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JGowans

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Fridays at work suck even more than Mondays cos that's the day that they let folks go...5 people from my office today. The place is like a funeral. Everybody quiet and shit. Work sucks. Reality Bites or something like that.

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College just doesn't prepare you for this shite.

 

I think they should change up the curriculum such as

- Office Politics 101: Your boss is a cunt and you can be a dick to him but in such a way that he thinks you're cool and a good worker. Final Exam: Learn to take it like a man when he takes credit for your good work and doesn't acknowledge you

- Office Finance 101: They promise you a raise. It doesn't transpire. Now you're faced with a pay cut 'cos times are tough. Pay your mortgage and bills on your now reduced salary.

- Office Ethics 101: Fuck them all. They told you one thing and did another. It's time for you to be a selfish bastard and get on with your life on your terms.

- Office Drama 101: You're the boss. Feign concern when you lay off 5 folks on a Friday and then call an all hands meeting and tell the troops that by golly we'll soldier on.

 

I know I'm a pussy, but why the fuck does corporate life have to be filled with liars and untrustworthy sonsabeeatches?

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sobo said:

Call me crazy, but... It's the American Way???

 

Doesn't the American way promote a meritocracy? Not a scenario whereby the most sneaky and slimey maneuverers attempt to outflank someone based upon fallacy and deceit. That's not the American way really is it?

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sobo said:

Call me crazy, but... It's the American Way???

 

Fuck that!!!

 

JG,

 

ya just need to put on the hip waders, and keep sloppin' the shit around; OR find sometin ya really like and explote the shit out of it.... I'm honestly deelin' with yahoo nubies is gotta be better than dealin' with pompus lieing assholes....

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u forgot the most important class

shitcanned 101; the process by which you manage to get fired or laid off due to the company and not anthing u did wrong in which case you make your claim for unemployment and kick back and climb allweek while reciveing $2-$300 a week(probaly more cause it depends on howmuch u where making) for kicking back and climbing rockband.gifbigdrink.gifbigdrink.gif

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wirlwind said:

u forgot the most important class

shitcanned 101; the process by which you manage to get fired or laid off due to the company and not anthing u did wrong in which case you make your claim for unemployment and kick back and climb allweek while reciveing $2-$300 a week(probaly more cause it depends on howmuch u where making) for kicking back and climbing rockband.gifbigdrink.gifbigdrink.gif

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That's cool if you're an American but if you're foreign like me, you've got a work visa that's tied to the shitefilled company that you despise, you're weeks away from your green card, and every week is like you're mired in no-mans land in this big fucking war of attrition.

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JGowans said:

wirlwind said:

 

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That's cool if you're an American but if you're foreign like me, you've got a work visa that's tied to the shitefilled company that you despise, you're weeks away from your green card, and every week is like you're mired in no-mans land in this big fucking war of attrition.

my bad dude that dos suck then cry.gif
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JGowans said:

sobo said:

Call me crazy, but... It's the American Way???

 

Doesn't the American way promote a meritocracy? Not a scenario whereby the most sneaky and slimey maneuverers attempt to outflank someone based upon fallacy and deceit. That's not the American way really is it?

 

We would all like to believe that TAW is based on a meritocracy. But pull off the fahq'n blinders, man! What you are witnessing is Corporate America at it's finest (read: sleaziest). You are not seeing anything new.

 

I've been canned twice in the last 15 years. Both times it was because I was talking honestly with the client and the Company didn't like that. I fought an honest fight, with right on my side, but Management will ALWAYS side with Management. At least the last time I got canned, they canned my manager 5 minutes before they canned me. I was right in the middle of my "victory dance" fruit.gif when they walked into my office... shocked.gif

 

But hey, I got to collect unemployment for 6 months the first time and climb everyday, and the second time they hired me back the same day they canned me as a Contract Employee at 3.5 times my previous salary. Made more in a week than it took me a month to make just an hour before! Rode that boat for two weeks, completed the project, cashed out my sick/vacation pay, got a 2-week severance package, and full use of my office, phone, fax, and computer for two weeks to find a new job. It's the American Way. Ride the Wave... wave.gif

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There are exceptions, but for the most part being skilled does not move you up in the company, being skilled does not get you more money, being honest does neither of those as well. Fucking others over, however, is a sure fire way to move up. rolleyes.gif

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