Got suspended from work.

POSTED BY: Gorramreavers
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CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:41 PM

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Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
So I did OK the first couple of months, maybe punching in a min or two late once or twice overall. But then October, I had an 8:01 and a 8:03. Then in November another 2 days under 8:05. I was good thru December but this month I had a 8:01 and then today...disaster. Somehow managed to shut the alarm off instead of SNOOZE, and I was almost an hour late.
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I am an internet tech at a smallish ISP.

The hell? The almost-an-hour-late I can get, but being docked for under five minutes? At an ISP?!?

I guess my ISP (who tends to staff the office on a "whenever we feel like it" basis, take the servers down for maintenance without telling anyone, ignore tech support emails, and not realize a server has died until someone phones them to tell them) is in the minority.

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THEGREYJEDI

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:18 PM

I once got fired for being late a second time. Twice. Of course, the manager just got canned so the blackshirts from the home office were running the show. But still. Twice. The first time I was only 3 minutes late to open the store. Which I couldn't have done on my own anyway since the blackshirts had changed the locks. And I was on time by my own watch. The second time was two weeks later. They changed my schedule from 1PM coming in to 10AM. And didn't tell me. So I came in at 1PM. And they canned me. Whee.

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RHYMEPHILE

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:30 PM

I was suspended from my last job for cursing at a fax machine. No, really. Not at a specific person, mind you, an inanimate object, which I called a piece of shit. It deserved it.

My boss was one of those "figurehead" bosses, i.e., he didn't know his ass from his elbow, and when dealing with me he was always intimidated -- and made sure someone was in the office with him whenever he talked to me.

To offset his inadequacies, he liked to claim that I was "disruptive" -- among other things -- but that was just his way of sticking it to me when he really knew I was one of the only people who knew what they were doing. The Great Fax Machine Debacle cost me three days at no pay.

Rambling here, but suffice to say, after that, I finally realized what a piss-poor job I had, what a dick my boss was, how much I really really hated my life there, how depressed I had become, and that I needed to get my ass in gear.

Now I have a super cool job with great perks, and looking back I'm certainly glad I offended that sensitive fax machine.

Sometimes little things, like punching a time clock where coming in a minute late can get you fired, can interfere with keeping a healthy body and stress-free mind. Maybe it's time to re-examine your time there and start looking for another job where the company puts more energy toward making the workplace better, rather than bitching you out about inconsequential minutes.

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MALICIOUS

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:59 PM

Rhyme!

I keep a Dilbert comic strip from a couple of years ago on my desk as a reminder of how crappy large corporations can be:

Pointy-haired boss man during yearly review: "Asok, your work was excellent this year!"

(Asok is thrilled)

Pointy-haired boss man: "I've rated you 'poor' to keep a paper trail in case we ever need to fire you."

(Asok is astounded)

Pointy-haired boss man: "You're probably feeling a surge of motivation since you got feedback."

(Asok wants to kill himself or others)

It's funny because it's TRUE.

Mal-licious

Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell

SNOWGUARD

Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:02 PM

I really feel for those of you who have anal bosses. I work in Railway, and as you'd expect, there's a lot of need for us to keep everything on time. However, I don't drive trains, or control them, or even have to run a station. I'm just a Porter. As such, I get sent home early. A lot. Half an hour most shifts, an hour at others. Of course, I'll sometimes have to start at crazy hours. (Have two 0330 starts next week) I guess because I do my work, don't get on anyone's nerves, and the fact that there are strong unions in the rail (even though I'm not in one) most 'bosses' I see day-to-day are really not that different from me.

The gorram fei hua in the ivory tower at Rail Centre 1 is another matter altogether.

SNOWGUARD

Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:02 PM

I really feel for those of you who have anal bosses. I work in Railway, and as you'd expect, there's a lot of need for us to keep everything on time. However, I don't drive trains, or control them, or even have to run a station. I'm just a Porter. As such, I get sent home early. A lot. Half an hour most shifts, an hour at others. Of course, I'll sometimes have to start at crazy hours. (Have two 0330 starts next week) I guess because I do my work, don't get on anyone's nerves, and the fact that there are strong unions in the rail (even though I'm not in one) most 'bosses' I see day-to-day are really not that different from me.

The gorram fei hua in the ivory tower at Rail Centre 1 is another matter altogether.

MAUGWAI

Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:47 PM

I have planning first block, so I'm usually walking in when the bell rings to start school. Still, when I do have first block classes, if I'm late kids wait outside my door and everybody know it. And if they get into fights because nobody's monitoring them and someone gets hurt, it's officially my responsibility. That's enough motivation to be on time for me.

A friend of mine is a reporter, a job that has such felxible hours it would seem common sense to make it salaried. But many papers, including his, still use a time clock. He usually gets to work around 10:30 or 11 a.m., but some days works for twelve hours.

Lately they've decided every reporter should arrive at 9 a.m., attend all necessary meetings and late-night events and work late to meet deadline, and somehow avoid getting overtime. The first three days of this new policy, the editor was an hour late to work while all the reporters were on time.

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OPTIMUS1998

Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:08 PM

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Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
About 6 months ago 'they' started a new policy. If you punch in later than exactly 8am twice in one month you get a verbal warning. If you do it again within 3 months you get a written warning. If you do it again you get 3 days suspended withou pay, then termination. :(

DEAR LORD!
I would be fired in a week!( last night was the first that i've been on time in 2 weeks, and those last 2 weeks were 15-20 min every night!)
i'm one of those people who no matter HOW early i set out, i still end up 5-10 minutes late.
now in my company, (retail grocery/general merchandise, aka: "supercenter" type), they use the 15 min blocks, but as long as you work 8 of the 15, you get paid for the full 15.and they do give us the option to stay over and make the time up.

I'm ALLWAYS late. as i say often:" i was born 3 weeks late, and haven't been on time since."
it's almost like a curse.

now to add the funny part.

my last name? Early.

...May have been the losing side, Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

GORRAMREAVERS

Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:28 PM

Thanks for all of your posts. I am planning on picking up that second alarmclock before Monday. Just gotta hunker down and not mess up. I am trying to enjoy my time off but it feels like Im skipping school or something. I sometimes work at my brothers woodshop on the weekends so I have gone in there the last two mornings and got some work in. That was cool. Anyway, thanks again for giving your input folks.

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CAITE

Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:23 PM

One method I use is set my alarm clock 1/2 an hour earlier from when I really need to get up. See, I have a tendency to hit snooze a lot myself, and this way I can do that a few times before I honestly need to get my butt out of bed!

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