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kurty[B] · 10-18-2004, 12:39 PM

not accusing you docbungle, but just stating from experience, I generally try to be as reliable as possible, I don't like stressing myself out, so even when told to rush I still move at a nice steady overall pace (if I rush myself I'll start messing things up, and I've found backtracking to repair what I did wrong takes longer than just doing it right in the first place).

My last job, I had a manager who decided he would use me as some sort of example. I don't know why he picked me out?? I did not like the job, but I continued to show up everyday, and do what I needed to do. My manager set strict restrictions, having to call when I went on break, or came back, and would watch my stats rigorously, and would yell at me for working to slow, when looking through back stats I was working at the same pace I always had. He transferred me to an area known for where people go when manager's are looking to get them to quit, and I lost any motivation when he brought me aside and said "I will find any little reason to get you fired!" I continued to work by his rules, and did what he demanded, no matter how horrible it seemed, till the day he accused me of doing something I did not do (taking too long to deliver product). He called me and accused me of this, and in front of my co-workers I told him that he was lying, and he could FUCK OFF. This was the one and only time I had ever raised my voice at work, and people were rather scared to see it. I told HR about the situation, they said they'd look into it (Yeah right). I quickly found a much more satisfying job, and when I was accepted to that job, I called my manager, and simply said "I'm not going to be into work tonight, or tomorrow night for that matter", and hung up. I would have told him I was not coming in ever again, but if I quit on my own terms I would have had to pay back tuition reimbursement granted to me. Because, of the wording of the tuition reimbursement contract, since he terminated my employment I did not owe the company any money.

I hope I never have to work for another manager like that.

10-18-2004, 12:39 PM	#20 (permalink)
kurty[B] Sauce Puppet	not accusing you docbungle, but just stating from experience, I generally try to be as reliable as possible, I don't like stressing myself out, so even when told to rush I still move at a nice steady overall pace (if I rush myself I'll start messing things up, and I've found backtracking to repair what I did wrong takes longer than just doing it right in the first place). My last job, I had a manager who decided he would use me as some sort of example. I don't know why he picked me out?? I did not like the job, but I continued to show up everyday, and do what I needed to do. My manager set strict restrictions, having to call when I went on break, or came back, and would watch my stats rigorously, and would yell at me for working to slow, when looking through back stats I was working at the same pace I always had. He transferred me to an area known for where people go when manager's are looking to get them to quit, and I lost any motivation when he brought me aside and said "I will find any little reason to get you fired!" I continued to work by his rules, and did what he demanded, no matter how horrible it seemed, till the day he accused me of doing something I did not do (taking too long to deliver product). He called me and accused me of this, and in front of my co-workers I told him that he was lying, and he could FUCK OFF. This was the one and only time I had ever raised my voice at work, and people were rather scared to see it. I told HR about the situation, they said they'd look into it (Yeah right). I quickly found a much more satisfying job, and when I was accepted to that job, I called my manager, and simply said "I'm not going to be into work tonight, or tomorrow night for that matter", and hung up. I would have told him I was not coming in ever again, but if I quit on my own terms I would have had to pay back tuition reimbursement granted to me. Because, of the wording of the tuition reimbursement contract, since he terminated my employment I did not owe the company any money. I hope I never have to work for another manager like that.