Re: OT - The Planets have ALIGNED!!!

WOW! Glad I was sitting down for THIS one! How fabulous! I just love it when things fall into place for folks!

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mkahogan

Wow - sounds like an amazing day! So nice when those days come by!!

susan in canada

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Susan B.

Oh sure! We have your hot weather up here in the midwest. Please take it back, please!

-- Margie

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MargieK

What a wonderful day! Here's hoping that this is just the beginning of a major upswing!

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CLP

I love hearing about days like this! Its not just that everything fell into place for you so happily but your ability to recognize the groove your day got into. Your joy is contagious! Diana

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Diana Curtis

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comstars (Cheri2Star) :

]Yesterday was such a fabulous day, I had to share.

WOW!

*happy dance* for you!

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's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

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vj

You got em... good vibes by the truckload heading your way! Diana

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Diana Curtis

cheri -- I am glad to hear that life is so good for you. This is terrific news!

Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows

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Carol in SLC

You are so right! And I'm about as far from Type A as one can get. In fact, my favorite psychic says that the TURTLE is my totem. LOL.

And Celine - everyone there is paid on salary. Even the people doing bank recs.

Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

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Cheri2Star

The clincher: did they tell you they were looking for people who would "really commit to this company and to getting the job done, whatever it takes"? Or any other set of phrases equivalent to this? If they did, RUN, don't walk, in the other direction. They'll use you up, burn you out, fire you, and leave you so doubtful about your own self-worth that you may go into a depressive tailspin.

Celine

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Lee S. Billings

The phrase was "put their head down and get to work". In fact, he said it twice. And he did let me know that EVERYONE works at least 6 days, some are working 7. Feh. Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

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Cheri2Star

Yep, that's an abusive company all right. I worked for one like that for about

6 months once, and came *that* close to a genuine nervous breakdown. One of my co-workers lost her marriage -- her husband got tired of her working 7 days a week and started an affair. She tried to put her foot down about getting Sundays off to try to salvage the marriage; this lasted one week, then she was told "Be here on Sunday or don't bother coming in Monday." Feh is right.

Celine

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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 8:37:03 -0400, laura wrote (in message ):

Oh yeah, it's still there.

I was always pretty up front about it during the interview. I'd tell the people that they would be delighted with my work, and that they'd more than get their money's worth out of me, but that I looked at work as a way to finance my real life, not as my real life.

If the interviewer balked, I knew it wasn't the kind of place I wanted to work anyway. Of course, in my industry, part-time was still 50+ hours. But, I was able to arrange my work from home and around my own schedule most of the time.

The worst abuse I know about is against older folks who are not quite ready for retirement. Employers want them out, probably because they're the top of their salary scales. So they pile the work on to unattainable levels, and then browbeat the person into leaving, one way or another. The real trap is that it's a freaking nightmare for a person over 50 to find a replacement job at anything like their former salary. Meanwhile, the former employer then hires a young worker at half the former salary or less.

That really bites, but it's so hard to prove.

Kathy N-V

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "laura" :

]I'm really happy to see so many people in this thread speaking out against ]this kind of workplace abuse.

well, most of us would. it's the others i worry about. doing what we do, most of us are already out of that "corporate" mindset.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

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's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :

]The worst abuse I know about is against older folks who are not quite ready ]for retirement. Employers want them out, probably because they're the top of ]their salary scales. So they pile the work on to unattainable levels, and ]then browbeat the person into leaving, one way or another. The real trap is ]that it's a freaking nightmare for a person over 50 to find a replacement job ]at anything like their former salary. Meanwhile, the former employer then ]hires a young worker at half the former salary or less. ] ]That really bites, but it's so hard to prove.

EXACTLY. and it's happening all OVER the place. big time. unions used to be able to help, but not so much any more.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

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's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

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vj

LMAO!

Kathy's comments about the older 50 crowd really hit close to home. I'm 54 and not looking for a job with "potential", which is how this job was being pushed at me. You know, if you work like a dog, you have the potential for great advancement and a great career here.

I'm willing to give you my expertise and experience and 40 hours a week (with occasional OT if needed) and I won't tell you my kids are sick or I have babysitting problems in exchange for a living wage. If that's not good enough, I'll keep looking.

Now I'll be working on an Army base, with govt holidays and (I'm assuming) very little OT at a 20% increase over the last job. LIFE IS GOOD. Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

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