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Got suspended from work.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:40 AM
GORRAMREAVERS
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:39 PM
MALICIOUS
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:52 PM
MRSKBORG
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:01 PM
SHADESIREN
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:24 PM
ODDNESS2HER
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:49 PM
HEB
Quote:Originally posted by Shadesiren: man, I am NEVER late to work. My last job, they had to ask me to stop showing up EARLY (granted, we're talking 5 to ten minutes, but whatever). Get this - I got fired from my job. They write people up for "smirking" (the girl in question is 19, and scared to death of the "boss" types. She smiles when she's nervous, which is whenever they come to our desks, because they are always yelling at us for stupid stuff, or stuff we didn't do.) Another girl got written up be cause SOMEONE ELSE left a file that was supposed to go to her in a weird place, and it's "her responsibility top keep track of them" even if she doesn't even know they exist yet. I got fired for being "defiant" (something I NEVER am, not to my BOSS, sheesh!) and for not doing "good enough" (even though they kept telling me how amazed they were that ever since I started doing the job, it was being done "so well!!") I wish I could say I missed my job, or felt bad because now that I'm not there, no one else knows how to do "my job". But I don't. http://home.comcast.net/~shadesiren
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:38 PM
FREMDFIRMA
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:37 PM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:42 PM
KNIBBLET
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:06 PM
CAITE
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:21 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Knibblet: Suggestion: Go to bed 15 minutes earlier and set your alarm for 15 minutes earlier than you have it set now.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:19 PM
Quote: Even though you're happy to be rid of your job couldn't you still claim for wrongful dismissal or some such? I'm not one for all this sueing malarky but it sounds like your boss'll do it again if someone doesn't say something and these laws are there to protect employees for a reason.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:45 PM
SIMONWHO
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:27 AM
SAFFY
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:05 AM
CONNORFLYNN
Quote:Originally posted by Gorramreavers: About 6 months ago 'they' started a new policy. If you punch in later than exactly 8am twice in one month you get a verbal warning. If you do it again within 3 months you get a written warning. If you do it again you get 3 days suspended withou pay, then termination. :( So I did OK the first couple of months, maybe punching in a min or two late once or twice overall. But then October, I had an 8:01 and a 8:03. Then in November another 2 days under 8:05. I was good thru December but this month I had a 8:01 and then today...disaster. Somehow managed to shut the alarm off instead of SNOOZE, and I was almost an hour late. So now I have a longer weekend than I would like. I feel bad because this is something that I could have avoided and my coworkers are now short a man. I do think the policy is a tad harsh but I know they need their people ready to go when it is time for a shift to start. I am an internet tech at a smallish ISP. This has happened to a co-worker/friend and he actually found another job with his time off. I am not ready to move on or anything but it is a bit scary to know that if I manage to screw up again, Im out of a job (in the middle of winter..no less). This came down about 2 hours ago so I am still reeling a bit. Anyone here go through something like this? "..it is my very favorite gun."
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:01 AM
ZOID
Quote:...If you put a $60 an hour price tag on those hours, it adds up to about $3,900,000 a year in "Billable product and time" that is lost due to non-productivity. Now I don't know if your employer is a freak about billable minutes or productivity..but the above was just an example of how companies perceive employees.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:09 AM
THESOMNAMBULIST
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:17 AM
BROWNCOAT1
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:45 AM
Quote:Originally posted by zoid: Ummm, and where can I get one of those $60-per-hour jobs? Just tell me the name of the company; I can complete the application, interview, hiring, orientation and payroll processes by computer, from the comfort of my own home.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:41 AM
CYBERSNARK
Quote:Originally posted by Gorramreavers: So I did OK the first couple of months, maybe punching in a min or two late once or twice overall. But then October, I had an 8:01 and a 8:03. Then in November another 2 days under 8:05. I was good thru December but this month I had a 8:01 and then today...disaster. Somehow managed to shut the alarm off instead of SNOOZE, and I was almost an hour late. . . . I am an internet tech at a smallish ISP.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:18 AM
THEGREYJEDI
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:30 AM
RHYMEPHILE
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:59 AM
Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:02 AM
SNOWGUARD
Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:47 AM
MAUGWAI
Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:08 AM
OPTIMUS1998
Quote:Originally posted by Gorramreavers: About 6 months ago 'they' started a new policy. If you punch in later than exactly 8am twice in one month you get a verbal warning. If you do it again within 3 months you get a written warning. If you do it again you get 3 days suspended withou pay, then termination. :(
Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:28 AM
Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:23 AM
Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:37 AM
DIETCOKE
Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:21 PM
RUXTON
Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:37 PM
BRUISERSMOM
Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:43 PM
Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:44 PM
Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:55 PM
VETERAN
Don't squat with your spurs on.
Thursday, January 20, 2005 1:01 PM
Thursday, January 20, 2005 1:24 PM
Quote:How do all you clowns like being SLAVES to corporate America? ... The solution has always been: WORK FOR YOURSELF...
Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:06 PM
Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:40 PM
Quote:...What else are you but clowns?
Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:53 PM
Friday, January 21, 2005 3:52 AM
Friday, January 21, 2005 3:55 AM
Quote:Originally posted by zoid: We're people who've made mistakes ourselves, and over the course of our lifetimes, have tried to improve on those mistakes. We feel that this experience may be helpful to 'reavers. The reason people are responding is to try and help another human being. Ponder this in some depth, before repeatedly insulting those who have sympathy for a guy who's struggling... Instructively, zoid P.S. I'd rather be a wage slave any day, than a wage slaveowner. Nobody ever got to be rich without first lusting after more than their rightful share, and then exploiting the efforts of others to take and keep it.
Friday, January 21, 2005 6:56 AM
Friday, January 21, 2005 10:44 AM
BLINKER
Quote:After a couple of weeks of this, Harry asked me in front of the whole unit (including the OIC) why I wasn't coming in early anymore. "You make the flight run smooth and I like smooth." I looked at him and said, "MSgt Richardson, I don't have to be early. But. I. Do. Have. To. Be. On. Time." Guess what. He still didn't get it. Moron.
Friday, January 21, 2005 4:44 PM
REGINAROADIE
Friday, January 21, 2005 7:10 PM
MONTANAGIRL
Friday, January 21, 2005 8:12 PM
SYRYN
Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:31 AM
OLDFAN45
Quote:Originally posted by reginaroadie: And I think that part of the appeal of FIREFLY is it's ability to capture the plight of the common working man perfectly. Agree/disagree?
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