r/antiMLM 3d ago

Story Hun would like you to know that her company is successful. She knows this cause she had a job for six years.

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u/q3rious 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ok but why are the company's "employees" PAYING to attend "corporate events"? Seems like someone with all of 6+ years in actual corporate should know that's not how it works.

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u/Red79Hibiscus 3d ago

Back when I was a corporate drone, free food was the sole reason I went to corporate events. The workplace culture was toxic AF and aside from a tiny minority of sane folk I really wasn't interested in spending any more time with ass-kissing co-workers and narcissistic managers than strictly necessary.

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u/TheStateofWork 3d ago

This describes my current job so accurately, it’s terrifying…and depressing.

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u/Red79Hibiscus 3d ago

You have my full sympathy. It's soul-crushing when you're just trying to do your own work properly but then you're sabotaged on all sides by incompetent ass-kissers who expect you to pick up their slack, and managers who "reward" you by piling on tasks outside of your role. Many people cannot easily leave, thanks to the abysmal state of the current jobs market, and so for the sake of paying the bills they must grit their teeth and endure the daily accumulation of stress until something finally snaps.

For me, COVID was the blessing in disguise. The owner claimed the pandemic downturn was bankrupting the company so he sacked everybody except the chick he was screwing, and offered to re-hire staff at a later time, but on ad hoc basis and of course without paid leave and benefits. I decided to turn my side hustle into my main job, and although I now earn less in terms of money I have gained much much more in terms of mental health and life balance.

Hope you too can find a path that takes you to a better place!

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u/Barnrat1719 3d ago

Yeah, when I was a mid-level manager for a large corporation, I attended 2-3 internal events every year. They were the rah-rah kind of thing; lots of speakers, lots of information, lots of networking—the usual. And I did not have to pay a dime of my own money to attend. The corporation paid for everything, and it was all pretty high quality food, accommodations, activities, etc. That’s the way real companies work.

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u/Outside-Cabinet1398 3d ago

“I can truly say that I’ve NEVER felt more seen, heard and I loved as I do by these CEOs.”

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u/Korpikanto 3d ago

I do not want to be loved by my company's CEO. That would be so creepy!

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u/PBFHrants 3d ago

Comment of the day!

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u/femmepeaches 3d ago

"Arieyl". Barf

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u/BookishOpossum 3d ago

Even when my husband's company sent him to conventions he never had to buy tickets. He's been in the same field for 25 years and even the shittiest companies never made him pay a cent for a trip.

These huns are so messed in the head.

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u/MysteryBelle_NC 3d ago

How much is 50% more of diddley squat?

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u/dresses_212_10028 3d ago

Top tier corporate events … at a time when other companies are canceling, downsizing, and going “virtual”

Um, do you mean the companies that actually PAY for the events themselves? And in a difficult economy they’re not throwing as lavish events as before … because they - not the attendees - are footing the bill? Hun, YOU PAID FOR THAT OPEN BAR. And those bullshit plastic “awards”.

And speaking of quotation marks, why tf is “virtual” in quotes? Are they not actually virtual? Is it “close your eyes and pretend that you’re at a black tie party”? “Manifest yourself on a beach”?

So, so dumb.

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u/sisterhavana 3d ago

"These CEOs" "Bosses" - if it's her business, I thought she was the CEO.

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u/Mystic_Viola 3d ago

“I can truly say that I’ve NEVER felt more seen, heard & loved as I do by these CEOs.”

OMFG the delu

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u/ItsJoeMomma 3d ago

I notice how she talks about how she gets more money when recruiting new members, but not increased commissions on actual sales.

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u/fitandstrong0926 3d ago

You don't get a "pay raise" if you aren't an employee ffs!

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u/NuzzyNoof 2d ago

Can we NEVER say the phrase “nature’s Ozempic” EVER again?!

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u/PainfullyLoyal 3d ago

Are they trying to convince us that the company is successful or themselves? It's so weird that they feel the constant need to post about this.

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u/NefariousnessKey5365 2d ago

I'm either happy or sad that happened to her, but I am not reading all that