Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.

Mal ,'Ariel'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[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.


Steph L. - Aug 20, 2013 2:33:31 pm PDT #3513 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Jobby job: phone interview scheduled for Thursday morning. Fingers crossed!

Yipee! Fingers crossed! Is this the AMA one?

This is the AMA one.


Steph L. - Aug 20, 2013 3:10:38 pm PDT #3514 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Okay, I ordered these shoes: [link] because they didn't have the others in my size.

So now I need to figure out what color to paint my toenails. Deep red? (My bouquet is going to be deep red roses.)


meara - Aug 20, 2013 3:38:05 pm PDT #3515 of 30002

Ooh. It's amusin how validated I feel that Jilli agree with me on the mascara decision.


Atropa - Aug 20, 2013 4:08:16 pm PDT #3516 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

A question for the hivemind: I know the answer would vary from company to company, but does anyone know or can give me a guess about IF I sign the PIP paperwork, would that make me inelligible to transfer to another internal team?

I don't have to return the signed paperwork until Thursday. There are plans afoot to open a position on another team to get me there, but those plans won't be ready in just two days.


smonster - Aug 20, 2013 4:09:51 pm PDT #3517 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Good luck on the interview, Steph! And on the wedding stuff.

Hi Jilli! Rage on.


brenda m - Aug 20, 2013 4:21:53 pm PDT #3518 of 30002
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

Jilli, in my experience it won't make it impossible but probably more complex. As a rule we would be hesitant to transfer under those circumstances because - and here I'm speaking in broad strokes and not you at all - HR et al see it as shifting a problem from one team to another. However, if new team/manager are on board, they can likely make it happen.


meara - Aug 20, 2013 4:53:06 pm PDT #3519 of 30002

I have often seen that if you are on warning like that (whatever they call it) you can't transfer. But that said, I doubt whether you've signed it would make a huge difference in that case.


brenda m - Aug 20, 2013 5:20:02 pm PDT #3520 of 30002
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

Yeah, signed or not isn't likely to be relevant.


Maria - Aug 20, 2013 5:23:56 pm PDT #3521 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Just to give another point of data on PIPs. I was placed on one the first year I was with Donlen/GM. Got through it, and 7 1/2 years later, I was running the division. It doesn't always mean the kiss of death. The people that mattered realized that my manager at the time was a micromanaging control freak. I wasn't blameless, but they also knew it wasn't entirely my fault.


lisah - Aug 20, 2013 5:38:41 pm PDT #3522 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate

Best cry-proof mascara: the Blinc tubular stuff

That's my mascara! I'm a weeper and it's been hiding that from the world around me for years.