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Author Topic: Your Job: The Movie  (Read 177988 times)

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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2320 on: September 09, 2012, 03:28:53 PM »

Who're you again?  :nyoro~n:

The weekend shift changes around a lot, except for me and two or three other guys who always do it. One of the guys from last time is showing A WHOLE NEW CROWD.

I actually feel really out of it today, like I'm drunk or something. Only I haven't had a drink at all [joke about me actually having drunk a keg but forgotten it already].
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2321 on: September 10, 2012, 10:34:14 AM »

I went from first on my boss's 'to fire' to her repeatedly telling new hires I'm the perfect employee and they need to follow my lead.

I have not changed my work habits or attitude one bit.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2322 on: September 10, 2012, 10:35:27 AM »

She's trying to lure you into a false sense of security so you fuck up your perfect documentation. Don't trust her.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2323 on: September 10, 2012, 10:36:06 AM »

It turns out getting hired into a new job is very stressful and you don't know who your best workers are until you've been there a while. Give the woman some slack, dude.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2324 on: September 10, 2012, 10:37:19 AM »

Godaddy.com down for an hour?

Be sure to tell all your clients you can't email them because of the "internet revolution" messing things up.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2325 on: September 10, 2012, 10:42:12 AM »

The A/C on my floor is broken. Right now, it's about 88 degrees with practically zero airflow. Fortunately, I already decided to take the afternoon off to go to the DMV. I'm not sure if that will be much better, though.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2326 on: September 10, 2012, 10:44:33 AM »

It turns out getting hired into a new job is very stressful and you don't know who your best workers are until you've been there a while. Give the woman some slack, dude.

I have, buddy boy ol' pal.
I was saying it's weird that I was being told multiple times a day from management they want to fire me and now I am a golden employee.

I understand it's stressful (I have managerial experience too), but that doesn't mean a complete 180 isn't odd, Joxaroo.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2327 on: September 10, 2012, 10:47:08 AM »

It's probably worth mentioning that I've been nursing a pretty severe paranoid fit these past two days. Still!
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2328 on: September 10, 2012, 11:42:27 AM »

I was saying it's weird that I was being told multiple times a day from management they want to fire me and now I am a golden employee.

I understand it's stressful (I have managerial experience too), but that doesn't mean a complete 180 isn't odd, Joxaroo.

How long have you been working there? Maybe you're over your probationary period and they can't fire you without a ton of paperwork.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2329 on: September 10, 2012, 12:47:19 PM »

I have to agree with my brother, there are employees I've hated due to certain things but slowly grown to appreciate for various other reason. Like, I had one employee at my previous management job who was absolutely atrocious at customer interaction and various other things. I disliked him at first for always being in the backroom. I slowly grew to like him and be on his side in every argument versus other employees for the simple fact that without him the back room wouldn't have been able to run because he literally did all the inventory/stock management every day by himself. I found out the reason he was getting complaints from all the other employees was not because he was 'horrible and always in the backroom' but that he was always in the backroom because everyone else literally refused to move or arrange stock because it was 'beneath them' and 'Todd Work'. The employee was named Todd and he was quite happy to just quietly do work in the back, I finally had to just tell everyone else they couldn't fucking have it both ways, he was in the back doing stock all day or they did some fucking stock management. They shut up and let him be after a while. Like James said, sometimes your best workers are not the ones first readily apparent who make the most noise and seem the most 'eager' day one. In fact, in my 6+ years of management experience I've found those are usually the fucking worst. Our last batch of hires had a girl who, due to my seniority and ability at my current job and the fact that I get along with or am related to(James) the managers instantly tried to befriend and engage me over video games and various other things and tried to constantly tell people she wanted to do good and whatnot. Basically she was the most vocal/engaging employee. She ended up almost getting fired within 6 weeks, for not showing up or being late over half a dozen times and constantly being incorrect on her till, finally 'quitting in rage due to our 'LACK OF INTELLIGENCE'(What she screamed while walking out the door) after she got written up for no-call no-showing 2 days in a row and then arguing with the manager and using rude language about what she thought constituted being 'sick and unable to call'. After she left all our employee theft problems stopped, all our back room issues stopped...

What I mean is, maybe your boss finally got over everyone who was being vocal/'helpful' and started to see the real side of things. I'm jaded enough by management that I ignored the one girl being 'nice' to me and just looked at the merits of her work and, when asked within the 3 weeks of her starting recommended her for being fired and the 'quiet yet capable' people for being kept on because I realized the 'friendly' girl was really just trying to use fake attitude to cover up horrible work ethic. You gotta be capable and efficient, if you can manage that you'll rarely get fired.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2330 on: September 10, 2012, 01:32:16 PM »

Ok. I just said it but I'll go into more detail.

I'm a good employee. I've always been. I have managerial experience so I know how to be a good employee from their point of view too. I understand how being a manager goes and how sometimes you're looking at this part of the picture instead of different parts.

But just because she finally got over whatever it was she needed to get over to "like" having an employee that actually did their job, that doesn't mean a 180 degree change (a complete reversal from previous actions) isn't really weird to witness.


As for Buge: Probation lasts for one pay period at this job. And the extra paperwork isn't a problem because she hired another assistant to do the paperwork so she's firing people left and right.
I'm one of the only three people left since before she started working.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2331 on: September 13, 2012, 03:29:21 PM »

Got a work ticket today. The ticket simply read "See acct note #####".

That note simply reads "Please see ticket."

 :8V:  SINGULARITY ACHIEVED.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2332 on: September 13, 2012, 08:15:21 PM »

Land: see "snatch".
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2333 on: September 13, 2012, 08:47:15 PM »

It really was one of those "No way, come on. This doesn't really happen outside of a comedy movie." moments.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2334 on: September 13, 2012, 09:12:38 PM »

Mongrel, did you put the new cover on your TPS report?
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2335 on: September 13, 2012, 09:20:17 PM »

That reminds me of how I was sent to the corner in another job (when I was the warranties manager at Virgin Mobile). I think I made stapler jokes for a month.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2336 on: September 17, 2012, 04:00:55 AM »

I have started working on a Playstation tech support line. There are a lot of things behind the scenes that are nice reminders that I am working for Sony, and it's just as dysfunctional inside as it looks from the out.

Oh, and I got a call from a Duke Nukem soundboard yesterday.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2337 on: September 17, 2012, 11:03:09 AM »

Team lead came by to let me know that the project's pretty close to wrapping and give me the now-familiar "We don't know what that means for you; we want you to stay on, we've put in a good word for you up the chain, and the boss is talking to upper management."

Hoping I at least get through the end of October.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2338 on: September 19, 2012, 10:02:29 AM »

Hiring again for personal lackey position as website tester / automation developer (all my previous lackeys have been promoted, not quit).  Usual caveat of "you actually have to want to live in Orange County" applies.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #2339 on: September 19, 2012, 06:41:40 PM »

What do I need to know how much do I get paid?