Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 07:36 PM
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A friend of mine just came out of a meeting where he works, they were basically told no raises for anyone this year and no Christmas bonuses. Then they all get an e-mail asking for $30 for the company president's Christmas gift.
WTF.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
"Wroof! Wroof!" - George IV
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 07:43 PM
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well as crappy as that is, with the economy the way it is I am grateful to be employed.....
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 07:43 PM
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Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 07:46 PM
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That just plain sucks. I worked for a company like that once. We all got the annual staff meeting, and got told no raises etc....because times were tough, yet all the managers got their yearly performance bonus.
I figured that if they had that much loyalty to their staff, then the staff should have that much loyalty to them. First chance I got at a position with another company I was gone.
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 07:59 PM
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My "bonus" was a unsealed sack of brownie ingredients. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 08:21 PM
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That is just poor timing. If you makes you feel any better I haven't gotten a raise in two years. I have to work on the side to make "extra".
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 08:48 PM
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I don't give presents to co-workers or supervisors; I think it's too likely to lead to bad feelings if gifts aren't equitable or if someone gets preferential treatment based on a more generous gift. I don't know if it's illegal to solicit contributions for supervisor gifts, but at the very least, it seems fundamentally unethical. He'll probably not want to "rock the boat" though; as the saying goes, "The nail that sticks up gets pounded down."
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12/14/09 09:33 PM
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 09:42 PM
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I would print off that email, walk into the bosses office and tell him off.
The gall these HR departments have just astounds me,.
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 11:14 PM
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He'll probably not want to "rock the boat" though; as the saying goes, "The nail that sticks up gets pounded down." Normally, but this particular guy kind of likes to rock the boat a little, I doubt very much that he will dump any money in that pool. I certainly wouldn't, and I agree with your policy on gift giving at work.
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/14/09 11:25 PM
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As rotten as that is, it's still better than getting "pink slips"! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Off-topic: Real class
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12/15/09 01:07 AM
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no raises for anyone this year and no Christmas bonuses. Then they all get an e-mail asking for $30 for the company president's Christmas gift LOL! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" /> that's crazy! I had to laugh at their gall! "slap n beg"! now I'm thinking of the movie "clueless" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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