• Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Feel this in my bones. When people started getting cut at my previous job, it was invariably the ones who brought joy to the workplace. The ones who made a difference between a job and a career. Apparently joy doesn’t bring in any revenue, so…

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      When I worked at a popular craft store, I sometimes cashiered and sometimes taught craft classes. I liked to decorate the cash register area, especially with examples from classes I’d run. I often had people asking about classes because of it, and buying extra supplies themselves because they wanted to try something that they missed a class for.

      But management didn’t like that. They made me remove everything that gave the space creative personality. It made zero sense to me - it’s not a bland office, don’t we want to project a creative atmosphere? Don’t we want to increase class attendance and boost sales?

      Nah, I guess not. Better to have a boring, sterile environment. Just like how they moved so many things to “online only” post-Covid, completely ignoring the multi-sensory way crafters tend to impulse-shop.