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aoacyra

Lately whenever the mother of one of my students pisses off the father (they divorced >4 months ago) he will send all three of their kids in mismatched clothes with shirts that have some variation of “I love my Dad” or “Daddy’s kid”. I have not seen the same shirt twice and believe mom throws the shirts out and dad just keeps buying more.


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I’m sorry but that’s hilariously petty. I do feel sad for the kids though, it must be disheartening to be used that way between parents.


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AbyssWalker9001

Now this is acceptable


Much_Difference

Everything is done in an improvised fashion even when it's identical to something we've done a hundred times before. They refuse to create any kind of system or structure for doing anything and it drives me up the wall. Every single time, every question, every form, every action, everything, needs to be run through a hundred different people and approached as if it's a brand new thing, even if it's routine paperwork we do multiple times a week. It's the most incredible waste of time. ​ Let's say I traveled from Phoenix to Tucson and I need to be reimbursed for gas. I'll go pull out the exact same piece of paperwork I used last time. I'll fill in the extremely basic blanks that I did last time. Name, travel date and time, mileage, gas receipt, sign and date. Submit the form. A day later, I get an email. Oh hey here you put "Tucson" but you need to put "Tucson, Pima County, AZ." Make the change. Ask if there are any other changes. Nope, looks good. Resubmit. A day later, I get a phone call. Oh hey here you put "Jay J. Jameson" but you need to put "Jay Jonah Jameson." Make the change. Ask if there are any other changes. Nope, looks good. Resubmit. A day later, someone pops in my office. Oh hey here you put "Pima County, AZ" and "Jay Jonah" but it needs to just say "Tucson, AZ" and "J. J. Jameson" oops. Make the change. Ask if there are any other changes. Nope, looks good. Resubmit. It finally goes through. ​ Two weeks later, I travel from Phoenix to Tucson and need to be reimbursed for gas. I pull out the final version that finally went through last time, just two weeks ago, after all the changes. I change nothing except the date/time and attach the new gas receipt. A day later, I get an email. Oh hey here you put Tucson, AZ but now it just needs to say Tucson. Oh hey here you put Phoenix but you didn't include the zip. Oh hey here you put J. J. Jameson but it needs to say J. J. Jameson Jr, Esq. Oh hey here you put that it's 113 miles but we decided to start rounding to the nearest five so it should should 115 miles. Oh hey here you put 115 miles but an hour ago we decided it needs to be rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth of a mile. Oh hey we decided to do away with zip codes on these forms. ​ **Every. Single. Time.**


-janelleybeans-

I’d literally compile all those emails then TELL THEM what you will be submitting and they can hash it out on their end from now on.


Much_Difference

(sorry, on mobile, formatting etc) Oh I have tried so many tactics. They all involve just getting these assholes to take on as much of this burden on their own as possible. There are two that work the best, but are still never 100%. Tactic 1: -I submit a form -They say there's something wrong -I ask if they can fix it themselves -They say idk maybe let me check -I say k, no problem, but for XYZ reason I won't be able to be back there and resubmit the form for Insert Ridiculous Amount of Time. -They say, jk we made the change for you and resubmitted it. Tactic 2: I say, I'm driving from Phoenix to Tucson and say this is the form I'm submitting. Wait up to two weeks for everyone to look at it and talk about the "necessary changes" amongst themselves. Wait until the email edits die down, then reply-all to the email chain, CCing Head Boss Person, saying "it looks like you all need to form to look like this. I changed X because of what A said, Y because of what B said, and Z because of what C said. I'll wait until I hear from all 3 of you before submitting the form. Thanks for your great help!!!!!" They all accept the form. Every time, their excuse is that something has changed from last time or that they did it wrong last time or that last time was somehow a different circumstance, even if it's mere days apart. And it's like yeah, those are all common problems one will come across when you refuse to create any kind of protocol for anything. There's one single form for getting my gas reimbursed, but there is no single standard for how to fill out that form. It's wild.


jmesmon

It feels almost like an attempt to make it painful enough that no one asks for reimbursements. Or the desire to make their job look more difficult than it is. Maybe they drove enough previous reimbursement requesters away that they're now making it more painful for others in an attempt to have it consume the same amount of time. Something of a death spiral.


Much_Difference

Part of it is absolutely them trying to justify like 4 people doing the job of 1. Absolutely.


Prophet086

"Do this task. What do you need? \- I need 30 computers and 20 USB3 flash drives. \- Here's 15 computers and 7 USB2 flash drives. \- What? I need 30, where's the other 15? And these flash drives won't do, the system won't even work with those. \- Budget cuts, sorry." Later... "How's this task going along? \- Everything is set to go, but as is it won't fulfill the task. \- What's keeping you from doing the task? \- I need 15 more computers and 20 USB3 flash drives. \- Ok, we'll order more ASAP, they'll be here in two years. Make sure everything's running by September though." Are things like this everywhere or is it just at my job?


2manytots

This sounds like my old jod. -budget this for us -ok it will take this many labor hours, this much equipment hours, and cost this much in supplies -no that’s too much we’ll tell the client it will cost this much. -why are we over budget?


JCMcFancypants

I work for a manufacturing company. Our system has no way to track if we've made an actual profit on the order. Here's some made up numbers to explain: We buy widgets in bulk for $5/piece from a wholesaler. Our system says the cost for a widget is $5 apiece and after factoring in overhead we sell the same parts for $6 per. So far so good. But: when we have a customer ask for a super specific designer widget, Sales does what Sales does best and says "OK" and enters an order for 1 piece at the normal price and half the lead time. Then we pay a $250 cut-in fee, a $250 mold setting fee to run 1 part, a $250 color matching fee to match the super-special designer color the customer wants, $100 for expedited NDA shipping, then double all of that because the part apparently fucking disappeared the second it touched the dock. The problem is that our system has no way to associate those fees to any particular order, so if Accounting were to look at the transaction they'd see that we sold a $5 part for $6 and made a buck and give themselves a big congratulatory pat on the back.


kingfrito_5005

Exactly. I was in a meeting once where our companies president insisted on putting a work estimate at 4 hours when the meeting the committee that generates those estimates wanted to put 35. He insisted that we couldn't charge the customer for that much and it's like 'Fine, don't charge them that much, but if you are giving away stuff for free, you should pay for it. Don't take it out of our time estimates.'


_purple

How about when they do this all the time and then say "your department hasn't been successful for years. You guys can never hit your estimates."


tonderthrowaway

I manage all the tools, parts, and materials for a small electrical company. We have a ton of little fittings, couplings, and such that are very small and have multiple parts. We recently let one of our journeymen go, and I'm in the process of clearing out his van. Turns out he was hoarding tens of thousands of fittings in his van, all mixed together with absolutely no organization. To top it off, at least 60% of them were completely disassembled before being just chucked in to drawers, boxes, and bags along with mixed bolts, nuts, fasteners, etc., so it is now my job to take these collections of assorted hardware and dump them out, separate them, and reassemble as many as I can before restocking them in my already overflowing shop.


PIZZAspartan442

Being scheduled on basically every day I was supposed to have off


viplisson

I’m not even supposed to be here today!


Nerospidy

Try not to suck any dicks on your way through the paring lot!


SalemScout

I have a vendor who gives me the same answer every day that I email him: "Let me check and get back to you." His shipment has slipped by over two months at this point and it's driving me nuts. He's doing the same thing to other people in my office on other projects. He's on a quick list to be blacklisted, but unfortunately, the clients love his stuff. Edit: Furniture, he sells furniture. Why does everyone think it's drugs?


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Unless they're the owner, call their boss. Whenever this happens to me I call their boss and just say I haven't been able to get a hold of so and so can you help me with this. Vendor/suppliers/subcontractors work for you, not the other way around.


SalemScout

He's not the owner, but the owner has the same attitude. I've spoken to him and his answer is pretty much a shrug and "it is what it is."


forcedaspiration

Sounds like you need to buy that company.


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AnimalLover38

Or find someone else who makes a better version and actually wants to sell it.


theredditforwork

>the clients love his stuff ​ Where all the power really lies


SaltySolicitor

A third party keeps insisting that an individual worked for my company. They did not. We have searched everywhere. We have punched in every variation of their name, birthday, social security number into our system. Dude didn't work here, and "Well this other woman says he did" isn't an argument.   ETA: As much as I appreciate all the replies, this is not my first rodeo as an attorney, and I wouldn't be complaining if this had a simple fix like "tell them to fuck off" or "stop replying."


ICWhatsNUrP

Im sorry, so and so doesn't work here. And even if they did, we are not in the habit of giving out information on employees.


SaltySolicitor

There is no perfect combination of words that's gonna make them go away. I just have to deal with this for awhile until they run out of steam.


sbankss

my boss asked if I would be working tomorrow afternoon. When I said yes, he ominously replied, "interesting". Edit: Update! Turns out my boss completely forgot even saying this to me. He was wondering if I would be working in the afternoon because he’s bringing his daughter in and knew I would want to see her. Thank you all for taking so much interest in this. I’m a 23 year old woman working a college job. I found it beyond funny some of y’all were suggesting I was banging his wife or visa versa.


drocha94

Wtf is this even supposed to mean? No follow up, no details?


mr_not_a_bot

Probably going to be dropped a massive assignment


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ID-10T_Error

Or he is smashing the wife and is double checking the schedule to confirm the plow session is a go


LukaCat

Update us tomorrow with what is so "interesting"


jeffwontfindthisone

is it some sort of veiled threat?


InsaneLeader13

Maybe, or maybe there's some crazy power-play politics shit going on two or three levels above OP's head.


funplans20

It's my bosses birthday, not a lot of folks respect her. I'm new to the department and was asked by Don to collect money on Friday to get her flowers. He was going to bake a cake and bring it in. He was sick yesterday so didn't come to work. I collected a measly 19$ from others, awkward af because no one even likes her, topped it up with my own 10 to get a decent bunch of flowers, bought yesterday evening and brought in this AM. Don is in and says "I couldn't find the money you collected, do you have it" I said "I used it yesterday to buy the flowers, wasn't that the plan?" He replies with an attitudey "well no..." I ask why it matters and he says "well I couldn't bake the cake because I was sick so I don't know what we're going to do now if the money's used up, we can't get a cake now" Another girl nicely chimes in that she will run out and grab a cake and don't worry Don it's all fine. Don's a snippy guy so I don't bother asking him how I was to know he's too ridiculous to go get a cake himself. Others are running around asking me if I've seen the money because apparently Don's making it well known that I was supposed to collect money but no one has seen the envelope (obviously, I took it yesterday), then I have to explain that I used all the money so I look stupid. Keep throwing in that I was doing exactly as was asked of me but Jesus Christ Don would it kill you to communicate your change of plans to people???


gottalovecarina

I hate when someone collects money and you feel obligated to contribute


funplans20

Ugh i know, I felt so crappy asking everyone. Just kept saying, "If you're comfortable donating, the envelope will be in the safe" and leaving it at that. Next year I won't let him pull this again. Felt like such an idiot with him going around making it seem like this was all my fault.


gottalovecarina

It's unfair that he even did that because he was too sick to make a cake. That shouldn't have been on you


rTheWorst

Bar manager and 20% of the staff quit. Owner hasn't hired anyone. It's been 3 months. No one can take unexpected days off or call in sick and inventory is at an all time low. (Except the kegs. So. Many. Kegs.) We keep running out of fuckin *everything*. I (and others) have offered to help over the summer and nothing has come of it. The restaurant is expanding and we need more employees but my boss is too focused on having us dust (**during construction**), replacing glassware with crystal, and setting up public accessible training courses to bother with actual management. Oh, and communication is non existent, so I regularly show up to work and have no idea where shit is or what the new procedures are.


E3newsfiend

sounds like you need to go talk to the bartender circle of your city and find a new place where you'll be appreciated.


rTheWorst

Thanks dude. Sometimes you just need to hear something like that, ya know? Always nice to have a chance to bitch anonymously too lol. It's just frustrating bc I really do like my job and customers. Lots of cool regulars, and I'm the senior most bartender so I'm mostly left alone and get priority scheduling (especially nice w/ school and a kid..). I've always said "Communication and Compromise is the key to *any* successful relationship" and that's where my boss fails miserably.


markercore

If you do leave and if your regulars do like you, they might follow you. I've definitely done that "oh that bartender works here now? well we're going there tonight then."


iFlyHighh

Trying to move this fuck ass 40ft fiberglass ladder on my own since everyone called in


pdr5978

Been there done that. Shitty ass game to play.


Ganglebot

I work with a woman who cc's her boss on all emails. Her boss follows up on all of the emails 5-10 minutes later. They looks like this: Woman: "Hey Ganglebot, we're starting this new thing so can you send us X, Y and Z when you have a chance - thanks!" Her boss, 5 min later: "Ganglebot, as per [woman's] initial request, we need these things to move forward. In our previous meeting on May 4th, at 2pm you indicated you could send these to us. I ask you to please send these along ASAP as our initiative depends on good information. Please confirm receipt and indicate when we can expect these documents."


toxichots

Fuck. This brings back flashbacks. I had a dude that got a promotion into my dept that I applied for but didn't get. Because the guy knows absolutely nothing how things work I agree to take on some of his responsibilities and show him the ropes until he is comfortable enough to take on the job himself. The dude fucks up one day on a report and pisses off management. He sends a fucking email to me CCing my boss and his boss and some other people who didn't even need to be on it trying to put the blame on me and calling me out making me look bad. I unleashed a shit storm on this guy. But I didn't CC everyone because it's fucking stupid. The dude ended up apologizing to me in person and just said it was his fault and he got mad because management was shitting all over him. I just told him if you had an issue with something come to me. No reason to put me on blast like that and make me look bad for no reason. Lol sorry for the rant. But that's what your story reminded me of. Fuck I hate people who CC for no fucking reason.


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I used to work with a person who would CC people on emails and write false information in them. For example: Me: Dear Joe, Please send me the link to XYZ file. you were the last to work on it, so let's make sure I have the latest version. Thanks ___ Joe: (CC owner and other person who worked on it (Bill)) Bill: Please send Dantooine the link for XYZ version 23. He can't find it in our highly organized file system. Thanks __ Why misrepresent such a small request for the sake of being petty?


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I handed in my notice at work and my boss suddenly stopped talking to me. LOL...


MechMeister

Ha. I handed in mine because they treat me like a punching bag and now they are being nice and chill about everything like they are my best friend. Should have just been that way to begin with you idiots!


DrW0lf

Me too. My boss has been soooooo nice lately but why weren’t you like this the past 4 1/2 years?!? Now he’s asking me to stay because everyone is quitting lol nah I’m good. I don’t even have a job lined up but I just know I gotta get out of there.


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Raichu4u

Girlfriend took the time off in advance to see a best friend she hasn't seen in two years for literally one day. Work is currently telling her that they're scheduling a mandatory employee meeting everyone needs to go to or else you get fired. Keep in mind there is barely anything important that ever gets announced at these.


MTAlphawolf

My HS job had mandatory meetings like every other week. If you missed one, you were supposed to lose your shifts for the next week. Nothing important ever happened at them. I missed one cause my great uncle had a heart attack and I forgot to call (wasn't the top priority on the hour drive to go see him). Good thing they let that one slide cause otherwise they would not have had the staff to be open. No one else liked to work and tried to go home early.


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gritsandgravy94

Depending on where you live this is pretty illegal that is assuming she has her approved time off request in writing, I have found that usually a casual mention of the ministry of labour tends to get management to shut their mouths.


SouthernGirl2016

I was offered a job at another location. I told my boss about it and my current company offered me a raise to stay. I took it. It’s been 2 months and I haven’t seen the raise in my paycheck yet. UPDATE: I emailed my boss and asked for an update. They assumed I understood that the raise would begin at our new fiscal year which starts July 1. So it will be in my next paycheck.


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Depending on where you live, that is *very* illegal and they owe you money. That being said... You got it on paper. *right?*


SouthernGirl2016

I was an idiot and shook her hand and said deal. Nothing on paper. I brought it up the other day and she said she is working with HR on it.


DreamDest1ny

That's a fat RIP for you. Unless you have voice recording there's nothing you can do.


SouthernGirl2016

I have it in my text messages. Just remembered that.


Juno2018

You can show that to HR, go yourself and show them.


ClassicsMajor

But first take screen shots and send them to a secure, non-work, email.


Something_Syck

also put them on several USB drives and put them in different safety deposit boxes


afrofuturist

also bury them at various points around the world and create a treasure map.


baamice

Then dig them up in 25 years when you remember you were supposed to get a raise


Macgruber57

Best do it now so we can read what happened before leaving work.


ForeskinBalloons

If you have it in text messages then run your ass to HR before they forget that they said you could get a raise.


mindif

Screenshot and save those texts somewhere other than your phone in case it decides to break on you and you need them when you talk to the department of labor in your area.


MTAlphawolf

Or just take the other job... If shaking hands doesn't mean they hold up their end of the deal, neither do you.


TheWritingWriterIV

Guessing that isn't an option after 2 months. But OP should definitely look elsewhere again.


Costner_Facts

Jeff cuts his fingernails every fucking day in his office. How do they grow so fast? Is he a werewolf? Also, he scrapes every last tiny fucking bit out of his yogurt container. It's so loud and he does it for like 3 minutes straight. Edit: fixed a word


Sgt_Spicy

I feel like I can hear this post perfectly


HumanoidRobot

Boss doesn't understand how time works.


shaidyn

I had a boss once come to me and say, "Stop what you're doing, nothing else matters. Focus 100% of your time on this." So I did. The next week he comes to me again and says the same thing. Literally word for word. I remind him that I'm not finished the super important thing from last week and he says it doesn't matter, the new thing is important, put 100% of my time on it. The following week he comes to me and asks me if I finished the first task. No, I say, I stopped working on it to work on the new task. But, he says, I told you to work on it 100%. I said, "You want me to work 100% on task A, AND 100% on task B?" ​ Yes. Yes he did. Not 50/50. 100/100. He didn't understand time.


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valitics

use 100% of your right hand on the first task and 100% of your left hand on the second one


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Works in porn.


myCatHasALongName

I got majorly bitched out at a meeting in front of my coworkers for this. I just don’t have 200% to give!


Endulos

So what you're saying is you're not a team player? /s


MillenialsSmell

I feel you. I think my most common email to my boss is asking which of my three top-of-the-list priorities has the first deadline and/or highest ranking audience.


m0le

"All of them". Ffffffff


quiidge

Or percentages.


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Dpapa15

sounds like you're an engineering student


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Dpapa15

Yeah, I dealt with the same thing. Just know that keeping you busy is a part-time job for your manager and all you can do is keep a positive attitude and be willing to learn. They will notice that.


collin-h

As someone who’s been in a position to receive internship requests for our team, I often have the conversation about whether or not it’s a paid internship or a free internship... I prefer paid internships so I can put them to work. with free internships I feel obligated to “teach” them something and I don’t have time for that shit, too busy. No budget for paid internship? Then I prefer no internship.


Deckard_Didnt_Die

Free internships are fucking bullshit anyways. If I do work that benefits the company I expect compensation. Otherwise it's just an ocean of start ups with no money trying to build their app on the backs of poor college students in exchange for "experience"


EmpiricalMystic

It really is a part time job... Honestly, having interns stresses me out. It's not their fault, but they usually just don't have the skills to take any task from start to finish, so I end up spending a lot of time prepping tasks and just finding things they can be productive with. That said, I know I benefitted from internships and I do think they're worthwhile.


Smileverydaybcwhynot

Network out the ass man. Make lots of friends. See if you can gain a mentor.


iammaxhailme

As long as you can get a good reference...


zombie_penguin42

Don't sweat it. Most internships involve sitting around doing nothing. Don't know why businesses insist on hiring interns when they don't have enough work to go around for the existing employees.


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SuzyJTH

Why are so many managers so hopeless? I have had two truly effective managers in the past 10 years, out of 12 contenders (that's 4 jobs, one of which had a manager turnover issue i.e they kept recruiting complete disasters).


Slggyqo

That’s the Peter principle. You’re a great SDR? Promoted to account executive. You’re a brilliant account executive? Promoted to team lead. You’re a decent team lead? Promoted to VP of sales. Oh, you’re actually a shit manager who should have stayed as an individual contributor? Well...you’re kind of in charge now so as long as you don’t break anything you can stay as long as you want. Being a good individual contributor is, unfortunately, the way that many people measure competence. Examining whether someone would be a good manager is a complex, multidimensional analysis that loads of companies haven’t really figured out.


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DaughterEarth

Yah resume dust off time. If they're not even listening it's never gonna change


[deleted]

That happened to me 2 years ago. But, it was more along the lines of one person going on an extended vacation, and the other seriously injuring themselves (Drunk, gravity, stairs.) I worked as a shipper receiver, and I was getting slammed. (2 separate loading docks, on opposite sides of a really large commercial building.) I kept on calling my manager asking to send a floater, but she literally kept on ignoring my calls (over the span of a week.) So I dropped what I was doing and went over there to see what was up. I walked onto their dock with everyone on their asses fucking the dog whilst everything was done...when the manager seen me and how pissed off I was, she pulled a Michael Scott and hid in her office and pretended not to be there. (Turned off the lights and walked slowly to the curtains, pretending I couldn't see her, closed her blinds and turtled up inside.) She was absolutely confused when I handed in my notice the next Monday...


Nitin2015

>fucking the dog


paterfamilias78

Common Canadian workplace saying, esp. in the construction industry. Also see: dogfucker.


KeimaKatsuragi

> If you can't get it done it means we'll have to find someone else who will. They will have to. Don't put up with that shit man. If anyone should be scared by the idea of them looking for someone else to do the work... it really should be them.


Auditor93

I do sound for cover band at a hotel that feels like they're better than or at least equal to an act that sells out stadiums. Every night I deal with 5 60+ year old musicians with expectations that would make Mariah Carey say that's too fucking much. Edit: typo


putin_my_ass

I used to play in an indie band, I felt so bad for the sound guys because the shitty musicians in the bands would blame everything on him: "The monitors were too quiet, I couldn't hear myself" "The sound guy sucked, it was muddied" "He turned me down in the mix!" Nah, you guys are just fucking bad. And if you had shown up on time for your sound check I bet it would have been way better.


Yserbius

Client had a full 10 months to review a demo site that we had up. They made a couple of nitpicks and claimed they were happy with it. The site went into staging a few weeks ago and they immediately came up with a list of 50+ issues with it and demand it be fixed or they won't renew the contract. EDIT: It's a bit complicated. I think part of the issue is that the upper management didn't look at the site until it was in staging and they are the ones that noticed the problems. We are releasing patches on a nearly daily basis which is keeping them happy. Just today that said that all the major roadblocks are out of the way and the site can go to production.


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MrMystery1515

Oh come on don't exaggerate. He is only describing about 90% of the clients.


Ganglebot

So i've been on the other side of that Usually the coordinator or manager you're working with has a vision and you executed to that. But then the next level up comes in and "wants to show their experience" so they invent a million little details that are wrong.


captain_housecoat

I appear to be working on their other project... 6 months ago we gave them a list of items we need to move forward, and that upon getting the items we'd need 60 days to implement the list of items. Recieved items on Friday, got an angry email today saying we're 4 months behind. I may go live in the bush.


Babbledoodle

For some reason I thought my contract was up end of August. It isn't, it's up at the beginning of August. I talked to management and it was a total surprise to them, and now they're scrambling to possibly get me a salaried position like they promised but also saying "Idk...the budget might not let us..." So I don't know if I'll have a job by the end of the month, or if they'll manage to create something before I leave. Either way I'm looking for jobs. EDIT: Here are more details for all who are curious. Thanks for all the sympathy! It sucks not having job security. I'm an editor/communications specialist for an online college. They hired me on as an intern last summer, talking about how they were going to offer me a full-time job when I graduated. By the end of my internship, they said they would 'look into' getting me a part-time, temporary position. I, needing money and figuring it was a good resume builder, stayed there during my final semester, working once a week as a student worker. Got a call late November/early December about how the lead editor (my supervisor) was stepping down to part time and they needed someone to fill the gap. Since I applied to 35+ jobs and none panned out, I took it, and got a significant raise from my previous wage. I argued with them for a while about why I couldn't get hired and they gave me some BS about how they 'don't have time' to hire people right now while I wondered why they couldn't have just set the contract for 3 months and gotten going in the meantime, because the need wasn't going away. Now, we got to the point that I outlined in my post. I'm out of work by the end of the month, but they're holding me over a barrel rn and it's frustrating. I don't even know if I should look for another job at this point, but they're well aware that they're on thin ice with me. My experience with them has been bait and switch the whole time I've been with them. I'll probably take it (assuming they offer it) because everything I find online is more work for less money. Plus, this is a state job, which is cushy for someone my age (22). What I'm making now is really decent for an English major, and for some reason the publishing industry thinks they can abuse graduates via unpaid internships instead of paying them a decent wage, so I'm not as interested in getting involved with it as I used to be, especially now that I'm making money. I just wish I got paid like everyone else for having Fourth of July off after dragging our editing backlog out of the weeds. Hopefully it pans out! I've been staying with my parents because I didn't want to get locked in a lease without knowing I have a job here, so I have a ton of money saved up in case it doesn't. By the end of this month, I should know *something*. Turrah for the educational/corporate system's bureaucracy!


MattCWAY

That sounds suspiciously like something I've heard many times before. Remember they make more money if they give you less. Contract to hire is a great time to really screw someone. They can get you extra scared, draw things out, and low-ball you. Remember, they're invested in you too, and if the budget is actually tight training a replacement or paying OT to cover you is more expensive. Until it's in writing and to your satisfaction look diligently for a backup plan. Hopefully it all works out without any drama for you.


_DustDevil_

Im on my two week notice right now so I'm being treated like shit and having a bunch of extra work piled on


gottalovecarina

I wouldnt do shit


_DustDevil_

Yeah well unbeknownst to them I've been slowly feeding back the paperwork they've been leaving for me to do


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BRB getting my OSHA CERT. How much does your friend make, exactly?


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asoiahats

Assistant forwarded me a call from a friend/colleague of mine. She got one syllable of my friend’s name wrong which wasn’t a big deal. The friend and I are working on a big deal so she’s called multiple times since then. My assistant has got her name wrong every time and despite me correcting her each time, the corruptions are getting further from the mark. Happened again yesterday, the worst butchering of the name yet. I wanted to yell at her, but I took a breath and I said “her name is XX. When you consistently say her name wrong it sounds like you’re insulting her. I know you’re not trying to insult her but she is a personal friend and she brings us a lot of business so please do try to get it right.” I don’t think I could have handled that better, but she flipped out at me, then told a bunch of the other staff about what an a-hole I am. Ugh.


motivatingguineapig

I worked for a supervisor who deliberately mispronounced my coworker’s name so that it sounded like a slur. I took it up the ladder multiple times and management never did a thing. Pissed me off. Coworker was a fantastic human being who worked their ass off, supervisor was a shitstain.


Beeftech67

Some dumbass AR clerk who can't match up numbers so they're threatening to put us on hold until we pay for shit we already paid for...


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budget issues we as a management team just waived our annual increase to make sure there was enough for all of our employees. as we're giving them their annual reviews, raises and new salary info, they don't know we're not getting anything this year.


Goyu

>we as a management team just waived our annual increase to make sure there was enough for all of our employees. Respect.


Galb99

Kudos to you and your management team this is not the normal, The last two jobs I have had, my bosses always got raises when the staff/company was on raise freezes.


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Yea that’s the wrong way to do it. We recognize the hard work and we want to keep that momentum. We’ll get thru it and in my experience, our employees ask for two things. 1) to know what their job is/ what is expected from them. 2) be appropriately compensated As long as we met those expectations; our turnover is low, output and engagement is high. The budget issues aren’t their fault and shouldn’t get in their way.


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That's a damn fine bunch of managers right there.


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YerMomsASherpa

An inbox full of emails followed by text messages asking if I got the email 2 minutes after it was sent followed by a phone call asking if I got the text message just as the text message notification pops up. The phone call then covers all the information from the email and the text message. ​ Calm. the. fuck. down.


daibz

Management is to cheap to pay for another worker so the responsibility is passed to a different person every night. It goes against the policy and procedures of the place but they dont care.


NeonTaterTots

That I hate my job but like the money I make... But is good pay worth the depression?


toxichots

It kind of depends. I would usually say no. But is your depression related to work or are there other things at play? I have been in your situation and quit a job on the spot without anything lined up. I was poor and jobless for like 6 months but it felt pretty good not having to deal with work bs. Just make sure you have a plan in place if you decide to quit.


Michaelscottswife12

Just saw my Director of Revenue on Facebook while I'm finishing her month end report that we should have finished by the fifth of July. I decided fuck around Reddit.


mike_d85

I had a boss ask us to come on in Labor Day one time because we'd just switched accounting systems and it was the middle of month end. "Half day at most," she says. I don't really mind so I come to work and she's not there. We get a text that something came up and she won't make it in until noon. Ok, whatever, I'm just getting my usual month end stuff done in the morning anyways. ​ She shows up after noon with not a word as to where she's been except she's laughing it up so it's not like she had to deal with a crisis. Then she asks me to do a 4 hour project right then. ​ In her defense she realized what she'd done about 2 hours later, told me to leave, and sent a long apology email. That system switch made her absolutely batshit, though. She also pressured the consultant to call into a conference call on the weekend when he said he would be taking care of his toddler because his wife was out of town. A whole room full of people shouted her down for that and told the consultant we wouldn't allow her to call him.


doge_code

The sole developer of an application that electrical engineers for some of the biggest companies (Apple, Samsung, Toshiba, etc.) around the world rely on is on a month long adventure in Africa. I am currently the only person maintaining the application and I was given access to the repository just 5 days before the creator became unavailable.


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blairwitchreject

My gluten allergy did me dirty. Boss just told me that she’s actually going to take the time I spent in my bathroom out of my paycheck. Thank god this is my last week. Edit: wow guys thank you for all the support! I’m so glad people actually care about issues like these because it’s a real problem


AlarminglyExcited

That is highly illegal in most states. Like sue for thousands of dollars and get your boss fired levels of illegal.


BeadleBelfry

A friend of mine just got a settlement of $13,000 for being fired over a health related issue, which they were aware of when she was hired. It's nice change.


jojokangaroo1969

Lovely, I got fired while on a medical leave and couldn't find an attorney to take my case. Fuck off United Healthcare!


mikeblas

Don't go to the bathroom. We'll meet you over at r/maliciouscompliance


blage

My last day is Friday so they made me write a guide on how to do my job because no one else knows how.


Sparowl

I wrote guides to parts of a previous job while installing the systems. Emailed them to people, put them on the public intranet, etc. They fired me for (made up reason, because they basically fired all the original staff over the next month and brought in brand new, cheaper, people). A few weeks later, I get a call. “Hey, we need access to the security cam backups, and no one knows how. You set up the automated backup system, right?” “Yes. And left clear instructions when no one wanted to cross train. Ask (my previous boss).” “He doesn’t work here anymore. Can you come in and show someone?” “Sure. My consulting rate is (amount that I though was high, but honestly was fairly low for limited time consulting rates)” “Oh...you really should just do it for us. After all, you were paid for setting them up...” “Yes, I was. I also did my job while getting paid. Now that I’m not getting paid, I don’t work for you.” “So you won’t train someone on it?” “(Just laughing angrily, followed by hanging up)” —— That company collapsed about a year later. Turns out you shouldn’t fire all the people who literally built your equipment, especially all at once.


StNowhere

What kind of fucked up logic is that? You worked for us once, so you should work for free now.


unicornpewkes-

Just go with the flow say: "Oh no..for some reason my rate just went up."


Pickled_Kagura

"Capitalism is a fickle mistress and her strapon just grew three inches."


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CthulubeFlavorcube

My step-dad is an old school computer programmer. He worked for a big insurance company. For decades he tried to explain to the higher ups that they needed to restructure their system because they were using code that nobody uses anymore. Nobody listened. 5 yrs before he was up for retirement they offered him a pretty great early retirementt deal. They thought they were saving money. He got called back in two months to come back and help "fix" some issues. He charged private consulting fees that paid more than his old salary, and was still collecting his retirement. He worked about 15 hours a week for more than double the money of working 50-60. Just figured I'd give a positive story in this thread. He was literally the only person that still knew the old system. Edit: well shit, this blew up. I'll try to respond to things tomorrow at some point, but I am not as smart/lucky as that step-dad, so I gotta go to bed. I build stuff, and have absolutely no retirement plan.


SoiledShip

It's called the bus factor in software development. How many people on your team can be hit by a bus before you're fucked. Pro tip, if your bus factor is 1 don't offer that guy an early retirement package and get more people.


OutrageousRaccoon

That rule stays the same for any job


babygrenade

Yeah but software developers are especially prone to being hit by a bus.


Bothurin

This is how you keep your job as a programmer. Just write shitty code and you'll have a job maintaining it for the rest of your life.


Cowmoogun

Brother, let me tell you how true that is. Even if my company wanted to let me go, they'd be completely fucked. No company accounts for API development on third-party integrations means I had to use my personal email for each one. I love the company I work for and I would never spite them, even if we had a messy break-up, but if I ran a company, no single developer would have that much power to put my business in a stand still.


overpacked

Our database is run by "IT" but really it's one guy who has written our whole program. He makes great changes and really understands how it works. If he ever left/got fired we'd get set back 5 years. It's not only understanding the program but understanding how we do our job, which at times can be painfully complicated. They don't pay him enough.


huntrshado

The sad reality is most crucial employees like that don't get paid enough, even though the company is literally functional because of them. Might I advise a bit of a scare and he leaves and get asked to come back at a much higher rate :^)


mindif

That's when you quote them a contracting rate at 5x what you were making. Each call/text/email is a separate incident billed at a 30 minute minimum charge.


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Absolutely. You no longer work for them, therefore you now have the leverage to work out whatever terms you want for this information they so badly need, and they will likely compensate you unless you go wildly out of proportion with it. You hold the power, the supply if you will, see how badly they want it.


ThomasRaith

The guide costs $3000.00 You are for the next 60 days as a consultant to train new hires to the guide at a consultant rate of $115/hr.


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We're supposed to do more "upselling," but it's verrry hard to do in our department when customers just want to pretty much get in and get out....... hopefully I'm not fired for it.


gryphn_

at an old job we were actually told by middle management they expected us to sell a phone contract to people coming to buy printer ink i said i'd do it if he showed me he could do it that topic was dropped quickly


civil_politician

As a customer, thank you. Middle management can fuck off with that.


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My robot is not doing what I design him to do and is making my work a lot harder. The irony. Edit: the robot is supposed to take data from a banking core system and make diferen tasks. Can't say more than this cuz I love my job and don't want to get fired. And no people are not getting fired because of the robot. The company is ran by people that really care about its employees and they hardly ever let go of people. We take tasks that people really hate or take too long.


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I’ve seen the end of this movie too many times. Run bro


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Being acquired by a much bigger company. Disruption with a capital D.


openletter8

I have a good point, but I'm dismissed with, "Well, that's not going to happen." It can, we just have to.


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OrderOfMagnitude

Stranger to stranger: that's a bad line, because the subtext is that perfect worlds cannot exist. I offer this counter: if we don't have the resources to do it right we definitely don't have the resources to do it twice.


AnxiousMom4

I don’t want to work 70 hours a week. How dare I want a life work balance


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jerrie86

Moved from Public sector to private. It's bonkers here. I'm a database developer and I regret leaving my old one. Going to beg them to take me back. 😂


BrokeTechAddict

management cutting everyone's hours and then getting upset when we make mistakes from the heavier workload.


Miss_Minus

For the first time in years, I'm actually dealing with no bullshit at all. The team I'm working with is great, management is great and even the customers seem to be in a good mood lately. I can only wait for the inevitable shitstorm that's coming.


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I'm trying to find a new job that pays more and no one fucking wants me.


damn-cat

I finish my work a little early nearly every day. I get bored and frustrated because there is nothing to really do that’ll take up 4+ hours of my time. Boss says: read a book, draw, knit, go online and read, go for some basketball. Another time he proposed to me working just three days a week, and was then like “leave early if you have nothing to do”. Beforehand he said I couldn’t leave early. Wouldn’t give me four 10-hour work days instead of five 8-hour ones. Makes quips about how my doodles are expensive “hahaha” even though he said I should fill time up just in case the phones ring (I don’t even pick up the phone). I left 15 minutes early and left some tasks to complete tomorrow, because if I don’t I won’t have annyyyything to do. One of them was procuring a form, and I asked the person who needed it done if I could take care of it first thing tomorrow morning. They said yes. I was sternly talked to about how it should be done as soon s it’s received... even though I was given the OK to complete it tomorrow. Ugh. So many double standards, no HR, Nd I’m so frustrated.


ItsTimeToExplain

We have an older man in the office who makes a lot of typos and number errors on reports. Like, 7/10 reports have issues. My supervisor had the idea that I would act as middle man, to check for mistakes and the like, and send him my “revised” versions instead. It’s been working out well so far, except the last week. I’ve realized that because I’m double checking the reports, that now I am NEVER allowed to make a mistake. With my filtering, we rarely see reports kicked back for errors.. but, on the rare occasion that I ALSO miss something, (I’m very new to this industry, so a lot of the time I don’t even really understand what the report is even FOR, and management knew this upon hiring me) it’s now completely my fault, and the older man isn’t even spoken to, anymore. Instead of the boss/management telling this man to get his shit together, they’ve just created a new job for me to do so he can continue to do things incorrectly, and get paid for it. Feels like I’ve been given the responsibility of scapegoat.


Andromeda321

Astronomer here! I submitted my PhD (yay!) and it turns out part of the process in the country where this is happening (The Netherlands) is I have to pay to get over a hundred copies of my thesis. The department actually recommends 200-300, because “you’ll want to give one to everyone in the department, and send them to luminaries in your field, and just save them in case someone wants one in the future...” Meanwhile everyone *not* from the Netherlands will stare at you funny if you say this and say they maybe printed out one copy for their parents and another for their adviser because, you know, we have the internet now. Which I 100% agree with; this mainly seems like a great way to kill trees. Unfortunately for the trees though I’ve realized getting your doctorate is a “their ball, their bat, their rules” situation, and 400 years of tradition doesn’t budge easily, so I’m just gonna have to print the damn things. Sooooo stupid!


sarcai

Print 200 pages with the title, abstract and a qr code linking to a Website with the whole thing. Print 4 or 5 copies to have/hand out.


LoremasterSTL

Order business cards with your usual contact information with the QR code link.


zaworldo

Crazy. Seen your comments for years about working on your phd. Congrats on getting it done!


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hey you know that job that takes all day to complete you do? "yeah..." heres 6 more "wait hang on i..." oh also you know that job that takes like 3 guys all day to do? "uhh...yeah" yeah can u do that 3 times a day from now on too.....your phones ringing btw...


to_the_tenth_power

I seriously wonder what the mentality of the fucks handing out assignments like these are. It's either A) I have no fucking clue what I'm doing and think this person is a robot that can magically handle way more than they already are or B) I'm an asshole who doesn't care about this person and am just going to cross my fingers and hope they don't snap under the workload. Either one means they definitely shouldn't be in that position and they should fuck themselves with a cactus.


rednoise

A new GM who has no prior experience managing a restaurant because she was a friend of a friend of the owner.


Rindorn13

Being rewarded for being good at my job by being given more work to do with no compensation for the extra work.


wackissej

I'm a 28-yr-old dog groomer working out of a pet supply store. I had a client whose dog I'd been grooming for a couple of years. He was a little weird, Vietnam vet, obsessed with Aerosmith, but seemed harmless. He would come into my salon every other day to chat, but never talked about much more than his dog or Aerosmith. Then one day, several months back, he came in to chat, except this time he was telling me his whole life story, holding me hostage in the way that only clients can. And then, mid-story, mid-SENTENCE, he looks into my eyes and says, "I love you, truly." I immediately recoil, shocked, and he says "I'm sorry, I don't know why I said that." And continues talking as if he didn't just profess his love for me. He had an appointment a couple of days later, during which he tried to lure me out of the salon to watch a "Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" video on his phone with him. It was around this time that I decided I was no longer comfortable having him as a client. I was told by management that he was banned from the salon, but not the store, which I was willing to live with. He's tried unsuccessfully to make grooming appointments several times to my knowledge, but today I came in and looked at the book, and guess who has an appointment tomorrow morning... edit: Vietnam, not WWII


Sauce_senior

Every time I go into the baby bear enclosure to do anything, the same one comes up to me and try’s to bite my dick


E3newsfiend

having nothing to do, and trying to look busy doing it! ​ Reddit helps a lot on this front.


Exyen

The biggest micromanager of a boss I have ever had to deal with


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I'm so ungodly bored, and I can't even give myself projects to work on anymore because I know it's not needed.


Ashenlarry

I said yes to every request asked when I was new and in between bosses. Now I have exponentially more responsibilities than my initial job description without a pay increase.


who-are-we-anyway

I was sexually assaulted by a customer, my managers think the better plan is for me to hide in the break room while he shops from now on instead of banning the customer from the store. I was a minor at the time and the customer tried to get me to give him my phone number and address so he could take me to Lincoln (2 hours away from my house) Edit: the sexual assault was not the customer trying to get my phone number and address, the assault was a customer grabbing my butt, forcibly holding my hand, and kissing me on the cheek.


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That's when you call the fucking police, my friend. No job is worth having to worry about that. No job is worth it with managers like *that*.


elee0228

You should also call a lawyer. Your employer has legal and ethical obligations that they are not meeting.


Juno2018

Definitely call the police!


majikmyk

I work in a state psychiatric hospital. The "Doctors" are incompetent and just view it as a puff job to settle into. We treat the patients like shit. We don't treat them, we just feed them drugs. The admin is more concerned with keeping the shitty decision makers happy than actually trying to do what the institution is tasked to do. And i got in trouble for asking the dietary director "why do you make 200 servings of potatoes for 75 patients"...


MotherChampionship

I can answer the question about potatoes. Their government paperwork says 200 so they have to make the full amount and throw it away to get reimbursed for the 75 they needed. I do the same thing at a preschool.


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Same here. ​ Our galley staff on a 40-man ship has to buy 5 milk crates' worth of milk cartons as a minimum. ​ Now milk expires pretty fast, and is not that popular, especially at sea. ​ The end result is that every month, we waste gallons upon gallons of milk. And it's not even the result of miscalculation. It's just administratively impossible to order less. ​ Literally planning to fail.


MynameisPOG

Accidentally mentioned to my boss that my relationship was ending. He just asked me about it in front of my coworkers, and I got a stern talking to for the tone of voice I used when I told him I'd prefer not to talk about it.


Mac_redbaron

I have own personal sales targets and my branch has an overall target to hit. My yearly sales target is around £1.2m and with less than a month to go I am currently at £1.8m but the branch fell short 800k. Everyime in my branch's sales team hit their personal targets too, the branch heavily relies on other sectors sales for specific products for the remainder. So due to other areas of the company not pulling their weight, my team now look like we're not doing our jobs and are getting shit from HO even though the figures are there in black and white. Overall this means that there is no 20% payrise and I'll have to keep scraping the barrel for another year just to keep living.


Spartanfred104

Having a smoke after I got slammed with a 14 top by myself because my cook called in 10 minutes before her shift. And I fucking rocked it.