So, like, I fired my job
Yep.
I have become - to the best of my knowledge - the seventh person in the last eight years to resign from a continuing or continuing-track position entirely because of the behaviour of the immediate supervisor of our department. Given that we only have five or six staff that is a shocking record.
Senior management are well aware and have recently done a minor reorganisation which is IMHO a useless placebo gesture, somewhere between rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic and transferring the pedophile to a bigger parish.
So, I bloody quit.
Dammit.
Apart from the #$%^ of a manager, there was a lot to like about this job. But it just wasn't worth the continual head-#$@% involved in remaining.
I have no mortgage, no dependants, plenty of savings, and good relations with two previous employers in this city; and I live in a country with (official) unemployment just over 5%. I'll live.
Now if I had my car back from the smegging mechanic I could shoot through for a few weeks of beach bummery. :mad: Alas, not yet.
Good luck with that. Nice time of the year, Fall. Enjoy it.
Damn! Sorry, I totally understand. Well the "not worth it" part anyway.
Sorry it went that way, make the best of it.
It is Monday, my stomach hurts, and you are my hero. Sorry it was so crappy though.
Did that 6 months ago. Told my immediate superior to shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
From his own mouth, he's not a manager and in my own opinion a very poor computer programmer. He developped a new feature for the application, told me it worked but could use some tuning to perform faster then goes on vacation. He came back and began to rant because it wasn't working. It didn't because most of the calculations were wrong from the start and I had to rewrite nearly all of it. That was the proverbial straw.
The company was managing real estate applications for two of the biggest French networks. Due to stupid management, they lost one last month. And they may lost the other by the end of the year.
I did that a few times in my life.
I was in a great job with great people but the management
was a certifiable psycho nut. It became intolerable and
she was involving us in illegal stuff (she made short work
of HIPPA laws and used medical to get dirt on her
employees) I asked for a sign if I should leave and i got it.
I was sad to leave my cow workers but she made me sick
to my stomach- the was Infinite feels. It was taking years
Off my life.
So congratulations, Zen!! Probably will change your life
for the better.
I have quit jobs before too. Just up and quit. I always got another right away, and the last time I did it (leaving my crap 'testing rf filters with electric that could kill you, walked out after a certain incident) I worked the next day at the country club and eventually started in higher ed.
Can't do it now though. And I'm not currently looking elsewhere because I dont' want to take a pay cut. And I suck with money and the expenses never end and I have no savings.
But anything could happen, any day, at any time. I do revel in the company of my cow orkers, who are wonderful.
I, too, suck with money, the expenses never *do* end and I've
no savings, either.
We should just pack it up and go on tour. :)
I'm going to walk the desert for a few years. Maybe we could pool our money and buy a camel and some water.
I'm going to walk the desert for a few years. Maybe we could pool our money and buy a camel and some water.
Should we be renting our garments and gnashing our teeth? Or putting coal on our faces? Maybe that's racist...
the coal thing....anyway, I'm in.
Are there even domestic camels, or will we have to buy foreign?
More importantly - will they be Muslim camels? That could
backfire on our depending on the kindness of strangers...
Strangers in the night
Exchanging camels...
I woke up this morning, but I didn't wake
'Til the afternoon, because I slept in late
With a great mental state and a date with destiny
I'll roll down the block without a copper even stressin' me
Let alone arrestin' me or giving me a ticket
It's coming into summer, and the weather's fucking wicked
So I figured I'd be hitting the beach
Look at skinny-dipper's titties and get something to eat
After half a pound of chips and a flounder burger
I was sitting on my arse like a council worker
Reminising about being pissed off about
My house burning down to the ground, and being out on my arse
Before my change of fortune
Now I score tunes, don't get up before noon
So your mama's on the head of my knob
And it's better than heading to my dead-end job
Because the boss was a cockhead when I was a clerk
So I clocked him - and now I don't work
It's beautiful day, and I can use a cliche, cause
"I am the greatest!" ...like Cassius Clay
More importantly - will they be Muslim camels? That could
backfire on our depending on the kindness of strangers...
Ahh. Well, you see, here's the thing. You know how if you live a righteous life you die and get the 72 virgins? Well, in your case when you die you're gonna get 72 Muslim camels.
Umm yeah, sorry. I forgot to mention that bit
The stress of a bad fit at work and the stress of quitting a job are similar and substantial, but quitting is the only one with an endpoint. You've chosen to be healthy and happy and that's wonderful. I am very, very happy for you, so glad to see you taking care of yourself. You're the chief person for that responsibility, good to see your success.
Congratulations!
Ahh. Well, you see, here's the thing. You know how if you live a righteous life you die and get the 72 virgins? Well, in your case when you die you're gonna get 72 Muslim camels.
Umm yeah, sorry. I forgot to mention that bit
Yes, but will they be *virgin* camels? :D
I think it's time to splurge on a sabbatical to the states! Do a massive roadtrip and visit all of us.
ZenG - I like the way you do things. You're a man of action, and you never really complained.
You get my vote.
Are there even domestic camels, or will we have to buy foreign?
U.S. Cavalry tried it, didn't work out. Horses were frightened of them, camels tend to be more willful, couldn't follow the rules of military discipline. Looks like the last sighting of the camels that went feral was in the 1940s. So either they died out, or they learned to hide better. Maybe you can get some in a closeout sale from a circus or zoo?
Thanks for all your kind words.
FFF, I was singing that song yesterday :lol:.
We have plenty of spare camels here, damn things have gone feral.
The idea of leaping off for a year or so of world travel is mighty tempting. No sudden decisions yet.
JUMP! c'mon over before you change your mind.
Thanks for all your kind words.
FFF, I was singing that song yesterday :lol:.
We have plenty of spare camels here, damn things have gone feral.
The idea of leaping off for a year or so of world travel is mighty tempting. No sudden decisions yet.
Swing by Bali, grab Casi and you two could come the the US and teach Australian as a second language.
Crikey, mate, I reckon that bloke'd be a dead-set drongo to do 'is block and chuck a wobbly over losin' some slack sheila that's six axe-handles across the arse and bangs like a dunny door in a cyclone. He orta cruise down the footy club and get outside some amber fluid, so as he's fully rat-arsed, then go for a bit of a hoon in the commodore, chuck a few donuts, do some burnouts, that'll sort 'im out, no wuckas, eh? She'll be right, whaddayareckon, eh?
I'm not sure you're ready for this, eh? :D
Translation.
Damn, Dude, that guy's nuts to get all bent out of shape over losing some skanky, fat-ass bitch who's banging everyone like a screen door. He oughta go down to the VFW and get hammered, kcick some ass, do some donuts in the parking lot, lay a few burnouts. That'll get her off his mind.
:lol: All correct except "kick some ass" ...
All correct except "kick some ass" ...
In today's high tech world, mules have become hard to find (except in airports).
hoon = knucklehead, red neck, townie, white trash, ?
Hoon: verb; to drive like an arsehole.
Hoon: noun; one who hoons, see "hoon driving", "hoon capital".
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Commodore: noun; Aussie-made V8 sedan, formerly known in the US as a Pontiac G8, possibly soon to return as some kind of Chevrolet.
ah. no wonder I get strange stares when I tell kids to stop hooning around. Still, it works.
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