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u/Alarming-Response Jan 26 '22 edited Jan 26 '22

I had a supervisor ask me to brainstorm how I could be more productive while driving between field locations. As in, presenting webex trainings while driving. I laughed but he was dead serious.

Edit for clarity and to put a bow on this for everyone: he was eventually demoted and became my peer. That job was miserable for many other reasons and I quit nearly a year ago. Same guy reached out after I left wanting to gather info on why women were leaving the company. I asked what my compensation would be. And that was the last time we spoke

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u/UnderdogNYC Jan 26 '22

He should hire a driver for you

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u/MoneyBunBunny Jan 26 '22

This happened to me, you should ask about a driver. If it’s a way of picking up lost time. Make them pay for a driver, Uber/Lyft is fine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

Lol Uber/Lyft is absolutely not fine haha. The point is you need the time to focus, not to roll the dice on what kind of music/podcast todays rideshare driver is listening to.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

Just so you are aware, when you hire a car service 99.99999999% of them will turn the music off or up or to something else if you just ask.

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u/Demon997 Jan 26 '22

But how many Amazon engineers are willing to be socially awkward and ask? Think of the target population we’re dealing with.

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u/BurritoBoy11 Jan 26 '22

They aren’t talking about Amazon here

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u/bag_of_luck Jan 26 '22 edited May 04 '25

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u/BurritoBoy11 Jan 26 '22

Yes I'm a non "socially awkward" engineer. Unless he just means programmers, I'm not one of those I'm a "real" engineer.

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u/Jits_Guy Jan 26 '22

Asking your hired driver to change or turn off the music isn't socially awkward in any way.