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12-15-2004, 06:37 PM #1Registered User
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So What do I do?
I've been laid off "your position has been eliminated due to a company wide restructuring up to the executive level"
I'm employed until January 7th to transition my work. I'm already on vacation for all but 4 work days until now and then. Is their any point in showing up sober (assuming I don't reek of booze). My coworkers like and respect me - my boss, who isn't respected in the industry, didn't. 'em?
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12-15-2004, 06:38 PM #2
Don't burn bridges.
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12-15-2004, 06:40 PM #3
But feel free to spray graffiti on them.
Waste your time, read my crap, at:
One Gear, Two Planks
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12-15-2004, 06:44 PM #4
or disguise the entry roads to said bridges.
Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of resume's in the bin without reading them.
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12-15-2004, 06:45 PM #5Registered User
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Originally Posted by phUnk
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12-15-2004, 07:02 PM #6
Err, spend 4 days writing resumes and cover letters, have your co-workers proof read them, over shots of tequilas at lunch.. what else.
then live on funemployment ski a lot get around to looking for a job about mid spring..
dude screw your boss, just ignore him. You really do not want to piss off your current employers, no matter how much they suck.
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12-15-2004, 07:04 PM #7Registered User
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Originally Posted by dubu
I was hoping this could turn into interesting tales of things done before people left.
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12-15-2004, 07:11 PM #8
top shelf the toilet!
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12-15-2004, 10:21 PM #9Originally Posted by homerjay
How 'bout dry ice bombs in the toilets ?
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12-15-2004, 10:32 PM #10
We've had lots of "rightsizing" (read ) in our company. Found out one dude (he was an amazing hacker when he wasn't fixing our network) skimmed .0001 off every dollar going into the bank. Em...they didn't catch it til he was way into the millions. He mebbe never would have gotten caught but he sent them a "fuck you" post card from Europe!
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12-15-2004, 10:34 PM #11Originally Posted by Rdy2skiAvoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of resume's in the bin without reading them.
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12-15-2004, 11:48 PM #12
I will have gotten two full seasons out of unemployment. Seldom work under the table and ski six days a week.
You should ski
It’s so quiet, it’s so cool, it’s so cold
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12-16-2004, 01:04 AM #13Originally Posted by Ski Beaver"It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds."
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12-16-2004, 01:07 AM #14glocal
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Be the coolest dude in the building. They never know how to take it.
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12-16-2004, 01:18 AM #15Originally Posted by TheDingleberry
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12-16-2004, 01:48 AM #16Originally Posted by TheDingleberry
No seriously though, about the bridge torching. Even if your boss doesn't like you, there's no reason to give him material justification for it. Hell maybe he'll forget he hated you just in time to serve as a reference for something.
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12-16-2004, 02:34 AM #17Originally Posted by splat
People always tried to play their games with me. I just kept going along in my merry way: treat everyone with respect and take everything in stride. It used to blow some people's minds. They couldn't complain either, because my rep was golden. It's just a fucking job. But some people are too busy trying to crawl all over each other. Eventually those people get found out.Last edited by Arty50; 12-16-2004 at 02:38 AM.
"I knew in an instant that the three dollars I had spent on wine would not go to waste."
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12-16-2004, 02:46 PM #18
Carl, Keoni and I are meeting for a beer-drinking session this Friday night. I think that a good start would be for you to join us in said endeavours.
Daniel Ortega eats here.
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12-16-2004, 03:02 PM #19
in my experience the bridge burning can be done with reckless abandon.
Some HR peeps have told me that it is OK to ask the former employer if they would hire said applicant again. This seems to be the only question they can answer outside of whether or not you actually worked there."The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" --Margaret Thatcher
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12-16-2004, 03:15 PM #20Funky But Chic
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All my wife's company will do is confirm dates of employment, that's pretty common.
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12-16-2004, 03:39 PM #21
Industry standard, lwhat I give and am given by others, dates of employment, pay rate and are they eligible for rehire.
so just dont do anything too crazy & you will be fine
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