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TBerk granted gainful employment



As I often say, "If it was supposed to be fun, they wouldn't have to pay
you to do it." And bosses come and go, make peace with your co-workers,
they may hang around longer.
Cathy

On 3:54 pm 06/26/07 "Mike Smith" <smithma7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brendan you certainly know how to brighten my day.  :)  How so?  Next
> Monday I start a 4 month contract as a tech temp.  Yay.  I'm sure I
> won't be working with the assholes you seem to be surrounded by as
> I'll be working for a non-profit that centers around women's health.
> I just can't see assholishness there... they hired me, didn't they?
> :D
>
> Go home, have a beer, and work on the things you like.  Remember: you
> only need to keep the day job till the night job pays.  ;)
>
> On 6/26/07, Brendan Doyle <lord_verminaard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  Ditto on that.  I've been under so much stress at work these past
> > few weeks, that I'm about to walk out.  Right now.  Seriously.
> >  Basically it boils down to this- I work for a company that
> contracts out tech people to other companies- basically killing the
> full-time tech employee, which is what I set out to do from college. 
> Sort of killing my own career, but whatever.  So I was put on a 4 day a
> week contract at this place.  I've been here about 6 months now,
> everything seemed peachy.  Well, my boss gets a call from the
> superintendent here saying that I'm doing a terrible job, if I were his
> employee he would have fired me, all of this crap that I'm doing wrong,
> that I have no clue about.  So now I've got two weeks to kiss his ass
> and make sure he's happy or else we (the company I work for) looses the
> contract, which means I loose a job.  Wouldn't you think if the 'super
> had a problem with something I was doing, he would tell me about it?  I
> told my boss that I had no idea anything was wrong, that everyone else
> tells me how appreciative they are that I'm there- but all he told me
> >   was that the 'super is not here to do my job and tell me what to
> do.  But if I'm inadvertently doing something wrong, how the FUCK am I
> supposed to fix it if you do not tell me??????  There was also some
> griping about laziness, lack of leadership and motivation issues....
> blah blah blah.  Great, start attacking my character as well.  Sure, I
> have a motivation problem, it's called being underpaid (WAY underpaid)
> > without benefits.
> >  I also work another job part-time in a bodyshop/custom
> paint/performance shop as well, and I'm basically doing that for free
> until we can get our name out.  Thankfully I may have another job
> prospect on the way so it's not all as bad as it seems, but man it's
> > just not worth the hassle and b.s.
> >  Not to be a downer, but good luck with the new job!  Hopefully you
> > won't have to put up with the kind of assholes that I work for!  :D
> >  Brendan
> >
> >  ----- Original Message ----
> >  From: Mark F. <mk1mark@xxxxxxxxx>
> >  To: John Lagnese <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >  Cc: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >  Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:33:38 AM
> >  Subject: Re: TBerk granted gainful employment
> >
> >  On 6/25/07, John Lagnese <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >  Congrats, jobs are good!
> >
> >
> >  Since when?  Most jobs fucking suck!  :)  Necessary evils in my
> >  book. Unless you're one of those lucky bastards who's
> >  hobby/passion becomes your career, trading your time for money is
> >  rarely the path to fulfillment...  And even then, 'da man' often
> >  has a nice way of wrecking that by turning it into a drag (btdt)...
> >
> >  I've managed to avoid the 9-to-5 grind over the years for the most
> >  part, and have found doing my own thing, although not as
> >  secure/steady financially, keeps me sane.  Giving the best hours
> >  of your day to make someone else rich makes the baby jebus cry...
> >  Easy for a guy with no kids/responsibilities to say though eh?  :)
> >
> >  Later,
> >
> >  Mark - anarchist wannabe since my refusal to eat spinach as a
> >  toddler... 75
> >  82
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> >  91 Jetta Coupe
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