Re: Don't stand in front of the fan

How 'bout:
Him;
or Me;
Or Him AND Me, but w/ Me getting a 100% raise! Or some equivalent.
Mebbe suggest the raise be under the table, so The Anchor don't know about
it--for purely diplomatic reasons, of course.
And, of course, 5% to Mr. PV.... :)
Or, you kin just memo the *** out of this muhfugguh, turn it into a sport.
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Mr. P.V.'d
formerly Droll Troll
"Gary H. Lucas" <gary.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:nh9jf.262$N%1.186@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Last Wednesday before Thanksgiving I had pretty much had it. In the
> previous 2 weeks I had worked more than 200 hours, 40 hours at one stretch
> to start. I get home from the job from hell and I find out that parts I
> need for my current job haven't even been ordered yet. And the boat
> anchor across the hall sits there in his office turning out crap, that
> those of us who actually know what we are doing have to make work. What's
> wrong with this picture? I mentioned to a co-worker who was the company's
> first employee about how unhappy I was about this situation, and how I was
> seriously beginning to look for a new job.
>
> On my drive home I get a message on my voicemail from the owner, my
> co-worker told him about the conversation. He expressed concern that I
> might quit. I didn't call him back, I was really burned out and just
> wanted to enjoy the holiday. Saturday a FedEx envelope shows up at home.
> The owner was on his way to Mexico and wrote me a letter before leaving.
> In the letter he told me what his plans are for the new year, and how I'm
> a big part of those plans. I've had to keep my mouth shut about all this.
>
> In the meantime the boat anchor across the hall takes me to task on Monday
> because I got so pissed about how bad his drawing was for parts I needed
> that I redid them myself. Today he sends me and our immediate boss an
> email complaining that my drawing wasn't checked by anyone and didn't
> receive engineering review. What do you call having the boat anchor
> across the hall wasting half my day going over every little detail in my
> drawing? He's supposed to be an engineer, isn't that engineering review?
> What he is most upset about is the changes I made after discussing the
> part with the vendor who is making it for us. It just ain't right that I
> should design a part the vendor can actually make, with commonly available
> tools, without needing to phone me with 20 questions, and without needing
> a session with the calculator, is it? This is the same guy who doesn't
> show or ask anyone anything about his drawings until the steel frames show
> up, WRONG!
>
> I have a real bad feeling though about the owners optimism for the future.
> Consider that the boat anchor across the hall is still here, after 8-1/2
> years. If you can't cast off a boat anchor like that, how are you going
> to ever get a handle on all the other issues around here? I am absolutely
> certain I can turn this boat around and get her up on a plane. Been
> there, done that. I'm also absolutely certain that if the owner doesn't
> back me 100% that I'll be gone shortly too. Been there, done that, damn
> near got the stroke to prove it.
>
> So what to do? Hell, I can't even just do my job and mind my own
> business. Fricking people keep saying "we're all on the same team, you
> know" The boat anchor has a memo in his desk drawer from five years ago.
> On my first day he took it out, waited for me to read it, then put it
> back. It said something about him being in charge of Cad standards and
> reviewing drawings. So he thinks he has the authority to rake me over the
> coals on every drawing. You'd think by now he'd get it. I haven't made a
> single change to a drawing at his suggestion since I've been here. Every
> time he's been overruled by the boss.
>
> I've pretty much come to the conclusion that when the owner returns and
> starts telling me how I fit into his plans I'm going to have to lay it all
> on the line. The boat anchor has to go, or I am going. I see it as a
> test, if he can't make a decision like this, that will please nearly
> everyone in the company, then there is no hope of any change happening
> here. My belief though is that I will be looking for a new job come the
> weekend. Bummer, I hate changing jobs.
>
> Gary H. Lucas
>


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