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Have you ever created your own job perks?

When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have ‘2 for $x’ specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item.

People would often not want to buy 2, but I would ring up 2 in the till for the special price and charge them for the single. Then when the next person did the same, I would charge them for the other single.

So over the day, I would sell 10 energy drinks at say $4, but ring them up as 5 ‘2 for $6’ specials. This would put the till up by $10, and then I would use that $10 to have a free meal.

Anyone else do anything like that?

cypherpunks ,
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King Missile has a nice song called Take Stuff from Work.

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^posted^ ^from^ ^work^

Agent641 , (edited )

I (with permission, but without oversight) take home all the broken computers, obsolete cables, and other junk from work and either:

  • build working PCs from parts of many and sell them
  • strip them and sell the parts individually
  • sell the cables (if you need a VGA cable for some old monitor at 730pm on sunday right away because your new monitor broke, Im youre guy)
  • scrap out computers and cables for ewaste, copper, and aluminium and sell these at the recycling center.

Nothing goes to waste/landfil on my watch. Everything I sell is exceptionally cheap. If someone needs a computer but has no money, I give it.

luthis OP ,

Dude you’re a fucking hero for preventing those things from going into landfill.

orca ,
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When I worked the closing shifts at a grocery store years ago, we would go take donuts that were gonna get tossed.

shasta ,

My dad’s friend took me out around midnight one night when I was a freshman in college. We went by a gas station that closes at midnight and the workers just gave him like 30 donuts that didn’t sell. Apparently he does this at least once a week lol. They had the donuts already in a bag waiting for him when we walked in, and all knew him by name. It’s a great life hack. I think the secret to making it work is actually making the workers like you. Gotta spend a few minutes for fun conversation before they give you free stuff.

orca ,
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That’s awesome. Just gotta build a little rapport and you’re golden. So many places throw so much food away. It’s sad. When I did Food Not Bombs years ago, we would get entire bags of leftover baked goods from a local place. They’d give us literal trash bags worth of bagels, donuts, pastries, all wrapped up. Some grocery stores have gotten strict and won’t give that stuff away anymore, but you can still find the right people that don’t give a shit about the rules.

PP_BOY_ ,
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When I worked at the window of a national pizza chain, if you paid in cash and told me to “keep the change,” I’d mark your order as cancelled and pocket the whole bill.

I still feel shitty about it but I was making $7/hr as a college student and it sure beat my AM selling pressed pills from the backdoor after close

AreaKode ,

Don’t feel bad. You stole $10. The CEO probably stole $100 million.

umbrella , (edited )
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

ay dont diss ceo they probably worked hard to steal that money

AllHailTheSheep ,

absolutely. I work at a phone/computer repair shop.

I have a policy called the “front desk fix policy”. pretty much, if I can fix it at the front desk in under a few minutes, I’m not charging you for it. common culprits are simple software fixes and charging port cleanings.

I give free screen protectors with every repair instead of charging customers for it. the screen is the expensive part not the screen protector.

I also tend to give a 10$ discount if people are just cool to talk with. if we genuinely enjoy talking to each other, they’ve made my day better, so I might as well do the same for them.

ADTJ ,

I think this is kind of the opposite of what OP was asking about.

What “perks” did people create for themselves?

Agent641 ,

Good karma generator?

AllHailTheSheep ,

hm. yeah I def read that wrong. more on point I can get any part I need for my own repairs very cheap through our wholesalers so that’s a good perk I guess

dQw4w9WgXcQ ,

I worked at a gas station selling hot dogs, baguettes and baked goods. I was told to not eat or take the leftover food at the end of the day, but knowing where the cameras was, I consistently grabbed a few items at the end of the shift. They would be spoiled by the next day anyway, so who would care.

Looking back, I understand the policy. The policy is there to ensure that employees dont overproduce towards the end of the shift. Without even realizing, I totally consistently ensured that there was a few extra items at the ready.

It was totaly theft. Even though I didn’t realize what I was doing at the time.

Rai ,

Naaaah I wouldn’t call that theft. That’s your employer subsidizing your meals.

Historical_General ,
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Also a great hack to lower your personal rate of inflation.

fratermus ,
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Have you ever created your own job perks?

No, but I had a small company and asked the worker bees to define their own perks.

There were four employees. Three of them played paintball together and wanted paintballs. So I brought a case of their favorite balls into the office before their outings. The fourth guy wanted to have baby carrots to snack on. He ate ~3 lbs a week. Dude would code for hours as long as he was crunching carrots.

I couldn’t have guessed what any of them wanted but they were absolutely cranked by getting it. This was a huge lesson for me: ask people what they want.

luthis OP ,

That’s an excellent idea!

Agent641 ,

I want to go back to bed, boss.

Qwaffle_waffle ,

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Waldowal ,
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I worked at a restaurant that had a contest once for which server could sell the most orange juice. At the time, sodas were $0.99 and orange juice was $1.98. So, any time a table ordered 2 sodas, I’d ring it up as 1 orange juice. I won by a landslide. The customers would occasionally ask why their receipt had orange juice, but I’d just explain it’s the same price as the 2 sodas, and that was the end of it.

RoquetteQueen ,
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Whoever was doing inventory must have been so confused.

millie ,

Nah, they’ll just fix the excess inventory with another contest! It worked really well last time!

sunbrrnslapper ,

Not quite like this. But I started my own business so I (and anyone who works for me) can work to outcomes as opposed to butt in chair hours. I hate sitting around after completing my work just because I have to get an 8 hour day - who cares how long I work if the work gets done.

Mobiuthuselah ,

This is similar to what I thought in response when I read the question, “I created my own job. Perks!” I don’t have to come in early and found I really enjoy working in the middle of the night. All kinds of freedoms, but also all the responsibility. I also found I’m not that great at wearing all of the hats, but that’s just part of personal growth.

sunbrrnslapper ,

Ah yes. The crushing responsibility. Still worth it for me though.

kambusha ,

So we simplified the whole thing. We rounded them all down, dropped the remainder into an account only we have access to. It’s like Superman III.

1hitsong ,
@1hitsong@lemmy.ml avatar

Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays.

paulsmith ,

PC Load Letter?! WTF does that mean?!

neptune ,

I used to work at a place on an hourly wage. There were two PCs you would clock in on. Most of the time, people would just use the one. But one time, I had to use the other. And I noticed the clock was behind on the other. By about ten minutes.

So after that, I would clock in on the computer showing the prior time stamp, and clock out on the computer with accurate time. Ten minutes a day, five days a week, for a whole summer? About a free $100

nudnyekscentryk ,
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sorry to burst your bubble but if there were two PCs capable of clocking you in, then 99% it wasn’t either of them keeping track of the time, but rather a separate server they were connected to

18107 ,

I’ve worked in IT. You are most likely correct, and anyone with any sense would do it that way, but I would absolutely believe that someone could be incompetent enough to use the computer’s time stamp. I also wouldn’t be surprised if users had access to change the clock.

neptune ,

I wasn’t really sure that it would work, but I checked my paycheck and it seemed to be working. This was in 2006 at a country club. So it’s not shocking that a) they had a paid some nobodies to give them a bad time keeping software and b) it was designed to not need the internet.

bufordt ,
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You underestimate how shitty most software is written.

I’ve absolutely used timecard software that used the local device time instead of using a centralized time source.

luthis OP ,

Nice!! That’s the kind of perk I like.

Toneswirly ,

I steal time constantly and no one seems to notice or care. Take a two hour lunch break, leave early and punch out electronically hours later… I get paid nothing but at least I can spend more time with my family and videogames.

Rai ,

Productivity at my job is quantifiable. I play video games all day working at home, watch stuff all day (usually King of the Hill), shower whenever, nap every day…

And I still do twice the work of the next person down from me. It’s insanity. Some days I do the same amount of work as everyone else COMBINED. It’s daft.

d3Xt3r ,

Afternoon naps at my old job (working from home). My boss knew, but he didn’t care as long as I got my 40 hours in at some point in the week.

Colorcodedresistor ,

That is playing with fire my dude. and i’m someone who slits the throats of businesses to make jobs tennable for myself and customers.

Uhaul for example…I dont give two fucks if you committed a heist with one of their trucks and there was blood and bullet holes upon check it. ill just mark it in the system as prior damage and uhaul sends a mechanic to fix it. done…some uhual dealers are fucking douches tho, you’ll know because of the ‘prior damage’ stickers all over. fuck those gougers. Its free money for no effort, no reason to jam the customer up or take more time out of my day ‘inspecting’. that’s the job of uhauls mechanics.

bradorsomething ,

I own my own company, I am the sole employee. I win all the company raffles, it’s great.

luthis OP ,

I hope you’re also employee of the month every month too.

Viking_Hippie ,

Nah, his cat won it a couple times. To be fair, she’s a very effective mouser!

maporita ,

My wife owns a small business and I work for her. I get all kinds of perks including being able to sleep with the boss.

luthis OP ,

Nice.

TheWoozy ,

I’m reporting you to HR. Is that you or your wife?

Viking_Hippie ,

The owner of the company also being the head of HR would be a conflict of interest, so you’re going to have to report him to himself.

Turun ,

Madison in the Linus tech tips office desperately trying to answer this question, lol

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