The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread

[doug rr]

Dep't Christmas party tonight ugh

which drunken coworker do you have your eye on?

[wease]

Dep't Christmas party tonight ugh

which drunken coworker do you have your eye on?

Lance from the mailroom is my bet.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Dep't Christmas party tonight ugh

which drunken coworker do you have your eye on?

The one visiting from another state, but is driving back tonight to her family

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Dep't Christmas party tonight ugh

which drunken coworker do you have your eye on?

Lance from the mailroom is my bet.

What is mail?

[The Argonaut]

My colleague says she's got me figured out, and that I am simple. She says that all men are simple, but that I am very simple. I'm thinking maybe she should go fuck herself

[bart]

go to her

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I'll f*ck her for you

[The Argonaut]

Does everyone talk as incessantly as my co-workers or was I especially evil and cruel and in need of punishment in a past life. I'm going to kill myself

[The Argonaut]

No one can possibly have this much to say. These people are the scum of the earth

[lennytheweedwhacker]

No one can possibly have this much to say. These people are the scum of the earth

Some people just lead really interesting lives that produces an abundance of substantive dialogue.

[Peeps]

My coworker (in my dpt) retired (early) today. Just left about 30 minutes ago. We should all be so lucky.

30 years with the company. Just turned 62. He retains his benefits until 65 years old (no cost) when he then switches over to medicade/medicare.

[wease]

Got a staff member at one of my centers causing a bunch of drama and shit. She basically gripes about everyone to everyone else, not following thru on commitments she’s made with us, is telling everyone in her center other centers are being shut down, just all kinds of lies and such. She’s even telling her fellow staff that I’m refusing to pay out bonuses because I’m pocketing the money myself (which does nothing but show her sheer ignorance on the subject of how we pay bonuses out). So I’m gonna have to have a nice come-to-Jesus meeting with her next. All the other staff hate working with her because of her constant negativity and lies. Gonna be a fun conversation.

[Bammer]

If only someone could catch her using her cell phone on company time

[Peeps]

a C-level user approached me today about their device not connecting to the monitor

i investigate

i turn the power button on

Me: "They have the power button on the back right corner"

them: "I never have to turn the other ones on"

Me: "well people probably leave them on"

i can only imagine i made a stink face while saying that last part that will get me a talking to

[washing machine]

a C-level user approached me today about their device not connecting to the monitor

i investigate

i turn the power button on

Me: "They have the power button on the back right corner"

them: "I never have to turn the other ones on"

Me: "well people probably leave them on"

i can only imagine i made a stink face while saying that last part that will get me a talking to

:nick_burns:

[wease]

Rough day today. Not finished yet. More detail to come.

[Monkey_Driven]

Rough day today. Not finished yet. More detail to come.

[wease]

Got a staff member at one of my centers causing a bunch of drama and shit. She basically gripes about everyone to everyone else, not following thru on commitments she’s made with us, is telling everyone in her center other centers are being shut down, just all kinds of lies and such. She’s even telling her fellow staff that I’m refusing to pay out bonuses because I’m pocketing the money myself (which does nothing but show her sheer ignorance on the subject of how we pay bonuses out). So I’m gonna have to have a nice come-to-Jesus meeting with her next. All the other staff hate working with her because of her constant negativity and lies. Gonna be a fun conversation.

So, this discussion happened Thursday morning. As expected, she denied everything, but I did reset expectations with her and while she agreed to them, she won’t meet them. She won’t be with us very much longer.

After that I had to start dealing with budget driven position eliminations. Went to the first center and had the conversation with one of them there I had to let go. After that had to go to another center and have that conversation with another employee.

Friday, I resumed and went back to those centers and another and had to let three more go. It’s a totally different thing to terminate someone because they suck than if you just have to make the budget work. All of these were based on last-in-first-out basis and I did give them two weeks notice and have offered that they stay on with us in a prn capacity. Two of them have already agreed to stay so I’m very glad about that. But they still weren’t pleasant conversations and I was just emotionally and mentally drained Friday night. Hopefully the other three will stay on as prn. I don’t want to outright lose any of them. And now with all this weather it’s just been a really shitty week.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Got a staff member at one of my centers causing a bunch of drama and shit. She basically gripes about everyone to everyone else, not following thru on commitments she’s made with us, is telling everyone in her center other centers are being shut down, just all kinds of lies and such. She’s even telling her fellow staff that I’m refusing to pay out bonuses because I’m pocketing the money myself (which does nothing but show her sheer ignorance on the subject of how we pay bonuses out). So I’m gonna have to have a nice come-to-Jesus meeting with her next. All the other staff hate working with her because of her constant negativity and lies. Gonna be a fun conversation.

So, this discussion happened Thursday morning. As expected, she denied everything, but I did reset expectations with her and while she agreed to them, she won’t meet them. She won’t be with us very much longer.

After that I had to start dealing with budget driven position eliminations. Went to the first center and had the conversation with one of them there I had to let go. After that had to go to another center and have that conversation with another employee.

Friday, I resumed and went back to those centers and another and had to let three more go. It’s a totally different thing to terminate someone because they suck than if you just have to make the budget work. All of these were based on last-in-first-out basis and I did give them two weeks notice and have offered that they stay on with us in a prn capacity. Two of them have already agreed to stay so I’m very glad about that. But they still weren’t pleasant conversations and I was just emotionally and mentally drained Friday night. Hopefully the other three will stay on as prn. I don’t want to outright lose any of them. And now with all this weather it’s just been a really shitty week.

Do you know if the budget allows for you to bring any of them back or to FT if someone else leaves or is fired?

[wease]

Got a staff member at one of my centers causing a bunch of drama and shit. She basically gripes about everyone to everyone else, not following thru on commitments she’s made with us, is telling everyone in her center other centers are being shut down, just all kinds of lies and such. She’s even telling her fellow staff that I’m refusing to pay out bonuses because I’m pocketing the money myself (which does nothing but show her sheer ignorance on the subject of how we pay bonuses out). So I’m gonna have to have a nice come-to-Jesus meeting with her next. All the other staff hate working with her because of her constant negativity and lies. Gonna be a fun conversation.

So, this discussion happened Thursday morning. As expected, she denied everything, but I did reset expectations with her and while she agreed to them, she won’t meet them. She won’t be with us very much longer.

After that I had to start dealing with budget driven position eliminations. Went to the first center and had the conversation with one of them there I had to let go. After that had to go to another center and have that conversation with another employee.

Friday, I resumed and went back to those centers and another and had to let three more go. It’s a totally different thing to terminate someone because they suck than if you just have to make the budget work. All of these were based on last-in-first-out basis and I did give them two weeks notice and have offered that they stay on with us in a prn capacity. Two of them have already agreed to stay so I’m very glad about that. But they still weren’t pleasant conversations and I was just emotionally and mentally drained Friday night. Hopefully the other three will stay on as prn. I don’t want to outright lose any of them. And now with all this weather it’s just been a really shitty week.

Do you know if the budget allows for you to bring any of them back or to FT if someone else leaves or is fired?

It does. If our average pt volumes increase or yes, if someone else leaves/gets fired I can bring them back to FT if they stay on as PRN. I can also rehire if they choose not to stay but then they would just be as a new hire again.