The Work Thread

Macha · Dec 9, 2021, 2:42 PM

Well, I have choices to make.

I have job I could start tomorrow. Money's okay.
There's a job starting on the 20th - Just have to wait for the background check to come back, and gods know there is nothing interesting in my background. The pay is better, and slightly more in my current field versus straight up CSR.

I have a second interview this afternoon for another job, that I would likely like best - great pay, neat benefits beyond the norm, etc.

These are good choices to have to make, but.. choices and executive dysfunction

Alamias · Dec 9, 2021, 10:02 PM

@macha said in The Work Thread:

Well, I have choices to make.

I have job I could start tomorrow. Money's okay.
There's a job starting on the 20th - Just have to wait for the background check to come back, and gods know there is nothing interesting in my background. The pay is better, and slightly more in my current field versus straight up CSR.

I have a second interview this afternoon for another job, that I would likely like best - great pay, neat benefits beyond the norm, etc.

These are good choices to have to make, but.. choices and executive dysfunction

Let the interviewer know you have offers on the table, so if they like you they can expedite the process.

Macha · Dec 13, 2021, 2:34 PM

So done with this job. SO DONE.

After quitting time on Friday, my boss sent me a message on Teams, which since I had shut everything down for the day, I didn't get.

Fucker 'adjusted' my timesheet. "Well, we didn't see any concrete evidence that you did anything in that hour time frame..."

Fucking what?

This morning "Macha, are you working this morning, or do you need time off? I'm not seeing anything in your spreadsheet." ...two minutes later "oh, there it goes! It must have been the windy weather this weekend. Ha ha!"

Bitch, fucking... I just want to blow it all up.

GreenFlashlight · Dec 13, 2021, 2:40 PM

@macha That sounds illegal.

Macha · Dec 13, 2021, 2:48 PM

@greenflashlight It does, but it's not. I mean, they're allowed to change someone's timesheet, but that's usually when someone has to suddenly call out sick or something.

So IDK.

Tributary · Dec 13, 2021, 4:20 PM

@macha Sounds like wage theft.

Macha · Dec 14, 2021, 3:40 PM

So for the first time in over 2 months, I'm being asked to do my ACTUAL job. The one I was hired to do.

But they've changed a bunch of shit, and implemented a bunch of rules. So now, because I am just that petty, I am insisting to follow them all. That means I need to be assigned to a queue to call out for my current tasks.

Alamias · Dec 14, 2021, 4:01 PM

@macha What happened to those other job prospects? Did they not work out?

Macha · Dec 14, 2021, 7:55 PM

@alamias I have one potentially starting next Monday.
I say potentially because the recruiter called me last night, and I missed it, and have not heard back since.

ETA: I just heard from the job - The start date was pushed back a week. Ugh.

Alamias · Dec 14, 2021, 8:07 PM

@macha Still....new job, right? You can quit this one...so yay?!

Macha · Dec 14, 2021, 8:28 PM

@alamias I need you to tell me it's okay to hand in my 2 week notices right now lol

They're up my ass, wanting me to give a detailed accounting of every minute. I also have to acknowledge/like every message they send me, now.

... it's like they don't realize that in Teams, a message that has been seen has a little eye next to it on the right.

Macha · Dec 14, 2021, 9:07 PM

So I was discussing with my boss, and I brought up that if I was to send in my 2 weeks notice, who should I include.

"Do you have another job lined up?" Blah blah blah, I care about you, blah blah blah.

Dude, stfu.

Ganymede · Dec 14, 2021, 9:17 PM

I am leaving the rat race.

I will be joining a local university's legal team as an assistant general counsel. I am ecstatic.

But I have to make sure my clients are taken care of after I go. I am frantic.

If I act weird, please allow this to serve as my explanation.

Solstice · Dec 14, 2021, 9:29 PM

@ganymede said in The Work Thread:

I am leaving the rat race.

We were always a little uncomfortable with you there, to begin with.

That's great news. Lower stress is best.

Ganymede · Dec 14, 2021, 9:53 PM

@solstice said in The Work Thread:

We were always a little uncomfortable with you there, to begin with.

tek · Dec 15, 2021, 4:25 PM

So I have my first real, professional, serious job interview tomorrow.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
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tek · Dec 15, 2021, 4:25 PM

@tek said in The Work Thread:

So I have my first real, professional, serious job interview tomorrow.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
Dkdjjshahajahahavsyushsgahakakakkkkkmnszzzz

I think it went well????? aaaaaaaa

silverfox · Dec 15, 2021, 5:44 PM

The wind is CRAZY right now.

No outdoor recess because it's so strong we're worried about debris. The building itself is groaning (and I'm sitting in a rom not attached to the outdoor walls!).

It's fine, totally fine. Just turn up the music and hope it doesn't get to Tornado levels cuz then we have to evacuate and walk outside to go to the high school that has a tornado shelter.

Derp · Dec 16, 2021, 6:31 PM

@silverfox said in The Work Thread:

The wind is CRAZY right now.

No outdoor recess because it's so strong we're worried about debris. The building itself is groaning (and I'm sitting in a rom not attached to the outdoor walls!).

It's fine, totally fine. Just turn up the music and hope it doesn't get to Tornado levels cuz then we have to evacuate and walk outside to go to the high school that has a tornado shelter.

Ya’ll need a tunnel!

Aria · Dec 16, 2021, 6:32 PM

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I am going to scream.

One of my teammates and I, with support from an additional teammate and our boss, just pulled off a (virtual) year-end celebration for the 700 or so employees in our subdivision and the 400 or so partners we have in IT.

We had two rounds of trivia, three contests, pulled in four live performers, compiled a greetings video where we managed to wrangle all but one team in the entire subdivision, gave out over $40,000 in year-end gifts, and almost $10,000 in raffle prizes. Because our subdivision is extremely diverse, we had our leaders talking about how they celebrate Christmas -- and Hanukkah, and Diwali, and New Year's, and Thanksgiving and included, like, four or five other holidays into our decorations, too.

It was a huge hit. Leadership was over the moon. When we opened the comments form, excitement (and a few questions) came pouring in.

After the second comment.

The first comment, the very first one, was an employee who felt the need to lambast us for making the celebration "secular and superficial" instead of "creating a safe space dedicated to the real meaning behind the holiday."

I suppose it was inappropriate of us to only play two (instrumental, so no lyrics) religious Christmas carols and only have half a dozen leaders share how their families celebrate Christmas, specifically.

Clearly, we should've held a full Advent Mass for a division where a solid 20% of the employees are Hindu and regardless of the fact that we had several members of our leadership team excitedly talking about their Hanukkah traditions, what they did for Diwali this year, what Bodhi Day is, or they amazing multi-ethnic season they have in their household that has three different faiths in just two generations.

It was unfair, even selfish, of us to have year-end celebration for 1100 people and try to include everyone, instead of making it very clearly and very specifically a celebration of Jesus, because obviously the workplace is the optimal place for that.