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shardian:

--- Quote from: myntik1 on April 04, 2008, 10:43:24 am ---do not, I repeat do not give your boss a heads up.  It may seem like the sensible/honest/good samiritan thing to do,  but in today's world loyalty ain't what it used to be. He may be your buddy, your homey, your compadre but at the end of the day they wouldn't give you a heads up if they're looking to replace you. Let's assume your boss is a good guy. You tell him that you're looking.  He keeps it under his hat.  When assignments that could lead to outside work/better opportunities arise he can't give it to you because you might be beatin feet soon.  When it comes times for raises he can't give you what you're due.  He may have to throw a few extra bones somewhere else.  He might say Shar's on his way out, I have to compensate Jim because I can't afford to lose him too.

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My Sup is not my Boss. It's complicated, so I'll break it down.

Supervisor (AKA: Unofficial boss): He's the unofficial design manager. Officially, he's just a designer like me. He is a super nice guy who gets the bend over treatment on a much more frequent basis than me. He keeps me out of trouble, as I get all of the mission impossibles that cross his desk. I've gotten hints here and there that he has considered leaving. I know he hates his job and the BS he has to put up with. He has a houseful of kids though, with several entering college and a new house. He ain't going anywhere.

Boss: He is the Design Manager. He is a year or two from retirement, and doesn't do much of anything anymore. He's a little quirky, but overall a nice guy. He only gets pissed when he gets an ass-ripping from...

The President (AKA Big Boss): Here lies the problems for everything. He's temperamental, and is old school in his beliefs. He's hated me every since I took off for the three weeks of my son's life. He has always resented me for that. I also was in the office off and on for our second child, because the wife spent weeks at a time in the hospital.
Everyone in this place has gotten an ass-ripping for something stupid at some point or another. I've gotten warnings from day one that he can be a nice guy, then just explode over something stupid one day. Everyone is terrified of the guy, including my official and unofficial bosses. I'm not, and there-in lies another problem he has with me. (That and I have beat him in our office sports pools several times) - I've been warned I shouldn't do that too. ;D) His presence and attitude acts like a poison to the whole office.

shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 04, 2008, 10:45:30 am ---
...which is only half as loud as the voice that says "what if you never find a job and your kid has to experience living in your car for a while".  That's the one that drives me to constantly take the conservative route even when I want to start cockpunching stupid coworkers.  I do have to say, though, that my current employer is pretty reasonable for the most part, even when the work cycle swings to long hours.

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Oh, that voice is loud and clear too. A couple from our church just up and moved to frikkin Alaska last year - no reason, they just wanted to say the did something like that. We have been so jealous of them for having the stones to make that huge move.

I would love to take a job in some other state far away from here. All of the unknowns scare the hell out of me though. What happens if the job or area don't work out and we are stuck there? Things like that.
I just have this overwhelming urge to do something drastic to "wake up" our lives. I guess I can call this my "Quarterlife crisis". ;D

ClubNinja:
Quarterlife crisis.  Think I'm right along with you there.

knave:

--- Quote from: shardian on April 04, 2008, 11:28:00 am ---I've gotten warnings from day one that he can be a nice guy, then just explode over something stupid one day. Everyone is terrified of the guy, including my official and unofficial bosses.

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Sounds like a hostile work environment.  Arn't there legal protections against this sort of thing.

At my work it's also against policy so we have actually had managers removed for acting like this. Ass reaming is not allowed.  :o

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: ClubNinja on April 04, 2008, 12:02:09 pm ---Quarterlife crisis.  Think I'm right along with you there.

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You're always ten years ahead of schedule, though.  Maybe this is shardian's thirdlife crisis?  I know I don't have 120 years in me.

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