So, like, I fired my job

ZenGum · 03-25-2012, 10:52 PM

Yep.

I have become - to the best of my knowledge - the seventh person in the last eight years to resign from a continuing or continuing-track position entirely because of the behaviour of the immediate supervisor of our department. Given that we only have five or six staff that is a shocking record.

Senior management are well aware and have recently done a minor reorganisation which is IMHO a useless placebo gesture, somewhere between rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic and transferring the pedophile to a bigger parish.

So, I bloody quit.

Dammit.

Apart from the #$%^ of a manager, there was a lot to like about this job. But it just wasn't worth the continual head-#$@% involved in remaining.

I have no mortgage, no dependants, plenty of savings, and good relations with two previous employers in this city; and I live in a country with (official) unemployment just over 5%. I'll live.

Now if I had my car back from the smegging mechanic I could shoot through for a few weeks of beach bummery.

Alas, not yet.

wolf · 03-25-2012, 10:54 PM

Good luck with that. Nice time of the year, Fall. Enjoy it.

classicman · 03-25-2012, 11:07 PM

Damn! Sorry, I totally understand. Well the "not worth it" part anyway.

Griff · 03-26-2012, 05:21 AM

Sorry it went that way, make the best of it.

infinite monkey · 03-26-2012, 05:42 AM

It is Monday, my stomach hurts, and you are my hero. Sorry it was so crappy though.

GunMaster357 · 03-26-2012, 05:44 AM

Did that 6 months ago. Told my immediate superior to shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

From his own mouth, he's not a manager and in my own opinion a very poor computer programmer. He developped a new feature for the application, told me it worked but could use some tuning to perform faster then goes on vacation. He came back and began to rant because it wasn't working. It didn't because most of the calculations were wrong from the start and I had to rewrite nearly all of it. That was the proverbial straw.

The company was managing real estate applications for two of the biggest French networks. Due to stupid management, they lost one last month. And they may lost the other by the end of the year.

Trilby · 03-26-2012, 07:26 AM

I did that a few times in my life.
I was in a great job with great people but the management
was a certifiable psycho nut. It became intolerable and
she was involving us in illegal stuff (she made short work
of HIPPA laws and used medical to get dirt on her
employees) I asked for a sign if I should leave and i got it.

I was sad to leave my cow workers but she made me sick
to my stomach- the was Infinite feels. It was taking years
Off my life.

So congratulations, Zen!! Probably will change your life
for the better.

infinite monkey · 03-26-2012, 07:33 AM

I have quit jobs before too. Just up and quit. I always got another right away, and the last time I did it (leaving my crap 'testing rf filters with electric that could kill you, walked out after a certain incident) I worked the next day at the country club and eventually started in higher ed.

Can't do it now though. And I'm not currently looking elsewhere because I dont' want to take a pay cut. And I suck with money and the expenses never end and I have no savings.

But anything could happen, any day, at any time. I do revel in the company of my cow orkers, who are wonderful.

Trilby · 03-26-2012, 07:38 AM

I, too, suck with money, the expenses never *do* end and I've
no savings, either.

We should just pack it up and go on tour.

infinite monkey · 03-26-2012, 07:40 AM

I'm going to walk the desert for a few years. Maybe we could pool our money and buy a camel and some water.

Trilby · 03-26-2012, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I'm going to walk the desert for a few years. Maybe we could pool our money and buy a camel and some water.

Should we be renting our garments and gnashing our teeth? Or putting coal on our faces? Maybe that's racist...
the coal thing....anyway, I'm in.

infinite monkey · 03-26-2012, 07:45 AM

Are there even domestic camels, or will we have to buy foreign?

Trilby · 03-26-2012, 07:47 AM

More importantly - will they be Muslim camels? That could
backfire on our depending on the kindness of strangers...

infinite monkey · 03-26-2012, 07:48 AM

Strangers in the night
Exchanging camels...

footfootfoot · 03-26-2012, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

I woke up this morning, but I didn't wake
'Til the afternoon, because I slept in late
With a great mental state and a date with destiny
I'll roll down the block without a copper even stressin' me
Let alone arrestin' me or giving me a ticket
It's coming into summer, and the weather's fucking wicked
So I figured I'd be hitting the beach
Look at skinny-dipper's titties and get something to eat
After half a pound of chips and a flounder burger
I was sitting on my arse like a council worker
Reminising about being pissed off about
My house burning down to the ground, and being out on my arse
Before my change of fortune
Now I score tunes, don't get up before noon
So your mama's on the head of my knob
And it's better than heading to my dead-end job
Because the boss was a cockhead when I was a clerk
So I clocked him - and now I don't work
It's beautiful day, and I can use a cliche, cause
"I am the greatest!" ...like Cassius Clay

03-25-2012, 10:52 PM	#1
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	So, like, I fired my job Yep. I have become - to the best of my knowledge - the seventh person in the last eight years to resign from a continuing or continuing-track position entirely because of the behaviour of the immediate supervisor of our department. Given that we only have five or six staff that is a shocking record. Senior management are well aware and have recently done a minor reorganisation which is IMHO a useless placebo gesture, somewhere between rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic and transferring the pedophile to a bigger parish. So, I bloody quit. Dammit. Apart from the #$%^ of a manager, there was a lot to like about this job. But it just wasn't worth the continual head-#$@% involved in remaining. I have no mortgage, no dependants, plenty of savings, and good relations with two previous employers in this city; and I live in a country with (official) unemployment just over 5%. I'll live. Now if I had my car back from the smegging mechanic I could shoot through for a few weeks of beach bummery. Alas, not yet. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-25-2012, 10:54 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Good luck with that. Nice time of the year, Fall. Enjoy it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-25-2012, 11:07 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Damn! Sorry, I totally understand. Well the "not worth it" part anyway. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-26-2012, 05:21 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sorry it went that way, make the best of it. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-26-2012, 05:44 AM	#6
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Did that 6 months ago. Told my immediate superior to shove it where the sun doesn't shine. From his own mouth, he's not a manager and in my own opinion a very poor computer programmer. He developped a new feature for the application, told me it worked but could use some tuning to perform faster then goes on vacation. He came back and began to rant because it wasn't working. It didn't because most of the calculations were wrong from the start and I had to rewrite nearly all of it. That was the proverbial straw. The company was managing real estate applications for two of the biggest French networks. Due to stupid management, they lost one last month. And they may lost the other by the end of the year. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

03-26-2012, 05:42 AM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	It is Monday, my stomach hurts, and you are my hero. Sorry it was so crappy though.

03-26-2012, 07:26 AM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I did that a few times in my life. I was in a great job with great people but the management was a certifiable psycho nut. It became intolerable and she was involving us in illegal stuff (she made short work of HIPPA laws and used medical to get dirt on her employees) I asked for a sign if I should leave and i got it. I was sad to leave my cow workers but she made me sick to my stomach- the was Infinite feels. It was taking years Off my life. So congratulations, Zen!! Probably will change your life for the better. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-26-2012, 07:33 AM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I have quit jobs before too. Just up and quit. I always got another right away, and the last time I did it (leaving my crap 'testing rf filters with electric that could kill you, walked out after a certain incident) I worked the next day at the country club and eventually started in higher ed. Can't do it now though. And I'm not currently looking elsewhere because I dont' want to take a pay cut. And I suck with money and the expenses never end and I have no savings. But anything could happen, any day, at any time. I do revel in the company of my cow orkers, who are wonderful.

03-26-2012, 07:38 AM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I, too, suck with money, the expenses never do end and I've no savings, either. We should just pack it up and go on tour. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-26-2012, 07:40 AM	#10
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'm going to walk the desert for a few years. Maybe we could pool our money and buy a camel and some water.

03-26-2012, 07:45 AM	#12
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Are there even domestic camels, or will we have to buy foreign?

03-26-2012, 07:47 AM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	More importantly - will they be Muslim camels? That could backfire on our depending on the kindness of strangers... __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-26-2012, 07:48 AM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Strangers in the night Exchanging camels...

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