I quit my job today

Deslok · 11-21-2004, 10:57 AM

I quit my job today, but my (former) boss doesn't know it yet. I was a technician for a nightclub that is probably the shittiest club in all of NYC. I was underpaid and overworked. I've been sick for eight days due to the renovations which were sloppily done. My boss was an arrogant guy who thinks he knows everything better than others.

He's going to be surprised when the place opens and there's nobody to run the lights and sound. Hey, I've done my bit and I've paid my dues, people in my industry can typically make between $125.00 and $300.00 per shift, and a shift is about seven hours. I won't even disclose how much I made per day as it is below the lowest average above. Suffice it to say, I'm free to do other things now, like posting on the AB (cause TrekWeb takes too long to load sometimes, and I often have to do other things after one or two responses there).

I've seen too many people get unreasonably ripped off, I won't support that anymore. It's a dirty business, and I'm not getting out, but I want to be paid what others in my field are getting.

I believe very strongly that when someone is taking advantage of you, you should retaliate. Yesterday our barbacks quit because they had their tips stolen by management. Our barbacks are Mexican and I got to be very good freinds with them. Two guys basically did the work of six or seven average Mexican barbacks, and they have never been really financially compensated for their troubles. Yes, they're illegal aliens, but around here, most people born here don't want to do the heavy lifting, the really dirty stuff and the long hours for less pay than the task calls for.

Next, I expect some key members of the security force to leave. I'm sure my boss will eventually fill all these positions, but on top of all of this, he doesn't know what he's doing and he makes mistakes all the time.

I hope his descent into hell is rapid.

Brikar · 11-21-2004, 02:05 PM

Sounds like you did yourself a favor. Well-done.

Cymro · 11-21-2004, 02:27 PM

I did myself a sexual favour

Stag · 11-21-2004, 05:41 PM

Pffft...that goes without saying Cym...

Deslok · 11-21-2004, 07:49 PM

Cymro, thanks for sharing!

You know, I think quitting a bad job can be almost as good as good sex.

I'm philosophical about this whole thing. I figure I've done a few people some favors by helping this guy discover just how rotten of a human being he is. I wouldn't have expected this kind of petty behavior from a wealthy adult Republican, I've met career criminals with more morals than this guy.

Hey, everybody needs money to live in society today, but unbridled greed coupled with desperation turns people into the worst examples of humanity.
When people like this guy think nothing of stealing from the poor, there's no reason for me to stick around. Oh, and did I mention that nearly every woman ever hired since he's been running things has been fired for stealing? That's his game, he really needs to be taken down like some kind of rabid financial pitbull.

Cymro · 11-21-2004, 08:39 PM

At least I don't periodically lock myself into the disabled toilets for 5 minutesalong with Bean, that's right, I noticed!

Gitch · 11-21-2004, 08:40 PM

Stop this - you're giving me ideas. I've already decided that come July when my contract is up I'm out the door. One of my supervisors is really starting to annoy me. I knew when I took the job that she had problems (PhD students and lab technicians quitting on her, stories of her making staff uncomfortable if they went on holiday or took an hour for lunch). However, I convinced myself that because I wouldn't be working for her directly - rather I would be working in another lab across the city and meeting her group for progress meetings every couple of months - it wouldn't be a problem.

Boy how wrong I was! The frequency of the meetings has increased to every 3 weeks and has turned into a grilling. Things haven't been going terribly well with several problems with my experiments and I am starting to dread the meetings with her. Two weeks ago was the worst. I had had a couple of really bad weeks, with problems beyond my control, such as shitty suppliers, making it impossible for me to complete the list of experiments I had promised to do the previous meeting. I went into the next meeting having been awake (and working!) for 28 hours straight, desperate to have at least finished one of the experiments. She told me that my failure to complete some of the experiments because a supplier hadn't delivered the 15 litres of Phosphate Buffered Saline I required was "Not a valid excuse" and that I could have made it myself.

WTF?
1) We don't stock the ingredients necessary to make such a large and complex solution on the shelf and would have to order in anyway.
2) We don't have vessels large enough to make up 15 litres and sterilise it in one go. I would have wasted a full day just making up bloody solutions instead of actually doing some work.
3) What the hell was I to do with 15 litres (about £150 worth) of this stuff when it finally turned up? I can't return it since the promise to get it to me wasn't a guarantee, I just went on their normally impeccable record and assumed it would arrive.

The problem with this woman is she does not believe in the phrase "Shit happens". Well sod her. I am going to publish as much of this work as I can, get references from my 2 other supervisors whom I get on well with, and find another job in July ASAP rather than getting an extension on my contract. Unfortunately the other postdoc and the 2 students in her group are finishing in January leaving me as the sole focus of her attention. Rumour has it she is also moving into our building. My life will be hell....

Cymro · 11-21-2004, 08:42 PM

Quote:

You know, I think quitting a bad job can be almost as good as good sex.

Not the kind I give myself

Cymro · 11-21-2004, 08:47 PM

I'd quit my job, but I can't be bothered looking for a new one.

Closet Racist · 11-22-2004, 03:28 AM

The problems at my job are too complicated and numerous to go into, but I'll just say the revenge is a dish best served cold, and it's very cold during the holiday season with a handful of untrained/untrainable underlings beneath me...

11-21-2004, 10:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Deslok regruntled and reemployed Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: in front of the computer Posts: 1,221	I quit my job today I quit my job today, but my (former) boss doesn't know it yet. I was a technician for a nightclub that is probably the shittiest club in all of NYC. I was underpaid and overworked. I've been sick for eight days due to the renovations which were sloppily done. My boss was an arrogant guy who thinks he knows everything better than others. He's going to be surprised when the place opens and there's nobody to run the lights and sound. Hey, I've done my bit and I've paid my dues, people in my industry can typically make between $125.00 and $300.00 per shift, and a shift is about seven hours. I won't even disclose how much I made per day as it is below the lowest average above. Suffice it to say, I'm free to do other things now, like posting on the AB (cause TrekWeb takes too long to load sometimes, and I often have to do other things after one or two responses there). I've seen too many people get unreasonably ripped off, I won't support that anymore. It's a dirty business, and I'm not getting out, but I want to be paid what others in my field are getting. I believe very strongly that when someone is taking advantage of you, you should retaliate. Yesterday our barbacks quit because they had their tips stolen by management. Our barbacks are Mexican and I got to be very good freinds with them. Two guys basically did the work of six or seven average Mexican barbacks, and they have never been really financially compensated for their troubles. Yes, they're illegal aliens, but around here, most people born here don't want to do the heavy lifting, the really dirty stuff and the long hours for less pay than the task calls for. Next, I expect some key members of the security force to leave. I'm sure my boss will eventually fill all these positions, but on top of all of this, he doesn't know what he's doing and he makes mistakes all the time. I hope his descent into hell is rapid. __________________

11-21-2004, 02:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Sounds like you did yourself a favor. Well-done. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

11-21-2004, 02:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,921	I did myself a sexual favour __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

11-21-2004, 05:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	Pffft...that goes without saying Cym... __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

11-21-2004, 07:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Deslok regruntled and reemployed Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: in front of the computer Posts: 1,221	Cymro, thanks for sharing! You know, I think quitting a bad job can be almost as good as good sex. I'm philosophical about this whole thing. I figure I've done a few people some favors by helping this guy discover just how rotten of a human being he is. I wouldn't have expected this kind of petty behavior from a wealthy adult Republican, I've met career criminals with more morals than this guy. Hey, everybody needs money to live in society today, but unbridled greed coupled with desperation turns people into the worst examples of humanity. When people like this guy think nothing of stealing from the poor, there's no reason for me to stick around. Oh, and did I mention that nearly every woman ever hired since he's been running things has been fired for stealing? That's his game, he really needs to be taken down like some kind of rabid financial pitbull. __________________

11-21-2004, 08:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,921	At least I don't periodically lock myself into the disabled toilets for 5 minutesalong with Bean, that's right, I noticed! __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

11-21-2004, 08:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gitch Consultant Fellationist Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: God's own country merry England Posts: 435	Stop this - you're giving me ideas. I've already decided that come July when my contract is up I'm out the door. One of my supervisors is really starting to annoy me. I knew when I took the job that she had problems (PhD students and lab technicians quitting on her, stories of her making staff uncomfortable if they went on holiday or took an hour for lunch). However, I convinced myself that because I wouldn't be working for her directly - rather I would be working in another lab across the city and meeting her group for progress meetings every couple of months - it wouldn't be a problem. Boy how wrong I was! The frequency of the meetings has increased to every 3 weeks and has turned into a grilling. Things haven't been going terribly well with several problems with my experiments and I am starting to dread the meetings with her. Two weeks ago was the worst. I had had a couple of really bad weeks, with problems beyond my control, such as shitty suppliers, making it impossible for me to complete the list of experiments I had promised to do the previous meeting. I went into the next meeting having been awake (and working!) for 28 hours straight, desperate to have at least finished one of the experiments. She told me that my failure to complete some of the experiments because a supplier hadn't delivered the 15 litres of Phosphate Buffered Saline I required was "Not a valid excuse" and that I could have made it myself. WTF? 1) We don't stock the ingredients necessary to make such a large and complex solution on the shelf and would have to order in anyway. 2) We don't have vessels large enough to make up 15 litres and sterilise it in one go. I would have wasted a full day just making up bloody solutions instead of actually doing some work. 3) What the hell was I to do with 15 litres (about £150 worth) of this stuff when it finally turned up? I can't return it since the promise to get it to me wasn't a guarantee, I just went on their normally impeccable record and assumed it would arrive. The problem with this woman is she does not believe in the phrase "Shit happens". Well sod her. I am going to publish as much of this work as I can, get references from my 2 other supervisors whom I get on well with, and find another job in July ASAP rather than getting an extension on my contract. Unfortunately the other postdoc and the 2 students in her group are finishing in January leaving me as the sole focus of her attention. Rumour has it she is also moving into our building. My life will be hell.... __________________ If masturbation is self-abuse - you are obviously doing it wrong.

11-21-2004, 08:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,921	I'd quit my job, but I can't be bothered looking for a new one. __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

11-22-2004, 03:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
Closet Racist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With a side of fava beans and a nice chianti... Posts: 1,203	The problems at my job are too complicated and numerous to go into, but I'll just say the revenge is a dish best served cold, and it's very cold during the holiday season with a handful of untrained/untrainable underlings beneath me... __________________

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