You may wonder what I'm doing here

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

You may wonder what I'm doing here

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Any luck? Did you find one? Not sure you'll find one here!

I don't suppose a 'domestic emergency' covers 'oh god... i can't be bothered to get out of bed' or 'the task of pulling on my shoes is beyond me this morning' or similar.

We don't get 'domestic emergency' leave. It's clear that our taxes are being frittered away by a supposedly underfunded NHS on letting you have the day off. It's not Tony's fault any more... it's YOURS!

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

I'm sorry

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

I'll let you off this time.

Don't forget to quote the 'Zebra' to the repair-person when he/she arrives.

bonniepirateanne · Date: Mar 15, 2005

sharon, i was just wondering what you were doing here?

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

I wasn't. I kinda guessed that it had something to do with my long distance sabotage of her boiler. Mua ha ha ha ha!

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

wait wait wait

let me get this straight...

you guys get 3x the amount of vacation i do *and* domestic emergency leave?

not fair

man I need to move and quick

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Indeed. And maternity/paternity leave as appropriate and any religious holidays we can think of.

Plus, most companies these days support the idea of 'flexible working' (mostly 'cos Tony told them to) which means we can chop and change our hours to suit - many people in my office do a 9-day fortnight, working longer days and taking an extra day off every two weeks.

Sweet. Move to the UK. Do it now. Free Jammie Dodgers for all.

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

well I have a flexible work schedule... which means I can take an hour long nap in the afternoon if I want, but have to work the other 23 hours non-stop.

I also found out the other day that I can't take a vacation. Ever.

Why? There's no one else in the company that does what I do, so if I take a day off, there's no one to cover.... which, when I brought this up to my boss, she responded with a blank stare and ".... I never thought you'd take a day off."

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Sounds like it's time to take your 2 week break. Right now. Tell her that a close relative had popped her clogs in the Bahamas and you need to get out there right now. Compassionate leave. Or don't you get that either?

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

compassionate leave?

sam_carter · Really Bored Member

Andromeda ~ I just discovered i'm the only person in my organisation who does my job. i can't take leave or be sick or die or quit. hey ... they should be paying us more.

the nhs gives domestic emergency leave? they didn't tell me that when i signed up. *goes off to meddle with boiler*

mind you, i get extra for working in a secure unit, so i can't complain.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Hang on a mo... extra for working in a 'secure unit'? What qualifies as a secure unit? I work in the Fraud Department, but I don't get paid extra for it. Now I'm getting envious...
Better take one of my Jealousy Days to recover.

sam_carter · Really Bored Member

we house the kind of people you wouldn't want to meet in broad daylight, let alone on a dark night. so they pay us for being prepared to put ourselves at that sort of risk by working here. i don't know what kind of people they house in a fraud department.

you get jealousy leave... now that really is something.

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

quote:
Originally posted by: sam_carter
"they should be paying us more. "

Yeah no joke. I still look at my paycheck and weep uncontrollably.

And the only way I'll get paid more is if the managing partner in charge of sales gets off his butt and actually sells something....

It's very irritating when the sales support they promised me to get me to take the job suddenly doesn't exist and my paycheck depends on it.

sam_carter · Really Bored Member

quote:
Originally posted by: Andromeda
"
I still look at my paycheck and weep uncontrollably."

i look at my paycheck and scream uncontrollably. it's good to let off steam.

Susan · Tickle me, Elmo! I'm Roger Moore's Stunt Double!

I just looked at my annual pay rise letter and stared blankly into the face of my senior manager with a kind of "Well go on then, explain that one" look. It think it passed her by...

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

Heh, when I got my raise I was told that ‘the company is being very strict on raise allotments this year’.

Apparently it was forgotten was that the CEO of our division asked me to bake in a general raise percentage to our business plan. The problem? When my boss gave me my raise it was less than the percentage I allocated to everyone!!

That conversation suddenly became trickier than originally anticipated, I suspect.

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

How's the heater then, Shazzy?

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

quote:
Originally posted by: Susan
"I just looked at my annual pay rise letter and stared blankly into the face of my senior manager with a kind of "Well go on then, explain that one" look. It think it passed her by... "

Did she not explain that you passed up your bonus and decent pay rise so that I could get 400%?

It's only fair.

Susan · Tickle me, Elmo! I'm Roger Moore's Stunt Double!

quote:
Originally posted by: ddvmor
" Did she not explain that you passed up your bonus and decent pay rise so that I could get 400%? It's only fair. "

I think you owe me a drink.

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

All fixed now ta. He said I didn't need a new boiler & should run this one into the ground first. He also said that wouldn't be long.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

It's always nice when someone breaks the good news that you're going to have to fork out tons of cash.

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

I did only pay for an hour's labour instead of 2 though. As he broke a bracket on the boiler and flooded the kitchen I felt I had room to haggle!

bonniepirateanne · Date: Mar 16, 2005

good work captain oaktree

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

Did he fix that then?

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

Well, it no longer leaks or makes nasty, about-to-blow-up type noises. Hot water's still pretty tempremental (ie If I get some I treat it as a nice suprise), but then I didn't tell him about that, seeing as the shower's electric & the washing-up has to be done in the dishwasher as I've still not got my sink in (yeah, yeah, I know), seems pointless spending anything not strictly necessary on something about to die.

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

An electric shower?

Sounds risky mate! Be careful!

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Its OK mate - they are common place over here -

Our "Stiff upper lips" also act as great insulators against lecky - and the fact that we all wear rubber pants which is another story.

On the plus side - the "Jolt" wakes you up nicely in the mornings and makes putting below par payrises past us alot easier for the ruling classes.

Susan · Tickle me, Elmo! I'm Roger Moore's Stunt Double!

Your electric shower sounds like heaven Stead. Mine can only be relied upon to dribble mournfully whilst the leccy fizzles surreptitiously in the background.

-- Edited by Susan at 15:05, 2005-03-22