Heh. I like the fishing lure ones.
Tell me more good stuff about me.
Kaylee ,'The Message'
Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Daisy Jane - Feb 07, 2005 4:31:10 pm PST #9679 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Betsy HP - Feb 07, 2005 4:33:08 pm PST #9680 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
beathen - Feb 07, 2005 4:41:57 pm PST #9681 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I like the dolphins from the second link.
Lyra Jane - Feb 07, 2005 4:45:28 pm PST #9682 of 10002
Up with the sun
A former employer (a newspaper) lost a huge lawsuit over this and, as a result, they'd send you home after you'd worked 40 hours, even if you were in mid word.
That sounds crazy annoying, and yet I'd kind of love it. (My newsroom doesn't use timesheets, and 50-hour weeks aren't unusual in my office. I work less only because my new boss doesn't really know how to use me.) But how did they manage to actually get the paper out at deadline?
DavidS - Feb 07, 2005 5:01:59 pm PST #9683 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Serious? Has never been true for me--everyone gets the same, unless they get none.
Exempt employees (at least in SF law firms, where I've worked) don't have to track any partial day appointments like medical appointments, or even sick days. Technically they don't accrue sick days, but can take as many as they like as long as they don't venture into Short Term Disability land. (I'm sure there's a hard rule on the distinction, but we maintain it purposefully fuzzy so we have more discretion.)
Frankly, meara, I think you're getting kind of screwed. With all the travel you do, you should be allowed a little more discretion about coming and going. However, a lot of that has to do with industry culture and I expect yours is all about fairly rigid protocols.
DavidS - Feb 07, 2005 5:04:16 pm PST #9684 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I guess I should note that while rules for exempt employees vary from firm/company to firm/company, the general idea is that you work and work and work. Typically, exempt employees put in 60 hour weeks around here. (Not my boss, though.)
Ginger - Feb 07, 2005 5:10:42 pm PST #9685 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
But how did they manage to actually get the paper out at deadline?
It was a big daily and they just hired more people. This was quite a while ago and they may have slipped back into their bad old habits, but a multimillion dollar lawsuit will get management's attention for a while. It usually meant that I didn't work a lot of Fridays.
Jessica - Feb 07, 2005 5:10:42 pm PST #9686 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, if you've got broadband off of a cable modem you can probably still transfer your number to Vonage have have a land line.
Huh. I'll have to check that out.
Cashmere - Feb 07, 2005 5:14:30 pm PST #9687 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
I had a friend here who had Vonage and hated her reception. Makes me leery of trying it.
But they have a great commercial.
meara - Feb 07, 2005 5:38:08 pm PST #9688 of 10002
the general idea is that you work and work and work. Typically, exempt employees put in 60 hour weeks around here\
Yeah, I don't normally, even though I travel and stuff, and sometimes work long hours, mostly I'm in and out and it's true, I don't stay super long or anything. I still think the "even if you don't take an hour lunch, be here nine hours" thing is bullshit. And there's been a few grumbles about it, but....
We also don't get separate sick leave and vacation time, just all together. And technically we're supposed to count ourselves out if we go to an appointment, but mostly I either don't have long appointments or don't count myself out. Little rebellions and all. :)