Tep--do consider going out tonight, only because I know this event gives you great pleasure, and being with folks who don't actually CARE about your work, since they barely know you, might help put the douchenozzles in perspective.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Scrappy - Jul 03, 2008 3:44:44 pm PDT #5829 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
meara - Jul 03, 2008 3:49:37 pm PDT #5830 of 10001
I can't assume that every industry is like biotechs, that's for sure. We start with 3.5 weeks of PTO, but that includes "sick time"
Heh. And javachik, not every company in biotech is like generous--I interviewed with one that gave 15 days PTO. Total. I was like "...you've got to be fucking kidding me. That's it? Sick AND vacation?" My first company in DC you started with 24 days of PTO. It was sweet. We didn't get tons of vacation days, but damn. My first company out here in Seattle, I think it was something like 20 days, but you also got the week between Christmas and New Year's off?
amych - Jul 03, 2008 3:50:29 pm PDT #5831 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Not for the first time, but why can't we all have management like Scrappy and javachik?
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2008 3:53:19 pm PDT #5832 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Tep--do consider going out tonight, only because I know this event gives you great pleasure
Yeah, Tim just came home from a meeting and gave me Stern Face. I compromised and said I'd go up with him now, and reserve the right to leave whenever I wanted to.
billytea - Jul 03, 2008 3:57:34 pm PDT #5833 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Yeah, Tim just came home from a meeting and gave me Stern Face. I compromised and said I'd go up with him now, and reserve the right to leave whenever I wanted to.
Yeah. Because I get the impression that you're rather like me here, and whether or not you enjoy being around other people in some situation, it's still placing demands on your emotional reserves (as opposed to the more extraverted types, who get a boost from the interaction). So make sure you have an escape route if you find you just don't have anything left for it.
Jessica - Jul 03, 2008 4:10:17 pm PDT #5834 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"I think you have 2 douchebags for bosses, is what."
I'm a pretty big Tim fan right now.
Wrt the benefits thing, even if Hypothetical New Company generally only gives [x]amount of PTO to new hires, it's totally within your rights to say (once you get to the talking numbers part of the process) "I'd like you to match my previous employer's PTO benefits." It's a cheap way for them to make you happy and most places that aren't hamstrung by bureaucratic corporate overlords are at least willing to consider it.
DawnK - Jul 03, 2008 4:11:23 pm PDT #5835 of 10001
giraffe mode
It sounds similar to the kinds of stories I heard during the dot-com crash.
Steph, Scola might be on to something... do you think they are looking for quick fixes financially? I have to tell you that this behavior is something that the very large company I used to work for did when they first started tanking. They cut the driver's hours, cut back office hours in the guise of "performance" (they also are set to lose $1.3 billion this year)
Lee - Jul 03, 2008 4:12:10 pm PDT #5836 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm a pretty big Tim fan right now.
Me too! I'm so sorry about the douchnoozle drippings, Steph. They all SUCK, really truly.
brenda m - Jul 03, 2008 4:14:05 pm PDT #5837 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Like they do as much as they can to sidle-up-to but maybe not cross (or sometimes do cross) the lines of legality and take liberties where they can when it suits them.
Yes. How very Christian of them.
Steph, I'm so sorry you have to deal with these assholes. I hope a solution comes along quickly.
Jessica - Jul 03, 2008 4:14:53 pm PDT #5838 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It sounds similar to the kinds of stories I heard during the dot-com crash.
And oh yes, THIS. I'm getting horrible flashbacks to when I was laid off from the first real full-time job I ever had because the CEO was told by their accountant that if she didn't let someone go she was going to lose the company. The actions you're describing are NOT those of a financially healthy institution, and are sounding increasingly desperate.