Cursed By My Own Performance

[AWMac]

RPM you have Heart Bro...

You could be anything you want to be.. I have Faith in you.

Anything!



Mac

[rpm]

I want to be a bum living on the beach in Belize.

[Nilsen]

All you need is the cash for a plane ticket

[Snubby]

Originally posted by rpm
I don't design rocket engines or artificial hearts but I put forth the effort as if I was. In the last 30 days I have been sent to work in every store in our chain. I live 5 minutes from the store I normally work in.  Tonight the owner calls me up "Oh, please I need you to go fix blah, blah, blah..." So for the next 30 days or so I am commuting 60 miles each way to fire then hire and train someone to do the job. (No extra pay mind you)

The guy squeezes 6 cents from every nickle, screws his customers blind and I am doing his dirty work for him. I'm not even the District Manager but I'm doing his job. Maybe if he paid a decent wage instead of always lowballing he could hire some decent people.

I gotta find another job.

I feel your pain, these days it seems people with more skill, just get more work..

I volunteered 1 time to work from midnight to 6am doing a node split so we could double our HSI bandwidth.. then suddenly i get shoehorned into doing any and everything that has to with fiber optics..  whoever is ACTUALLY on call that week, or any given week, goes squeaker and my nextel blows up because they have run into something that isn't a brain ded obvious fix.. so basically im on call ALL THE TIME.. but i don't get any hours when these yoyos bug me... because im no rolling a truck.. just yackin on the phone..  so thats free i guess, like I have anything better to do...  in fact I got shot down yesterday because one of my illustrious co-workers had return no coming in to a module....  

but at the end of the year, after being the "go to guy".. when I ask for a bigger raise guess what..  well i haven't been  officially trained on these things.. i didnt go to a class.. which isnt even offered mind you, so they cant really offer me anything extra, because there is nothing on paper to substantiate an additional X%.. but hey, keep up the good work..  SUCKER

so yea, in "the day" you stand out  because you have above normal skill, you are recognized and promoted.. so that you can be in a position to use your skills in a more effective way than being just another "drone"..

these days.. your still a drone.. you just do the queens job.. while she is in Costa Rica or some such postcardesque "destination" pouring her 225 pound of chewed bubble gum in cottage cheese into a 2 piece thats just BEGGING for mercy.. Yea, way to gross out the locals lady..

[Rolex]

Who manages your store when you're gone, rpm? Too bad you couldn't find some young whipper-snapper who wants to climb the ladder to make the trip and tell your boss that he'll get a 2-fer. The new place gets sorted and a new potential manager gets some experience doing it, but you'll make sure he doesn't get in over his head. You'll supervise him throughout over the phone and visit once a week.

You've mentioned about no OT, no extra pay, gas, etc, so the question is: If the money was right, would you do it? He's being unreasonable if he isn't paying you for at least travel time and expenses. Re-negotiate. You both need to be flexible because your original deal is by the wayside now anyway. Ask him to rent you a car and pay you 2 hrs travel time each day. He can write off the car expense anyway.

[rpm]

Rolex, the funny thing (yeah, real funny) is I just got a raise last month. I could go in demanding more money for this but I would look like an a-hole.

You have to know this guy I work for. I know how his mind works, he's always 3 steps ahead of the game. He saw this coming and greased the tracks by giving me a small raise last month (2 weeks ago actually). Now, at the last minute he wants me to go do his dirty work and fire this shmuck and train a replacement. Shouldn't the shmuck's supervisor do that?

Who's running my store? Me, over the phone and on quick hits when I come home. Luckily I have a good crew and I can do my paperwork online.

I racheted back my workload after my heart surgery. I just can't handle the stress like I used to. This had better not screw up my vacation plans. I got NASCAR tickets.

[Rolex]

Yeah, the schmuck's boss should do it. He's the schmuck for not stepping up to do it.

I'm sure you'll be able to find some way to grin through this. Maybe finalizing all the big Belize plans during the drive. Good luck to you.

[storch]

Originally posted by rpm
I want to be a bum living on the beach in Belize.

and provide fodder for the anopheles mosquitos?

[Gunslinger]

my 5 year plan involves me being self employed......

[Yeager]

The guy squeezes 6 cents from every nickle, screws his customers blind and I am doing his dirty work for him.
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That my man, is the recipe for wealth.  Behold your boss, for he is smart.

[storch]

Originally posted by Yeager
The guy squeezes 6 cents from every nickle, screws his customers blind and I am doing his dirty work for him.
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That my man, is the recipe for wealth.  Behold your boss, for he is smart.

I don't know about smart and I highly doubt the validity of the description.  you cannot cheat people and remain viable for long.

success in a small business is the result of providing goods or a service people are willing to pay for and are will to return to you for.

[Maverick]

It sure isn't the paradigm to compare to wallyworld is it.