Month: September 2022

This morning was a shit-show, and so Monday is going to be all fucked up too. I made promises to customers based on what I was told, but that clearly aren’t going to happen. Customers want to meet with me with THEIR boss so they can chew ass and take names. I’m pretty good at dealing with this stuff, so that doesn’t worry me. I started to write several emails to the bosses expressing my frustration but realized there was nothing they could do about it either – so deleted them. Realized that it’s Friday afternoon and ultimately this is not my problem. I’m taking off and will deal with it on Monday. This is the first job I have had in a long time where I really don’t think about it much when I’m not working. Yes, Monday’s going to suck, but it will end and then it will…

/rant, I’m on mobile so sorry for any formatting issues. Everyone in my department (200+ people) got a pay cut a few months ago, despite constant emails touting record profits. Big surprise, a ton of people are now moving on, myself included. I’ve gotten a good feel for how job applications, interviews, and recruiters work these days, and it’s so weird. I was contacted by a recruiter for two positions. I spoke to her about them, and I’m qualified to do both. One pays $15k more than I’m currently making, the other pays the same as I’m currently making. After an hour conversation, she ends the phone call by saying “you’re 6 months shy of the minimum time to be qualified for the better job, so we can’t consider you for that one.” I immediately tell her that I won’t be changing jobs for no pay increase, obviously, so we…

Thought it was weird as hell. Has anyone else experienced this?

Besides the “burning bridges” aspect, let me know if there's something I'm missing here.

So, I had Covid September 7-15 ish, then had a family thing (that I put off for in advance). But. Management won't let me come back without a Dr's note. Which I do not have. I'd like to keep this job for at least another year before moving on, and they're talking job abandonment (convention over Labor Day weekend, covid, then I could go back but wasn't scheduled, then family thing. I haven't worked at all this month) So, anyone want to forge me a Dr note?