*Whinge Alert* - Fuck this, or how do I blow up work and get away with it?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

So because you're incompetent I get to have Christmas by myself, says I?

It has nothing to do with my competence you should have highlighted your requirements earlier, plus you're mental and admitted it so we'll fire you if you don't work.

Put that in writing, I say.

No, they say.

Thats funny... Have you been reading Dilbert... if not you should

[Big Dave]

would that make a later one an alumini?

That's Old School thinking.

[judecatmad]

I would feel a few mental health days coming on and if they don't like it, they can talk to your GP (who would no doubt have been consulted about the whole thing before said MH days were taken and would have given a sick note saying in no uncertain terms that you were indeed too stressed out by the whole process to even contemplate work until the New Year).

Furthermore, form hereon in I would be exercising a strict work to rule. No ifs, no buts.

I would also be raising a grievance with the HR manager.

And then I'd just see what happened and take it from there.

But that's just me. Can be as much of an arse as I choose to be when work fucks me around. So long as you've got all thbe i's dotted and the t's crossed, there's sweet FA they can do to oust you - so long as your work record is decent.

I'm sorry you're having a shit of a time, Jim. Chin up mate.

[judecatmad]

plus you're mental and admitted it so we'll fire you if you don't work.

And they can't and both you and they know it.

[James Deuce]

I would also be raising a grievance with the HR manager.

Here's the thing. 2500 people and no HR department. We're the backyard IT company that got too big. Our Motto is: 'Why do a half-arsed job when a quarter will do?"

[James Deuce]

And they can't and both you and they know it.

That's the thing. They have a track record of doing just that and happily paying a few 10s of thousands to get rid of an employee who is too problematic.

[limbimtimwim]

Thats funny... Have you been reading Dilbert... if not you should

Jim2 is Dilbert.

[James Deuce]

No, I am Wally. I had a Dilbert phase, but I've moved on.

[judecatmad]

Here's the thing. 2500 people and no HR department. We're the backyard IT company that got too big. Our Motto is: 'Why do a half-arsed job when a quarter will do?"

Holy crap - seriously? I didn't realise, sorry. Mate, you need to get out looking for a better company to work for. You've got too much to offer a shitty set up like that!

That's the thing. They have a track record of doing just that and happily paying a few 10s of thousands to get rid of an employee who is too problematic.

But if you're so senior that they simply HAD to have you in for support, surely you're senior enough that now the other guy has quit, it would seriously disadvantage them to lose you?

I take it you've also got no union? Not that I'm a union faithful, but I joined ours for my own selfish reasons when I found out I was pregnant, simply cos I knew my company had a track record of forcing pregnant women into leaving.

I hate companies that single out the most vulnerable members of the work force. When you're stressed/depressed/otherwise medically incapacitated and/or financially unable to fight your employment battles, they know they've got you over a barrel.

Seriously, start job hunting. Apparently, the New Year is the best time to pick up a new job. And maybe 'accidentally' leave your CV lying on your desk.....

Good luck and try to keep the old chin up. I know how hard it is to get through that red mist! Lord knows I've had almost a whole year of that!

[imdying]

I'll pass your concerns on to Vernon...

[James Deuce]

Lol. Yo Vern!

[scumdog]

Schmoranges.

Ironically, I worked today too.

Meh me too - start at 8pm

That's why I'm reading stuff like this and wasting time posting on KB instead of being out on my bike...

[pete376403]

If an IT person really wants to fuck over his employer doing something with the backups (Ie making it so they dont backup certain important stuff) over a long enough period of time so the entire backup sets are corrupt. Then "accidentally" delete the "certain important stuff" disks. This is best done just before you leave for either a long overseas holiday or better, another employer.

[riffer]

Indeed. However, that's easily discovered.

One would be better off (hypothetically) to randomly apply varying forms of compression to the archive tapes, in order to irritate and slow things down. Better to be thought of as incompetent as everybody else, and not screw things up reference-wise, than be thought of as a saboteur.

[Big Dave]

Yuh - making it harder for the poor schmo that fills the chair next makes perfect sense.