• (disco) in reply to Matt_Westwood
    Matt_Westwood:
    I wasn't allowed to take any of my annual leave at all that year.

    Over here annual leave accrues if you don't use it. You can trade in a limited amount for pay, but only if you've already got a lot banked up. And if you end up with a lot because you haven't taken any, you may be deemed on leave and not allowed to come to work.

  • (disco) in reply to FrostCat
    FrostCat:
    my boss told me I needed to get my priorities straight, one day

    What an arsehole. That's a good way to lose all his best people.

    I have only ever had bosses tell me "Family comes first".

    FrostCat:
    I told him I already had them that way and that was the last time he said anything like that.

    Good for you. I'd have used different words. Some of them wouldn't be considered very nice.

  • (disco) in reply to FrostCat
    FrostCat:
    my boss told me I needed to get my priorities straight

    All the bosses I've ever had, if they were saying that, would be telling me to take more time off.

  • (disco) in reply to CoyneTheDup
    CoyneTheDup:
    The post you just attempted to "fix" was a joke. You have made yourself look stupid.

    YMBNH. We fix everything...jokes, non.jokes, pendantry, ....

    "You mean pedantry, of course."

    "Yes, that's a specific example of what I'm talking about."

    This is of course epitomised by the following exchange.

    You say to someone, "Oh, you're such a pedant!" (although you mispronounce "pedant" so as to use the long "e" as in "relay").

    They then reply, "You mean pedant, of course?" (pronouncing it correctly.)

    You are then able to reply: "See what I mean?"

  • (disco) in reply to Quite
    Quite:
    CoyneTheDup:
    The post you just attempted to "fix" was a joke. You have made yourself look stupid.

    YMBNH. We fix everything...jokes, non.jokes, pendantry, ....

    "You mean pedantry, of course."

    "Yes, that's a specific example of what I'm talking about.No, I meant pendantry: "excessive concern with minor details and rules."

    This is of course epitomised by the following exchange.

    You say to someone, "Oh, you're such a pedantpendant!" (although you mispronounce "pedant" so as to use the long "e" as in "relay").

    They then reply, "You mean pedant, of course?" (pronouncing it correctly.)

    You are then able to reply: "See what I mean?No, I meant pendant. Pedant has no meaning here. Use of pendant is a pendantic requirement here."

    :smiley:

  • (disco) in reply to tenshino
    tenshino:
    The law here allows for anyone in "Management" or "IT" to be classified as exempt. I guess maybe I don't understand the difference (if there is one) between "exempt" and "salaried". I guess I had always assumed hat those two words were fairly interchangeable.

    They are. I'm not sure why you would think otherwise.

  • (disco) in reply to another_sam
    another_sam:
    What an arsehole. That's a good way to lose all his best people.

    Well, there was only him, his co-boss, and me.

    But he was one of the types who chose business over family, even though he had 5 kids.

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