Heh. There are definitely times when I curse randomly upwards towards upper management thinking "Who signed a contract that said THIS!?!?"
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - May 09, 2012 10:05:51 am PDT #4285 of 30001
msbelle - May 09, 2012 10:06:55 am PDT #4286 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Email to HR was sent and they responded that I need not be freaked out, except you know, more professional.
Mac will be starting the outpatient school on Friday, provided he is discharged today or tomorrow. Unfortunately it is only 9 - 3:30 and no options for before or after care, so that is something to work out.
DavidS - May 09, 2012 10:07:20 am PDT #4287 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When I worked at Orrick, the managing partner for the Palo Alto office signed an exclusive six month deal with a headhunter without consulting anybody else, including our head of Attorney Recruiting (my boss).
Just insanely stupid and arrogant. And it wound up costing them a six figure fee to said head hunter when they brought in an ex-Judge as a partner with guaranteed partner draw over a million. (Mind, this deal had nothing to do with the head hunter but because of the contract they had to pay out anyway.)
Connie Neil - May 09, 2012 10:12:17 am PDT #4288 of 30001
brillig
And to think I used to wonder where the ideas in Dilbert came from.
brenda m - May 09, 2012 10:12:44 am PDT #4289 of 30001
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
They'll be in a pickle!
Heh, indeed.
(For a sense of scale, the contract involves more than 50 million s.f. of real estate. Our own account team is more than 700 people. If it's bad - which to be clear, is not yet known - then it could be really, really bad.)
Toddson - May 09, 2012 10:16:29 am PDT #4290 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
As I keep telling people, "I don't have to make this stuff up".
brenda m - May 09, 2012 10:18:38 am PDT #4291 of 30001
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
Right, Toddson? Unbelieveable. If only because I can't imagine not wanting to kick something that big further up the food chain out of pure cowardice.
tommyrot - May 09, 2012 10:19:31 am PDT #4292 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I took my Business Law course, we learned about what can happen if an employee signs a contract but doesn't have the authority to do so.
I don't remember anything on that subject (except sometimes the contract can be voided. Maybe).
But hey, I still remember that contracts for illegal activity are unenforceable.
Strix - May 09, 2012 10:19:39 am PDT #4293 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, no -- no London! I am so sad for you!
I'm pretty sure that wasn't a romance novel.
Sure it is — it's really Stephen King's long-lost romance novel "When Pennywise Got His Groove Back."
Jesse - May 09, 2012 10:23:49 am PDT #4294 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Unfortunately it is only 9 - 3:30 and no options for before or after care, so that is something to work out.
That is so ridiculous! I feel sort of bad (both ways) for making this comparison, but the day program my father goes to has hours like this, so he gets home hours before my mother does. It would be fine if other people didn't have, you know, jobs!