On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Zenkitty - Mar 27, 2013 8:08:15 am PDT #16231 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Sadly, just not going back into the office would be unprofessional. I have projects & clients that I can't just leave hanging.

Wait, what? They've told you you're fired and they expect you to keep working? It's your company that's left your clients hanging, not you! It's their responsibility to put the pieces back together.


sarameg - Mar 27, 2013 8:08:43 am PDT #16232 of 30001

Can you dump it all on your nemesis's lap and then take out a freakin' billboard offering your consultant services right outside the offices of clients you actually like, she asks sweetly.


Steph L. - Mar 27, 2013 8:09:42 am PDT #16233 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Can you dump it all on your nemesis's lap and then take out a freakin' billboard offering your consultant services right outside the offices of clients you actually like, she asks sweetly.

We are all shifty, vengeful people.

I love us.


le nubian - Mar 27, 2013 8:11:37 am PDT #16234 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Consuela,

I think you need to do what you feel is your obligation to clients and those who might be in a position to hire you in the future. Anything else you should feel no obligation to: including the needs of your current employer beyond the absolute minimum. Didn't you barely get an extension of your contract anyway?

Is it feasible for you to work there until you are officially let go? Some of you are made of stronger stuff than me: I couldn't emotionally deal with wanting to murder the fuckers every day. I'd need to bail as soon as I felt it professionally viable to do so.


Consuela - Mar 27, 2013 8:16:49 am PDT #16235 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I didn't get fired. My contract is up at the end of April, roughly; what happened today is that I found out I wasn't going to be hired into a full-time position. I just told my boss my last day will be April 10.

And both the hiring manager & my boss claim that I wasn't as competitive as the person they chose, because the position was revised so much. No one will be managing the program I've been running for six years.


Theodosia - Mar 27, 2013 8:18:27 am PDT #16236 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Oh, Consuela! I'm afraid they're unclass acts all the way through and through. I'd set something on fire in your honor, if it would help in any way.


Steph L. - Mar 27, 2013 8:21:10 am PDT #16237 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

And both the hiring manager & my boss claim that I wasn't as competitive as the person they chose, because the position was revised so much. No one will be managing the program I've been running for six years.

Seriously, I look forward to hearing about all the phone calls you get after you leave, when they realize that NO ONE, including the person they hired, knows how to do your job.


Beverly - Mar 27, 2013 8:21:33 am PDT #16238 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Sadly, just not going back into the office would be unprofessional. I have projects & clients that I can't just leave hanging.

Leave voice mails and emails with each one, that you are no longer affiliated, and refer each and every one to your Nemisis, clear your desk and walk out the door. Tender your resignation by email. They're the unprofessional ones, they're assholes, they've treated you shamefully throughout the process despite your spirit of giving them the benefit of the doubt, and the sooner you're shed of them the better. Don't spare another thought for them. And realistically, your clients and projects are no longer your responsibility--you haven't abandoned them, they've been forcibly taken from you. Run far, run fast, don't look back. You're well out of an environment that's been toxic for a while.


Beverly - Mar 27, 2013 8:23:03 am PDT #16239 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

That house is exquisite, Allyson. Congratulations to you and Kristen. And Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to Noah and Grace! And Happy Birthday to K-Bug!


Consuela - Mar 27, 2013 8:26:22 am PDT #16240 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Seriously, I look forward to hearing about all the phone calls you get after you leave, when they realize that NO ONE, including the person they hired, knows how to do your job.

Nobody will be doing my job. Which will be even more entertaining.

God, the next two weeks are going to suck.