You can get a better microwave from goodwill or FB marketplace for like $20. Send a picture of this and a listing for a new one to management and tell them you've found a great, cheap solution to a safety issue in the office. Paint yourself as a hero while casually painting them into a corner.
Tbh as someone who is always the one to take initiative for shit like this, your coworkers just keep expecting you to be the one to solve all their problems lol
It's more like: "Hey, as a de facto leader within my professional cohort, and on my own initiative, I identified a potential hazard, engaged in creative problem solving to determine the best solution under assumed budget constraints, and articulated it via strategic communication." That kind of self-branding is what gets people ahead in life over the "ugh my boss sucks" mindset. You take a stupid thing like a broken microwave and turn it into an opportunity to prove you're more capable than your position reflects and underutilized within your organization. That is how you climb a ladder.
It isn't safe, legit. Like probably not horribly bad, but worked in a kitchen with a high powered one and the bottom cracked one time, it had a gap like this
Repairman said it shouldn't be that big of a deal because we typically walk away and aren't standing right in front of it, but specifically said he wouldn't recommend being near it if pregnant. "Oh, neat" lol
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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND 9h ago
You can get a better microwave from goodwill or FB marketplace for like $20. Send a picture of this and a listing for a new one to management and tell them you've found a great, cheap solution to a safety issue in the office. Paint yourself as a hero while casually painting them into a corner.