Gabriel: Are you trying to destroy this family? Simon: I didn't realize it would be so easy.

'Safe'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


Dana - Dec 01, 2022 6:34:39 pm PST #18934 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Aw, Sophia, that sucks. Any chance they could bump your salary up that thousand dollars? Even if it means somehow taking it away somewhere else?


-t - Dec 01, 2022 8:26:30 pm PST #18935 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh no, Sophia! That doesn’t make sense to me, as a decision your employer has made.


DavidS - Dec 01, 2022 8:32:40 pm PST #18936 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ugh, Sophia that completely and totally sucks. I'm sorry!


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 02, 2022 2:29:49 am PST #18937 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Yikes Sophia, I don't think I've ever heard of someone's job going from salaried to hourly like that, it's usually the reverse. What a pain. Here's hoping it works out so the amount of overtime you collect makes them regret the decision.


Sophia Brooks - Dec 02, 2022 2:41:59 am PST #18938 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thanks all. It actually comes with the bonus that we can’t work any (even one minute) overtime unless it is pre-approved. Hourly folks at my work have to sit on the time clock on Friday to make sure they clock out qt precisely 40 hours- not 40 hours 1 minute. That is really what I think I am going to have trouble with- doing that math. My boss is flexible and is OK if I flex my hours, but I will get reprimanded by HR if I don’t work exactly 40 hours without prior approval so I will now need to spend time monitoring my time to the minute.


Sophia Brooks - Dec 02, 2022 2:46:21 am PST #18939 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

My boss is also trying to see if we can just raise my pay by $1,000 to avoid this. She is good and was a little blindsided as well. But I guess I can try to rearrange my brain to separate work from life. Normally I would be answering work emails right now (so my work day could progress- I get over 200 emails a day and just managing that is what I do in the early morning, late evening, on the bus ride where I don’t think they would appreciate me clocking in!)


meara - Dec 02, 2022 5:35:19 am PST #18940 of 30000

Jeez Sophia, that sucks. And they can’t have a virtual time clock so you could punch in on your work computer from wherever you are?? You’d think they could.

It is too early but I woke up at 5 and wasn’t falling back asleep so I guess I’m up?? Gross. But I have today off so I guess I’ll take a nap later. Made it to Palm Springs yesterday where I’m staying for December. Place is nice and I’ve missed this friend. Hoping this’ll be fun!


Laura - Dec 02, 2022 5:45:25 am PST #18941 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I do hope your boss is able to work out something, Sophia.


JenP - Dec 02, 2022 5:58:20 am PST #18942 of 30000

Oh, wow, yeah, I hope your boss can get you the bump. That's a whole lot to suddenly have to rearrange.


msbelle - Dec 02, 2022 6:22:25 am PST #18943 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Sophia, that absolutely sucks balls.

I am hourly and also cannot work overtime without prior approval, but we do not click in and out, so me working my hours is all on the honor system. And if I work overtime by error or guilt without expecting comp time that can happen too.

Office staff being on punch clicks makes zero sense to me.