Topic: Your Job: The Movie (Read 177818 times)

Brentai · « **Reply #500 on:** November 05, 2009, 07:37:31 PM »

Okay yeah I should have seen this coming but

I always sort of wondered why people in this industry kept falling over themselves thanking me for just doing my damned job on time. I always sort of thought they were being facetious.

Today I have been waiting for calls from four different people. None of them have come through.

It just hit me that they weren't just exaggerating; it is incredibly special to them that I get shit done when I say I'm going to.

(PS Exquisite Knorpse will probably be extremely late.)

Mongrel · « **Reply #501 on:** November 13, 2009, 09:49:31 AM »

I don't know if I ever described the dynamic that keeps me employed, but it goes like this:

My manager is a by-the-book type. She knows that - by the numbers at least - I do less work than any of the reps in the US. Now, I actually do a bunch of work she never sees because she's in New Jersey, but the only way of letting her know this would be awkwardly cc her on all my emails (which would just drive her crazy anyway because she hates getting emails she doesn't really need to deal with). So my actual manager would probably argue to get rid of me.

Luckily, I'm not actually on her budget, thanks to a weird arrangement. The Stallion actually pays the bills for me AND regularly argues that I am critical because the Canadian customers need to talk to a Canadian rep. He always has these arguments behind closed doors, but once in a while I hear them (whether that's intentional or not, I can't say) - he's also correct that Canadian customers don't like calling the US line because the girls down there don't know much about our accounts whereas I practically have everything and everyone memorized.

The Stallion and my manager also don't get along very well, though I try to avoid that myself.

The Stallion is pretty much single-handedly responsible for the fact that I have a job at all, never mind that it's easy, decently-paying, and not very stressful at all.

I just wish I could tell the The Stallion how thankful I am without, you know, admitting that I've overheard his conversations (however unintentionally). Especially since he's a somewhat private guy.

Brentai · « **Reply #502 on:** November 13, 2009, 10:01:27 AM »

Without any further context I can't help but imagine Sylvester Stallone behind closed doors somewhere, saying "Look, 'e's an okay guy, allll right? We need these, these Canadian kids, 'e's... 'e's just allll right, okay? Ey? Adrian?"

Mongrel · « **Reply #503 on:** November 13, 2009, 10:35:04 AM »

I call him The Stallion now because of this post.

Brentai · « **Reply #504 on:** November 13, 2009, 10:58:58 AM »

Well now I'm imagining he's Dr. Claw.

Man is serious about chairs.

Mongrel · « **Reply #505 on:** November 13, 2009, 11:22:35 AM »

Come to think of it, the entire secretary pool either quit or was transferred to other offices all within the space of the last month.

Büge · « **Reply #506 on:** November 13, 2009, 12:06:30 PM »

Bogus.

Mongrel · « **Reply #507 on:** November 13, 2009, 06:12:44 PM »

Well, they were pretty useless.

I keep imagining it as more this kind of situation.

"You know what happens to airheaded bitches who waste Th' Stallion's time. I want to come in tomorrow and for this to all have been taken care of already."

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #508 on:** November 14, 2009, 10:58:01 PM »

Caught my first shoplifter today! Then, as soon as I finished writing the report for that one, I caught another one! Damn teenagers.

Thad · « **Reply #509 on:** November 15, 2009, 02:56:04 PM »

Our newest temp got a better offer and quit last week.

Upper management decided not to replace him, so we're back to being REALLY understaffed instead of just KINDA understaffed.

So, even if it wasn't a layoff, management HAS officially started cutting temp positions in my department.

Spent this afternoon updating resume/Careerbuilder/LinkedIn info.

Brentai · « **Reply #510 on:** November 16, 2009, 05:36:03 PM »

Quote from: Thad on November 15, 2009, 02:56:04 PM

Careerbuilder

I'm tracing a lot of "resume expert" spam and "for some reason we figured you'd like to start selling insurance" calls to this one.

Oddly enough the easiest way to not get dicked with it seems is to go through Craigslist. I guess the whole "no room for razz-and-dazzle, no help from the service itself screwing with people" setup turns away people who are out to waste your time. Well, intentionally at least.

Brentai · « **Reply #511 on:** November 20, 2009, 08:57:50 AM »

So long as I am still an independent douchebag, I should never be awake and posting before 10 AM. C'est la vie.

Brentai · « **Reply #512 on:** November 23, 2009, 09:20:24 AM »

So yeah, the scourge of calls at 7-8 in the morning had been going on for some time. Let's just mention right now that

A) I tell my clients not to call me before 10, period.
B) I've been going to sleep at around 4 AM for the past few months.
C) I went to bed at seven this morning since I spent the last night trying to get as close to the finish line with the Knorpse as I could.

So I get this call at 8:30, right?

Good mor- I mean, hello, this is Brent.

Hi! I'm calling about the interview you had last week. What did you think of it?

Was good. Kinda long.

Long?

Was supposed to be an hour, think it was two. Long.

Okay, uh, did you like the company?

Seems pretty good.

The position?

Yeah, I er... yeah, I mean it was a pretty good entry point I thought.

So are you interested in the job?

Sure, why not?

Okay, well, so, we want to go ahead with an offer...

Aaaaaaaaaaah... hold on, let's start over here.

Hello! Good morning!

As far as "why the fuck are you calling me so early" conversations go, this one was pretty tolerable imo.

Mongrel · « **Reply #513 on:** November 23, 2009, 09:25:21 AM »

So you're going to... stop being an independant douchebag?

Brentai · « **Reply #514 on:** November 23, 2009, 09:38:46 AM »

Oh hells yes.

Expect my post rate to achieve levels of near-normality in the near future.

McDohl · « **Reply #515 on:** November 23, 2009, 09:40:05 AM »

I had a call like that one Saturday morning when I was in the Navy.

: Whoever this is, you'd better have a damn good reason for calling me this early on a Saturday.

: Good morning, Mr. Nelson, this is Chris Chope, the Executive Officer.

: Good morning, sir.

: Do you know why I'm calling you this morning?

: No idea, sir.

: You've just been promoted!

Norondor · « **Reply #516 on:** November 23, 2009, 03:58:06 PM »

Same deal with when i got hired recently. Why do HR people call so early? Don't they realize we're unemployed?

Mongrel · « **Reply #517 on:** November 23, 2009, 06:45:06 PM »

In McDohl's case, I'd give even odds that the XO knew exactly what would happen when he called that early.

Dooly · « **Reply #518 on:** November 23, 2009, 06:46:55 PM »

Beats the hell out of being called early on Monday morning to be told I'm fired from a night shift job.

Mongrel · « **Reply #519 on:** November 23, 2009, 06:48:03 PM »

That's where your current avatar comes in.

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