My company counts Flock among our customers. Well, not really: they only bought one thing from us some years ago. But what they bought failed a few months ago, and I’ve had to deal with one of their employees for technical support: the guy was probably among the most arrogant customer employees I’ve had to deal with professionally.
Considering who he works for, I had to make a real effort to stay courteous and professional with him, let me tell you…
I dont mean to call you out, but are you proud of your “annoyed but politely compliant” response to actively being part of a supply chain for surveillance tech? Based solely on this post, your distaste comes off somewhat disingenuous if it doesn’t affect your actions in any meaningful way
It’s called being professional. What do you expect me to do on the job? Take the initiative and insult a customer because I don’t like them? That’s a surefire way to get the sack.
If being a professional means providing no resistance while building the machinery of fascism, are you proud of that? Standing by your principles is not free, I get that. Pretending you care about said principles while actively spending your productive time working against those principles is not the kind of thing I’d be bragging about in an online leftist community though. Real “just following orders” energy
You assume there are no other ways to fight fascism than to jeopardize one’s ability to pay the bills.
As it happens, I’m quite senior at my company, and I think I’ve pretty much convinced sales to drop this customer, should they ever order anything else, on the grounds that they’re quite toxic and we really don’t want to be associated with them.
So there ya go: I still have my job and they most likely lost a supplier.
If being a professional means providing no resistance while building the machinery of fascism, are you proud of that?
Brother, you don’t even know the nature of the deal his employer has with Flock. For all you know Flock just bought some gravel from him for a driveway, calm down. People got bills to pay, and you can’t fight fascism on an empty stomach.
online leftist community
Lemmy World isn’t really a “leftist” community. It’s left-leaning, if you’re being generous.
Not demoralized enough…
My company counts Flock among our customers. Well, not really: they only bought one thing from us some years ago. But what they bought failed a few months ago, and I’ve had to deal with one of their employees for technical support: the guy was probably among the most arrogant customer employees I’ve had to deal with professionally.
Considering who he works for, I had to make a real effort to stay courteous and professional with him, let me tell you…
I dont mean to call you out, but are you proud of your “annoyed but politely compliant” response to actively being part of a supply chain for surveillance tech? Based solely on this post, your distaste comes off somewhat disingenuous if it doesn’t affect your actions in any meaningful way
It’s called being professional. What do you expect me to do on the job? Take the initiative and insult a customer because I don’t like them? That’s a surefire way to get the sack.
If being a professional means providing no resistance while building the machinery of fascism, are you proud of that? Standing by your principles is not free, I get that. Pretending you care about said principles while actively spending your productive time working against those principles is not the kind of thing I’d be bragging about in an online leftist community though. Real “just following orders” energy
You assume there are no other ways to fight fascism than to jeopardize one’s ability to pay the bills.
As it happens, I’m quite senior at my company, and I think I’ve pretty much convinced sales to drop this customer, should they ever order anything else, on the grounds that they’re quite toxic and we really don’t want to be associated with them.
So there ya go: I still have my job and they most likely lost a supplier.
Brother, you don’t even know the nature of the deal his employer has with Flock. For all you know Flock just bought some gravel from him for a driveway, calm down. People got bills to pay, and you can’t fight fascism on an empty stomach.
Lemmy World isn’t really a “leftist” community. It’s left-leaning, if you’re being generous.
Dox him on his “local” boards i.e. NextDoor, Facebook groups, etc.
Nazis and fascists don’t deserve privacy.
No way. I like my job.