So far, o.k. Just waiting to see what the tail end of this mess will bring. Weather guy mentioned that we might get one heck of a band of thunderstorms later today/this evening that could also create havoc. Again, the issue up in my area is the ton of rain we've had prior to when all this started, yesterday. People are still concerned about power going out.
Stay safe, dry and I hope you don't have any power issues
Some who take long vacations are in for a big surprise. One salaried team member took a month off to go to Europe with his elderly parents. His team functioned and ran without him and was supervised by his boss. When he came back from his month long vacation he was to go to HR and he was promptly laid off/ position eliminated. He did not see that coming. He could not say goodbye. Security escorted him out of the building.
I doubt you had an altercation. You write a lot of tongue in cheek posts and most of us here who know you know that it's in a joking manner and not meant to be taken seriously. Someone who reads such a post and isn't part of this group might not realize it was not serious and they might take offense. But to take it so far as to wish death on someone, that's beyond what you'd expect even if you HAD had an altercation somewhere along the lines, which since you only vaguely recall the name, it couldn't have been a huge ongoing thing. Obviously someone was not having a good day. Let's hope they look back on their sentiments with remorse. At least they can't make such comments anymore here.
It also depends on your job, your boss, and your coworkers. I care about the people I work with, and when I'm there, I want to do my part. I can't stand it when I'm almost running to get the orders in my station done and look over to the next station to see 2 people standing there goofing off. I won't be one of those people. I'm paid to do a job...if I'm not doing my job, someone else has to work harder, and that's not ok with me. But some people have no integrity...they don't care if they are slacking. Let someone else do the work. And if your boss is oblivious to what's going on, or is a jerk to you, it's hard to feel any company loyalty. When I was busting my rear and doing the jobs no one else wanted to do and then got a bad review because my boss said I was slow and it was probably because I'm fat, it didn't make me want to do him any favors. I was slow because I was picking up the slack for other people and that takes time. So when he needed people to work extra hours because it was busy, I didn't do it. Having people actually APPRECIATE what you do is what makes the difference. I don't think it's necessarily how you are paid, but how you are treated and whether you feel valued. Often hourly employees are treated as though they are expendable. If I don't have you, there are 10 other people I can hire to replace you, so who cares. When they don't realize that replacing you wouldn't be in their best interest, it's hard to feel any loyalty to them. Why go above and beyond for someone who doesn't even see that you are doing that? And for someone who even treats you as though you aren't doing enough? You are lucky to have a boss who recognizes your work and rewards you for it.
Salaried is not for everyone that is for sure. My family member had to go on business to CA for a few days, catch the red eye from CA to NYC while working on the plane and trying to sleep afterwards, then arrive in NYC at 7am then straight to the office for group presentations.
They can't really do that here. You can't just get rid of someone for no reason. You have to give them warnings and a chance to improve if they aren't doing a good job, and to just fire someone, it would be a breech of contract. I had a TERRIBLE evaluation once when we had gotten a new manager. He didn't know anyone and it was time for evals. The person who knew everyone was on medical leave. So he used the scanner times to evaluate everyone. My times were slower than other peoples, not because I wasn't doing as much, but because I was doing the things that no one else took the time to do. If you empty a tray, you're supposed to pull it out and stack it on an endcap so another full one can be put in its place. I would go pull out all the empties that other people left. And we had 2 stories, and carts had to be walked upstairs, then taken downstairs to complete. No one wanted to be the one to take all those carts and load them into the elevator. Only 6 carts fit, so they would back up because no one else was doing that. So I'd make 3 trips with carts up and down. And upstairs walking takes longer because it's more spread out and it was all seasonal stuff that isn't ordered as often, so you take longer to make a whole round but grab fewer items in that time. The new supervisor didn't know me from Adam and had no clue that I was actually doing MORE than other people. He gave me a poor evaluation and told me he wasn't going to give me hours, etc. He told me I was too fat. I went to HR, and he had to call an apologize and I refused to sign the eval. He couldn't get rid of me because no one had ever come to me and told me my times were slow or asked me why. I was given no opportunity to explain or to improve. And I was only evaluated on one aspect of the job, not the job as a whole. In the end, we did some test runs and discovered that upstairs is slower than downstairs and I was working exclusively upstairs....when I worked downstairs my times were faster than average. So I was able to prove that he was full of it. But there are protections in place for just that reason. They have to have documentation that you have poor performance, that you've been given the chance to improve, and that you are no better.
That's sad, and there are some instances of this happening. With those specific exceptions aside, vacation can help people recharge and maintain their sanity. They often return to work refreshed, and are more valuable to the company. Smart executives realize that.
There are many that are hired, usually salaried people that are told that they are on call 24/7. It isn't usually a secret. I managed a publishing and printing company that operated 24/6 (Sundays off) for 12 years and I just accepted that I could be called anytime day or night, if a problem happened. There is no worse feeling then having the phone ring at 3am from someone in a company that has high speed dangerous equipment running.
Have a great first day!!
Have a great day! Today is my oldest's first day back at college. She gets to drive in now with a childhood friend who is now going to the same school. Considering she didn't get to make friends last year since most classes but labs were online, I am so glad she has a friend to go in with. They already made plans for lunch with 2 other young people that dd's friend knows who are starting also. So she gets to hang out and make some new friends. I am so glad about that. She should be done by 3:15.
but you're heading to a vacation destinationTime to head to work after 2 days off. I need a vacation.
DH and I both got calls on the same day once. He was rather ticked his because his was in Muppets(I'm not upset we got to see it twice) at least mine was during LMA
I'm not going to DIDNEY!but you're heading to a vacation destination
FTFYI'm going to Target
