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Flake:


--- Quote from: Ummon on February 27, 2009, 05:51:32 pm ---It's curious and slightly amusing all the assumptions you made above. Sincere questioning is a useful tool.

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Sincere questioning is a useful tool? 

Dartful Dodger:

Being young is just a state of mind.  At least that's what you tell yourself after you turn 30...

I just had a life changing, I'm an adult now, moment this weekend(and I'm about to turn 40).


I've been making enough money to pay the bills and have fun on the weekends and that's all I wanted.  If I lost my job, oh well, I'll get another one. I can wait tables and make just as much money as I do now.

Last year there was a huge exodus of employees.  Even with times being so tough, people I work with were finding better jobs, some of them took jobs out of our field (like waiting tables), so my company did an internal audit to figure out what the employees are really worth.  They realized I was WAY under paid, (which is why I spent so much time on this board).  So this year I got a HUGE raise.  I’ve been spending less time here, because now I’m actually working.  Like in all companies we have people that pass the buck and when the buck gets passed to me I don’t care.  The lectures I get from my bosses are very similar to the lecture that guy from office space got after he was hypnotized.  I’d just let them talk and then nod my head when they ask me if I understood.

Last Friday at 4pm a project manager told me that she was swamped and had a FedEx deadline for tonight. I had things to do but they could wait until Monday so I offered to help.  She never asked or hinted, I just offered to help.

I was in the middle of coding something else so I finished that first.  It took about 20 minutes.  I was about to start on her problem when I get a call from another project manager who was in charge of the project I was originally working on(we have more project managers than actual programmers which is part of the problem).  It was a simple question that could be answered in 2 minutes.  Before I could answer that question the owner of the company calls me on the other line.  She asks me what I was doing I told her project manager B is on the other line and I'm answering a question for him.  I then get a "Project A has a today deadline and that has a higher priority and I shouldn't be working on Project B…" The conversation ended with a "What more can we do to communicate to you that something needs to be done immediately?"

I don't know what Project manager A told the boss, but this type of nonsense happens every other week.  Other employees spend hours bitching about it.  I always thought that was funny and a waste of time.  They get paid just as little as I do, so this added stress was useless. Over the weekend I realized I've gotten use to the raise and with the way the economy is doing I can't afford to lose this job. Tonight I'm going to have a (throw project manager A under the bus) talk with the owner of the company.  I hate this office politics BS.

Long story short: this weekend I realized I'm an adult with a real job and responsibilities.

:(

pinballwizard79:

Thats not stress Dodge,

Stress is when your industry no longer exists or when people die if mistakes are made.

Drink a redbull, punch yourself in the gut, lick a 9volt battery & stare at the tail of one of the youngest girls in the office for at least 30 seconds.

If that doesnt put your meeting into perspective nothing will.

Hooo Haaaaa, fire it up fire it up, yeeeeaaahhhh doggie!!!!

Dartful Dodger:

The problem is, three months ago I felt the same way about this job as I did about the job I had when I was a teenager.

Last weekend I realized having this job is important to me.

The lottery is over 200 Million, and luck has already shined on me so I should be able to retire next week.

;)

daywane:


--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on March 02, 2009, 03:23:41 pm ---Last weekend I realized having this job is important to me.
;)

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I agree with all you said but only quoted the main part.
I have reevaluated my thought on my job.
I am glad to still have it. even if I work 2 full weeks 2 or 3 days into 3rd week and then laid off the rest of month. Been like this since November 08
I see this all over the place. I would hate to change jobs now and be at the bottom of the list. Many Coworkes have jumped ship. I think I will ride it out. Just like all workers I know are droping there 401k plans. Not me I raised  mine. I am @ 6% now ... I just got at 3% raise. I think I might even jump my 401k to 9%

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