Slack Slacker Reasoning: Manager: “Do More!” — Employee: “Pay More!” 🔥

 

Slack Slacker Reasoning: Manager: “Do More!” — Employee: “Pay More!” 🔥

This is filed under: "Don't take no Shit" for those looking for employment opportunities in "conventional" working spaces. Spoiler Alert! Stop! You're a sucker if you continue with these outdated methods of making a living wage in America today. You're leaving yourself exposed to corporate scum bags and scallywags looking for fresh meat to exploit newbies and the desperate for profit. Stick with me, for I'll keep this post short.

These are dark times, and it's anyone's guess how long this drought of fairness, integrity, and prosperity for “We the People” will last. We live in a dog-eat-dog world under this tyrannical dictatorship of the Trump Administration, and you must do unto these dastardly bastards before they do shit unto you.

For the foreseeable future, “We the People” are going to be forced to operate in survival mode. And if it is true, only the strong will survive. Hence, the strong must be smart enough to navigate America’s business landscape of predatory practices designed to extract the most out of their employees while compensating them with as little as they can get away with. 

Low wages, lousy benefits, if any, long, grueling hours, and in many cases, unsafe and hostile working conditions are all many workers have to look forward to daily. Besides that, miserable B.S., you might have some scumbag eager-beaver supervisor or manager cracking the whip to keep production levels moving and profits rolling in to ensure their bonuses. 

If this is an environment you’ve worked in, or still trapped in, then you must embrace the slacker philosophy that sustained me throughout my short but storied work history. From day one, on the down low, don’t give a shit about anything. Not the company, not management, and not your coworkers. Always remember that the idea of the company treating its employees like family is a myth. 

If you’re underpaid and overworked, you don’t owe the business anything. If you’re being paid the bare minimum, then you only do the bare minimum. And when you can get away with it, do even less than the bare minimum. I say fuck that. Being a team player and going above and beyond is for suckers and saps who can be fired for cause and sent packing with security escorting your ass out of the building with the other suckers, looking at you as a cautionary tale.   

Look, the bottom line is this: The term "slacker" has been misconstrued, misunderstood, and maligned for decades. In my view, working hard for any amount of money was a losing proposition. Life is too short, and tomorrow is not guaranteed. And when you’re dead and pushing up daisies, you can’t take shit with you. 

So, I always thought it made sense to find ways to enjoy life, watching the rat race from the bleachers and writing about what I saw. I worked in insurance investigations, wrote for local news publications, and freelanced as a videographer and copywriter for major TV stations in L.A. In doing so, I also had to work with cops, firefighters, and EMTs. Did I make a lot of dough? Hell no, but I never worked a hard day in my life and never got my hands dirty.      

 

I suppose the main takeaway from my advice is my lifelong motto. It’s better to be a Slacker than a Sucker!  

Lee Bines (aka) Slack Slacker 😎