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Lin Kuei
Keep us updated. I'm going to be applying to corporate jobs soon. This type of shyt is what I'm least looking forward to.
The snakes at work
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Scustin Trillberlake
Banned
Real talk. This older generation is spoiled to the absolute max. They are still on their 90's or early 2000's salary......the newer generation are accepting the SAME jobs at the SAME companies at a drastically reduced rate........especially government jobs. Most of the time these geezers didn't even have to meet any real type of qualification.........where as now the same jobs require you to be trilingual, walk a tight rope, and know 10 complex software programs thoroughly by heart....where as Mr Geezer and Mrs Geezer can barely send an e-mail from their company Blackberry.....yet some retard HR airhead girl is questioning whether or not you know how to use Microsoft Access while simultaneously throwing out the resumes of qualified hard working people who don't have "key words" on their resume.
Here's a hint hoe.......how about actually READING the resume instead of looking for "key words"..how about actually trying to see if this person can apply what they have done to this potential job? The truth of the matter is.....almost anyone with half a brain can do almost any job out there, all it takes is a month or so of shadowing/training and your'e good to go.
I used to walk into interviews OOZING with machismo, muscular chiseled body in a customized dress shirt, relaxed...well spoken, yet with a spark in my eye. Then I quickly realized how this is NOT what they are looking for........ they want somebody who dumbs it down a tad, and you also have to turn down your own ambition thermostat...or else be seen as a threat, and watch lesser men get hired. It's better to play dumb, and not too sharp at the start........and then once you are in..take it slow for the first cpl months.......then BOOM, turn it up.
Catch mofos sleeping, and they will all be like
Sorry........end of rant.
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stealthbomber
cruising at 30,000
i cant wait to get in the corporate grind 
i was built for it
i was built for it 
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
I just got fired by my snake "boss." fukk her. 
NZA
LOL
i disagree a little. the ones who succeed at work are confrontational, authoritative, but persuasive, and a bit charismatic. being a quiet worker will give you a low ceiling at middle management at best in a large company when you are over 50, and it will keep you as a grunt in a small company until retirement.It's simple.
The older generation still remembers an era when you could find a 9-5 job that paid you enough money to buy a house AND start a family while still allowing a "work-life" balance. Those jobs don't exist for us anymore. We're literally competing against the entire world as are our employers. The older generation is unacquainted with that concept, so they whine and complain about the increased workload the economy has dumped in their lap.
As to the whole "snakes at work" conversation, I'm a little ambivalent about what you did. As a general rule, you shouldn't go over your boss's head to take him on unless you're SURE you can win or escape detection. If your boss or even a jealous co-worker finds out you ratted, your world will be fukked up in a hurry.
In general, the ones who succeed at work are the strong, silent types. Don't be the funny guy or the loud guy or the party guy in the office. Take the initiative, do as much work as you can, be social and like-able, but don't run your mouth and make sure you aren't offensive to people. If you see someone isolating themselves through stupid political behavior, cut them down with the rest of the pack, making sure you aren't stepping on anyone's toes. Be the guy that anyone can go to with their problems. Then, after biding your time and building your connections, strike HARD when the opportunity presents itself. People will be
i think the threadstarter did the right thing in this situation.
I agree with most of this stuff in this thread.. but I've played C politics for a long time.
You did the right thing... IN the Wrong way. It may be ok w your company.. but even if you're not in trouble... And even if you did the right thing.....
You are gonna be looked at as the person who did some sh1t like this.
You should have saved the emails.. but you never embarrass or call out anyone. For two reasons - people don't like it - plus it shows everyone in leadership that you would do the same to them. 2) IT shows a compulsive response... and not a calculated one,,, aka someone who prolly will never be ready for a leadership position.
Reality is 1) companies like sh1t handled at the lowest level first
2) What are you going to gain???..... It's good to look out for everyone, but you should always look out for yourself first. Corporate might not even do anything to dude- OR WORSE dude might have a valid explanation - for those particle positions. How do you know that, if you would have approached this lazy b*stard that you couldn't have gained loyalty and had him in your corner? You could have potentially had exclusive rights. Plus, if you're about doing the right things - do whatever you have to do to get in the position to do the right things, right now ur not even in the position to affect change.
Or what about that time that you might need something or want a promotion-- you have already played this card that you could have used at that time.
I know it sound like playing games or some 48 laws sh1t... but I'm in charge of like 20 people, older than me. You manager played all this sh1t to get to where he's at. We don't live in a nation to were hardwork + skill + youth/longevity = positions. It's hard for these old fcks to retire these days plus they are used to getting paid madd money for minimum education. Then you have young people with maddd connections who get opportunities with no experience. So I say think every action out. plan for the future to maximize results.
The boss wasn't treating the company right either
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
I feel ya, however, is it worth putting someone out of a job who is more than likely not going to get another one that pays as well...
Whose to say that the OP will gain anything if he did pull this off...
I would only consider doing it if I was guaranteed something significant as far as my career was concerned....
Other than that, snitching doesn't work for everybody in corporate America
when i worked contract security, my old boss used to put himself in the books for 81 hours of work a week at his rate (which was probably 30+ an hour since he was the HNIC) and showed up to work not even half of those hours. when he did show up, he would take 2 hour lunch breaks and leave early. yet he had a policy where if we showed up less than 15 minutes before our shift, we would have our lunch hour cut in half. our checks were sometimes off a few hours to boot, and our 2 supervisors(his guys) were the biggest snitches on the team. 1 of them was a closet homo who fukked sales associates in empty fitting rooms lol.
so whenever i hear a story about a boss/supervisor getting his, i smile and applaud.
so whenever i hear a story about a boss/supervisor getting his, i smile and applaud.
So it's okay to take opportunities and food of his employees tables because he is afraid of losing his job?
It's not his decision to decide who gets an opportunity for a promotion. His job is to forward all the email to his employees and let management decide who they want to promote and give a raise to.
Brown_Pride
All Star
that's damaging to the company too on many levels. Hi turnover for lack of opportunity, training cost of new employees, having to go "outside" to acquire talent, moral, etc, etc. He fuked up.
NZA
LOL
lack of opportunity, or even the perception of lack of opportunity is decimating my company. we are losing people left and right. now the company is scrambling to boost morale. people with no jobs lined up are still quitting.