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Comment by anilakar

16 hours ago

What I say: This is not ready for production.

What management hears: We can sell this to the customer for acceptance testing.

What you say: I don’t want to take responsibility.

What management hears: I want someone else to take responsibility for me.

What I say: I want a pay rise.

What management hears: We want more pizza parties.

  • Nah. Our CEO just fires everyone who asks for a raise because they're a liability now.

    FWIW, this is in a country that supposedly has really strong unions and worker protections.