Athena

Athena, 24 days ago to random

My manager, before transition: You should speak up more in meetings, your comments are always really insightful!

My manager, after transition: I just think you really need to keep your tone more positive and be sure not to talk over people.

Athena, 3 months ago to random

I’m shocked. This is my shocked face

“Overall, the analysis, released as a pre-print, found that RTO mandates did not improve a firm's financial metrics, but they did decrease employee satisfaction.

Drilling down, the data indicated that RTO mandates were linked to firms with male CEOs who had greater power in the company. Here, power is measured as the CEO’s total compensation divided by the average total compensation paid to the four highest-paid executives in the firm.

Before the analysis, the researchers hypothesized that RTO mandates may be used to blame employees for poor firm performance. (…Snip…)

Although CEOs often justified RTO mandates by arguing it will improve the company's performance, "Results of our determinant analyses are consistent with managers using RTO mandates to reassert control over employees and blame employees as a scapegoat for bad firm performance," the researchers concluded.”

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/rto-doesnt-improve-company-value-but-does-make-employees-miserable-study/

Athena, 11 months ago to 3DPrinting

I’m making a sign for a local org I volunteer for and entered the design in a contest on Printables. Give it a download and/or like you wanna help me probably not win anything! https://www.printables.com/model/524033-openscad-parametric-rgb-led-lit-sign-letters

#3DPrinting #printables #openscad

Photo of a large capital letter P, 3D printed in white plastic and lit from the inside with purple/pink light.
A close-up photo of the inside of the plastic letter shown in the first two photos, showing the RGB LED tape installed around the perimeter of the letter.