I need to rant

[Shadows]

I swore to myself that I would never NEVER work for a seagul manager ( love that ,,,swoops in makes a lot of noise and leaves)

I thought it was swoops in making a heap of noise, shits all over everything, then leaves.

[Ixion]

I'm mostly self-taught. I only employ/contract self-taught and experienced engineers and techs, which lots of contractors are anyway. I won't touch 'certificate only' people.

Those certificates are often meaningless. Problem is, if you DON'T have them you tend to not get past the HR department. They are impressed by certificates.

If you can actually get to the IT manager guys they usually don't give a stuff HOW you learned it, so long as you have it. And a competant IT manager will be able to tell pretty fast if you know your stuff. Easy to fake it with HR, hard to put it over a BOFH.

[Shadows]

Thanks Sniper, I thought I was hard done by but I feel much better now.
Yeah man I reckon you've got a good case for a PG or something against this outfit you work for. Somebody mentioned earlier that you contact the Dept of Labour or something with your concerns, I second that, I think you'd be a fool not to get some professional advice. There must be a way to screw these pricks to the wall.
Myself, it's time to start taking some of that $20k worth of annual leave owing to me!

[Brian d marge]

I thought it was swoops in making a heap of noise, shits all over everything, then leaves.

I forgot that bit ,,,It is amazing how much they can shit too, They crap on themselves , other people , customers you name it they crap on it... They even throw the stuff
Ive seen some pretty heavy doo doo being flung around. My latest pet seagull is busy strutting around like he is smart or know how to control people ( dont you Just hate that,,, why not treat you like a human being instead of trying to control someone ??? )
Anyway my proposal letter about my contract , which expired on tuesday has been filed in Lost and found !
He wont be strutting, he will be running looking for his head next week.

Hey Sniper how are you bosses anyway, bullies , fogetmenots . or Justplain good ole fashioned ar#$%%^

there must be a study of the ability for men to F$%^ things up the higher up the food chain they get...

Wonder what the results were

Stephen

[scumdog]

I thought chicks like men in uniforms???

They do, they do!! - but often it's the 'wrong' ones! (But not alway let me tell you! )

Sometimes after a walk through the pub in 'work; clothes I feel like what Brittany Speirs (insert favourite crumpet here) would feel like walking past a squad of Biff clones. - groped and bruised.

i.e Walking through pub and then I hear it: "C'mere darling, I just looooove a man in uniform" looks around and aargh! - a 400 year old snaggle-toothed crone in her twin set, fag in one hand, gin in other, leering toothlessly at me!!

[Sniper]

Shit SD, you really are tempting me to join the cops.

[Lou Girardin]

a 400 year old snaggle-toothed crone leering toothlessly at me!!

Shouldn't that be snaggle-toothless crone.
You should transfer to Parnell, you'll get a much better class of Cop groupie.

[inlinefour]

Sorry to hear that your stuck in a shitty situation. I was much the same when I was a deckhand on a commercial fishing vessel. Was not permitted to have days off and turn up to do shit like paint the boss's roof, even though I was only paid to do 40 hours. The boss was a real nasty prick, loosing his temper all the time. One day he lost it as usual and instead of me saying nothing, I loudly told the boss exactly what I thought of him. He quickly told me I was sacked, like I really cared. I honestly thought my career in fishing was over right there and then. I had a lawyer even offer my services for free for a personal grievance. Anyhow I got a job elsewhere doing something else and before I knew it I was getting other skippers coming up to me, after finding out where I was and offering me jobs. I worked for awhile fishing on another vessel. However that boss had a mouth on him and I eventually had a heads up with him. Although that boss still came around to get me for the next trip, I said I had something else to do. Hence the start of my retraining, which ended up with me becoming a registered nurse. Oh and if someone had have told me I was going to be a nurse 15 years ago, I would have smacked the poor bugger over. Things can change and it takes some attitude, anger and/or assertiveness my friend. I get the impression that all this could be sorted out one way or another with a good dose of assertiveness. Sometimes there is no point being the nice guy as others just shit all over you, much like what your experiencing now. Now the choice is up to you, put up or do something about it. Sounds like a Ba in IT could be the go?

[Mooch]

Mate , sounds like your over tired (No shite) IT work can be a grind , and when bad days and unrealistic expectation are strung together you start to think it's not worth it. Hang in there mate , it will get better , get as many early nights as possible,eat well and don't drink too much at the moment.
The work hump should / will settle down , suggest to your boss that you need the weekend clear to have a break. If all else fails play DOOM until you loose it. The movie "Falling Down" in a strange way always make me feel better after a bad week or two. http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/...allingdown.htm

[Skyryder]

I'd take a sickie and go bush for a few days. Take a pack, rifle and go and do what your trained for with some deer, pig, thar etc. That'll give you time to work out some options. Failing that go and lose off some rounds somewhere.


Skyryder

[Skyryder]

Sorry to hear that your stuck in a shitty situation. I was much the same when I was a deckhand on a commercial fishing vessel. Was not permitted to have days off and turn up to do shit like paint the boss's roof, even though I was only paid to do 40 hours. The boss was a real nasty prick, loosing his temper all the time. One day he lost it as usual and instead of me saying nothing, I loudly told the boss exactly what I thought of him. He quickly told me I was sacked, like I really cared. I honestly thought my career in fishing was over right there and then. I had a lawyer even offer my services for free for a personal grievance. Anyhow I got a job elsewhere doing something else and before I knew it I was getting other skippers coming up to me, after finding out where I was and offering me jobs. I worked for awhile fishing on another vessel. However that boss had a mouth on him and I eventually had a heads up with him. Although that boss still came around to get me for the next trip, I said I had something else to do. Hence the start of my retraining, which ended up with me becoming a registered nurse. Oh and if someone had have told me I was going to be a nurse 15 years ago, I would have smacked the poor bugger over. Things can change and it takes some attitude, anger and/or assertiveness my friend. I get the impression that all this could be sorted out one way or another with a good dose of assertiveness. Sometimes there is no point being the nice guy as others just shit all over you, much like what your experiencing now. Now the choice is up to you, put up or do something about it. Sounds like a Ba in IT could be the go?

That too Sniper.

Skyryeder

[DirtMad]

its amazing the difference,doing the same job, working for another company can make... now im almost stress free