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Workaholics go to meetings
Chapter 2: Nice and Easy (part 2)
Dec 2nd
As I sat there wasting away minutes at useless calculations, I wondered why everything was bundled into one giant PTO pool. Imagine if baseball didn’t break down hits into singles, doubles, triples, and home runs. You’d be as confused reading the back of the baseball card as the manager trying to set the lineup. Being the statistical guru that I am, I separated everything into categories: PTO that is automatic (like holidays), PTO that is granted (like vacation), and PTO that is urgent (like sick time). This made perfect sense – PTO as a single category should not exist if you plan to track it. But no one really tracked it before. People just entered their PTO hours in the weekly time reporter and that was it. No one checked it, no one cared. But I decided that I would.
The owners were on board right away, and I was writing policy change notices before I knew it. Advance request requirements, half day options, the snowball had been pushed off and was barreling down at the speed of light. And in the midst of it all, there I was, like a wizard waving a magic wand, creating rules and policies, setting requirements… Little did I realize, this made life harder on everyone. Not that I cared. I felt power, I felt importance.
What the f**k did I know about setting policies? I wasn’t a business owner now, I had never been one before. I’ve been an employee my whole life, yet I was sitting there with a suit and tie and a smart ass look on my face setting up hoops for everyone to jump through. Everyone but those deemed exempt, those lucky few living outside the black and white of the policy world. And who would decide who is granted membership to this exclusive club? Why, I, of course.
Dog at the interview
Oct 19th
Through my years of conducting medical staffing, I have never come across anything quite like this. I’ve interviewed drug addicts and criminals. 
Single parents and new grads. Some came with their wives or husbands, some with their parents, some just brought a friend. Today I interviewed a woman for an open Art Therapist position at a local hospital. She walked in dressed very casually, looking almost Bohemian, with a long bag over her shoulder. As she’s taking a seat in front of me, out of the bag comes a long Pekingese! I was shocked! And she even brought the dog a bone! While I was trying to interview this woman, her dog sat on her lap chewing the bone, and kept barking at me cautiously to make sure that I wasn’t going for her prize.
I’m not sure what the hell she was thinking – how do you coach somebody on something like that? I mean you can coach on wardrobe, resume, grammar, posture… but you would think that someone with a masters from Columbia would think twice…
At one point, I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt, and asked her if the reason why she brought the dog in is because she is considering Read the rest of this entry »
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Being a Peeping Tom will get you Fired!
Oct 19th
Countless hours of free, uncensored, and readily available pornography on the internet enough for you? It wasn’t enough for Michael Brunner, 
who worked at the Lincoln Center Theater as the stage manager for the Musical, South Pacific. Brunner’s perversion stretched much farther than the internet, as he allegedly employed an iPhone to videotape a female cast member as she undressed in her dressing room between acts. A little voyeurism goes a long way, or perhaps not, since Lincoln Center Theater has now announced that they have terminated Brunner’s contract following an Oct. 16 arraignment on charges of unlawful surveillance.
Hate your job?
Oct 12th
We all come into a job with certain expectations. Those may be based on previous personal experiences, others
Has your employment hit a wall?
experiences in a similar setting, something from TV, movies, or books. Basically, anything that you come into contact with throughout your life influences your perception and expectation of the world, society, and your workplace. Alas, expectations and perceptions are seldom reality. What you perceived as a dream job can quickly turn into a nightmare, and unless you’re ready to cut bait, you might find yourself in an undesirable situation.
What would you tell me if I told you that from this point forward you have to sleep on the bare floor? Such an arrangement would make you uncomfortable, unhappy, and be a detriment to your health. Being employed in a setting you hate has the same effects. Read the rest of this entry »
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