Is it fair to equate work ethic with lifestyle choices, especially in a non-Fortune 500 company setting?
#boss #workethic #lifestyle #Fortune500 #paygrade #meritocracy #steak #OutbackSteakhouse
Exploring the Sign in My Boss’ Office
Observation:
– Noticed a sign in boss’ office: “You can’t have a filet mignon lifestyle with a hot dog work ethic”
– Became frustrated by the message conveyed
Counterarguments:
– Work ethic does not always equate to pay grade
– Not everyone can afford filet mignon
– Context of working for a non-Fortune 500 company
Personal Reflection:
– Grateful for not liking steak
– Questioning the validity of the sign’s message
I would argue that a filet mignon brain or a filet mignon inheritance will get you a lot further than a filet mignon work ethic.
Brilliant! Great that you can inject such humour into the matter!
Stupid Idiot
Doesn’t he realize that a rib-eye is a 100 times better 😉
It’s not “work ethic” that dictates lifestyle, it’s income.
You should put one up saying you can’t expect a hot dog work ethic if you pay peanuts.
I’d choose a “hot dog work ethic” over the “filet mignon work ethic” any day. Why?
1. It’s wasteful. Filet mignon is a specific cut from one animal while a hot dog is a team effort. Perhaps two cuts from one animal. You can efficiently use an animal and make a lot more sausaged out of it than just two.
2. Just it because it sounds more expensive, doesn’t mean it’s better, because it all depends on how it’s made and who makes it.
3. Both of them are just lumps of (sort of) meat and possess no ethical attitude, small minded people think that (so called) fancy stuff is better than ordinary, because it’s more exclusive. Which is not a good mindset to have when you’re a manager and have to take care of a herd of people. And people are social creatures, they need to be in a herd. Deviate from that and you’re a weirdo.
4. You can have both. Even if they are or aren’t a “lifestyle”.
5. Ask him what it means and how to achieve that “filet mignon” work ethic. Let yourself to be carried on other people’s backs? Because of the location of the cut?
You can’t expect filet mignon effort with hot dog compensation.
We live in a subscription society and this place pays like Netflix with Ads.
Hope he follows it up with the ol ” work hard enough and you could put up any sign you want”
“And you can’t expect a filet mignon work ethic for a hot dog paycheck.”
most people who have filet mignon lifestyle have hot dog work ethic
I know people with a Vienna Sausage work ethic who will never need a job to be able to eat and have a home
Wealth= Luck of birth
boss makes a buck
i make a dime
that’s why i smoke crack on company time
Gonna go out on a limb here and guess the boss does less work than anybody in the company.
I cant afford fillet mignon on hot dog wages. Pay me to eat hot dogs and I’ll give you hot dog effort
Filet mignon is overrated. Whats wrong with hot dogs? hot dogs are awesome.
In a why what he is saying is, this job right here is what you get with your current work ethic. So, I’m guessing he wants people to work harder so they can leave for a better job.
Tell him ” You get what you pay for”
If his sign is so true then why are all the hardest working people I know also the poorest. The disconnect between top and bottom is so so deep now. No one in their right mind looks at someone working two jobs to make ends meet and goes “It’s because you don’t want it hard enough”
This shit keeps on keeping on. The only way to stop is it for us all so say loudly NO, and simply not work for these people. Go elsewhere and work somewhere else.
Make a counter sigh that says “dont expect steak when you pay for hotdogs”
You also can’t have a filet mignon lifestyle with a filet mignon work ethic, unless you happened to be born into a filet mignon lifestyle. But you can have a filet mignon lifestyle with a hot dog work ethic if you were born into a filet mignon lifestyle. Point is, work ethic is irrelevant in an aristocratic society like ours.
If I have a hot dog work ethic it’s because I’m paid hot dog wages. If there was a reward for having a steak work ethic then they might get it from me.
I would advise you to not be such a whiney baby and get offended at things that are supposed to motivate you.
Why do we call them “boss”?
Because they’re **B**ackwards double **SOB**s.
The hypercarnist themes present in the original, as well as subsequent metaphors, is unnecessarily aggro.
You won’t get filet mignon work when you’re offering hot dog pay, lol
I wonder what my bloomin‘ onion sarcasm will get me. 👀
Another leader that is out of touch and entitled…
Nothing new to see here.
You can’t have a filet mignon lifestyle without massive fraud.
I’d turn it around and say “You can’t buy filet mignon work ethic with hot dog wages.”
Honestly, my ass, who has gotten in a lot of trouble because I can’t help myself, would straight up replace his sign with that, and make flyers to post all around the office with the same message…
I don’t have exactly the most steady job history…