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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: est1895 on March 02, 2014, 06:13:53 pm
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Come now and tell us of your plight? :lol:
Here's one guy who really hates his boss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ7LUhNT1GI
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you might want to cut back on the posting random videos from the internet in GenDisc (the #hard-light IRC is a good place to do this instead!)
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I married one of my bosses.
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I married one of my bosses.
You did not, did you?
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I married one of my bosses.
You did not, did you?
Yes, yes I did. Although technically she was no longer my boss by the time we got married, as I had transferred to another unit.
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This thread will eventually be full of Dilbert references anyway, so I'll just post the link: http://www.dilbert.com/ :)
Dilbert certainly hates his boss, and for a good reason.
you might want to cut back on the posting random videos from the internet in GenDisc (the #hard-light IRC is a good place to do this instead!)
Why exactly? Isn't that what GenDisc is for? It's just as good random discussion as anything else.
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3 things:
The day i was laid-off most recently was one of the happiest days in the last 6 years of my life. well maybe not happiest, but there was certainly a huge relief.
That video was terrible and annoying, but i suppose it got the point across.
Times like these make me think we need a "what random videos are you watching, 20xx edition" thread.
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My cube wall is littered with the Dilbert comics that directly mirror our situation at work. The shear volume of comics pasted to my wall speaks to the object stupidity of it all and the overall disdain I have for our leadership. Sad thing is they have seen this display and fail to understand the significance of it all.
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My manager is pretty cool.
My CEO is a space cadet.
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I only had two ****ty bosses and one ****ty manager. One ****ty boss with ****ty manager combo got me fired because i wasn't cool enough to smoke weed in the back garage of a gas station i worked at for a summer. Whenever i was doing something they didn't want me to do, they would constantly tell me how good of a job i was doing instead. This great example is why i ignore 100% of all implicit messages from everybody. If you don't have the courage to communicate simple messages clearly, then **** off. Total ****wads.
The last was when i was a city maintainer, then fired and contracted for technical support at the same city hall, then the contract abruptly dropped after the city maintainer agreed to a new city hall computer proposal i had (i later saw they never persued it, i damn well know they still haven't, he could have just told me no instead). The new city admin is a real piece of work. He lies to your face when you catch him red handed, and will never utter the truth. Just a real ****wad who never worked really hard in his life that also sucks and lacks courage for good communication. Six times in a row, he still doesn't have the balls to tell you if you're fired. I wasn't being aggressive or holding a grudge when i asked him, but now i sure am after his display of cowardice. Just tell me i'm a ****ty worker if i was. These mother****ers that are convinced telling people only what they want to hear is how they think the world works. Works for everyone who's not honest i suppose!
Where this has lead me:
As far as working in IT goes, i've damn near completely switched over to cars and increasing my mechanic skills so i can switch over to a new sector of work in this new unequal economy that will provide a regular paycheck (since a lot of IT jobs like to hire uncertified ****ers, my associate degree has been pretty good for "don't hire" if it's IT). The switch mainly comes from ****wads who don't think they have to pay me because all i did was click a mouse according to them. At least i can change and adapt.
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Although technically she was no longer my boss
That's acceptable enough for me :D
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kill your boss
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Although technically she was no longer my boss
That's acceptable enough for me :D
Ok, whose the boss at home then :P :lol:
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generally dont hate my former bosses, though there is an exception to that who had a very you turn up to work, you do you job and then go home, certainly not much room for the light hearted stuff that makes a workplace gel.
and my current place well, they are nearly horizontal they are that laid back unless they have to be mean about something, and as a result most of us respect them massively even as far as the account manager.
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i don't hate my specific bosses, but the management climate as a whole at the shipyard BLOWS. they don't give a single **** about quality of work life for employees; particularly in my division (out of the engineering divisions, i can't say what it's like for the shops/production side). we're woefully understaffed and yet keep committing some of our people to support other shipyards who OVER staff their projects. as a result, days off are an extremely precious thing and taking leave bones your co-workers. there's also the matter of being so slammed with **** to do (and no extra people to ease the burden) that you can't adequately prepare for what's ahead that we have to ****ing DIRECT.
a day in the life of an STE (today):
Arrive at work at noon (1.5 hours early) because i need to renew my badge. should provide plenty of cushion room, and was going to use the rest to prepare for upcoming stuff (see above)
1400: have new badge and arrive to actual work at the time i should have my pre-watch stuff mostly completed. barely arrive in time for the meeting i need to be at.
prior to entering said meeting, am told that i'm giving a brief and then directing a procedure at 1530. i have not yet had the opportunity to read said procedure.
1445: meeting concludes. management-level turnover begins. (our bosses tell us unreasonable things that HAVE to be done today, the "plan" that won't survive past the first hour of watch, and everything we ****ed up in their eyes yesterday.)
1505: turnover concludes. i begin pre-watch tour (supposed to start at 1330). it is horrible and not at all adequate due to time.
1520: actual turnover with the 1st shift watch. (this is where i learn what i'm actually going to be doing for most of the day)
1525: begin reading procedure i'm directing
1630: people actually show up for the brief. RADCON throws a hissy fit.
1730: procedure begins.
1900: procedure ends and the rest of my shift is actually pretty calm. except for the part when the watch officer EXPLODED on one of the watch standers. the kind of thing that makes the room silent for the next 5 minutes (that's REALLY ****ing hard to do with bored sailors)
2300: secure the watch. the few things i had left to do after the procedure aren't completely done yet because we didn't have support from ship's force.
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My boss and the only boss I ever had? Is my dad. Can't be that hateful right.
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i don't hate my specific bosses, but the management climate as a whole at the shipyard BLOWS. they don't give a single **** about quality of work life for employees; particularly in my division (out of the engineering divisions, i can't say what it's like for the shops/production side). we're woefully understaffed and yet keep committing some of our people to support other shipyards who OVER staff their projects. as a result, days off are an extremely precious thing and taking leave bones your co-workers. there's also the matter of being so slammed with **** to do (and no extra people to ease the burden) that you can't adequately prepare for what's ahead that we have to ****ing DIRECT.
Reminds me of where i last worked for a year and a half. Except my management didn't blow. They knew the jobs in the kitchen sucked. And they did whatever they could do to help, which usually wasn't much. But, they were thankful. We were understaffed because the facility i worked at was over budget, serving in a tiny community where there would not be many customers. So, they couldn't hire many people. I liked it when the last assistant manager quit. She had too much going on in her own life. But, the desk worker was promoted to assistant manager, and she was just awesome. She would actually hop into the kitchen to help us out whenever, she would listen, and try to make our jobs easier despite the fact that she was plenty busy with other stuff. I liked her hard work in compassion. She knew me and the rest of the few kitchen workers were working our balls and ovaries off.
For a time at a job like this if you stick with it, you get used to it and even like your job. And even bond with your coworkers on the same wave length which made working there the only positive factor. You will eventually end up depressed and burnt out though, that's when you need to quit after putting in your two weeks and gruel it out some more.
My assistant manager pulled me into her office. And it wasn't crap either. She talked to me about why i wanted to quit. I told her i was depressed and burnt out. She didn't want to lose me since i was the cement that really strove very hard for everyone to get along, work together, encouraged cross training no matter what, and get stuff done properly (too bad the supervisor position got eliminated 6 months before, i would've considered applying for that). She didn't do much trying to talk me out of quitting. However she did advise me that i should put in my two weeks since i really wanted to walk off the spot right as soon as i showed up for work. She offered much encouragement, and i put in my two last grueling weeks (and now i finally have my fabled third reference).
My coworkers were so surprised that i was somebody who actually did what i said i would do. I was the first person to officially quit that place.
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Although technically she was no longer my boss
That's acceptable enough for me :D
Ok, whose the boss at home then :P :lol:
Depends on who you ask, but the kids seem to think it's her!
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He gets regular raises.
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He gets regular raises.
:banghead:
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My boss recently drove to Louisiana to pick up his son from prison so he could rehire him to work in our shop assembling safety valves....
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Of course. Because there's no way that could possibly go wrong. :rolleyes:
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It appears I have been very lucky with my immediate superiors.
My direct bosses have always been good enough to not get into the way, and generally handled their jobs so that those things did not drop to me. However, our upper management echelon seems way too large and utterly incompetent in its job, but that seems to be the way it nowadays works in this country. There's always sort of fear when our CEO is included in the talks with another international company that he will single-handedly destroy any and all hopes for any sort of cooperation. I do suspect that we are not the only one having this plight, though.
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My boss recently drove to Louisiana to pick up his son from prison so he could rehire him to work in our shop assembling safety valves....
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What did his son do? Obviously you don't care too much for the idea of junior returning to work there if it was work related why he went to jail. Then yes, just stupid to rehire him. If not, then his dad is pretty cool in giving a former prisoner and possibly a felon work, unless his son is just a **** up that will drag your and everyone else's quality of work down and cause drama when junior is back.
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ok so i need to revise my previous post. i absolutely DO hate the guy who just started temping as the shift supervisor. not really my boss, but jesus **** is this guy a pain in the ass. it's like he's actively trying to create problems and invent ways we are wrong. but of course HE knows every last little detail and is going to make sure EVERYTHING is right. :rolleyes:
questioning the on watch STE in the middle of a brief hoping to catch him answering incorrectly/not knowing something IN FRONT OF ****ING NAVAL REACTORS REPRESENTATVIES is absolutely uncalled for.
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ok so i need to revise my previous post. i absolutely DO hate the guy who just started temping as the shift supervisor. not really my boss, but jesus **** is this guy a pain in the ass. it's like he's actively trying to create problems and invent ways we are wrong. but of course HE knows every last little detail and is going to make sure EVERYTHING is right. :rolleyes:
questioning the on watch STE in the middle of a brief hoping to catch him answering incorrectly/not knowing something IN FRONT OF ****ING NAVAL REACTORS REPRESENTATVIES is absolutely uncalled for.
the last temp team leader to be a constant douche lasted about 3 days before we broke him :nod:
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ok so i need to revise my previous post. i absolutely DO hate the guy who just started temping as the shift supervisor. not really my boss, but jesus **** is this guy a pain in the ass. it's like he's actively trying to create problems and invent ways we are wrong. but of course HE knows every last little detail and is going to make sure EVERYTHING is right. :rolleyes:
questioning the on watch STE in the middle of a brief hoping to catch him answering incorrectly/not knowing something IN FRONT OF ****ING NAVAL REACTORS REPRESENTATVIES is absolutely uncalled for.
Power trip douche. Get him out of their. Reminds me of the city admin i used to work for.
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I don't really hate any of my bosses but I do believe some of them are incompetent. They tend to base their success more on their character and behavior, than on actual skills and experience. I still follow their directives without questioning, though it sucks when they blame other people for their own mistakes.
That's why I'm planning to do more than two jobs and focus my attention on those that significantly reduce interactions with other people (customers, colleagues and bosses alike). Being an employee is not going to lead me anywhere, I should do things on my own and become my own boss.
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unless his son is just a **** up that will drag your and everyone else's quality of work down and cause drama when junior is back.
It's this. This guy has been known to: light pieces of trash on fire in our warehouse and watch them burn, throw nuts and bolts at people, throw pallets when he's angry, make improvised flamethrowers with cans of brake cleaner.
I understand that the US prison system is deeply ****ed up, and I feel for the plight of ex-convicts, but this guy shouldn't be working here.
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ok so i need to revise my previous post. i absolutely DO hate the guy who just started temping as the shift supervisor. not really my boss, but jesus **** is this guy a pain in the ass. it's like he's actively trying to create problems and invent ways we are wrong. but of course HE knows every last little detail and is going to make sure EVERYTHING is right. :rolleyes:
questioning the on watch STE in the middle of a brief hoping to catch him answering incorrectly/not knowing something IN FRONT OF ****ING NAVAL REACTORS REPRESENTATVIES is absolutely uncalled for.
the last temp team leader to be a constant douche lasted about 3 days before we broke him :nod:
Gee Headie.. Do you guys bet on when the "new guy" will crack? :lol: :p :lol:
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It's this. This guy has been known to: light pieces of trash on fire in our warehouse and watch them burn, throw nuts and bolts at people, throw pallets when he's angry, make improvised flamethrowers with cans of brake cleaner.
Yeesh.