The Drama Tide Keeps Rising

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Aug 292013
 

I think Sparky’s going to get fired soon.

We’ve had more episodes of drama that I haven’t posted about, mostly between Sparky and the payroll girl she doesn’t get along with. At one point she threatened to quit (again). She talked it over with the boss and stayed on, but at this point the boss is tired of the drama and the threats to leave.

He’s interviewed two people in the last two weeks (I can see “Interview with X” on his calendar), and New Girl and I were both worried Monday that the interviews are for Sparky’s replacement. Freda suspects the same; she wants us to think of a way to warn Sparky to start seriously job-hunting, without prompting her to go confront the boss (and probably get fired on the spot).

I don’t think there’s really anything we can say; Sparky can see the boss’s calendar, too, and knows he’s been interviewing people. I suspect she already has an idea what’s up, but doesn’t want to deal with the possibility of losing her job. I can certainly understand not wanting to deal with job-hunting and interviewing, it’s tiring and stressful. But it’s a lot better to do it while you’re still employed if you possibly can.

Interview Monday

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Aug 232013
 

I may have mentioned that I’ve been browsing the job boards, sending out a couple of résumés a week, and so on.

One of them has paid off, I have a job interview Monday.

This is the first time in my life I’ve been looking for a job while I already have a job. So Monday, when they’re interviewing me, I’ll also be interviewing them—if the job isn’t better than the one I’ve got, I can walk away.

I like having options.

Still Employed

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Jan 102012
 

I started this job in July. Since then, there have been three new hires and five (maybe six) firings. The hiring strategy here seems to be of the “throw shit at the wall and see what sticks” variety.

The latest layoff was this week, when the only other male in the office besides the boss was laid off. Now we have a staff of nine, all female. I wonder how long it will be before we’re all having our periods at the same time. I bet once that syncs up the boss will start calling in sick that week.

Today I got cc’d on an e-mail the boss sent to our payroll department. Seems I’ll be getting a dollar more an hour starting next pay period. Woot! I guess this means I’ve survived the layoff tsunami.

Bear