Working
Starving Seniors
The days of working somewhere and retiring with a pension for life are pretty much gone. 401K is meant to take the place and people get the opportunity to choose how much money to put in. Assuming, of course, that their employer offers it. My previous job did have a program […]
Uhnnn
When the other shoe drops… I just have it too good right now. When a person survives, no more, no less, for oh, let’s say 32 years, under withering circumstances then suddenly troubles and agony fall away, it is bound to make them nervous. This is where I am at the moment. […]
First Impressions
Unseasonably warm days previously would have sadly been squandered at my desk at my former job until recently. I decided to take advantage of it and ride my horse. He needs the exercise anyway. It didn’t turn out well. Despite the relatively balmy weather the ground was really muddy and he was […]
By Popular Demand
Here are some of the clues I was getting fired.
The admin went around the office passing out laminated company contacts sheets, no one new had been hired and I didn’t get one
My desk was devoid of a stack of work that was there last time I saw it (including a piece […]
You May Go
I was relieved of my job today. I cracked the case first thing in the morning when I arrived and the mountain of paperwork normally on my desk was gone. When everyone else in my department finally arrived an hour later they told me they were “transitioning” my work to other […]
Gambling
Backwards gambling is betting $500 that you can get $120 back by the end of the day. Pretty stupid and yet that is what my employer expects me to do when I drive to work in a snowstorm. Today I drove for 45 minutes and got 6 miles into my 22 mile […]
Attn
I put in my notice at my job today. My boss is now the only person who will talk to me. The company has always been like a wolf pack, and if anyone leaves they are out FOREVER (sinister music – you know). We actually had an all-hands meeting once where the owner […]
Dropping Out
My boss mentioned to me the other day that she wishes, frequently, that she would get a hefty windfall so she could go bathe dogs at the pound for a living. Or clean houses for rich single men. Or run a dog-walking service. Basically drop out of the workforce and do […]
Fire!
We had a fire drill today. Apparently some disgruntled person reported the company to the Fire Marshall. We work in a converted 3 story house. A beautiful, historic brick house. So now there are fire extinguishers bolted to the plaster walls on every level, along with first aid kits. It’s tragic. […]
Office Gossip
I went to a going-away party last night for a former co-worker who got a fantastic job on the coast. He had always gone out of his way to be nice to me, which was not the case with everyone there. When things became unbearable he put in his 2 week notice […]