Texasgordo
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Ah okay now I see.Well, you'd be missing your stapler.
ETA: And evidently you missed seeing "Office Space".
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Ah okay now I see.Well, you'd be missing your stapler.
ETA: And evidently you missed seeing "Office Space".
Words of wisdom right there oldag! Good post.Don't quit your current job until you have another in hand. Always easier to find a job when you have one.
Also, leave your current job on good terms. Just say you found a better opportunity that you could not pass up. Never know what might come back around in the future. I have seen people sorely regret slamming the door behind them.
Whether you "use a reference" or not, references are often sought behind your back, and what is said can be of great importance. There can be few exhortations more important to cement into one's thinking and being a grownup: "Do not burn your bridges". No one is saying you have to stay in a bad job situation; however, leave on your own steam when the time comes. There's absolutely no need to be petulant.I've never used a reference before, but my work ethics, quality of workmanship followed me where ever I went, even out of state. Only time I ever didn't have a job was when I wasn't ready to go back to work yet.
Op, so I see you got employed. Was it the same place you asked us for interview advice?
Dude, I get it, hell I made a thread asking users how they deal with passive aggressive people. My boss is and I’m used to it now. You can get used to your boss. The reality is every person on this forum has had a shit boss. You’re still young. You still got a lot to figure out about yourself. My advice here is don’t be angry with him, just like you he’s got his life to worry about and he’s well your boss. It’s not like you can confront that while being treated fairly. My boss is too unstable. I wouldn’t be surprised if yours is too. He wasn’t interested in your reason. Just the way it is. Pretty much as vaquero suggested, shit or get off the pot. And I think you can do it. Where I shine is when a boss pisses me off. I take it out on work and I get stuff done like no other.
You only have to worry if it's a red swingline.Ah okay now I see.
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I quit my job without notice.
A year and a half later, the owner bought me dinner at Del Frescos and tried to hire me back.
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I quit my job without notice.
A year and a half later, the owner bought me dinner at Del Frescos and tried to hire me back.
Years ago one of my employees quit with no notice. A year or so later, he came back looking to return. I politely declined. He left the team in a lurch when he walked out. I could not trust him, and neither did the team.
Exactly how I feel and work.When I left teaching, I returned to industry working with automated (robotic) manufacturing machinery. It was hard, hot, dangerous work and there was a fatality during the first week of my employment.
I was never late, never missed work, kept up on technical advances and kept busy all the time whether a boss was present or not. That's how I work. I give everything that I'm paid to do.... and more!
My boss told me: "I hope some day, I'll have the training and experience that you have." I gave a lot, but in return, refused to take any crap from them.
Two of us were written up over a butt hurt boss. I told them I was going to file a complaint and they responded that I would be fired if I filed the complaint. I beat Hell out of them in the complaint, won the case and got both of us out of trouble!
At the same company, some jerk took a marker and trashed the washroom in the shop area. Gotta admit, it was pretty bad.
The company responded by putting a large padlock on the washroom so the men had to "go" off the shipping dock. It smelled awful!
That went on for weeks and I made several requests that the lock be removed. I'm an old man. When I gotta go, I gotta go.
I finally responded that I'd file a Health Department complaint if the lock wasn't removed. Of course, they threatened to fire me, again. The Health Department inspected, the lock disappeared and we finally had a proper toilet.
Some of you suggest that workers should kiss butt as employees. I'm just not built that way! I'll never sign away my rights to free speech or to be treated like a Human Being!
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Folks were going to great lengths to display how they DON'T/WON'T kiss the boss' ass . . . as though that is somehow the same as "not burning bridges". If you read the entire thread, you get the picture.I am not going to reread this whole thread, but I don't remember anyone advocating kissing the boss's ass.
I was just going off the end of post #53 and throwing my .02 on the subject of cheek kissers.Folks were going to great lengths to display how they DON'T/WON'T kiss the boss' ass . . . as though that is somehow the same as "not burning bridges". If you read the entire thread, you get the picture.