I want to share a story about that: I used to work as a control operator in a scada, and would frequently speak with a guy named Frank (he was a technician and I had to ask him to go around the pipeline to do various things.
One day I'm calling him because of an emergency, and he isn't picking up, which is weird. So a colleague tell me : "oh, haven't you heard? He died today in a crash going to work. Apparently he was in a rush cause he was getting late".
I'm absolutely frozen by his comment, and I turn around to check everyone else, it was like no one even cared. The guy had a wife and 3 kids.
My supervisor told me "oh, then call somebody else, we need that fixed asap"
Hr sent an email explaining the situation some hours later, and within a week he was replaced. No one ever spoke about him again.
He had been working there for 14 years.
I still think about Frank almost daily, I didn't even knew him personally, only by phone, but he was a dope guy, and now he left a widow and 3 kids fatherless. And our company couldn't care less.
Guys, do not ever trade your personal life for a company. Ever.
![image showing [image] you are killing yourself for a job that would replace you within a week if you drop dead. Take care of yourself.](835f664b-323a-5d2c-9e76-e179e57d6d5b.jpg)
5ensh on July 22nd, 2020 at 03:43 UTC »
Is Jet Li not only visually but also mentally evolving into the Dalai Lama?
A_Honeysuckle_Rose on July 22nd, 2020 at 04:35 UTC »
They wouldn’t replace me. They’d just move my workload to the remaining team.
Gabyto on July 22nd, 2020 at 05:04 UTC »
I want to share a story about that: I used to work as a control operator in a scada, and would frequently speak with a guy named Frank (he was a technician and I had to ask him to go around the pipeline to do various things.
One day I'm calling him because of an emergency, and he isn't picking up, which is weird. So a colleague tell me : "oh, haven't you heard? He died today in a crash going to work. Apparently he was in a rush cause he was getting late".
I'm absolutely frozen by his comment, and I turn around to check everyone else, it was like no one even cared. The guy had a wife and 3 kids.
My supervisor told me "oh, then call somebody else, we need that fixed asap"
Hr sent an email explaining the situation some hours later, and within a week he was replaced. No one ever spoke about him again.
He had been working there for 14 years.
I still think about Frank almost daily, I didn't even knew him personally, only by phone, but he was a dope guy, and now he left a widow and 3 kids fatherless. And our company couldn't care less.
Guys, do not ever trade your personal life for a company. Ever.