22 Dec 2008, 11:22 pm
Last week my CEO announced that everyone could either take 1/2 a day off on company pay on the day before Christmas or the day before New Years, just as long as our offices were covered.
Today she "changed her mind" and said that what she meant was that anybody who wanted to take a 1/2 day off had to use their own leave time. Well, duh, that's what leave time is for.
Guess who got to tell the employees??? 
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22 Dec 2008, 11:30 pm
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07 Jan 2009, 8:09 am
Today she "changed her mind" and said that what she meant was that anybody who wanted to take a 1/2 day off had to use their own leave time. Well, duh, that's what leave time is for.
Guess who got to tell the employees???
That sucks! Does your CEO hate you? What does she have against you? Is she one of those NTs who find us aspies inferior?
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07 Jan 2009, 10:32 am
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07 Jan 2009, 10:45 am
07 Jan 2009, 2:24 pm
LOL! no, I'll bet the Aspie-ness wasn't even a factor, spockezri! This is how they do things in the corporate work world. They say the corporation is a two story out house and the managers use the top floor! Guess who used the bottom floor!
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Oh, okay. It's a bit like that in school...I am sorry
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07 Jan 2009, 11:40 pm
LOL! no, I'll bet the Aspie-ness wasn't even a factor, spockezri! This is how they do things in the corporate work world. They say the corporation is a two story out house and the managers use the top floor! Guess who used the bottom floor!
Merle
Oh, okay. It's a bit like that in school...I am sorry
absolutely like school! That is where everyone is conditioned to be that way! When ever I need to get some stability under me I work in a cubicle farm and have learned to avoid it as much as possible and be pleasant and cheerful as much as possible.
Jimmy Stewart, as Elwood P. Dowd, in that film classic "Harvey" said: Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." I liked his approach. I try to remember it.
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08 Jan 2009, 2:33 am
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08 Jan 2009, 10:24 am
08 Jan 2009, 10:41 am
LOL! no, I'll bet the Aspie-ness wasn't even a factor, spockezri! This is how they do things in the corporate work world. They say the corporation is a two story out house and the managers use the top floor! Guess who used the bottom floor!
Merle
Oh, okay. It's a bit like that in school...I am sorry
absolutely like school! That is where everyone is conditioned to be that way! When ever I need to get some stability under me I work in a cubicle farm and have learned to avoid it as much as possible and be pleasant and cheerful as much as possible.
Jimmy Stewart, as Elwood P. Dowd, in that film classic "Harvey" said: Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." I liked his approach. I try to remember it.
Merle
Yes...Supertramp had it right!
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09 Jan 2009, 12:03 am
