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CheffoJeffo:

--- 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.

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I agree with what myntik1 says, but mostly because loyalty is EXACTLY what it used to be.

By this I mean that your boss (official or unofficial) has a primary loyalty (wrt to things that affect the company) to the company (and everybody there) -- any personal loyalty to you is secondary.

If you give a heads up, he SHOULD act in the best interests of the company, which may well run contrary to yours.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: shardian on April 04, 2008, 10:36:21 am ---
And yeah, I think I'll just keep riding this out until something else pops up.


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Goddamnit Shardian!  There's almost no such thing in life as something else "popping up."  Ride this out?  ---fudgesicle--- that.  Riding out suggests that you are on something with an end.  You need to find another job.  Actively.  Get on Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com, but more importantly, start looking actively.  Start taking your resume to places that aren't hiring.  LOOK ON CRAIG'S LIST RIGHT NOW!  Whatchoo mean you aren't going to find another job?  Do you really believe that this company is the only one in need of someone with your skills?  It isn't.  Find that job out-of-state.  You've got the safety-net money to keep you afloat during the transition (of course, get the job first). 

shardian:

--- Quote from: shmokes on April 04, 2008, 09:22:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on April 04, 2008, 10:36:21 am ---
And yeah, I think I'll just keep riding this out until something else pops up.


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Goddamnit Shardian!  There's almost no such thing in life as something else "popping up."  Ride this out?  ---fudgesicle--- that.  Riding out suggests that you are on something with an end.  You need to find another job.  Actively.  Get on Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com, but more importantly, start looking actively.  Start taking your resume to places that aren't hiring.  LOOK ON CRAIG'S LIST RIGHT NOW!  Whatchoo mean you aren't going to find another job?  Do you really believe that this company is the only one in need of someone with your skills?  It isn't.  Find that job out-of-state.  You've got the safety-net money to keep you afloat during the transition (of course, get the job first). 

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Whoah, time out there Tweek. I never said anything about abandoning my search. I've already been actively searching. I plan on calling the gas company first thing next week to see if they will be hiring again soon.

By popping up, I mean a job popping up in my daily searches. I wish a job would just fall in my lap. I'd have to be pretty delusional to expect that to happen.

Level42:

--- Quote ---... 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.

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He sounds like a major ---uvula---. I hope he will get into a situation like that one time and think about it. I've experienced what it can be like. My son was in hospital for three weeks for his heart surgery. The last thing I was thinking about was my work. Really. It just is not important. If you have your talents, you can always get a job. I've been out of a job twice because of company bankrupcy and lay-offs. I had another job within weeks both times. Of course I was a bit younger then, but still, companies are crying for good people (at least over here still).

My brother once walked out of job from one moment to the other. He had a terrible argument with his boss, who he had been working for for 6 years, and was more like a friend to him.

Within 2 days he was called by the competition and hired (and a much better job too). That's nice if you have contacts in the business.

Two of my job changes brought me a (much) worse job/company then I had before. The other times, things simply got better. You never know. But sometimes you have to take a risk in life.

Nothing in life is certain.
Once you realise that, and accept it, you will be (and feel) more in control. It's not "them" deciding. It's you !

shmokes:
Shardian, can you read this?

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