Post about your worst workplace experiences.

It sounds like the pay difference will be offset by having the time for your projects.

And hopefully the company you used to work for will
painfully miss you.

 

I did get a text from my former manager stating that he knows the hours aren't ideal, but I should reconsider coming back. One of my co-workers used to run my department, and he said (I told him I was leaving earlier this week) if I left, the company would be hurting.

I wish I could take satisfaction from knowing that, but the mandatory overtime was really the only reason I left. It wasn't the most awesome job, but it was miles ahead of the last few places I worked. I also told a few other co-workers about the staffing agency (it's located literally next door to our warehouse) and they should check it out.

I wish the upper management would learn from this (two temps and one other regular employee left in the three weeks before I did) about how to treat people, but they never will. We're not machines, and we need rest and relaxation time.

 

Somewhere we had a thread devoted to co-workers; I was going to resurrect it but couldn't find it, even through the search function.

Well, whatever- this thread is just as good (if not superior!)

Anyway, I get along with just about all my co-workers at the new place, but there's just one who gets on my nerves. It's not just me, two other co-workers have commented on the guy, so I feel safe in believing HE'S the issue.

He just doesn't seem to "get it." He frequently asks the same questions over and over again even though you've answered them before. When we first started talking, I explained that I took the job here because I no longer wished to work overtime.

(At this company, overtime occurs on a regular basis (early starts and/or Saturdays) and it is always optional. Saying no is no big deal to management.)

Despite this knowledge, he continues to ask me if I worked overtime or plan to work overtime. I've stated numerous times my original reasons, but lately I just say "no" and leave it at that. Further elaborations would be fruitless.

He asked me if $19 an hour was a good deal for a part-time caregiver job. I replied that I have no experience with being a paid caregiver, so I cannot answer that question. So of course, he's asked me a few times about whether or not he should take on the extra work if it's decent pay.

Whenever we get assigned to the same line in the mornings, my heart just sinks at the thought of having to endure him. He's not a bad guy, but conversations with him try my patience.

 

What did you say the problem with your co-worker was?

I had a co-worker who would go into great detail about everything he did away from work, none of which was interesting (not that I have room to talk...so I didn't). I didn't think he did he a good job at work (he thought, incorrectly, that he was a key employee), didn't particularly like him in general, & did NOT want to hear about any aspect of his life. My neutral looks, concentration on doing my job, & moving away from him never registered with him. He acted like we were long term buds.

I might as well tell this while I'm at it. Clueless worked one weekend when nobody was in the office, which was actually an older house. We had a large, very complicated, & very expensive copier that WAS key to our work. Clueless brought his "boom box" to work so he could listed to music. The high dollar copier was plugged into the outlet with about 10 layers of electrical tape covering the outlet. Yes, you guessed it, Clueless removed the tape so he could plug in his "boom box."

When the copier turned off it lost many important settings, & it took nearly a full day to get them redone.

And Clueless reprinted, from a microfilm machine, the wrong document, not the one our client needed. I had to find the right one and print it out.

Clueless was so obtuse he couldn't understand why everybody questioned why he would remove 10 layers of tape (tape clearly there so people would not use the copier outlet). I wondered how low long it took dumbass to remove all that tape, & why he didn't realize it was there for a reason.