the OH&S dude. It was comedy

"Oh you feel overworked, here's a mandatory 1 hour session during work time to take you away from your work". Just brilliant stuff

 

[Hamingja]

A hospital network I worked for did an 'employee satisfaction survey'. Judged wellbeing, development, trust in leadership etc

Department I worked in scored so poorly, worst of all departments from memory. They panicked and followed up with another survey of what they could do to improve. answers were all pretty similar

It was similar in my last job. Our section of the business was the lowest in the group. They had a big percentage of people on fixed term contracts. Their rule of thumb was that people had to be on fixed term contracts for 4 years before they made people permanent full time.

People obviously complained about that on the survey. So what they did was make everyone that had been on contract for 2 years or more permanent and said that once other people get to 2 years they will automatically move to full time if they are hitting their targets.

Result was that made people happy so they got a good score on the next survey.

When it first happened I was only at the business for 12 months. 12 months on when my group had been at the business for 2 years and it was time to make us all permanent they reneged on it.

Then to rub it in they changed the survey from annual to every two years so they got to rest on their good score from the year before for another 12 months.

Absolute campaigners.

 

[Gralin]

My work seems to like handing out redundancies just before the annual satisfaction survey then get upset when the results are bad.

Then they waste everyone's time for months "listening to feedback" and then telling us they listened

But they don't do anything

 

[Beerfish]

Listening is something