OT: Jim Bob's New and Improved Holiday Escapist OT Thread of Ultimate Power

[Jim Bob]

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[sabremike]

 

[Jim Bob]

Dear college kids,

Don't get into a fight with someone at a dining hall and yell out that you are going to go to your dorm room, get your gun, and shoot the person.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Dear college kids,

Don't get into a fight with someone at a dining hall and yell out that you are going to go to your dorm room, get your gun, and shoot the person.

Shit. I was just getting laid by 6s in college. Well, maybe a couple 4s and 7s slipped in there. These kids priorities are all out of wack now-a-days!

 

[Jim Bob]

Shit. I was just getting laid by 6s in college. Well, maybe a couple 4s and 7s slipped in there. These kids priorities are all out of wack now-a-days!

I wouldn't be shocked if the young men involved were what Nate calls fake gangstas. There are more than a couple of them there.

 

[Gras]

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Chainshot]

I mean, other than insulin, the telephone and the cup (no, the small "C" one)...?

 

[sabremike]

I mean, other than insulin, the telephone and the cup (no, the small "C" one)...?

 

[Gras]

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Fitting since they gave Castro a son

 

[TheMistyStranger]

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.

 

[Chainshot]

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.

I'm reminded of being near the end of my last corporate job. I went on core leave and returned to a voicemail and email from my manager that she was resigning and she would be gone in the middle of my leave. I got all of her billing and accounting work, without having any information or instruction or even access to the system for any of it. Didn't know a f***ing thing. And my manager's manager held me accountable for that - the person who had pushed my manager out. I was still a schlub who had stepped down from salaried and they gave me another half FTE worth of work (or more) when I was already barely hanging on. I know I didn't channel it well. I hope you do and find a way out quickly.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

I'm reminded of being near the end of my last corporate job. I went on core leave and returned to a voicemail and email from my manager that she was resigning and she would be gone in the middle of my leave. I got all of her billing and accounting work, without having any information or instruction or even access to the system for any of it. Didn't know a f***ing thing. And my manager's manager held me accountable for that - the person who had pushed my manager out. I was still a schlub who had stepped down from salaried and they gave me another half FTE worth of work (or more) when I was already barely hanging on. I know I didn't channel it well. I hope you do and find a way out quickly.

That's awful and terribly relatable. Sorry you had to go through that. Job market is terrible. Had one interview after 15 or so applications, but there's not much else. Strongly considering trying to get a Canadian work visa and expand my search.

One of the reasons my manager wants to replace me is that he asked me to give someone access to edit our website. I said I don't manage the website and don't have access myself. I have no training or background on the website. I have a contact number if there's a network issue but that's it. Apparently when I agreed to be the network manager, that also included webmaster, but one without credentials, support, or personnel. Basically he wanted me to do all the things my old boss did, while continuing my old job, and with a downsized department. The more I think about it, the angrier I am about how much I have been set up to fail, and I don't understand why.

 

[oldgoalie]

That's awful and terribly relatable. Sorry you had to go through that. Job market is terrible. Had one interview after 15 or so applications, but there's not much else. Strongly considering trying to get a Canadian work visa and expand my search.

One of the reasons my manager wants to replace me is that he asked me to give someone access to edit our website. I said I don't manage the website and don't have access myself. I have no training or background on the website. I have a contact number if there's a network issue but that's it. Apparently when I agreed to be the network manager, that also included webmaster, but one without credentials, support, or personnel. Basically he wanted me to do all the things my old boss did, while continuing my old job, and with a downsized department. The more I think about it, the angrier I am about how much I have been set up to fail, and I don't understand why.

Jeezuz. Get the f*** out of there as quickly as you can. What a toxic dump.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Jeezuz. Get the f*** out of there as quickly as you can. What a toxic dump.

That's definitely my goal.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Wow. Just found out from a coworker that my boss did away with a holiday break. According to the calendar I get Christmas day and New Years day. This is bullshit. The past 4+ years, we've had from Christmas Eve all the way through NYD. I even brought up the holiday to my boss last week and he said nothing, but this morning he emailed administration about it. Spineless coward. Sent one of my guys home early because he was sobbing. Monday and Tuesday are the only days he's able to see his kids over the break and it was just ripped away from him.

 

[oldgoalie]

Wow. Just found out from a coworker that my boss did away with a holiday break. According to the calendar I get Christmas day and New Years day. This is bullshit. The past 4+ years, we've had from Christmas Eve all the way through NYD. I even brought up the holiday to my boss last week and he said nothing, but this morning he emailed administration about it. Spineless coward. Sent one of my guys home early because he was sobbing. Monday and Tuesday are the only days he's able to see his kids over the break and it was just ripped away from him.

Where the f*** do you work? If they sell a product or a service, i don’t want anything to do with this shit hole company. Your boss is a f***ing idiot.

 

[sabremike]

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Where the f*** do you work? If they sell a product or a service, i don’t want anything to do with this shit hole company. Your boss is a f***ing idiot.

public ed :-/

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

public ed :-/

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Yeah. I started 7 years ago and shit has gone so sideways about 4 years ago. I used to legitimately love working here. Now I can't sleep because of the stress. I wake up miserable, and go to bed even more upset. It just compounds every goddamn day.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Yeah. I started 7 years ago and shit has gone so sideways about 4 years ago. I used to legitimately love working here. Now I can't sleep because of the stress. I wake up miserable, and go to bed even more upset. It just compounds every goddamn day.

With a few short-lived exceptions, I had excellent managers throughout my career, on two continents and in 3 countries, in Fortune 500 companies and government. And although competent, I would never have described myself as a model employee. I guess I was incredibly lucky.

I feel awful for you guys unburdening your souls in here about shitty managers and organizations making your lives miserable.

All I can say is confide in the people who love you, and never give up.

 

[Jim Bob]

Nate got big news today. For the first time in program history, everyone is academically eligible for the spring season.

The culture is changing.

 

[Chainshot]

Nate got big news today. For the first time in program history, everyone is academically eligible for the spring season.

The culture is changing.

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.





And on that bombshell, time for a new OT thread.

 

[sabremike]