- Echo Dot ( @echodot@feddit.uk ) English36•6 months ago
For some people at least, they get into the habit of being poor and it’s a hard habit to break. Just because you have a lot of money doesn’t change your mindset.
- PhobosAnomaly ( @PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ) English13•6 months ago
I’m in an industry where pay bands are public and everyone knows who makes what.
The easiest way to find out who’s a cheap fuck is to offer up and buy a round of coffee. Nine times out of ten, you’ll get a coffee back next time they’re swinging by. Happy days.
Even for the one in ten, it’s not a deal-breaker. If my round comes round again, then yeah everyone gets offered. Nine times out of ten, you’ll get one offered back.
If someone either doesn’t collar me privately and say “hey thanks for the coffee but don’t expect one back” or “sorry man, I don’t feel comfortable doing rounds” then that’s absolutely cool, I qint here to judge reasons - but if you take two coffees and offer fuck all, then that’s a cheap and easy way of finding out who’s not the giving kind. Even if someone was brave enough to say “dude I can’t afford a round” then I’d happily say “pipe down, these are on me then”.
I don’t judge them. I just don’t offer a coffee in future.
- KevonLooney ( @KevonLooney@lemm.ee ) English8•6 months ago
You need to stop buying 9 or 10 rounds of coffee. That’s hundreds of dollars. Buy better beans once and make 10 pots instead. Or get an espresso machine if you need to. It’s super easy, and more fun.
- PhobosAnomaly ( @PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ) English10•6 months ago
Honestly I’d love to have some logical, economic, or entertaining argument to debate you but I don’t have one - you’re right.
Problem is, we need to make 24/7 coverage of this task and honestly some people are just minging - we’ve come in to coffee pots with mould on the surface, and as much as I’m willing to become one with nature, that ain’t tickling my fancy.
We are however lucky enough to have an indie coffee shop in our local town so at least our pennies are going to a decent pocket, and in fairness the owner is a lovely bloke so I’m quite happy to plan my mortgage payments around him.
Point taken though, I appreciate it 😁
- KevonLooney ( @KevonLooney@lemm.ee ) English3•6 months ago
There’s a very simple solution to this problem, but you may not like it. Tell everyone the coffee pot needs to be washed every day and put up a sheet assigning the task to people. When that person washes the pot, they sign the sheet. If you have a camera in the break room, it’s even more effective.
Then you can see on the sheet who was supposed to wash the pot but didn’t (or did it poorly). It will not work with people who say it’s “not their job”, but at least the problem is clearly visible.
- Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) English3•6 months ago
This reads like a highschool math book excercise.
- 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) English9•6 months ago
It’s amazing how much you can spend on small things when you don’t make enough to afford rent so you don’t have rent to pay.
- Sharkwellington ( @Sharkwellington@lemmy.one ) English4•6 months ago
I’m not sure what you mean by this? Are you implying they live with their parents or couch surf or something?
- Alien Nathan Edward ( @reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ) English5•6 months ago
I mean, when i was broke money questions were a lot simpler because it was never “do I pick food, electricity or rent?”, it was “once I pay rent, do I eat ramen in the dark or do I go to bed hungry in the dark?”
- Bit ( @Bit@lemm.ee ) English2•6 months ago
I see you everywhere…
- solbear ( @solbear@slrpnk.net ) English8•6 months ago
A bit silly comparing hourly wage to yearly wage. The barista just needs to work 22500 hours a year to earn the same… that’s not even three times the amount of hours in a year.
- Fixbeat ( @Fixbeat@lemmy.ml ) English7•6 months ago
450k? How does that happen?
- zqwzzle ( @zqwzzle@lemmy.ca ) English7•6 months ago
Higher tiers engineering in FAANG.
- umbrella ( @umbrella@lemmy.ml ) English7•6 months ago
what exactly are they coding to get paid that much?
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for a friendfor me. im asking for me.- GBU_28 ( @GBU_28@lemm.ee ) English8•6 months ago
They probably only code a little bit. They review and guide at that point. Essentially leading the team’s coding efforts, ensuring the product is of quality.
- Daxtron2 ( @Daxtron2@startrek.website ) English2•6 months ago
Likely very little, they’re paid for knowledge of their codebase and higher level stuff. It’s cheaper to then pay someone lower level to do the grunt work.
- zqwzzle ( @zqwzzle@lemmy.ca ) English1•6 months ago
Be talented and lucky enough to get in on the ground floor of a startup.
- GissaMittJobb ( @GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ) English2•6 months ago
The startup game is basically dead for getting rich. First to be employed is just first to get screwed over. Either found a startup yourself or aim for big tech imo, but that’s also pretty hard given current market conditions. Get ready to surf the next ZIRP-wave though!
- gencha ( @gencha@feddit.de ) English3•6 months ago
If you’re making 450k in IT, it’s not because you make the best coffee. Bait content
- gamermanh ( @gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English4•6 months ago
Ever hear of hyperbole?