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I really like my job due to the fact I can listen to books/podcasts to distract myself and I actually prefer working night shifts. Kind of disturbed how they handled a certain situation, though.
Some guy got frustrated and threatened to shoot the place up. Supervisor sent him home and said he'd let HR deal with it which sounded reasonable since he just sent him home to cool off instead of saying "hey you said you are going to shoot the place up you're fired". However, the guy was back at work the next day and seems like he isn't going to be let go. Pretty spooky.
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First day of work in forever and I don't have an office until Friday. Something about contacts and people not getting paid. I can only laugh about it.
So basically I'm literally in the construction mill, which has no ventilation and it's cooler outside, twiddling my thumbs. We got internet in a box though. Lol
Oh did I mention it's super hot. Oh good times. I got in like 15000 steps today.🤷♀️ Oh and I AM working, so there's that.
I'll preface this with saying that I don't hate my job... the work I do is interesting and I'm weirdly good at it.
I am tired of working in the rat race though. Attending stupid meetings, being chained to a desk, clocking in and out. I know I'm burnt out but I don't have enough PTO for the good, long vacation I need. I've been really unmotivated at work lately too, so minor inconveniences are really irritating me.
Word is that they are also changing our performance evals for this coming review period.... for the worst, in my opinion. Managers will rate us on a scale of 1 to 5. BUT! Most people will get a 3. Maybe one person will get a 4. Special permission has to be requested to rate an employee at a 5. (This is what my manager was told) I am LIVID. I was previously at a company, as a manager, that did this as well and it was HELL. My employees were so torn up at eval time. I cried.
ANYWAY, give me ideas of how I can work for myself and afford insurance plz
ANYWAY, give me ideas of how I can work for myself and afford insurance plz
The last three words here are the problem. I would have been long gone if I could have figured that out.
We did that evaluation BS. I gave my co-worker a higher rating than they wanted and I got my ass chewed off. I told them why don't you do the evaluation then and save me the trouble? THAT did not go over well.
I'll preface this with saying that I don't hate my job... the work I do is interesting and I'm weirdly good at it.
I am tired of working in the rat race though. Attending stupid meetings, being chained to a desk, clocking in and out. I know I'm burnt out but I don't have enough PTO for the good, long vacation I need. I've been really unmotivated at work lately too, so minor inconveniences are really irritating me.
Word is that they are also changing our performance evals for this coming review period.... for the worst, in my opinion. Managers will rate us on a scale of 1 to 5. BUT! Most people will get a 3. Maybe one person will get a 4. Special permission has to be requested to rate an employee at a 5. (This is what my manager was told) I am LIVID. I was previously at a company, as a manager, that did this as well and it was HELL. My employees were so torn up at eval time. I cried.
ANYWAY, give me ideas of how I can work for myself and afford insurance plz
Can confirm that system of ratings is bullshit from personal experience.
I know the feeling you're talking about too. Just going through the motions and getting the requirements done without having much drive to do anything bonus. Burn out is the worst.
ANYWAY, give me ideas of how I can work for myself and afford insurance plz
The last three words here are the problem. I would have been long gone if I could have figured that out.
We did that evaluation BS. I gave my co-worker a higher rating than they wanted and I got my ass chewed off. I told them why don't you do the evaluation then and save me the trouble? THAT did not go over well.
I gave all of my employees good ratings (4 or above) and my manager went in and changed them all. I told my employees that eval score was NOT the one I gave them. Little good it did. Companies do not value employees as people. Only as output.
ANYWAY, give me ideas of how I can work for myself and afford insurance plz
Live in a different country? Seriously, though, Josh and I have talked many times about trying to have some sort of business (or more likely, several smaller income streams) to be more self sustaining, but insurance is one of my biggest concerns. The other thing is that we don’t have a house, and unless we were established with steady income, no one is going to give us a mortgage on a new place, so we’d need to get something while I’m at my current job, but we don’t want to live here long term, so it’s a whole conundrum of where to even start.
And I’m sorry you’re dealing with that with the evaluations. As far as I’m aware, I’ve never had an evaluation at my current job. I hated them at my last job because we had to fill out self evaluations as well as getting one from our supervisors.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Oct 5, 2021 12:18:58 GMT -5
I also feel the burnout and lack of vacation time too. I don’t even understand how I can’t save up any vacation time because I get a pretty good amount plus all the holidays, but it’s like I’m constantly just saving up enough to take a few days off, and then I can’t stand it anymore and I use them. You’d think when I was stuck at home all last year, I could have saved more, but every so often, I’m just like, “I just have to have a weekday where I don’t look at my computer at all today.” So I would take a day off here and there, and then they were all gone again.
I also feel the burnout and lack of vacation time too. I don’t even understand how I can’t save up any vacation time because I get a pretty good amount plus all the holidays, but it’s like I’m constantly just saving up enough to take a few days off, and then I can’t stand it anymore and I use them. You’d think when I was stuck at home all last year, I could have saved more, but every so often, I’m just like, “I just have to have a weekday where I don’t look at my computer at all today.” So I would take a day off here and there, and then they were all gone again.
I have almost a month of sick time. I’ve started taking a mental health day once a month.
I have to keep 2-3 PTO days on reserve in case of emergencies that my mom may have. It sucks but it’s life.
The last three words here are the problem. I would have been long gone if I could have figured that out.
We did that evaluation BS. I gave my co-worker a higher rating than they wanted and I got my ass chewed off. I told them why don't you do the evaluation then and save me the trouble? THAT did not go over well.
I gave all of my employees good ratings (4 or above) and my manager went in and changed them all. I told my employees that eval score was NOT the one I gave them. Little good it did. Companies do not value employees as people. Only as output.
I also feel the burnout and lack of vacation time too. I don’t even understand how I can’t save up any vacation time because I get a pretty good amount plus all the holidays, but it’s like I’m constantly just saving up enough to take a few days off, and then I can’t stand it anymore and I use them. You’d think when I was stuck at home all last year, I could have saved more, but every so often, I’m just like, “I just have to have a weekday where I don’t look at my computer at all today.” So I would take a day off here and there, and then they were all gone again.
I have almost a month of sick time. I’ve started taking a mental health day once a month.
I have to keep 2-3 PTO days on reserve in case of emergencies that my mom may have. It sucks but it’s life.
Yeah, I have almost two months, and I take a mental health day every once in a while. I just started therapy, though, and if I use sick time for my appointments, I’ll be using it up at the same rate it accrues, so I need to figure out a way to work my appointments where I don’t have to use leave for them or I’ll start losing time off when I take mental health days or have other things going on.
I thought I was getting another week of vacation time next year, but turns out it was 2023. I'm rolling over a week of sick time and getting another in January - but it feels like I don't have enough.
I went over a year here without taking a full vacation day off.
I got pissed off a few weeks ago and applied to a job in my hometown.
I just had a phone interview and I've never felt better after an interview in my life. I doubt anything in central Louisiana would pay what I wanted, but they asked in the job application what it would take and I was honest. Guess we'll see?
I'll preface this with saying that I don't hate my job... the work I do is interesting and I'm weirdly good at it.
I am tired of working in the rat race though. Attending stupid meetings, being chained to a desk, clocking in and out. I know I'm burnt out but I don't have enough PTO for the good, long vacation I need. I've been really unmotivated at work lately too, so minor inconveniences are really irritating me.
Word is that they are also changing our performance evals for this coming review period.... for the worst, in my opinion. Managers will rate us on a scale of 1 to 5. BUT! Most people will get a 3. Maybe one person will get a 4. Special permission has to be requested to rate an employee at a 5. (This is what my manager was told) I am LIVID. I was previously at a company, as a manager, that did this as well and it was HELL. My employees were so torn up at eval time. I cried.
ANYWAY, give me ideas of how I can work for myself and afford insurance plz
The last three words here are the problem. I would have been long gone if I could have figured that out.
We did that evaluation BS. I gave my co-worker a higher rating than they wanted and I got my ass chewed off. I told them why don't you do the evaluation then and save me the trouble? THAT did not go over well.
I gave all of my employees good ratings (4 or above) and my manager went in and changed them all. I told my employees that eval score was NOT the one I gave them. Little good it did. Companies do not value employees as people. Only as output.
Yeah I hate this kind of shit. We self-evaluate, and there are things that I deserve a "5" on that I rate myself. They always knock it back. But we were under this one dude for a couple years who said that everyone is basically "meets expectations." I informed him how I made the company an ***load of money on some decisions I made and carried out, and he was like, "anyone in your position would have done the same." No ***khead. Not everyone thinks the same, and most of our jobs aren't Step A followed by Step B followed by Step C. I might change one or two of what my managers self-evaluate themselves. But it's usually to push it up from a 3 to a 4 or 4 to a 5. **** the man.
I got pissed off a few weeks ago and applied to a job in my hometown.
I just had a phone interview and I've never felt better after an interview in my life. I doubt anything in central Louisiana would pay what I wanted, but they asked in the job application what it would take and I was honest. Guess we'll see?
Got an offer but of course " I doubt anything in central Louisiana would pay what I wanted".
I asked for 20 percent more than what they were offering and I want to start with full benefits and vacation. More than likely going to have to pass. But I'll talk to the GF tonight and see what her hot take is. I dont care really, less money but cheaper everything else.
Hearing rumors that the negotiations between the union and the "new media" aka streaming services are not going well. The rumor is we go on Strike Monday. I am kinda freaking the fuck out and stressing.
Hearing rumors that the negotiations between the union and the "new media" aka streaming services are not going well. The rumor is we go on Strike Monday. I am kinda freaking the fuck out and stressing.
Hearing rumors that the negotiations between the union and the "new media" aka streaming services are not going well. The rumor is we go on Strike Monday. I am kinda freaking the fuck out and stressing.
I’ve been seeing things about the potential strike and was wondering if that was something that would end up affecting you. I hope everything works out.
Hearing rumors that the negotiations between the union and the "new media" aka streaming services are not going well. The rumor is we go on Strike Monday. I am kinda freaking the fuck out and stressing.
Hearing rumors that the negotiations between the union and the "new media" aka streaming services are not going well. The rumor is we go on Strike Monday. I am kinda freaking the fuck out and stressing.
I’ve been seeing things about the potential strike and was wondering if that was something that would end up affecting you. I hope everything works out.
Yeah, it's only streaming services and I am working on a streaming show. We just got the email that said basically the studios have until Thursday to agree or come to the table or we strike Monday. It's no longer a rumor, it is now a promise. I 100% stand with my union and the strike because what they are trying to do is bullshit and if we would have voted against striking, they would never come back to the table and we'd be forever fucked with the scraps they give us. Plus, once the contracts for low budget, TV and ect. are up and it's negotiation time again, if we don't stand together they will fuck us too.
extremely pissed at having to transport a qanon antivaxxer for work today. i truly dont get why we dont get hazard pay for that shit. its unfair to have to risk getting covid for shitty social work pay. like if you arent gonna give us hazard pay for that then require ppl to be vaxxed for our services smh.
extremely pissed at having to transport a qanon antivaxxer for work today. i truly dont get why we dont get hazard pay for that shit. its unfair to have to risk getting covid for shitty social work pay. like if you arent gonna give us hazard pay for that then require ppl to be vaxxed for our services smh.
Tie them to the roof. That’s what bungee cords are for.
Post by heyyitskait on Feb 10, 2022 10:34:14 GMT -5
I got to start my workday by dunking on the management of another department.
Don’t come at me or my trainee saying we’re doing our job wrong when I have the email from your dumbass saying to handle a specific doc this way.
Did I attach that email to my response? YA DAMN RIGHT. Was I professionally sassy? Yes. Did I have to yell my actual response at my boyfriend that was laced with vulgarity? Also yes.
Post by crazykittensmile on Feb 10, 2022 14:55:40 GMT -5
It's so very dumb, but hopefully it goes by quickly and is whatever. I do get to swing by our on campus trader joes afterwards, so at least it'll be an easy grocery trip.
