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[–] hark@lemmy.world 22 points 9 hours ago

It's always "do a 'little more' here and there" for work, but if you ask to be paid a little more for that work then they lose their minds. These parasites are the most entitled pieces of shit ever.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 5 hours ago

"I've never believed in ~~the term~~ work-life balance."

What it really means

[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The people are just myth making: Musk and this woman first stretch the definition of work to mean everything they ever do…expensive business lunches or exotic vacations (that include a zoom meeting!) are considered work. But then difficult or stressful work gets discounted by association because the surfs only do it for 12 hours a day.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Maybe I meant to type Smurfs?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 hour ago

If they're peasant smurfs, would they be "smerfs?" 🤔

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Serfs up, dude!

[–] verdi@feddit.org 5 points 7 hours ago

*cocks shotgun

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 hours ago

Actually I think work/life balance is an outdated concept.

These days it's more like work/survival balance.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago

Just wait until her neglected kids rebel and turn into miserable drug addicts.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Wal-Mart exec can go suck a fuck!

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

how exactly does one suck a fuck

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

I'm imagining one places one's mouth on the area where the penis enters the vagina such that they are able to create suction both in the penis and vaginal opening simultaneously.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago
[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

I never believe her also.

[–] flamiera@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

“I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance,” says Morris, who oversees the experience of over 2.1 million employees. “I call it work-life integration. There are times that your life requires a lot more, and there are times that your work requires a lot more. … I don’t think that’s a bad thing.”

Except the reality is, is that there are managers who will and have asked you to "please work another hour" or "can you just stay a little while?" of which I have been actually asked and I always have turned down. I want to go home, I've done your stupid 8-hour shift to please a bunch of dumbasses who don't give a shit about anything we do unless it's to complain, I'm leaving.

Way to be tone-deaf.

When Morris is visiting family, for example, her main focus is on them. But if there’s something at work that needs her attention, she won’t wait until she’s back in the office to do so. Work-life integration helps her stay on top of her work duties while still showing up for herself and the people she loves, she says.

I hope your family dies while you're working so you won't get to say your 'goodbye' to them - just like many have had to when they're too strapped by work to even see much less, talk to family members. Just like people who can't spend the holidays with loved ones, because they're having to be at the store working for last-minute ungrateful shoppers. Or how much time a worker misses their children's firsts because they gotta put food on the table.

“You might be [at your kid’s] soccer game, but you happen to look at a few emails,” Morris says. Maybe you’re chatting with your boss via text while waiting for an appointment, or tying up a few loose ends at work before you put the kids to bed. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a workaholic who lacks boundaries — rather, you find ways to combine your personal and professional duties that work for you, instead of being strict and inflexible with your time.

Nobody does this but you. Nobody. Does. This.

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

After working at Walmart, I would say you can definitely go out of your way to help.

And upper management still won't promote you, or give you a raise. Just a bunch of thanks.

This abuse is built into the system, it's always a promise of a promotion, but the reality is they just want suckers to work for free. This is Walmarts basic Mode of operation. Anything else they tell you is just part of the propaganda to keep everyone working for free. It's an endless flood of propaganda, designed to keep you working for free in hopes of a raise.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

Sure, Jan. If I could make millions at work with the same effort, I would.

[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 31 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This privileged CEO thinks what she does is 'work' when she never as to work a day in customer service.

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

"If I am working this hard, everyone should too."

I think this is the mindset of bosses as to why they power trip. Not all but this is far too common.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 149 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I mean, she makes enough money to say that. Most everyone under her, not so much. The self-centeredness of these CEOs is staggering.

“I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance,” says Morris, who oversees the experience of over 2.1 million employees. “I call it work-life integration. There are times that your life requires a lot more, and there are times that your work requires a lot more. … I don’t think that’s a bad thing.”

“You might be [at your kid’s] soccer game, but you happen to look at a few emails,” Morris says. Maybe you’re chatting with your boss via text while waiting for an appointment, or tying up a few loose ends at work before you put the kids to bed. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a workaholic who lacks boundaries — rather, you find ways to combine your personal and professional duties that work for you, instead of being strict and inflexible with your time.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

Yeah it’s a lot easier to say that when your work doesn’t require you to be on-site, or consists of lunch meetings and answering e-mails.

[–] Foreigner@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I once heard the following which struck a chord for me and I always keep it in mind when it comes to work:

"20 years from now, the only people who will remember you stayed late at work are your kids"

Obviously this doesn't apply if you have to work late to survive. If you have the choice though, don't give these companies more time than they really deserve. You won't be remembered or rewarded for it.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Instead, you'll just be used as the example of "being a team player" the manager tries to invoke to cajole others into doing free work, too.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 130 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This still sounds awful. Never unplugged, never tuning down. What the fuck kind of life is that?

[–] ThisSeriesIsFalse@lemmy.ca 90 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's the life that all these corporations want their workers to be forced to live. In their eyes, if you're not producing value for the one on top, you should either be sleeping or dead. Oh, and they'll only be paying you for 8 of those 18 hours you'll be working, at the lowest possible rate they can, if you get the luxury of payment at all. If you're a prisoner, tough luck.

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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Here's the thing though, 90% of her life IS tuned down. Every time she's not worrying about how to pay the bills. How to get to work. How many presents there will be for Christmahannukwanzakkuh. Hell even how much this week's groceries are going to cost from her own store thst she almost certainly doesn't get most of her groceries from.

She just doesn't realize it, because that's not a life she's experienced. She has absolutely no way to empathize because it's as foreign to her as a guinea pig flying an airplane.

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I notice none of the examples involve taking care of life stuff while on the job. Only the one direction.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That's because as an executive she has no issue being able to just "work remotely" or leave "early" on a random day to go to a doctor's appointment, or parent teacher meeting mid-afternoon. She's only accountable to (maybe) the other executives who do the same shit. She doesn;t even realize she's doing it. That's just how life works.

Meanwhile Maria and Bobby are getting written up for coming back from break 2 minutes late.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago

People with a money addiction will insist that you don't deserve a comfortable life because you insist on balancing work and life

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“You might be [at your kid’s] soccer game, but you happen to look at a few emails,” Morris says. Maybe you’re chatting with your boss via text while waiting for an appointment, or tying up a few loose ends at work before you put the kids to bed. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a workaholic who lacks boundaries — rather, you find ways to combine your personal and professional duties that work for you, instead of being strict and inflexible with your time.

OK but Walmart retail staffers clock in and clock out with a time card, and require to be on site to fulfill their duties.

“If I never take a holiday, the tone that I set for everybody is, don’t take a holiday — you can’t do that. And I don’t think that that’s right,” says Morris. “As leaders, we have a responsibility to role model what we expect of others.”

Oh how generous of this person to take a vacation. Do they pay their Walmart retail staff to take a vacation too?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh is she ok with her employees texting their loved ones between tasks or is it only work that's supposed to encroach on everything else?

[–] khepri@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, it was telling that all her examples are of work "integrating" itself into your home life, and 0 examples of things working the other way around. If you want me answering emails during my kid's sporting event (jfk) then how about we make this a two-way street and I go home to do my laundry and watch some netflix if it's a slow day at the office lol. These fucking people.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Ooooh I think we know the answer

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago

Morgan Freeman: “They did not.”

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hate the fact that money is equated with success. Like, what's her K/D ratio on CS:Source?

I grew up in a very poor neighbourhood, then moved to a very rich one for high school, then back to a different poor one for young adulthood. I feel I can speak on this.

All the rich people I know are lazy and are constantly on vacation and play golf/whatever exclusive sport they prefer. Doesn’t matter if they’re 15 or 50…they basically all have the same life style. They will lose their minds if a peer stays at work at work or works in their home office for an extra hour or two a day as if they deserve a medal - provided the work is white collar work. They will completely disregard all the random days off and vacations they take on a whim as if they didn’t happen.

The hardest working people I know are immigrant dishwashers, hands down (just because I spent a lot of time in the restaurant industry - I’m sure there are equivalent jobs in other sectors). 6-7 days a week 10-12 hours a day, sometimes less than minimum wage, no overtime. Thankless, soul sucking, and difficult work. They will never ever complain, never ask for a raise and beg for more hours even tho additional hours have to be “off the books” and paid out of petty cash. Don’t even get tipped out like cooks. Never buy a luxury. They raise families and put kids through university. Biggest unsung sector in labour, as far as I’m concerned. Also the most exploited that allow the rich people to pretend what they do is work. If you try to advocate for them they tell you shut up and not rock the boat.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Like, what's her K/D ratio on CS:Source?

Significantly lower than her K/D ratio in real life

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That doesn't necessarily mean you're a workaholic who lacks boundaries

That’s pretty much the definition of a workaholic.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

New suggested title for the article:

"Billionaire executive can't understand why their minimum salary employees don't want to sacrifice their personal lives to make her even more money".

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This removed wanna volunteer to clean my house and pay off my massive debt? Because my scale is tipped so far into work that I can't keep up with the life parts on my own, but I can't stop work because I need to eat.

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[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No one on their death bed says, "I wish I'd done better at work-life integration."

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

“You might be [at your kid’s] soccer game, but you happen to look at a few emails,” Morris says. Maybe you’re chatting with your boss via text while waiting for an appointment, or tying up a few loose ends at work before you put the kids to bed.

That literally just sounds like she's always working, even when she's supposed to be focused on family.

That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a workaholic who lacks boundaries — rather, you find ways to combine your personal and professional duties that work for you, instead of being strict and inflexible with your time.

Ummm, yeah...that's actually the definition of being a workaholic who lacks boundaries. She may as well be saying, "I don't think sipping from a bottle of vodka in my purse while I'm picking my kids up from school, makes me an alcoholic...I think of it more like multitasking."

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