Plus they're totally shooting themselves in the foot
This makes me very happy.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
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ChiKat - Mar 23, 2006 1:55:39 pm PST #5067 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
tommyrot - Mar 23, 2006 1:56:13 pm PST #5068 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't know if I missed it, but are they firing you to save money by using the temp? Or because they have taken some crazy disliking to you?
Atropa - Mar 23, 2006 1:58:16 pm PST #5069 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Plus they're totally shooting themselves in the foot.
Good. It's only what they deserve right now.
Cass - Mar 23, 2006 1:59:00 pm PST #5070 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Paging JZ's Bro.Now that would just make me sound a little slutty. Maybe just coffee or a drink first.
erikaj - Mar 23, 2006 2:01:17 pm PST #5071 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
So sorry, gallant Hecubus. And I may lose about a billion hours of tough-girl cred but I feel the need. {{Hecubus}}} Or maybe I should play it Homicide style and thank you for not bending me over a radio car to have your way with me. I said that to somebody Simon-ignorant once. She's a social worker who works with abused children and she wanted to know "if I had anything to talk to her about." I felt really dumb.
Sparky1 - Mar 23, 2006 2:02:24 pm PST #5072 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I think that after they shoot themselves in the foot, and Hec has left the building, we should flood the switchboard with calls asking for him. We could insist on speaking only to him, and pretend we are big clients of the firm.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2006 2:04:01 pm PST #5073 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Or because they have taken some crazy disliking to you?
I don't really know. There's been no precipitating event. But basically the LA!Boss never liked my ex-good-boss' hires of me and my ex-coworker. (Is that all straight?)
LA!Boss is very...country club Republican blonde with ADD. And as I sort of figured out today - she just doesn't like the kind of people you're likely to find in San Francisco. Like ex-coworker being a gay black man. Or middle aged music writing guy. She likes young women in HR. Young perky Southern California women. Like my new co-worker.
So...when my good boss left and my coworker left, she basically decided (I think) to take this opportunity to "fix" our office in her image. It started when she over-rode my new good!boss' decision to hire my minion (musician with a nose ring) in ex-coworkers position back in January.
It's sort of a Stepford Wife takeover.
EpicTangent - Mar 23, 2006 2:05:03 pm PST #5074 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Plus they're totally shooting themselves in the foot. For the three HR admin positions in April they're going to have one woman who started this month and has never processed anything in the payroll system yet, and one temp who started this week. And the managers don't know how to use the systems here either.
Make sure when they call you a few weeks in with "one quick question" you don't say a word without consulting fee in hand. Bastards.
And from 2 days ago in F2F (still not quite caught up, which is why I'm responding here) to Spidra, Sparky, several others (I forget). I'm an awesome swing dancer (tootin' my own horn a bit - but I've been at it for almost 6 years). I can Lindy and East Coast (once you learn Lindy, you don't use East Coast very much), but I can't lead. Could we import some leads from a local swing venue? I didn't request any swing music because I hate to hear swing if I can't dance and I thought I was the only one. I'm so glad there's more than me!
Atropa - Mar 23, 2006 2:07:25 pm PST #5075 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Make sure when they call you a few weeks in with "one quick question" you don't say a word without consulting fee in hand.
Yes, this.
It's sort of a Stepford Wife takeover.
Eeeewwww. I've worked with people like that, and they make my skin crawl.
DawnK - Mar 23, 2006 2:08:39 pm PST #5076 of 10001
giraffe mode
Make sure when they call you a few weeks in with "one quick question" you don't say a word without consulting fee in hand
I was just going to say that. I'm thinking that market rate should be somewhere in the range of say, oh... $75 to $85 an hour. Yeah and that's just to answer the question. Access tables, anything else? They should be lookin' at $100/hr easy.