Entitled Employee Freaks Out After Having to Attend a Single Pointless Early Meeting

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    r/antiwork u/5ilica 1d. reddit ● Should I have gone to work today? Probably. But I'm
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    After 10 years of working in food service, I decided to start over in a new industry and got a job with a big financial institution in my area. I'd heard nothing but great things before I applied, and up until today, this largely rang true with me; I'm being compensated well, the work environment is pretty healthy, and our group plan is incredible, even for my first employer-provided insurance plan.
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    Couple weeks ago, there was an announcement that there was a mandatory Zoom meeting with an exec at 7am, about 3 hours before my scheduled shift. Cool, I thought, must be pretty important if I have to be in early. They gave us notice, so I was well prepared to be there.
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    Today was the meeting, and god was I disappointed. Nothing but an hour of listening to this guy talk about...well nothing really. The executive didn't seem like he had anything planned. The only thing I can really note about the meeting was his mention of developing Al systems, which he not-so-subtly hinted at being a way to eliminated certain positions.
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    The worst was when an illustrated face kept popping out of the exec's virtual background, and somebody asked him what it was. He turns off his virtual background, and there he is, sitting in his home office. I had to go to work 3 hours early for this oh-so-important meeting, but it apparently wasn't so important that the man who made it important couldn't leave his own house to be on- site.
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    Attached is the email I sent to my supervisor explaining why I won't be returning for my shift today. Should I have sent this email? Probably not, no doubt it'll bite me in the later, but I don't care right now.
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    Notice of Absence In an effort to be upfront, I'm pretty upset about today's meeting as nothing important was brought forward and I, for the life of me, can't figure out why it was mandatory or why I had to be to work 3 hours before my scheduled shift. I like to consider myself a reasonable person, but I'm pretty inconsolable right now because of this, to the point that I have decided to take the day off. I understand that this is an unexcused absence and I'll take whatever consequences come fro
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    made a difference in my daily work performance/contributions to the operations of our team and department. By far the most disrespectful moment was that I had to be physically present in the building only for it to be revealed that was sitting at home. I'm so upset about that moment because it just highlighted how worthless my time and energy must be to him because he didn't even leave the house for this mandatory meeting, yet the rest of us had to take extra time out of our days to be there. I'
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    Skeptikmo 22h This is basically working in any office setting. All the meetings are gonna be repetitive horse 4 6.6k ...
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    Canadutchian - 21h I'm a jaded old deal with this stuff: get paid by now, but here's how I Anything they ask you to do, make sure you're paid for it. Come in 3 hours early? I either leave 3 hours early or get paid an extra 3. Can I stay an extra 15 minutes to clear up that task? Sure, I'll write 8:15 for today's time. Companies don't care about anything but the almighty dollar. So start speaking their language, make them pay for everything you can. ... 3.2k
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    Strange Requirement78 • 22h People in the corporate world don't care about your feelings. I get why you sent it. But they'll just laugh at it, then have HR bring you in for a chat. 48.4k
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    Art_Vand_Throw001 - 21h This. We are all just numbers in a spreadsheet and HR is not your friend. 41.4k ↓ ...
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    cilantrosmoker • 23h LMAO I get your frustration but they're gonna hate you after this 44.2k
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    rolowa • 22h And OP is going to hate this job 4 1.3k
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    larry_birb Why would OP do this lol Like 5% of meetings are useful...what they described is how 95% of them are going to be lol 20h ● .... 920
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    Darqologist 22h Anarchist ● Yes, they'll label OP as emotional and unhinged with poor boundaries. ... 576
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    Beautiful_Cold6339 • 22h Next time just tell them you need a sick day and then complain about it with your co workers instead O As someone who also transitioned from food service to the corporate world, I understand the culture shock. But office life works a lot more smoothly if you're quiet. Sucks but it's the truth. ... 564
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    Darqologist. 19h Anarchist Yes. No one wants to be on the receiving end of long winded emotional emails like this especially in the work place. It comes across poorly. ... 252
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    Long TallMatt. 22h One thing I've learned working in the corporate world is that you never put anything in writing. Whoopsie. You should have just done a "cough, I'm sick" move and moved on. Live and learn. ... 41.9k
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    material_mailbox • 22h I get it. My experience has been that when you work for a big company, there's just a lot of corporate bureaucratic like this to put up with. But no, you shouldn't have sent the email. I think providing feedback to your supervisor is great, but saying you're so distraught over it that you have to take an unexcused/unplanned absence is really just gonna make you seem like a difficult and problematic employee. I just don't see the logic behind risking your job over something
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    d Lt_Jonson 21h "I'm being compensated well, the work environment is pretty healthy, and our group plan is incredible" And you torched this because they checks notes made you attend one early meeting? This was a really poor decision. Like, I get it, and I've been in those stupid, pointless meetings, but this was a really, really, really poor decision. ... 1.1k
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    toilet-head 22h ● If this is the worst part of your great job then I honestly think you should try to be less dramatic. We all hate pointless meetings but now you've just tainted how people view you at a good job. Not worth it. Pick your battles. ... 829
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    MaynardWaltrip. 21h You lost me at "I'm pretty inconsolable right now about this." You're inconsolable when your pet dies or you get a stage IV cancer diagnosis. Put your adult pants on. ... 855
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    InDisregard ● 22h Your email definitely read like this is your first big job. 4 1.1k ...

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