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TheMistyStranger

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It's so weird to be in a spot where I'm being asked to apply for a demotion, while simultaneously supposed to be "encouraging" my underperforming employee to resign (so I can apply for his role) and being asked to handle budget things for next fiscal year. Make up your goddamn mind.

Also, was humming a song as I walked out the office door. Then I realized it was this

 
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ForsbergMoDo21

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Guess I’ll pop in this thread while I figure out what tf else to do with my previously allocated Sabres time.


We watched The Ref the other night, and it re-cemented itself as my favorite Christmas movie.
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HaNotsri

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TheMistyStranger said:
It's so weird to be in a spot where I'm being asked to apply for a demotion, while simultaneously supposed to be "encouraging" my underperforming employee to resign (so I can apply for his role) and being asked to handle budget things for next fiscal year. Make up your goddamn mind.

Also, was humming a song as I walked out the office door. Then I realized it was this

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This reads like weird fiction. Does your boss want you to leave turds in the coffee mug of your employee? "Encourage to resign" is this to save one or two weeks of pay?
 
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Chainshot said:
Then they better get a move on with breaking social rules and get some people ruled ineligible then! Can't break a string like this.



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And on that bombshell, time for a new OT thread.
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This year's freshman class is the first group of guys that was recruited by the head coach that took over right before the spring season started in 2023, Nate's freshman season.

Last year, he could only keep two guys the previous coach recruited. And the 2025 class is the one that he really feels like will be his first big freshman class.

He has had a lot of guys taking visits and he's talked about how they have been in on guys they have no business being in on because the overnight visits have gone well.

Nate and his roommate and teammate last year hosted a lot of guys because the coach prioritized guys staying with the right kinds of kids.
 
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TheMistyStranger

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HaNotsri said:
This reads like weird fiction. Does your boss want you to leave turds in the coffee mug of your employee? "Encourage to resign" is this to save one or two weeks of pay?
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My boss is weak, indecisive, and walks back decisions his direct reports make. I said in August we need to get rid of the guy I supervise and 4 months later we're actually sorta doing something about it. But my boss doesn't fire people, typically. He just says stuff like, "it's not working for us and it's probably not working for you, so maybe you should start looking for something else."

The guy I want to get rid of is independently wealthy, but I also can see him just saying "no thanks, I'll work harder". For myself, I'm planning on being as quiet in the meeting as possible and watch what happens, like a cameraman in a sitcom.
 
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TheMistyStranger said:
My boss is weak, indecisive, and walks back decisions his direct reports make. I said in August we need to get rid of the guy I supervise and 4 months later we're actually sorta doing something about it. But my boss doesn't fire people, typically. He just says stuff like, "it's not working for us and it's probably not working for you, so maybe you should start looking for something else."

The guy I want to get rid of is independently wealthy, but I also can see him just saying "no thanks, I'll work harder". For myself, I'm planning on being as quiet in the meeting as possible and watch what happens, like a cameraman in a sitcom.
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Maybe you should slowly slide a Ligotti book over the table?
 
TheMistyStranger

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TheMistyStranger said:
Walked in to a resignation letter from my guy, effective immediately, along with his badge, where he put a line across his eyes. My day just got extra weird.
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To follow up, I used the alloted meeting time we had already scheduled to tell my boss that if he doesn't want me to be a coordinator anymore, I'm not comfortable going back to my prior title because it's "professional suicide." I had sent him a copy of the county's job description for Sys Admin, and he agrees I'm doing all those things well, but doesn't want to complicate things by having 3 different titles in a 3 person department. I told him that's what it was when I started there 7 years ago, and it quickly changed to "let's talk after the break".
 
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It's something like 40 of the top 50 drunkest counties are in WI 🫡

But this must be self reported because I don't buy the South for a goddamn minute
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I think some of it is counties that are dry - doesn't mean people there aren't drinkers, just that they can't buy legally in those counties.
 
KiwiGriff

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TheMistyStranger said:
Another meeting with my boss today. His plan is that we have a meeting with my underperforming employee on Wednesday, convince him to resign, and then I apply for my employee's position (my former role) and take a demotion. I'd obviously be taking a paycut as well. When I asked if this actually happens who would do all the managerial things I currently due, such as supervision, payroll, and purchasing, while he looks for someone to take my current job, he said I'd keep doing it until the job gets filled.

I gotta get out of this place ASAP. This is insanity.
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Sooooooo, he gets one person doing two people's work, and he gets to pay it at the cheaper salary?
 
TheMistyStranger

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Sooooooo, he gets one person doing two people's work, and he gets to pay it at the cheaper salary?
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That was indeed his goal. He wanted me to be Network Specialist, Tech Coordinator (supervisor, having to manage and train the brand new team since everyone but me quit), Data Protection Officer, Webmaster, Instructional Support Specialist/Manager, and probably something else I'm forgetting.
 
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KiwiGriff

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It's a bit cold leading up to Christmas (for the time of year anyway).

It should be hot by now. The NZ Christmas trees are kinda flowering. Some are going nuts, others can't be bothered at all. It hasn't been warm enough to get them all into the spirit.

Still ... it's pleasantly warm, i got out for a 9km run this morning, I'm listening to Christmas metal, the kids are helping me decorate and no one is here yet. Good day so far.


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Mike McDermott

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Today is going to be the slowest day at work. I would have put in to be off but I have a few things going on next year that I want to ensure I have enough vacation bank for along with other little short breaks so I’m working every day this week and next minus the two holidays.
 
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