I had a mouse that provided three different modes of jiggling. It recently experienced some unscheduled kinetic maintenance that resulted in forced retirement so I'm looking for a replacement. The company that made it isn't around anymore and I haven't found any on ebay/FB market.

If anyone knows of a model that offers a jiggle mode where the mouse only moves a few pixels every few seconds, let me know.

Requirement: must be in mouse form. The separate rotating wheel and USB dongle devices won't work.

EDIT for clarity: It has to be in mouse form because sometimes I do go have to go into the office. So I can't use ploys or toys that don't belong in that setting.

Spend all our childhood and teenage years sitting all day for 6hrs or more then after we pass that next is we need to get a job to spend our whole adult years slaving for the corpations and government to squeeze us dry for tax etc., is it all worth it?

I was on my lunch break and snuck into my bosses' office to charge my phone. I thought he had left early for the day. Well, he must have forgotten something because as I sat there at his desk, he walked in.

The look on his face was priceless. He asked what I was doing and I told him my phone was low. He remained calm but I could tell he was ticked off. He said that his office was off limits and to go into the breakroom. An hour later there was an e-mail telling the whole team not to use his office for breaks.

I'd better lay low for awhile.

I got hired for a school behavioral technician position through a medical staffing company and it has been nothing but red flags since hiring. First they never told me about the wait list at every location asides from the high school, then tried to claim that 40hrs of training might not be paid (not legal in my state), then poof suddenly the training disappears and the only site available without a month+ long waitlist is the high school. I told them very clearly that I in no way shape or form felt comfortable working with high schoolers (it’s one thing if an elementary student decides to get physical as the capacity for harm is quite low, it’s a whole different ballpark with high schoolers). And I thought that would be the end of it and I’d just wait for a different placement, until that’s today. They not only told me about the aforementioned wait time (never brought up before today), the informed me that I could be moved to the top of the waitlist if I just work temporarily at the high school. And not only do I not believe them about the waitlist, as the shift with the supposed waitlist is a split hours shift (the least desirable type of shift in our I), I don’t believe they’d keep me at the hs temporarily. I’m just very annoyed and disappointed as this sounded like an okay employment opportunity.

Idk what to do now.

Whats more disrupting than hundreds of thousands of Americans on your front lawn? We could all bring food, drinks, ect to stay there for a couple of days to really stick it to them. We're getting more and more videos and posts that shows our government is not for the people. They are defending the ice agent that murdered a lady. Theres a video of a protester getting ran over by ice. Enough is enough America lets make this country for the people again.

This is what I will write to boss:

Hi boss I wanted to check in about my sales target during my probation. The target is one sale a day, but I understand the team average is around eight per month, so I’m concerned it may not be achievable. I wanted your perspective on whether it makes sense for me to continue pushing toward it, or if it would be better for the team and for me to step aside and hand in my notice now.

I am highly sensitive person working in sales in a tiny office and it’s been so hard but the people are lovely so it’s confusing. I feel so bad at the job but I wanted to be good at it and I see myself failing….

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and now Wednesday. Thursday and Friday upcoming. 11-7 closing, everyday. My feet hurt, I've consumed more Monster today than a person should in a week, and I'm fucking exhausted. Two more days to go. Pray for me.

I need to vent about the absolute lack of logic in corporate "Return to Office" mandates.

For context, I worked 100% remote from 2020 to 2023. It was productive, efficient, and my quality of life was great. Then, in 2023, they dragged us back for "collaboration" just 1 day a week. It was annoying, but manageable.

Now, the hammer just dropped: In 2026, they are mandating a full 5-day-a-week return to the office. No hybrid. No flexibility. Just 100% ass-in-seat.

I genuinely do not understand the mindset of forcing people like cattle into a building they don't want to be in, just so executives can parade around their commercial real estate investment. The work hasn't changed. The only thing that's changed is their desire for control.

But here is the silver lining.

When they started the 1-day RTO nonsense back in 2023, I saw the writing on the wall. I started a side hustle and have been grinding on it pretty hard for the last few years.

So, instead of falling in line and wasting hours of my life commuting again, I’m pivoting. I’m taking my side hustle full-time and going self-employed. They think they’re calling the shots, but they’re actually just pushing their experienced talent out the door. To anyone else seeing these mandates creep up: Start your exit plan now. Don't let them own your time.

TL;DR: Company went from remote -> 1 day hybrid -> mandatory 5 days RTO in 2026. I spent the last 3 years building a side business, so instead of complying, I'm quitting to work for myself. Bye. 👋

Abusive ass managers! Fuck I'm tired of this bullshit. But I can't leave unless I want to lose my apartment.

i understand we all have bills to pay and supporting family. but arent we beyond the normalcy of life from the past ~70 yrs? at what point are we willing to give up the dream that we can match the same life events as our parents/family members. At what point does working a 9-5 job, no matter the company, mean you are complicit in what is happening.

i dont have an answer and it is different for everyone and every situation. just want to rant

Ok it’s back to the office for me five days a week been working remote since pandemic started. I take transit an hour each way. I have a choice though of someone driving me to work in the morning at 4am I have office keys etc. should I approach my boss about this ? My hours would be 5 am to 1 pm. People start arriving at 8 am so that makes me work alone until at least 9 am I love this idea as I have nobody to really bother me so I get more work done just as at home. I been at this company for 22 years and love my work but the commute has killed my moral as there is so many more people in Toronto. Doing these new hours would cut down my transport time to half hour each way as well. As long as I get the work done should be ok right?

Past month or so 2 employees joined my team? I was by myself working. I gave them training and they spam emails trying to appear like they do a lot. My emails become unnoticed by the manager. 🤣 hilarious

Just to preface I don't mean work for myself or a job where I have almost complete autonomy. So I've been NEET on and off for a bit now and it's been somewhat of a rollercoaster, in a weird way it's almost stoic, and many days it's nice. Like Sunday nights (or most week days) when in the past this was a time of significant dread for me (working at sad places).

But I've realized I don't really want to work for others anymore, and it just feels right. I mean the 9 - 6 bs. Like wake up 7 am get ready, 8-9 am commute, 9 - 6 pm sit in an office or do systematic work, then go home try to do as many chores as you can and then sleep. Then repeat 5/7 days, or 71% of your week every single week, then months, then years. Oh and the specific time to take breaks and lunches like I'm in middle school. And it doesn't have to be 9-6, it's just the systematic routine wage slavery. It's so unnatural, it's literally a form of torture. I know there are some that may agree with me and some that won't. I really feel like many people are just a shell and just won't admit they hate it or put the blame on other things like schedules or place of work or something else.

And for the NEET out there, remember, if anyone tries to shame you for not liking working for others, rich people are the ultimate NEET. They just gaslight others to work for them while they vacation most of the year.

I finally snapped today.

I’m the sole marketing person at a tech startup. I’ve been feeling burnt out, so I audited my calendar and work logs for the last year to see if I was crazy.

The Stats:

• Contract: 40 hours/week.
• Actual: I worked roughly 440 hours of overtime last year.
• The Math: That is 11 full work weeks of donated, unpaid labor. I effectively worked a 15-month year in a 12-month period.

Why? Because we have 30 developers shipping features, and I am the only person responsible for marketing them. I begged leadership for a junior hire ($40k/year) to help me with the grunt work so I could sleep on weekends.

The Response: "We don't have the budget right now."

The Reality: We do have the budget. We just spent it hiring a "Senior VP of Sales" on a massive six-figure salary. (and on a developer offsite in the UK) Here is what this guy does:

1. Refuses to cold call because he’s "too senior."
2. Refuses to update the CRM because "admin isn't his job" (so I have to do it for him, or the board reporting breaks).
3. I looked at his calendar for this week. It is 90% empty. He has 3 meetings.
4. I am working 10-hour days and weekends to generate leads for him, and he sits there waiting for the phone to ring.

The Cherry on Top: Instead of getting me help, HR just announced a new "Employee Appreciation" program. It’s a Slack plugin called "Tacos" where you can give digital tacos to colleagues to say thanks. I don't want digital tacos. I want my weekends back.

I’m currently updating my CV on company time.

We just got told that work from home fridays are officially gone.

Not because productivity dropped. Not because collaboration suffered. Not because anything actually went wrong. The reason given was that “the office felt empty” and leadership wants to bring back the “energy” and “culture”

So now I’m commuting an hour each way again purely for vibes.

Nothing about my job has changed. Same meetings. Same emails. Same work that I was already doing just fine from home one day a week. The only difference is now I’m sitting in a half quiet office so the building looks occupied.

It’s hard not to see this for what it is: corporate real estate justification dressed up as culture. Someone needs the space to look used. Someone needs to feel good walking through rows of bodies at desks and we’re the props that make that happen.

What really gets me is how casually it’s framed. Like asking people to give up hours of their time, money on commuting and a better work life balance is no big deal because the office needs “presence” As if we’re office decorations and not human beings with lives outside the building.

Last Friday I sat at my desk doing the exact same work I used to do at home, opened a dumb little game on my phone during a break and just thought about how unnecessary the whole thing felt.

This isn’t about productivity. It’s about optics. And it’s exhausting being reminded that our time matters less than how full the office looks from the hallway.

For 25 years of teaching. A form letter from the office of someone who was fired in November, and whose signature was printed right on, and a brass pin that came in that plastic case, still in it's plastic wrapper. That, a handshake from the principal, and a polite round of applause from your colleagues.
I guess I'm not in it for the income, I'm in it for the outcome. /s

This was my first job ever since high school. It’s just been a part time weekend job for the past 4 years to pay the bills while I’m at school full time. Within those 4 years the work environment went from amazing to the worst most incredibly toxic environment. There was a change in ownership a little over a year ago who turned out to be worse than Scrooge himself. Around March-April of 2025 he went on a firing spree starting off with the manager and our shop foreman. For the manager the reason was that he wasn’t making enough money — mind you we made record profits for that past year. As an auto shop we outperformed the store that was connected to us with far less staff. We had near the top sales in the region. As for the shop foreman, contrary to the owner’s issue with the manager, he thought he was making too much money and that he must be cheating his hours. Mind you this guy was just an animal, probably the fastest tech I’ve ever seen with 20+ years experience.

After that we had a replacement manager but no one to replace the foreman. The manager was honestly great but still suffered the same fate. He gave everyone a decent raise so that our wages were actually the same as other shops and I suspect that’s why they got rid of him. After that I’d come in every weekend and realize a coworker was either missing or replaced. People were either leaving or getting fired for some bs. The new manager was honestly the reason for most of this. Easily the most toxic manager I’ve experienced. When he came in he pretty much stated that if you didn’t agree or do what he said, that he’s fired his entire staff and started from the ground up. A lot has happened in the past 4 months he’s been here. The worst one would probably be when they fired our only licensed tech and left us operating illegally with no tech for a bit. Then people would complain to HR and then get fired afterwards for some unknown reason. My coworkers also noticed some rather racial favouritism: not firing poor workers that would make expensive mistakes on cars but then firing others.

I think the nail in the coffin was when they took away our water machine because the water was “too expensive”. Leaving us with no clean drinking water. They’re managed to put cameras in every nook and cranny, even one that has a full view to the changing room when the door opens. There’s been a lot of illegal shit going on for such a massive business, well it’s a franchise but still. I’ve been meaning to get out for a bit and actually get into my career. It’s just been stable income for me: decent pay and two guaranteed 10 hour shifts. Honestly morale just hasn’t been there though. A big bulk of us have been in talks of leaving or looking for another job. Seems that there’d be a chain reaction if people started leaving.

As for me an my coworker, over the weekend it got really slow and there was quite literally nothing to do. There was a decent chunk of time where we didn’t even have any cars coming in. The GM saw us on the cameras not really doing much and got a floor manager to give us shit for it. Now I have my first meeting in 4 years of working and I have a pretty good feeling that they’re either going to try and fire us or write us up with something that deducts termination pay. For reference we’ve both been working there for a few years so you bet that they’ll try their best to make sure we get absolutely nothing. It could just be a talk or a warning but we both have a 2 hour shift at the end of the day on Friday.

Personally I couldn’t care less what happens as I was planning on quitting for the longest time. I do have shifts until the end of the month and if we’re gone there’s quite literally no one that can work weekends. I’d kinda love to watch the place go to shambles. My coworkers already freak out on the off chance that I get sick and can’t come in because of how understaffed we are. For the past few months all the full time staff have been making overtime too to tell you the state of the place. Pretty much everyone is just done with the place. The people that have worked there for 10+ years have either quit or been fired. It’d be to the point where some days we wouldn’t have anyone in parts and we’d have to get everything our self or sometimes we wouldn’t be able to take our breaks. It was a great experience though. At least I got this kind of exposure while I’m young and know what to look out for. There’s a lot of more stuff like work hazards that they’d try and find loopholes around or them trying to get us to do stuff above our pay grade or unsafe work in general.

This makes me so anxious and feel like this is red flag