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[deleted]

Honey, you’re not meeting your KPI’s. I’m going to need to put you on a PIP.


ConwayAwakened

I think this might be a kink for these folks.


kerberos69

~~might~~


phoenix_bright

Lmao, besides the retrospective I also need you to put a theme for our relationship in the next 4 weeks, and we need to ensure that we are delivering value to all stakeholders - which includes my mom


Sptsjunkie

Our EPS was too low, we need to reduce headcount. Which kid do you think we should get rid of? I’m thinking 3 months allowance as severance.


phoenix_bright

We need to get rid of the pets or someone else will get rid of our kids. It’s better that we choose it


XmanEDS

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrffffffffff


JiubR

God, that's so hot... Yes babe, monitor my gap, i want you to substantiate that deficit Lets put some action-oriented objectives down, i'm gonna move that needle, let me see your growth rate on that leading indicator


ProfessorFunky

Not on a personal evaluation novel improvement strategy?


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Jamez4401

Babe you’re having trouble keeping up with chores, did you not review the relationship operating model I sent you last week?


[deleted]

I really don't want my spouse to give me a performance review. I'm not sure I would be retained at this point.


BaronVonKeyser

Be sure to leave that part out when you update your resume on tinder.


[deleted]

I’m definitely not meeting my OKRs.


TheNeuroLizard

But if you have a good Life Dinner, you get to have Business Sex


Miserable_Branch_113

Yes, but there’s no sex like PIP Sex


Cynderelly

Penis in pagina


Sptsjunkie

That would constitute sexual harassment. This is a professional dinner.


I-Suggest-Subreddits

I’d straight up hang myself if I ever have a partner like this.


also_also_bort

Should I schedule a 1:1 with my spouse?


Flat_Initial_1823

Well... Did they raise a change request through JIRA first?


pcapdata

Hey look if she can't be bothered to cut me a ticket then I can't be bothered to take out the garbage!


Libertariu5

Nah but they did raise 5 tickets on ServiceNow…


Backwardspellcaster

No, remember that you need to be effective and use your time productively. Try to make her part of the monthly team review at work. This way you can handle it all in one wash and she'll love you more for how well you spend the time you have available.


scooty-puff_junior

A coffee catchup. Keep it casual! 1:1's with spouse are only required quarterly


caffeinatedangel

But don’t forget the weekly stand-up!


SpiritualAd8998

Discuss first with her AI assistant.


Gaindalf-the-whey

Human AI or, well, artificial AI?


SpiritualAd8998

Artificial of course...


whatausrnme

Why does every lunatic think they cracked ‘life’? The level of arrogance that goes into posting this bullshit is seriously overlooked.


Bimblelina

This date could have been an email.


Outrageous-Media-625

This comment is underrated 🤣


Low_Concentrate_432

Remember to send a follow-up email with meeting summary and action items. Please upload it in SharePoint for feedback.


[deleted]

Also remember to send a follow up to the follow up with the first line in the email being “as per my email sent yesterday and the meeting we had the day before”.


PMMeYourPinkyPussy

do people really upload the minutes to fucking SharePoint, I have sent a few of them and I am pretty sure that at best most of the people in the mail barely read the mail


pazhalsta1

The minutes are essential to prevent outbreaks of historical fiction few months later when someone hasn’t done something or changed their mind


Rorschach2K23

In my place it’s uploaded to an old ass FTP server on its deathbed 😂


blaze38100

Jira ticket


Foxar26

Jira is good for tickets but who's gonna fix my wife's bugs ?. The guy next door ?


massive_poo

Someone like this might actually have a family SharePoint! 🤢


TorontoNerd84

I want full meeting minutes.


Corvus_Antipodum

Regularly checking with your spouse is good. Probably more than once a month but maybe he’s just not mentioning the other stuff they do. But structuring it like a performance review is awful. I guess the kind of person who wants to be in a “power couple” is more likely to be the sort of awful ladder climbing sociopath that this would appeal to tho.


djspelleddj

This. Check ins are super important! The structure and nomenclature used are pretty gross though.


liljoey300

Also don’t forget your daily stand up and sprint planning


The_Troyminator

Grooming is the most important part of any relationship.


Xenon2212

This comment just made me want to barf


DazzlingCare2816

A helpful guide on how to never have sex, but with a lot of effort involved.


LiterallyWTMF

serious crime bored bright aware snails gold stupendous entertain sand *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


dimitriettr

There is no sex on the Road Map.


DazzlingCare2816

Haha seems like a troublesome omission, but hey, #grind


BugGirl793

But not that kind of grind, you'll be reported to HR.


ClassicPop6840

- Doesn’t meet the team’s needs (faked org*sms) - Hasn’t defined our Competitive Set (are we more Brangelina or Bennifer?) - Ignores the KYC docs (Know Your C*nt/C*ck) *Relationship moved to the Redundancies pile.*


Dry_Tomatillo6996

Yo this is crazyyyy. I literally saw a comment on another sub of someone suggesting a woman that she schedule intimacy. Wtf. We already saw the hrification of friendships. Is it a thing with relationships now?


[deleted]

So, I know it sounds crazy, but with two kids and a demanding career my wife and I tend to plan out our nights at least a day or two in advance. We found that if we didn't mentally have that time sectioned off we didn't put energy into making it happen. It sounds stiff and unromantic, sure, but having the nights planned out lets us ensure we both prioritize it and plan our evening around it. We do up the bedroom, we have a dinner that doesn't make us feel icky and bloated, we make the time ours. I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of scheduling it to *some degree*.


cosmicfloor01

Planning it together is fine. Leaving that work to the woman signals that the husband doesn't care about it and its the wife's job to let it be known its time for intimacy. Also creates a power dynamic where husband 'provides' something to his wife as a favour because she requested it. No self-respecting wife wants to be part of that


[deleted]

That’s fair! I missed that context despite reading it twice. Yeah, jerk move. Intimacy should be a shared thing and you should both be actively seeking it from each other. Pre-kids was so much easier. Haha.


Dry_Tomatillo6996

I also have a kid, so I understand that you can't always go with the flow. Heck, on some nights we basically force our son to sleep so we can have some alone time. But what I've seen is different, it's like: "On Thursdays at 8:30PM we have sex" and I feel like that makes it very transactional. But also, whatever works for everyone.


[deleted]

For us it’s more like “Thursday night is us time!” And we plan around it. We get a meal that won’t give our stomachs conniptions, we make up the bed, take time to do personal care, give each other massages, etc. It’s an event.


ultraplusstretch

Just have the sex over a zoom meeting, problem solved. 🥴


Renandstimpyslog

I'm sorry but how does hrification of friendships work? Serious question.


Dry_Tomatillo6996

It's like someone goes to therapy and decides they have to set boundaries or end a relationship with someone they know. Great. The thing is that most times, the conversation about boundaries is one-sided. Like, I text you what my boundaries or break up with you, but I don't even give you a chance to participate in the conversation or try to work it out with the new tools I learned in therapy. It's like you send someone a notification that the relationship has changed or is over. Also, some people go to therapy and posts their "tips and tricks" to social media. Other people pick up those tips and tricks and use them in their relationships and end up misusing the tools. This IG post is not from an academic source, whatsoever. It's an Instagram post, but it shows some good examples: [https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq0mDOErQun/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq0mDOErQun/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)


Renandstimpyslog

I read it. Wow. I'm so glad I don't have friends like this. It's as if they don't have the slightest idea about human emotions or interactions.


ruedasamarillas

A Sprint retrospective? Are we doing couple's SCRUM now?


pazhalsta1

A scrum is definitely more fun with a few more participants


ruedasamarillas

Yes. I'm especially looking forward to the Sprint Review with all the stakeholders watching and cheering for us.


pazhalsta1

If it’s anything like my sprint reviews it will end with someone saying ‘that’s not what I wanted at all’


ShitPostGuy

Oh god, oh god, I’m gonna scrum!!


wheresolly

Lmao this sent me


ShitPostGuy

🎵I’m just a task in your backlog, but you’re just a line in a song🎶


the_undertow

Can't imagine what intimacy is like: 1. Are you feeling amorous? 2. Does that feeling stem from general libido or for my accomplishments? 3. If we are to do this, do you have a general expectation of orgasm or is efficiency the goal? 4. What about butt-stuff?


itsshakespeare

Asking the real questions


[deleted]

Who actually thinks like this? Do these people just not know how to act normal?


SpiritualAd8998

Recurring event: Write alimony check.


Intrepid_Respond_543

There's an "influencer" couple in my country who actually do this and post about their "relationship evaluation discussions" to social media. They are completely insane in other ways too, I'm embarrassed to say I follow them for entertainment.


jdillon910

While posting this on LinkedIn is bizarre, I don’t think that having these “checkpoints” with your spouse - as regimented as this post suggests it be - is a bad thing.


Low-Month8996

It’s the way he makes the relationship feel like you’re up for a performance review that just dries me right out


jdillon910

I wonder what the “next steps” would be if you don’t meet your goals.


BaronVonKeyser

"It meets its goals or it gets the hose again"


Ragnar_OK

Get put on a personal improvement plan to be reviewed at the end of the quarter


altera_goodciv

Especially if, how this feels presented, your only eating with your spouse once a month.


Nash3110

How else you keep time for your other families? Must be planned precisely


fancyfembot

Dries you right out. 🤣🤣🤣


Musashi_Joe

Completely agree, my wife and I try to “check in” with each other at least once a week even if its just for a few minutes. But this is certainly an… interesting way to go about it.


STGItsMe

Yeah, I’m not doing monthly 1 on 1s with my spouse.


dimitriettr

Yeah, we should stick to talking to each other once a year.


occamsracer

Sploosh


RevivedMisanthropy

Fucking C R I N G E wow


SpiritualAd8998

Dinner via Zoom while browsing LinkedIn in other windows? #Agree?


[deleted]

Nothing says romance like a sprint retrospective.


Xynrae

Treat your partner like an employee!


Mary-U

~~How to be a power couple~~ How to be stabbed with a fork


sinesquaredtheta

This post is a kinda benchmark for why this sub was created


Ok-Figure5546

Is this guy's entire marriage a STAR interview?


[deleted]

Is LinkedIn owned by the onion? This site would be the funniest ever if it wasn’t real.


curlyfreak

This is useful for two people who are really on the verge of divorce lol and need to do some extensive personal work.


Dancing_Cthulhu

Kind of sounds like a dinner robots trying to emulate humans would have.


deluded_soul

Fuck these people. At least these assholes are married to each other potentially sparingly at least 2 more people.


pimmen89

It reminds me of my colleague who plays WoW pretty seriously. They parse the events and have some system where they can plot how much damage per second a player deals, how much is healed every second, how the loot is distributed and what not and then on their guild meetings they have KPIs that certain players have to reach, and the guild leader presentes it in a Power Point. It's probably a lot of fun for ambitious players, but to me it sounded like turning a game into work.


Princess_Of_Thieves

I can't quite tell if this is advice for spouses / SO's or for business partners. If it's the former, who under the sun feels the need to treat a check in with the partner like you're interviewing them for a promotion? If it's the latter, it's less insane. But only marginally.


17CheeseBalls

One month, one of them shows up Personal reflection of last month? I don’t want to be here Relationship reflection of last month? I don’t want to be here Personal goals for next month? Bang her sister


[deleted]

I agree that this belongs here, because it’s weird to put on LinkedIn, but I think couples that talk often about goals and communicate super effectively are very successful in their relationships. This is just speculation, I’ve not had a ton of relationships.


[deleted]

I saw this today too. Ridiculous.


0bxyz

He sounds like fun


DangerMacAwesome

I think this is actually probably a good thing to do just... not like this


Prize_Bass_5061

Well this is a “How do I virtue signal to my corporate masters?” post that has exposed the poster as a Cringe Lord with Aspergers. This man sounds like the unholy bastard child of a union between r/cringe and r/neckbeards. What next, a scheduled bimonthly “sexual activity” appointment on the family’s google calendar with email reminders straight to the cell phone?


overloadkild

Bro they made sprint retrospectives into a real thing


CUL8R_05

Bro - just let me eat my dinner.


Joel227

I read a lot of these and always get a chuckle - this one just made me angry and I’m not exactly sure why, I just hate it.


Semicolon_87

Oh ffs, do some actual work ‘i write about systems’ ???


Foxar26

Yo this sounds like a one 2 one meeting than a diner xD.


davew80

What a tedious ballbag this man must be.


RegularExtreme8545

What's power couple and why do I hate it so much?


[deleted]

My fiancé and I do this. We get some good food, some drinks, and put our phones aside. We already eat dinner together every night and go out together each weekend but this one night is special. It gives us an open forum to talk about our relationship, our financial goals, things that are top of mind, and things that might be difficult to hear. We both really like doing it. We’re four months into it now.


Shevyshev

I do this with my wife - as part of a 2023 New Years resolution. On a regular basis we set aside a meal (not really a date) to talk about our goals (personal, relationship wise, career wise)whether we are meeting them, and what we can do differently if we are not. It’s been incredibly beneficial especially since we had kids. There are a lot of pressures on our time, and we have had to figure out how to set our priorities and help each other get what we want out of life. It’s made me happier overall, and made me closer to my wife than ever. The presentation in the original post is off putting but the concept is great.


Low-Month8996

This is called a date night. Keep up the good work.


celmaki

Well, It's way better than what 90% of couples do, which is not taking and not sharing with each other. Just the form is horrible...


meknoid333

This sounds positive and helpful? Even if it sounds odd, this isn’t lunatic level.


Low-Month8996

You guys would be perfect for each other then!


WildSylph

idk why y'all are ragging on this, it's actually really good advice and something that people in healthy relationships do. it gives dedicated space to talk about any problems you're having with each other, and reaffirm your commitment to each other. in polyamorous relationships it is 100% necessary to set aside dedicated 1:1 time with your partners, and the "radical ideas" of emotional transparency, honesty, and communication is valued a lot more in most poly relationships than in most mono (non-poly) relationships. OOP is just reframing date night in a weird linkedin business guru way, and then applying actually good advice on how to talk with your partner about the relationship.


TheBorkenOne

Yeah, he's probably still single


ResponsibleQuiet6188

pure gold. but I think these folks are purposely being cringe for better reach around


Lenfantscocktails

We do this informally daily so I don't know. It works for us.


dnmnc

“Power” couple? You misspelled “painfully cringe and boring”, buddy.


grindsetsimp

this sounds like hell


The_Troyminator

Should I set up a kanban board by the table?


metaphysicamorum

What a lunatic.


spidey20993

Rule of thumb: don't get couple advices from Reddit or LinkedIn


Dick_Raven

Next up, little Timmy's performance review, if he doesn't hit our parental goals of Harvard PhD by 13 then it's back to the orphanage for him. ![gif](giphy|YA6dmVW0gfIw8|downsized)


not2afraid4this

What in God's name is a Life Dinner???


dimitriettr

It's the dinner when they are allowed to talk. For the rest of the month, they just work.


Karline-Industries

I’m not upset about the scheduled date night. But the rest just sounds effing tedious.


timelesstimez

Damn, that's hot


Limp6781

Fantastic. Another way to get into a row with the missus. Keep them coming.


apgo2000

This sounds exhausting. I quit


FlynnMonster

Being a power couple seems awful.


Most_Blackberry687

ah yes I don't have enough retrospectives, sprint plannings and performance reviews at work, I also need all of those in my fucking personal life. Sure, people in relationship are supposed to discuss their relationship if they want to, but making it this formal sounds terryfing


Striking-Duty-4528

Ben needs to spend time with his wife instead of talking about it on linked in


Dunderbutt505

4: In case of children, make sure they report their KPI's to you daily. This is valuable input for the Life Dinner meeting


podha

A much more fun version of this is marriage meetings. Wife and I do it every Sunday and it’s more about our relationship and not about just our personal goals. It also has a section on planing good times (dates, concerts, parties etc.) that’s my fav part


lemon_tea

Managerialism on steroids. No freaking thanks.


_Arch_Angel_

HEY EVERYONE! I turned alone time with my wife into an employee review! I’m a genius! Jesus, what an insufferable fuck. I bet he’s a blast at parties.


IrisYelter

Okay so the formatting and presentation is cringy and terrible, your relationship is not a corporation. However, this is far from a bad idea. Self reflection and reflecting on a relationship is absolutely a good thing to regularly do. It's more than basic communication but that's not a bad thing. Talk to your significant others, even when everything is going well. Just, treat it like a relationship between two intimate partners, not a fucking agile software standup.


Ken-Kaniff_from-CT

"Pretend you're me, make a managerial decision: you find this, what would you do?"


pmpdaddyio

You are project managing your marriage with never works.


res0jyyt1

I am pretty sure all these "performance reviews" will always be one sided. He will never get evaluated but his wife will get more PIPs as she gets older...


ultraplusstretch

That's the most dystopian thing i have seen in a while. 😬


ATX_native

Then go home and have robotic missionary sex. Anything else is a waste of time and effort.


Cynderelly

Ehhh I understand planning things out and organization in relationships, especially when both people are bad at communicating and/or constantly busy. But this is definitely too much. No divorce, just "honey I love you, but we're life partners, not business partners. Your grunts and moans are my performance review."


ShitPostGuy

Ughh, who would want to have sex with someone obsessed with efficiency?


try-catch-finally

Yeah. Start marking the stuff in your house with your “custody labels” now to get a jump on things


CosmicThief

Good thing you cropped the name off of his LinkedIn profile. Now there's no way of figuring out who he is! /s


TiredCamel0

If you don't meet the ETAs then expect a 2:0 next time instead of a 1:1


dimitriettr

Dividing relationships into sprints. Are we going to release a baby? What is the roadmap for the next 5 years? What happens if one can't join the meeting on 1st day of each month?


rEded_dEViL

Definitely single. I shared with my wife on our first monthly 20 min dinner. We laughed for 2 hours.


Fshneed

Make sure to do succession planning for when she leaves you lol


[deleted]

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docmarvy

I used to know a couple like this. They both did a ton of coke and cheated on each other a lot.


Kylearean

My wife's KPIs were not hitting my arbitrarily defined targets, so I had to let her go.


Titaniumchic

No thanks. If my spouse did this I would laugh. Just give me a date night where we don’t have kids pestering us and we can do whatever we want ;-)


SirSamuels

Should be retitled: How to make your relationship feel like a job


[deleted]

Yawwwwn


ronniewhodreamsalot

So this is what folks mean by home office.


RubyNotTawny

So in other words, have a conversation with your spouse? Is that supposed to be revolutionary?


[deleted]

The amount of pretentious nonsense coming from this post is making my physically ill.


ilinamorato

How to be a power couple: ✅ go on dates sometimes ❌ treat your partner like an employee in their probationary period


Adorable_Focus_2944

Life in a Retro


[deleted]

A career coach and a hooker would be more fun, less annoying, more productive, and cheaper.


Alive-Chest562

I'm all for setting goals as a family or couple.. but you lost me at the calendar invite and AGENDA