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?

I sucked the thread to read off line because, as we all know, dial-up sucks.

I am at my sister’s house in Otter Lake New York. It thawed enough that I could open the sliding glass doors to the deck. I thought I would step out on the deck to take a quick picture. Nope, too cold, must wait until I am bundled. Can’t do it.

Also since there is a bit of a thaw huge chunks of ice keep falling from the roof. Crash! Quite startling when it happens.

Yay CV!!

{{j}} Enough already 2005! I’m so sorry for the added drama.

{{DCJ}} I’m sorry things became so unreal on the employment front. I hope the next employer is of the sane, and not soul sucking. I’m glad you have Andi with you now. Loving companionship does indeed make the good times better and the bad times more bearable.

((connie neil and hubby}} What a difficult transition for you both. Much coping ~ma to you.

Good thoughts and a prayer for Spidra’s mom. Ouch.

Yay for being carless! I was carless for several years in Fort Lauderdale and loved it. I could easily bike to work and shopping, but the school runs require a car. I enjoy driving well enough, but I would like to bike more often. Must work on coordinating that plan.

In mememe news, the family went skiing yesterday. We took a lesson together. Poor Brendon had these long skis because of his height and it took him about a half hour to get up the hill with the rope tow because he kept getting his skis tangled and falling down. He never did actually ski down the hill. He gave up and walked down. Bobby went up on the rope tow all right and managed to get down the hill, but it took a good long time with the sitting down and thinking about it between falls. DH also had the hard to manage long skis and he did an impressive split ripping his jeans in 4 places at once. Yay for long underwear. For the first time evah in my life with jocks I ruled the slopes. It took a bit to get my balance, but I did manage a couple of slow, but tumble free runs. Yay me!

That sounds most confusing and rotten MG. Grrrrr

HI LAURA!!!!!

I wish I were skiing.

My office is half-empty, and those of us who are here have nothing to do. I should turn the radio up really loud.