Boss Bitch
Simon
– December 18, 2007 02:38PM
For all your work woes.
Cloudscout
– June 09, 2011 02:24PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Have you ever become so frustrated with your HR department that you sat down and wrote a lengthy letter bitching them out for their utter incompetence?
Have you ever done it in such a carefully crafted fashion that it resulted in a phone call in which they apologized profusely and thanked you over and over again for your brilliantly-worded email?
Let's just say it feels good.
John Willoughby
– June 09, 2011 02:27PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Grats, CS. Must feel great.
Cloudscout
– June 09, 2011 02:49PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
It'll feel even better if they follow through with what they've said they will do.
El Jeffe
– June 09, 2011 03:11PM
What a journey.
I had many unpleasant, silly things while on my medical leave. But they were understanding at least.
Had my annual review yesterday. Didn't get fired. I thought my LAN connection going down 15 minutes prior to the review was a bad omen. :)
John Willoughby
– June 09, 2011 05:19PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
I had a cow-orker whose network passwords were revoked a half hour before he was told he was laid off. Really classy.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– June 10, 2011 03:02PM
I'd love that kind of advanced warning. Gives you plenty of time to go to the bosses office, open his desk drawer and take a dump in it. Bonus points if you do it while said boss is in the room...
Cloudscout
– June 14, 2011 12:57PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
I'm about to have my chat with the guy in Pleasanton. We'll see how that goes.
I'm more nervous about this than any of the other roles because, well, I don't want to relocate but I'm afraid they'll tempt me.
Cloudscout
– June 14, 2011 03:20PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Well, crap.
They really want me... and they want me to move to Pleasanton.
Crap, crap, crap. This is not an easy decision.
El Jeffe
– June 14, 2011 03:35PM
What a journey.
i swear your avatar looks like wisconsin in briefs.
Good luck - wherever that is.
Cloudscout
– June 14, 2011 04:21PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Them's fightin' words.
It's Minnesota in briefs.
Mokers
(Moderator)
– June 14, 2011 05:05PM
Formerly Remy Martin
Pleasonton is not a bad are. fooking hot during the summer, but nothing you are not used to in Minnesota, but it is not as cool as SF or Oakland. Pretty easy to get on BART and get to Oakland or SF. And really close to the Alameda county fair!
El Jeffe
– June 14, 2011 05:23PM
What a journey.
you know, I MEANT MN but typed Wisconsin. Sorry. Been a long, crappy day. geesh. (geesh on ME, not you)
Cloudscout
– June 16, 2011 09:52AM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Just talked to the recruiter for the position in CA. She said that the company doesn't typically pay for relocation.
I told her that was a deal-breaker.
Apparently she was bluffing because that didn't end the phone call as I would have expected it to.
John Willoughby
– June 16, 2011 10:21AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Dang. You're hot stuff, CS. See if you can get them to give you a pony.
Cloudscout
– June 16, 2011 06:14PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Eh. I'm not trying to stick it to them or anything, I just want it to be fair. I have a unique set of skills and experience that they need there. I would prefer not having to move so they need to find a way for me to justify relocation.
El Jeffe
– June 17, 2011 12:45AM
What a journey.
what job or job responsibilities cannot be done remotely from a French Riviera beachfront nowadays?
Cloudscout
– June 20, 2011 09:43AM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
They've confirmed that they will not pay for any relocation so California is off the table.
John Willoughby
– June 20, 2011 12:15PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Next quake, California will relocate for you.
Mokers
(Moderator)
– June 20, 2011 01:07PM
Formerly Remy Martin
That sucks CS. I'm actually kind of surprised they were so hard ass about that.
Cloudscout
– June 20, 2011 01:29PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
While it's quite a bit of money, they spent more than that to send me to India for 6 months. So, yeah, it's weird.
