A Matter of Time... But it's the Weekend!
Friday, May 05, 2006
So I had my little meeting this morning with Idiot Boss and Boss' Boss. It did turn out to be the "best case" scenario" where I ended up with the written final notice. Basically they used the days that I was sick against me because I didn't always call in by 9am. Sorry, next time I'm be sure to call and let them listen to me vomit. They also use the fact that I waited till this week to file anything for the FMLA. Again, sorry, not a pessimist, when I got sick I wasn't expecting it to be a week long thing.
Anyway, so the notice is for 90 days and basically it states I have to be to work by 8am now instead of 9. If I'm late for any reason or get sick and haven't contacted them by 8am it will be grounds for termination. So basically that's going to mean leaving the house by about 6am in case there's nasty traffic. And since there's really only one decent route to work, if there's an accident, especially in the tunnel area, I'm screwed. Even though there are 113 traffic cameras around the twin cities that you can view online, they say they'll never look at them to verify there's a problem. They claim if I'm late due to traffic it's my own poor planning and that I should move closer to work. Screw. That.
This is Minnesota, we have two season, Winter and Road Construction. It's a relative guarantee that there's going to be at least one major traffic jam at some point in the next 90 days. So, basically it's only a matter of time until I am "terminated." I sent around a few apps today, next week I'll start looking much more hardcore. If any of you slackers out there have any good connections... wanna hook a good slacker up? After all, can't be a slacker if you have nothing to slack off from!
Well it's now the weekend, so there will be a good deal of slacking. Saturday I'll be going out for a friend Seppie's graduation party, then that night a friend's group belly dance thing where it has been promised she'll "introduce me to some gals!" So yeah, wish me luck! Sunday I think I'm going to try and go golfing for the first time this season, that should be interesting.
Anyway keep slacking, and stop on over to the AV Edition, I decided to to a quick-fire Friday Musical 8ball post!!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 4:02 PM,
3 Comments:
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At Fri May 05, 07:16:00 PM,
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Money matters notwithstanding, I'd quit the fuck outta that work. It sounds ridiculous. You're late so they want to try to make you come in an hour earlier?
That is not an effective reprimand. It treats employees as children and certainly decreases morale. It is ill-conceived and completely absurd. I'd quit. -
At Sat May 06, 04:55:00 AM,
Roonie said...
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Quit quit quit. You work for bastards, clearly. People are allowed to become ill and not have to suffer more than they already have!
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At Tue May 09, 11:11:00 AM,
Esther said...
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Oh man that sucks. You need to get the hell out and fast. I really hope you can find something else.