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TBerk granted gainful employment
As I often say, "If it was supposed to be fun, they wouldn't have to pay
you to do it." And bosses come and go, make peace with your co-workers,
they may hang around longer.
Cathy
On 3:54 pm 06/26/07 "Mike Smith" <smithma7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brendan you certainly know how to brighten my day. :) How so? Next
> Monday I start a 4 month contract as a tech temp. Yay. I'm sure I
> won't be working with the assholes you seem to be surrounded by as
> I'll be working for a non-profit that centers around women's health.
> I just can't see assholishness there... they hired me, didn't they?
> :D
>
> Go home, have a beer, and work on the things you like. Remember: you
> only need to keep the day job till the night job pays. ;)
>
> On 6/26/07, Brendan Doyle <lord_verminaard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Ditto on that. I've been under so much stress at work these past
> > few weeks, that I'm about to walk out. Right now. Seriously.
> > Basically it boils down to this- I work for a company that
> contracts out tech people to other companies- basically killing the
> full-time tech employee, which is what I set out to do from college.
> Sort of killing my own career, but whatever. So I was put on a 4 day a
> week contract at this place. I've been here about 6 months now,
> everything seemed peachy. Well, my boss gets a call from the
> superintendent here saying that I'm doing a terrible job, if I were his
> employee he would have fired me, all of this crap that I'm doing wrong,
> that I have no clue about. So now I've got two weeks to kiss his ass
> and make sure he's happy or else we (the company I work for) looses the
> contract, which means I loose a job. Wouldn't you think if the 'super
> had a problem with something I was doing, he would tell me about it? I
> told my boss that I had no idea anything was wrong, that everyone else
> tells me how appreciative they are that I'm there- but all he told me
> > was that the 'super is not here to do my job and tell me what to
> do. But if I'm inadvertently doing something wrong, how the FUCK am I
> supposed to fix it if you do not tell me?????? There was also some
> griping about laziness, lack of leadership and motivation issues....
> blah blah blah. Great, start attacking my character as well. Sure, I
> have a motivation problem, it's called being underpaid (WAY underpaid)
> > without benefits.
> > I also work another job part-time in a bodyshop/custom
> paint/performance shop as well, and I'm basically doing that for free
> until we can get our name out. Thankfully I may have another job
> prospect on the way so it's not all as bad as it seems, but man it's
> > just not worth the hassle and b.s.
> > Not to be a downer, but good luck with the new job! Hopefully you
> > won't have to put up with the kind of assholes that I work for! :D
> > Brendan
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Mark F. <mk1mark@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: John Lagnese <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:33:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: TBerk granted gainful employment
> >
> > On 6/25/07, John Lagnese <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Congrats, jobs are good!
> >
> >
> > Since when? Most jobs fucking suck! :) Necessary evils in my
> > book. Unless you're one of those lucky bastards who's
> > hobby/passion becomes your career, trading your time for money is
> > rarely the path to fulfillment... And even then, 'da man' often
> > has a nice way of wrecking that by turning it into a drag (btdt)...
> >
> > I've managed to avoid the 9-to-5 grind over the years for the most
> > part, and have found doing my own thing, although not as
> > secure/steady financially, keeps me sane. Giving the best hours
> > of your day to make someone else rich makes the baby jebus cry...
> > Easy for a guy with no kids/responsibilities to say though eh? :)
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Mark - anarchist wannabe since my refusal to eat spinach as a
> > toddler... 75
> > 82
> > 82 Caddy
> > 91 Jetta Coupe
> >
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