Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.

'Trash'


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.


Jesse - Jul 09, 2020 8:46:54 am PDT #23398 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

KatP would tell you to get on that pole!

Had my performance review for 2019 - 5 stars for me, yay, but no raises, as expected. Incentive to work hard = very low

Yeah, you should be getting raises! We are not getting raises, so we don't have to do ratings, although we are expected to have performance conversations. I mean, I am assuming that's why no ratings but I guess the higher-ups haven't actually connected those dots.


Laura - Jul 09, 2020 9:20:28 am PDT #23399 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

KatP would tell you to get on that pole!

I'll keep with the just watching Kat's video's instead of trying myself. She is amazing.

Boo for no raises.


-t - Jul 09, 2020 9:38:05 am PDT #23400 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

KatP would tell you to get on that pole!

That's why I'm tempted! Looks like there's a beginners class every Tuesday, I'll think about it.


-t - Jul 09, 2020 9:43:56 am PDT #23401 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My boss clearly didn't want to be doing the appraisal either, she was all "of course we can't do [goal]" and "now is not the best time for [other goal]" and "these dates will all have to be flexible". I guess it's good to have all the good commentary on record although as far as I can tell these appraisals go into a file somewhere and are never seen again. Bah.

Time for an actual break to eat lunch.


Jessica - Jul 09, 2020 10:00:50 am PDT #23402 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Had my performance review for 2019 - 5 stars for me, yay, but no raises, as expected. Incentive to work hard = very low

That's what the money is for! t /Don Draper

I have so goddamn much work on my plate right now and so goddamn little energy to do it with. I've basically been on the phone for the last 6 hours without a break and my brain is MUSH.


-t - Jul 09, 2020 10:07:07 am PDT #23403 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

6 hours on the phone does not sound possible. You are a hero for surviving!

I feel like the implied social contract with my employer is that I will do the minimum amount of work required and they will underpay me for even that. And if they feel like it, lay me off.

I also don't feel like there is a better deal to be had, though, so here we are.

And I will try to stop droning on about it, sorry.


Jessica - Jul 09, 2020 10:14:31 am PDT #23404 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

6 hours of in-person meetings would be exhausting enough. 6 hours of video conference calls is basically torture.


-t - Jul 09, 2020 10:17:36 am PDT #23405 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Video?!? Oh no, that should not be allowed.


amyparker - Jul 09, 2020 10:28:43 am PDT #23406 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

-t, I am so sorry. I wish there was work for you and everyone who needs it at Jim's company: they announced last night that they're adding two more paid holidays in July and August so employees can have a break without using PTO.

Interesting conversation with Ken today, kicked off by his sharing a picture of his new lockpick set. Some of the tenants in his building put locks on their storage units that can't be cut off and then abandoned them when they moved out; Ken has been given permission to have a go at them before they have to deal with all the faff of getting someone in. We have taken bets on how much trash will be found inside them.

He's said that with the state rent increase/eviction moratoriums, they aren't seeing a lot of new tenants, but folks who wanted to stay are happy to renew leases at their current prices. Some people aren't paying rent at all; his take is that a multibajillion-dollar company can afford a bit of guillotine repellent in the form of not being in a hurry to make people homeless.


shrift - Jul 09, 2020 10:30:27 am PDT #23407 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

6 hours of video conference calls is basically torture.

Cosigned.