Well that was cathartic. Started off this job as a full time salaried lab analyst, but quit after a year due to illness. They called me back 5 months later to get me to work, full time but casually employed at first. 3 new techs started, 2 of whom were friends with management, and lo and behold, they both got promoted to salary over me, the excuse being that I took some time off when my marriage collapsed. I trained these fukkas, and was far and away the best analyst they had. What makes it worse is that I didn't find out from management, but from one of my coworkers, after it had already been put in place. I went down to my boss, and told her that I found it offensive that their most experienced and best tech had been looked over due to something that happened 9 months ago. After being fed more corporate bullcrap, I basically told them to get fukked, and quit on the spot. So yeah, I feel kinda good, but fukk now I have no job...
Doesn't anyone else listen to the proverbs of Homer Simpson? "If you don't like your job, you don't quit. You go in there everyday and do a really half-assed job."
And now begins the fun job of looking for work. Luckily I've got references from all the managers except mine. Sad really coz I liked the fellas I worked with. Fukk I hate management.
agree with this. i would have just tried to get away with absolute minimal possible. play stupid..etc. lesser worker for lesser pay. If the higher paid workers needed your help, i'd tell them thats why they make the big bucks, go figure it out.
Firefly you're probably right, except part of the change involved moving me to part time hours. Not really enough to live on, decently anyway.
My dad told me a while back before I started my first job at 14, "If they pay you 7, then give them 8. If they pay you 8, ... etc) It's worked out pretty well. I did however hold that ethic for 5 years in the Army...somewhat but not all the way. Right now, it still pays off with my current employer. But OP, sorry you got the "hose and screw", dude. Whatever happens, I hope you are led in the right and a better path so that your outcome will be awesome.
believe it or not, i wouldn't've quit, sure you should've been promoted but a job is a job. you should've been a little more patient, i'm sure you would've been promoted eventually, better late than never, now you have no job and what felt good at first might be reason for regret later.
It´s complicated .... Better unemployed than go crazy, there is always another job, and another go! Most of all, don't help/work for people that don't deserve your work force or wisdom. I did that, got out, lived a nasty life for some very long time. But now i' m on it again and they are GAME OVER. So grab the next opportunity! Enjoy a short "Holiday" Go get them all ;-) Be positive!
yeah crap happens, its the ones who kiss the bosses ass are the ones who go forward. something similar happened to me and i left as well. At least i walked out before i became a carpet for everyone else to walk on. Dont worry about finding a job, you will get one eventually. If they cant see the awesomeness of an employee, they dont deserve said employee. Rock on. PS: I hope you stole a whole load of stationary!
I'm doing this right now... once I find a new one I'll do the same as what he did maybe in a slight different manner. The good thing is at least in the US a past employer isn't allowed to give a bad reference. Most companies even have rules about their employee's giving any reference at all.
I wouldnt really ever just rage quit, I would be calm enough to think it over. Hell I almost got fired 2x for working too much... But I am prepared to leave anytime because I always have backup emergency cash to last over 2 months of bills/food/gas just in case. You shouldnt try to go more than a month without a job. At least take a week off for yourself to recuperate before looking around again.
Sometimes finding the right job with the right employer is the key as well. I had my choice of several in this town a while back. But having had known my employer as a customer from a former job, I knew they were alright. So when it came time to re-gain employment, things worked out. With my adage and work ethic, it works out for them as well as for myself. OP, if you can, a little research into perspective employers will eliminate problems in the future. Talk to their customers and current employees and get familiar with them before you turn in a resume/application. This little bit of footwork will result in a win for them and a win for you and the right match-up will ensure a positive experience for you both. After all, your boss can't take care of you unless you can take care of them as well. This isn't a brown nose approach. But it's more of a positive outlook based upon the relationship between employer-employee. I hope things work out well for and with you in the future though.
+1 Homer knows his $hit Kissing ass only gets you so far. Being competent will get you farther trust me. Kissing ass only gets you into assistant territory.
no way dude, well, i guess it would depend on th esituation, but where i worked, kissing ass took you VERY far, again, depends on whose ass your kissing
