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Thread ID: 91759 2008-07-17 22:41:00 How do you find work? jobxnz (13977) PC World Chat
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689924 2008-07-18 08:49:00 scored a new job recently, start on 28th
:punk

Doing?
Metla (12)
689925 2008-07-18 08:58:00 Entry level warehousing... with promotional prospects (very much lacking in my current job); and a non-a**hole boss (some people I know have known my new boss for some time) Myth (110)
689926 2008-07-18 09:05:00 Pretty sure there is no such thing as a non-******* boss. Its part and parcel of the equation. Metla (12)
689927 2008-07-18 09:29:00 Well yeah I guess...
but here is just an example of thge sh*t I gotta put up with at the moment:

scenario 1... he would 'prefer I got class 2 license as it would make things easier for the company, but the company will not contribute in case I leave soon after. I am sole income for 2 dependents...
Him: "When are you going to get your license?"
Me: "I can't afford to at the moment. I have been busy paying bills"
Him: "Oh well, thats your hard luck then isn't it"
Me: "Well yeah.. ok" .. he walks away

scenario 2... when he found out I was looking for another job...
Him: "..despite the fact we are quiet, I would never have considered laying you off. But now that I know you are thinking of leaving, you have left me no options and I will probably have to lay you off if things remain quiet"

Seriously, I want to smack the bas***d over, which I know is instant dismissal.
Better I leave...

BTW, these are almost word for word quotes, no exaggerations
Myth (110)
689928 2008-07-18 09:33:00 Myth..Good luck with it. PJ Poppa John (284)
689929 2008-07-18 09:52:00 Pretty sure there is no such thing as a non-******* boss. Its part and parcel of the equation.

Been there done that. As a Foreman you are in the middle trying to keep everyone happy. PJ
Poppa John (284)
689930 2008-07-18 09:52:00 Well, I'm a firm believer in the company paying the cost of up-skilling the staff, It pays off for both parties, One of the reasons I push it is so people have more skills to help them into a better job.:crying

That aside, If I learn someone is looking for other work, They do become the most disposible person on the payroll.
Metla (12)
689931 2008-07-18 20:51:00 Well, I'm a firm believer in the company paying the cost of up-skilling the staff, It pays off for both parties, One of the reasons I push it is so people have more skills to help them into a better job.:cryingHaha funny
Im a firm believer in if you want your staff upskilled, you (the employer) pay for it. I have only ever left one job soon after being upskilled, the genuine reasoning behind the resignation had nothing to do with the upskilling, and in my next role I didn't require that skill anyway


That aside, If I learn someone is looking for other work, They do become the most disposible person on the payroll.True, but do you let them know that? To me its just another of his many little mindf++ks. Bosses like that soon lose my loyalty
Myth (110)
689932 2008-07-18 21:23:00 I'd let them know If I thought it was in their best interest to know. Metla (12)
689933 2008-07-18 21:37:00 I'd let them know If I thought it was in their best interest to know.Edit: I hate when the site freezes just as you submit reply and then you end up with double posts Myth (110)
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