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Going to get my annual review in an hour.

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, September 09, 2009, 08:07:20 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

September 09, 2009, 08:07:20 PM
 :lulz:

This I gotta hear.  My boss just swears at me, these days.  If I stopped being effective for 10 minutes, he'd fire my ass.

:lulz:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cramulus

#1
September 09, 2009, 08:14:46 PM
annual review? more like "anal revue", amirite?

The Good Reverend Roger

#2
September 09, 2009, 08:15:55 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on September 09, 2009, 08:14:46 PM
annual review? more like "anal revue", amirite?

He just called me and said, "I'm pushing it back 15 minutes because I need more coffee before I deal with you." and then he slammed the phone down.

I love my job.   :)
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jenne

#3
September 09, 2009, 08:27:08 PM
Oh jesus.  You DO have some sort of indemnity clause, though, IIRC?

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#4
September 09, 2009, 08:29:17 PM
 :lulz: The key here is being so good at your job that they can't justify holding  back your raise/firing you no matter how badly they may wish they could.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Richter

#5
September 09, 2009, 08:31:32 PM
Ofuck.. :lulz:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

Friendly Neighborhood Mentat

The Good Reverend Roger

#6
September 09, 2009, 08:37:50 PM
Quote from: Nigel on September 09, 2009, 08:29:17 PM
:lulz: The key here is being so good at your job that they can't justify holding  back your raise/firing you no matter how badly they may wish they could.

Yep.  Only a couple of years ago, he was a cheerful, optimistic man, who made a genuine effort to like everyone.  Now his hair is all gray, at age 50.

I love this place.   :)
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#7
September 09, 2009, 08:38:23 PM
Quote from: Jenne on September 09, 2009, 08:27:08 PM
Oh jesus.  You DO have some sort of indemnity clause, though, IIRC?

I turned "being a dick" into a disability, if that's what you mean.   :lol:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#8
September 09, 2009, 08:55:19 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 09, 2009, 08:38:23 PM
Quote from: Jenne on September 09, 2009, 08:27:08 PM
Oh jesus.  You DO have some sort of indemnity clause, though, IIRC?

I turned "being a dick" into a disability, if that's what you mean.   :lol:

:mittens:

Would that we all could do that.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#9
September 09, 2009, 09:21:31 PM
1:08PM:  "I still can't deal with you.  I'll give you 15 minutes warning when I'm ready."

1:12PM:  <inarticulate howling, slam>

:)
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jenne

#10
September 09, 2009, 09:22:42 PM
:lulz:  Roger Roger Roger.  :lulz:

The Good Reverend Roger

#11
September 09, 2009, 09:32:48 PM
Quote from: Jenne on September 09, 2009, 09:22:42 PM
:lulz:  Roger Roger Roger.  :lulz:

I am, I am told, a horrible person.  I am a bad example for the crew, and I don't believe in the things I am supposed to believe in.

My boss is not an uber-patriot, you understand...he doesn't follow politics.  But he believes in mom and apple pie and the basic goodness of the American system and of people in general.  Then he runs into a veteran who laughs at these things, and makes horrible jokes about them, and he can't process it.

You see, he expected ME to be an uber-patriot, because I served, and he hates when I say shit that makes him look at things (mostly not political, mostly at the motivations of people around him) in a way he'd rather not see, and he's too honest of a man to not accept a horrible truth or three...but he hates me for it, and he wishes I'd just stay in my building.  But when I do, he's afraid I'm plotting something vile, like the bathroom incident of last spring.

Add to that the stresses of running a high maintenance refinery in this economy, and my jolliness about doom, and you get what we have today.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jenne

#12
September 09, 2009, 09:35:19 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 09, 2009, 09:32:48 PM
Quote from: Jenne on September 09, 2009, 09:22:42 PM
:lulz:  Roger Roger Roger.  :lulz:

I am, I am told, a horrible person.  I am a bad example for the crew, and I don't believe in the things I am supposed to believe in.

My boss is not an uber-patriot, you understand...he doesn't follow politics.  But he believes in mom and apple pie and the basic goodness of the American system and of people in general.  Then he runs into a veteran who laughs at these things, and makes horrible jokes about them, and he can't process it.

You see, he expected ME to be an uber-patriot, because I served, and he hates when I say shit that makes him look at things (mostly not political, mostly at the motivations of people around him) in a way he'd rather not see, and he's too honest of a man to not accept a horrible truth or three...but he hates me for it, and he wishes I'd just stay in my building.  But when I do, he's afraid I'm plotting something vile, like the bathroom incident of last spring.

Add to that the stresses of running a high maintenance refinery in this economy, and my jolliness about doom, and you get what we have today.

So he makes it all too easy on ya, and he's a decent guy all around.  Poor guy has dug his own grave.

But on the flipside...he's not an impediment for ya, either!

Kai

#13
September 09, 2009, 09:37:19 PM
 :lulz:
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. --Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey

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The Good Reverend Roger

#14
September 09, 2009, 09:38:12 PM
Quote from: Jenne on September 09, 2009, 09:35:19 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 09, 2009, 09:32:48 PM
Quote from: Jenne on September 09, 2009, 09:22:42 PM
:lulz:  Roger Roger Roger.  :lulz:

I am, I am told, a horrible person.  I am a bad example for the crew, and I don't believe in the things I am supposed to believe in.

My boss is not an uber-patriot, you understand...he doesn't follow politics.  But he believes in mom and apple pie and the basic goodness of the American system and of people in general.  Then he runs into a veteran who laughs at these things, and makes horrible jokes about them, and he can't process it.

You see, he expected ME to be an uber-patriot, because I served, and he hates when I say shit that makes him look at things (mostly not political, mostly at the motivations of people around him) in a way he'd rather not see, and he's too honest of a man to not accept a horrible truth or three...but he hates me for it, and he wishes I'd just stay in my building.  But when I do, he's afraid I'm plotting something vile, like the bathroom incident of last spring.

Add to that the stresses of running a high maintenance refinery in this economy, and my jolliness about doom, and you get what we have today.

So he makes it all too easy on ya, and he's a decent guy all around.  Poor guy has dug his own grave.

But on the flipside...he's not an impediment for ya, either!

Actually, I really like the guy, which is why I try to help him.

TGRR,
Spiritual advisor to Big Oil.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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