well, that's fucking lame ass, MG. I heartily support your assertion that they are, indeed, fuckers. And not telling you? What, did they just think you would forget about it if they didn't bring it up?

t stumbles into thread

Gronk.

Gods save me from teething babies who think sleep is optional.

MG, they are, indeed fuckers, and I shall smite them.

t smite, smite, smite

I miss living a block away from the only efficient bus route in town. The nearest bus stop is a mile away from where we are now. I've done those sorts of walks before, but I'd rather not in the pre-dawn darkness of winter. I don't want to do it in the 100-plus afternoons of summer, either. Stupid high mountain deserts.

MG, congratulations on the raise. As for the grade, am I understanding you right when you say they blocked you from the change because you'd then be non-exempt? I got confused because I associated "salaried" with exempt status.

I prefer non-exempt myself because if I do overtime they better damned well pay me for it.

~ma for your mom, Spidra.

I don't completely understand the situation, MG, but am angry on your behalf. It sounds like if they don't up your grade, no more pay raises? That's just wrong. Besides the whole not getting the recognition you deserve or the job title that accurately reflects what you do, which also sucks.

Sorry for the sleeplessness, Aimee.

I like the idea of public transit a lot, but in practice I like to be on my own timetable and route so I mostly drive, I'm afraid. Now that we're down to one car, that may change.

I've got 7 hours to drive today but I can't get underway until (a) my property manager calls me back and tells me where to mail my rent check and (b) DH reaches a point in his work where he can be disconnected from the internet for a while. I thought he wa taking a vacation day today, but I guess not.

I get them mixed up myself Spidra. I'm currently hourly and would have been moving to salaried. I don't do much OT, and with our company, if your time is all client billable, even salaried people get paid OT, just not at time and a half.

Thanks -t, it is a combo of what you cite. HR had to make an exception to my pay range in order for me to get my raise. What I do does not fit my current grade. And a lot of broken promises.

I'm also upset that not one of the people involved came to me to tell me. I had to ask.

I am wroth on your behalf, MG. I penis them!

I'd be very suspicious about the not coming through on the grade change, too, because I'd think it had something to do with stuff going on behind the scenes. Like, how do they benefit by keeping you under-promoted? Perhaps they know if they raise your grade they'll have to come up with a LOT more $$$ or benefits.

It just seems very underhanded in many ways, the least of which no one bothered to tell you

Is there someone you can lodge a complaint with, or something? Or would that be counter-productive? I think you'd have a leg to stand on WRT the non-notification as well as the fact you were told that this would happen and you feell that you deserve an explanation why it didn't?