Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?

Xander ,'End of Days'


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.


Ginger - Jan 23, 2013 7:26:29 am PST #8680 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Someone was talking to me yesterday talking about how employees were incentivised because you're rewarded for good work, and penalised for bad, and I had to laugh.

I am laughing bitterly.

Signed, the worker who was told she wasn't being considered for a new and more interesting position because "it would take two people to replace you."


meara - Jan 23, 2013 7:29:38 am PST #8681 of 30001

Signed, the worker who was told she wasn't being considered for a new and more interesting position because "it would take two people to replace you."

Hah. This is exactly why I had to threaten to quit, to get anyone to pay attention to my desire to be on a different project.


flea - Jan 23, 2013 7:35:00 am PST #8682 of 30001
information libertarian

I am reminded of the button anonymously left on my desk when I worked at the Looniversity: "Remember, the better you do, the more they expect."


msbelle - Jan 23, 2013 7:36:19 am PST #8683 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I have heard rumors that admins will be held hostage in this department and "not be allowed" to move to other departments when there are positions, but I am not sure that the source that info is reliable. A test of that will come soon enough and if it is in fact the case, then I will start looking outside the company hard and fast. No way am I loosing all ability to have a say in my work situation within a company.

Ginger, does that give you a good place for salary or vaction negotiations? Are you in a position to leverage?


shrift - Jan 23, 2013 7:41:27 am PST #8684 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Baby jaguars: [link]


Lee - Jan 23, 2013 7:47:29 am PST #8685 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Baby jaguars

I'll see your baby Jaguars with baby Cheetahs, [link] and raise you a baby elephant [link]


DavidS - Jan 23, 2013 7:54:03 am PST #8686 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

with baby Cheetahs,

Nutty could totally take those Cheetahs.

(Also, Holly is still an Eskimo and Dana looks like Elijah Wood, and Knut is difficult.)


Sophia Brooks - Jan 23, 2013 8:01:00 am PST #8687 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Dana looks EXACTLY like Elijah Wood!

I love the baby lellaphant!

When I took this job, I was advised to work at half capacity, and you know, I still am pretty good at my job.


Lee - Jan 23, 2013 8:13:45 am PST #8688 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Baby Aye-ayes, which for some reason I think might appeal to Jilli

[link]

I think the high expectations might be why I am dreading this review cycle so much. I know I am not as on top of it as I was before the Tamoxifen, and I'm not sure how that is going to play out in the evaluations. I'm still good at my job, but I'm not sure there won't be a comment or two on forgetfulness or something related.


sumi - Jan 23, 2013 8:24:29 am PST #8689 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Shetland Ponies in Fair-Isle Sweaters