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My people have learned that if it's not something related to the business, get it taken care of and don't get me involved, because if I have to get involved in any of their petty stuff, it won't be pretty.


how would you handle an underling playing tetris under their desk to fit all the personal shipments they have ordered to the office?
 
I keep trying to get Rum Brooklyn to snapchat me like that, but she's worried DH John Holmes will find out.


does this guy have a giant.................phallus? I assume so, so I will still not Google. But let's keep it PC so no2cyclones doesn't have to go all moddy on us. Do you just walk home in 30 seconds or are you still at work?
 
Wait, so are you saying what I did was good or bad?. Both boss and I recognize that I've done significantly more this year. I like my boss. She would like me to get more but even though it's I'm not even sure if I could work elsewhere and I don't really want to. All my reading tells me women are terrible about asking for raises so I went balls to the wall. I'd be good with 5-7%, but you don't lead with that.

I'm saying, in general, doing all the extra work usually won't get you a bigger raise. It can help with promotions because it shows you're willing to work extra, but unless you work for a locally owned place, HR has the final say in what you can or can't get, and they don't give a crap how much extra work you took on.
 
does this guy have a giant.................phallus? I assume so, so I will still not Google. But let's keep it PC so no2cyclones doesn't have to go all moddy on us. Do you just walk home in 30 seconds or are you still at work?

Yes. Boogie Nights was loosely based on him. Except his ending was much more tragic.

And no. Without traffic it's a 30 minute drive home. But there's always traffic in Honolulu, so it's an hour. My office is in Pearl City, which is a suburb of Honolulu, so I'm not even in the same city I live in. Plus I drive all over the island to go to different locations so I have to drive.
 
I'm saying, in general, doing all the extra work usually won't get you a bigger raise. It can help with promotions because it shows you're willing to work extra, but unless you work for a locally owned place, HR has the final say in what you can or can't get, and they don't give a crap how much extra work you took on.


HR sounds like whores. I am tied to a bonus for my extra work (which is already done) over the next couple years, so that's cool. Made it slightly more worth the shiz I put up with. I hope you are a good boss. I'd go to the moon for my current manager. Being a good manager is good. Don't be a bad manager. Then they don't like you. And they talk about your baby pineapples.
 
Yes. Boogie Nights was loosely based on him. Except his ending was much more tragic.

And no. Without traffic it's a 30 minute drive home. But there's always traffic in Honolulu, so it's an hour. My office is in Pearl City, which is a suburb of Honolulu, so I'm not even in the same city I live in. Plus I drive all over the island to go to different locations so I have to drive.


there's a Pearl City close to where I grew up.
 
how would you handle an underling playing tetris under their desk to fit all the personal shipments they have ordered to the office?

I'd give them one warning (a write up) and then termination for a second time. I'm pretty zero tolerance when it comes to doing stuff you know you shouldn't.
 
HR sounds like whores. I am tied to a bonus for my extra work (which is already done) over the next couple years, so that's cool. Made it slightly more worth the shiz I put up with. I hope you are a good boss. I'd go to the moon for my current manager. Being a good manager is good. Don't be a bad manager. Then they don't like you. And they talk about your baby pineapples.

My previous employees loved me. I'm a very easy boss to get along with as long as you do your job. Most of them still blow up my Facebook saying how much they miss me. Most....
 
I'd give them one warning (a write up) and then termination for a second time. I'm pretty zero tolerance when it comes to doing stuff you know you shouldn't.


is that generally against company rules? I don't really know. I just find it odd to have personal packages arrive to you 3-4 times a week. I felt terribly guilty shipping my personal laptop to the office because I didn't want it sitting outside of our apt. The one and only time I shipped personal things to work.

The really weird part seems to be leaving the shipped stuff in the box and not taking it home. And having 5 pairs of shoes under your desk. And using the trash can as your footstool instead of a trash can.
 
I've figured out how to channel 40 years of my mom's Catholic guilt at work. I can make the people that report to me just feel bad if I'm not pleased all the time.

I think it's a super power. If I decided to go to the dark side I'm pretty sure I could have someone I didn't like discreetly turn up missing.


......or pie, I could probably get a pie out of it.
 
is that generally against company rules? I don't really know. I just find it odd to have personal packages arrive to you 3-4 times a week. I felt terribly guilty shipping my personal laptop to the office because I didn't want it sitting outside of our apt. The one and only time I shipped personal things to work.

The really weird part seems to be leaving the shipped stuff in the box and not taking it home. And having 5 pairs of shoes under your desk. And using the trash can as your footstool instead of a trash can.

Everyone is different, but it was actually a written VOCP in my last job. It was considered conducting personal business on company time.
 
also, this person skipped out of 2.5 days of a 3 day conference (expenses paid by company) for the worst excuse ever. I'd have canned them after that particular occurrence.
 
My people have learned that if it's not something related to the business, get it taken care of and don't get me involved, because if I have to get involved in any of their petty stuff, it won't be pretty.

I'd give them one warning (a write up) and then termination for a second time. I'm pretty zero tolerance when it comes to doing stuff you know you shouldn't.


It's infinitely a larger PITA and frustrating when you're a boss in a situation where you can't just cash someone out like that.
 
I've figured out how to channel 40 years of my mom's Catholic guilt at work. I can make the people that report to me just feel bad if I'm not pleased all the time.

I think it's a super power. If I decided to go to the dark side I'm pretty sure I could have someone I didn't like discreetly turn up missing.


......or pie, I could probably get a pie out of it.

That's actually my best management tool. I don't yell or raise my voice, no matter how mad. I actually get calmer and speak more slowly and deliberately. I tell someone I'm disappointed in them in that voice and it terrifies them more than any yelling can do.
 
Everyone is different, but it was actually a written VOCP in my last job. It was considered conducting personal business on company time.


they are definitely ordering this stuff at work. Like I've done that once or twice, but I tend to wait til I get home. I just have a CF habit. But I meet all my deadlines unless craziness happens.
 
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