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No, they're not. That's why I didn't say "ask them if it's a problem, in the interview". It just means that should they offer you a job, and then moan that you're not doing enough out-of-hours work, you've got some semblance of a comeback.
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This basically tells me that, although you perform adequately enough, nobody really wants you around when the shit hits the fan.
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That's when you contact your old boss and inform him that your replacement is doing this. You then say you'd be willing to continue doing this for $X/hour. Either you end up getting paid for it, or the idiot who replaced you gets shitcanned.
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re: I pretty much still work there, but am not getting paid.
Umm. It's called call display. Don't pick it up if the d-bag calls.
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I hate to perpetuate memes, but THIS.
I had a ex-collegue that did the same thing. After about 3 phone calls I half-jokingly asked him what the project number was and who the PM was, so I could bill the company for my time. The phone calls stopped after that.
You can deal directly with your replacement and let him know it's no longer appropriate, or, if you're really pissed, go back to his boss. But don't let him walk all over you anymore.
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My current boss was like that when I started working here (more the stopping by the office than the texting, but there were a number of after-hours calls). I told him that I work faster when I'm left alone for long periods of time, and said "no seriously, leave me alone". He did.
See how complicated that is? I don't get how most people just don't speak their mind about things.
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Assholes are bearable, Prima Donnas are intolerable...
You're just a Prima Donna, get over yourself.
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I agree with the "professional courtesy goes both ways" statement, despite the opinionated ramblings of some previous posters.
I have my home number, cell number, and personal email address written in the top corner of the whiteboard in my office, specifically so that if there is ever TRULY an emergency, people know how to reach me. Thus far it has never happened.
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Please do not run. Come back and we will have cake.
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I was perfectly content to provide any aid necessary at my current place of employment. I worked a couple 4:30 am to 1:30 pm shifts so that I could migrate changes to some of our more important web apps while no one was in using them. Then, one day, I got pulled aside and told that, even though I had come in at 4:30 am and had put in a full 8 hours, I would have to take 2.5 hours of vacation time in order to work that shift. This was due to the fact that I was leaving before my scheduled 4:00 pm end time.
Since then? The apps have gone down during the day when I need to do a maintenance release. They pull stupid stunts on me? I don't help them out as much as I used to...
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Or, grow some balls and just tell the guy not to call you with his problems anymore, since he's gotten more than enough help already and you don't work for free.
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I love Uranus. It's a planet, I swear!
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Last thing I remember I was running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before
Good night, said the night-man We are programmed to receive You can checkout any time you like But you can never leave
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Hey, I take offence to that eh!? Its aboot time you learned the truth aboot canadians EH!
Outsourcing software development to india... I have heard thats a good way to get "Run out of business"
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[quote user="Blue Collar"][quote user="onk"]
Maybe that boss is Canadian?[/quote]
Hey, I take offence to that eh!? Its aboot time you learned the truth aboot canadians EH!
I think that's a reference to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DkIk2NKEHs
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John's obituary will read - "Victim of a senseless office shooting"
The police will never be able to figure out why there are multiple caliber wounds, with some inflicted post mortem.
Captcha - illum - a Beastie Boy singular?
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I effing hope so. Seriously this guy's entire business model for his five or six different businesses that he has going on the same time is this:
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Sounds like the boss has Tourette's, ADHD, or possibly severe AS. Yes, you can have Tourette's without swearing every 5 seconds.
Just what I was thinking.Admin
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It puts the lotion on its skin
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+1. Snake oil has to have really great marketing, otherwise, what is it?
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I'm a bit sick of hearing about the experiences of people in their first job.
Maybe the IT industry should get rid of the concept of 'first job'.
I've rarely heard a story (on here) about someone who had such trouble in their second or third job, so maybe Grads should be taught to skip the first job and settle straight into the second.
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Re: running away, a former employer had an accountant who left during lunch and didn't come back. Left half-finished papers on the desk.
The company owner ran into the accountant at some restaurant several months later. Awkward.
Re: cell phone calls, I told my previous employer when I left that I'd help out with things for a little while. Six months later I was still getting calls, so finally I just told him I'd have to bill for any further consulting. Haven't gotten a call since.
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I worked with someone who strutted around as if she had invented the entire network, but whenever anything went wrong, she had to call her assistant who left a year and a half before.
I don't know which was worse: that she had the nerve to make the call, or that he kept giving up half-days to remote in and install server patches for her, long after he had gone.
Oh and let's not even talk about leaving an active account for a former employee, or letting said helper sudo to root and fiddle with your firewall configuration.
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That's a great idea!
I've also heard that 75% of all car accidents happen within 5 miles from home. Why doesn't everyone just move 10 miles away?
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Tiger used to work in IT?
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I kind of see this quote pyramid as an argument that lacks the context to make either person right. If Anonymous has been treated like expendable shit and is an asshole right back, good for him. If he's taking a good company for granted, he's a jackass who's making everything worse for those around him. If Bruce W believes keeping people from getting laid off because a disaster happens after work hours, good for him too. If he's protecting management/sales from punishment for their stupidity or bending over backwards to make their over-promising possible, he's an idiot who's making everything worse for those around him.
Context is everything where people are involved. Even the un-snipped arguments didn't put in situational qualifiers.
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Trust me when I say that that hasn't managed to have gone unnoticed by some of their (former) customers. ;)
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Did you mean prerogative?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perogative
you're not an asshole, you're a douche.
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[quote user="AnonymousI've worked in IT long enough to know that I can earn my wage without being anybody's bitch. I'm contracted to work 8 hours a day and I perform to the best of my abilities during that time. But once that time has passed, I'm gone and I'm not stopping for anything or anyone. And they still have to accomodate me if I have a "family emergency" or anything else, because they know good and damn well that they need me more than I need them. As far as I'm concerned, professional courtesy works one way because I have the upper hand and I couldn't care less about my employers or their success in the marketplace. This attitude has being honed by many years in an unforgiving industry. If you stick with it for long enough you'll get there eventually.[/quote]
agree with you 100%
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It's been my experience that people like this really don't need any help going out of business.
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Yeah, but we can't all be Starbucks Baristas.
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And with an attitude like that you're the first person I'll "let go" when I'm promoted above you. No company, department, or project revolves on one person, and if it does then it's time to shake things up.... A good manager ensures no employee isn't replaceable - what if you were hit by a bus tomorrow. The company/project needs to go on.
With a crappy attitude like that you can be assured of a long line of crappy going-nowhere jobs. You're not a bitch to your company, you are a bitch to mediocrity and obsolescence.
Enjoy the unemployment line, you'll get there eventually.
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The real WTF is that no one even considered fixing the boss. All considering, the job was fine & interesting, the pay was good and the only problem was a needy boss.
Instead of "enduring", why not simply take the boss aside and explain exactly where you draw the line?
Absolute worst case scenario, he fires you (unlikely if he is needy, but what do you care if you wanted out?), but most likely, he will simply back off. "Look, you are a great guy and all, but I have issues with micromanagement and personal space, so I would really appreciate if you could give me some space..."
Most likely, that would have worked.
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I've got $5 on peptic ulcer. Anybody want to put $5 on mental breakdown?
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Someone probably did this already, but
Relax said the night-man...
(second try)
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"Victor C ... present."
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Unfortunately from my experience (roughly 6-7 times working for similar companies... not as bad as the guy in this story though) these companies usually stay in business :(
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People like you should never be promoted to management. You're the kind of scumbag who thinks that your employees should drop whatever they do for the "good of the company". well you know what? FUCK THE COMPANY. There is NO circumstance, EVER, where a JOB is more important than someone's life. EVER. If your precious server is down at 2am, then guess what? It will still be down at 9am when the server admin comes into work.
A job exists to allow you to live. Your life does not, and never should, revolve around making someone else rich.
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I'm guessing from your handle that you're at least somewhat of a Star Wars fan. Do you think that the guys who worked on those movies feel the way you do about their work?
Is it really making you happy that you do something you detest just to exist, and do you truly believe that nobody else in the world has passion for their jobs, or that those who do are just suckers?
Yikes...
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Fuck off you jackass. Just because someone is crazy doesn't mean they have Asperger's, we are rather normal you know.
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