I work for a good, if slow on the uptake, company. Given the booming tech industry around here and the difficulty we've been having finding people to hire, it must have occurred to someone that pizza parties and team activities are not the key to getting and keeping good employees. I got a $4K a year adjustment to my pay, which goes a lot further to reassure me of my standing around here than my supervisor ernestly saying he appreciates me. That'll cover the rent increase quite nicely, and for a couple of years in the future.
Why couldn't Giles have shackles like any self-respecting bachelor?
Xander ,'Beneath You'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2019 8:50:46 am PDT #10673 of 30019
brillig
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2019 8:53:21 am PDT #10674 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Connie, that's excellent! Woo hoo!
sj - Aug 21, 2019 8:59:58 am PDT #10675 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The day was going well. I was getting stuff done. Then ltc peed all over her stand the floor and then spit on me when I tried to explain that her sandals can't be worn with socks. Is it Monday yet? School starts on Monday.
Laura - Aug 21, 2019 9:27:08 am PDT #10676 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Woo Connie! That does make dragging the butt into the office easier.
I'm sorry, sj. Also kinda grinning because my dad wore socks and sandals every day of his life. Yay School! I think the normalcy and regular schedule helps. I'm picturing you relaxing with a cuppa on Monday morning.
sj - Aug 21, 2019 9:28:20 am PDT #10677 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Laura these have the bit between the toes. It physically will not work.
Laura - Aug 21, 2019 9:43:37 am PDT #10678 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Toe socks!
Calli - Aug 21, 2019 9:45:14 am PDT #10679 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yay, Connie!
-t - Aug 21, 2019 9:51:08 am PDT #10680 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, Connie!
Sorry, sj. That doesn't sound fun.
DavidS - Aug 21, 2019 9:59:18 am PDT #10681 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well done, Connie!
Maybe now they'll stop with the annual reviews that go "Your work is perfect and you are one of the best people in our company at doing what you do. But if you want to advance you need to do more."
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2019 10:04:27 am PDT #10682 of 30019
brillig
Maybe now they'll stop with the annual reviews that go "Your work is perfect and you are one of the best people in our company at doing what you do. But if you want to advance you need to do more."
Ha. "We gave you that raise, now what are you doing to be worthy of it?"
It's one reason I like working for big companies, preferably owned by an out-of-state firm. Managerial guilt-tripping is much less than when dealing with purely local companies. Mormon culture is big on "I'm above you in the hierarchy, of course I'm smarter and better than you" and "We know you're getting away wtih whatever you can unless we keep watch on you, because that's what we're doing."