Take this job and SHOVE IT

“Well if you did that it would probably make the news.”

“Its been two months since I asked for my raise, and they still can't make a decision. They're trying to compare my position to others in the company, based on my job description and years of experience. Problem is there isn't anyone else here with my job description, and I have more years of experience than a lot of others here! Apparently they think my salary is in line, but my bonuses are way off. Grrrrrr......”

“mapleleaf:

”

“Is there a professional society that covers the work you do? If so, they may have some sort of guide or chart that will give them an idea of what people in your job and your experience should be making.”

“the interview is at 7:00 AM

now I need to tell my boss im going to be late for work...

(gulp) any ideas?”

“You can always say that it's personal and none of her business.”

“You have funky purple itchy bumps on your elbow.

Seriously, just tell 'em you have a doctor's appt. Any info beyond that is none of their business.”

“yep, dr. appointments always work.”

“ok I told her I had a doctors appointment

I am nervous”

“nervous about lying to your supervisor, or aobut the interview?

cause lying to her ain't nothing. i'm sure she tells you a billion lies a day, because that's a manager's job. trust me, i know, because I am one. :)

as far as the job interview, you've already got a job, so really you have the leg up. you can go in there and see if this is the right job for you. think of it that way. its not all about them asking you questions. prepare yourself to ask them some questions too.”

“thanks smily :)

I guess i need this job, yes, i already have a good job but the company is moving to Northern NJ. way to far to travel. this job is about a 20 min drive.”

“a 20 min drive in NYC? must be right next door.

Good luck maple!”

“no more like next door in a different state!
im closer to NJ then NYC”

“....nervous about lying to your supervisor, or aobut the interview?

cause lying to her ain't nothing. i'm sure she tells you a billion lies a day, because that's a manager's job. trust me, i know, because I am one. :) ....
smiley girl
03:07:32 PM

That's why I don't wish to be a manager (for real).”

“LOL stove! It has its ups and downs, just like anything else in life.”

“SG's lying now!”

“95% of the 'managers' where I work are lying snakes that can't manage anything.
I believe one of the requirements to be a manager is an enjoyment of lying.
I enjoy being pure technical so much. Unfortunately, I'm as far up as I can go and still be 'pure'.”

“I said that to my boss on friday!!!! :)”

“I enjoy being pure technical so much.
StoveStomper
04:01:11 PM
05/24/04


Stoveys a wirehead”

“well i got a job yesterday and i start in about 2 hours...its more a trial week to see how the painter and i work together....everyone has their way...if they dont like it ill take my check and get the hell gone..”

“Good luck Maple!

Good luck Shep!”

“Stove, if you ever meet me, you'll see very quickly that I suck at lying. I tend to use more truth in my management style. In fact, sometimes I tell too much, and that gets me into trouble!!”

“ah, some people just can't do it, SG.

It tough to look a person in the eye and feed them a line. I always think there is the better way. Too much BS is never goot fer the rep amoung peers as well.

Do you have a plan in case these guys don't shape up?”

“I went looking for a job yesterday and will go out again today :)”

“Why lie? Just tell them the truth, if they can't handle it, to heII with 'em.”

“Q - was that question directed toward me?

Yes, I have a plan, but it'll take two years to execute. :(”

“A managers job is lying?

WRONG, completely #&%!$ing wrong and more than just a little offensive.

Sorry y'all have met so many pathetic managers but that isn't how it is done.”

“hmmm, i've never thought about how much i lie at work before, Smiley...interesting! i manage all the people who work outside our office, but i'm not the one who can hire or fire them. also, two people have sued us in the past for firing them, so i have to lie a lot to people who suck at what they do for us. like, someone will ask if i have any work for them to do, and i'll have to say not at the moment, when what i really mean is not for their sucky ass! LOL! it's also pretty easy for me to lie over email, since i never see any of them in person. my mommy works for us, though, and i don't think i've lied to her yet. so at least maybe i'm not going to hell!”

“I just got hired by the first place I went to apply at today... :O Finished my app and then they gave me two interviws already... and then hired me. Will still keep looking for better but will use that job in the meantime.”

“Cool, congrats.”

“Good for you!


Any bets on how long it is before that jobs sucks?

Just kidding you, Free, lol...”

“Good luck Mapes!”

“Yah, I guess she's having, or has had the interview already.

Is it bad form to post from work that you have a new job before you tell your employer?”

“ok I told her I had a doctors appointment

I am nervous"
mapleleaf
02:59:24 PM
05/24/04

B-O-R-I-N-G!

You should have told her you fell off the ferry and had to go back home to change your clothes.

Well? How did the interview go?

bad form? Is maple even capable of bad form???”

“My guess is that mapes has had the interview...didn't she say in the morning in one of her posts? Looking back..she said it was at 7 AM and she'd be late for work. Come on mapleleaf...what gives? How did it go?”

“Maybe she fell off the ferry and had to go home and change her clothes.”

“Sorry HPM, I'm have no doubt you are the exception.

I am off on my percentage. Of my last five bosses, not even counting upper management, 4 of the 5 I personally caught lying, and not 'white' lies either.
80%”

“AHHHHHHHHHH. Peeing is good. I just took my drug test...gee I hope I pass... :)”

“Aw, Stovey, you know managers can't tell engineers the truth, because it always gets turned around on them later.”

“Alone and adrift in a sea of inequity.

~sigh~”

“LOL@hpm”

“still no word from maple?”

“Maybe the place she interviewed at was called "TO SERVE MAN"...”

“Our "primary contractor" has pulled the plug. I think Bush wants more weapons in Iraq not bandages.

Someone going to make a bandage joke now?


Anyone out there work in Biologics in the DC megalopolis region?”

“...in the interview? Inquiring minds want to know.”

“how about a bondage joke?”

“yea i went to the interview. it went very well.
my only problem is, it's with a Lumber Company.
Im a purchasing agent and every time I would place an order, it would mean killing a tree. so i really have mixed feelings about it.
plus is, it's a 15 min ride instead of the 1hr and 45 min ride now.

so we will wait and see.”

“maple, look at it this way. Construction is going to happen. When trees are used for building materials it's renewable. When iron ore is mined from the ground for steel, it's not renewable. I'm all for using wood when the wood is a farmed product. It's the cutting of old growth trees that I have a problem with. Here in the SE there are pine forest that are farms. It works pretty good. There are abuses, but it can work.”

“Ha! I had to actually go out and tag trees to be killed when I was working in the north of CA :S”

“Get real mapes. The trees have been cut for the lumber already.
By ordering lumber, you aren't killing trees. ;-)

You have mail by the way.”