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  1. The even randomer thread

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    43 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

    I get invited to things they don't let you charge for every week, never been to one. Sometimes they really pester me about it, but they switched to 9/80 hours this year and i live far enough away that my weeknights are already evaporated before spending an hour unpaid at the building

    We're a 24 hour operation, so no one is asked to do anymore than 8 hours per shift. We do get the odd occasion like New Year's Eve where we run busy into the wee hours of grave shift and a dealer or 2 might end up getting stuck for an extra hour, but they get time and a half for every hour over their 40. Plus, none of them work 40 anyway, because 90% of them sign the "early out" every night (that's a list to voluntarily get cut as business demands necessitate.) My dealers average about 35 hours per week, full time, of a scheduled 40. My supervisors average about 37. 

    When I send payroll out at the end of a given week there might be 4 names on the OT list, and those 4 people pick up shifts in other departments. Or they are poker dealers who never want to go home because they can make $600 a night. 

  2. The even randomer thread

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    2 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

    My company tried to fire me for months, and sends me 25 infantilizing corporate emails per day lecturing like some 93 iq kindergarten teacher/hall monitor hybrid using corporate jargon that makes me want to gouge my eyes out, and is happy to tell me in these and other emails that i contribute negatively to their ideal demographic splits, and assure me they are seeking to solve this problem

    I do what I have to do and get my job done with 40 honest hours per week but giving my employer more than that from my own free time is something that would sap from, not add to, my self-worth/pride. I'm using every scrap of PTO and sick time they'll let me use

    Oh, I use all 30 of my PTO days every year. And whenever I have to show up for a meeting that I'm not getting paid for(salary), I make sure to get those hours back when I can. Preferably on my Friday. 

  3. The even randomer thread

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    Posted · Edited by ubkev

    1 hour ago, Eleven said:

    There's a bonus for just showing up?!

    Also, I have to share a casino story w/ you, from your state.  Erie, specifically.  I'll write it down some day...

    $250/month just for showing up when you're scheduled. 

    And I'd love to hear it. 

  4. The even randomer thread

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    13 minutes ago, Taro T said:

    Well, on the plus side, doesn't seem like you'll have to keep this tool for long w/ the current policy in place.

    Oh, I canned him 2 days ago. But he's far from the first and he definitely won't be the last. I have 210 people. 35 of them are within 1 flat tire/lost car keys of being suspended. 

    Conversely I have 19 all stars who get a perfect attendance bonus check every month. 

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  5. The even randomer thread

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    12 minutes ago, Taro T said:

    Absolutely.

    And this tool should expect to have a long talk w/ you or other management explaining that the next time he "gets" Covid he's bringing the results of his saliva test showing he won't be smelling anything for the next 3 months or he isn't getting back in the building.  The 11 "legit" sick days in 11 months have to count for something towards finding a way to can him for cause, right?

    You get 10 "points" in a 12 month period before you're terminated with cause. Everyone has 1 emergency day and everyone gets vacation time. 1 point for each call-in. Consecutive call-in's result in half points. So if you call in sick on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday you only get 2.5 points instead of 4. 

    That COVID policy ended 2 months ago. Now the only way they get to stay home is with a legit PCR test from a doctor that is dated. They get 5 free days from the positive test. You got symptoms? Tough *****, put on a mask and let's go. Is that rough? Sure, but I've had 30% of my staff lying their ***** off for the past 3 years abusing the ***** out of the pandemic. 

    All while making $42/per hour 

  6. The even randomer thread

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    1 hour ago, Taro T said:

    Really need to discuss this sort of stuff with the boss when you're feeling fine to fully understand not just the company's policies but also his/her philosophy on sick day usage.  Because, if you have a boss that wants you in at work every day you aren't dead or on vacation you will set yourself up for poor reviews by taking a couple of days off here or there.  Conversely, if your boss WILL take it out on you for being the (perceived) reason he/she got sick, try to work from home when the allergies heat up (many hypochondriacs can't discern between hayfever & Covid) or you will set yourself up for poor reviews by NOT taking sick days.

    And if the boss changes, have the same discussion w/ the new one.  Because the new one might not agree with the old one's policy.

    I had a guy get hired 11 months ago. In those 11 months, he quarantined with COVID symptoms 7 separate times for a grand total of 24 days. No positive COVID tests, just called in with "symptoms" and never went and got tested so he could skip 5 days of work (it was a bad company policy.) After that, he managed to accumulate 11 additional call-ins. 

    So to recap, this guy is part time, is scheduled between 3 and 4 days per week, has been at said job for 11 months, and has managed to take 35 sick days(24 of which didn't count against him because of bad policy.) 

    That's a touch excessive, right?

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  8. The even randomer thread

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    How many times should you be able to call-in sick to work before you get fired?

    I'm not talking cancer sick. That is what FMLA protection is for. I'm talking "got a case of the ***** It's, and I'm not going in today."

    It's a small debate we're having at work right now. 

  17. Complaint Thursdays

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    Had surgery on my foot at the end of March. Couldn't walk for a month. Couldn't walk my dogs for 6 weeks. 

    Have to have it again. ***** me! Damn plantar wart. It came back before the wound was fully healed. This time I'm taking a freaking month off of work. Aiming for October. That's a supreme "sit at home and do nothing" kind of month. 

    And spending a $G on new footwear sure is going to suck balls too. 

  18. Sabrespacer Baseball Teams

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    Yankees.

    My dad and I watched around 145 games per year together from about 1992 until I moved out in 2003. Even then, I'd still call him whenever anything cool happened in a game. It didn't even have to be a big game, could have been a cool sliding catch in June. 

    Paul O'Neill is my only favorite player in any sport. The distain he had for his own failure is probably my favorite quality in an athlete. 

    1996 World Series is my favorite sports memory. After that it's the 03 NCAA Basketball Championship.

    The Baseball Hall of Fame is the greatest museum on planet Earth. I can easily spend 5 hours inside and not get sick of looking at the awesomeness in there. 

  20. OT: City Nicknames

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    Posted · Edited by ubkev

    1 hour ago, That Aud Smell said:

    Rome (Italy (not New York): The Eternal City.

    Tacoma, Washington: The City of Destiny.

    Rome, NY is The Copper City. 

    Well...was. they haven't produced copper there since I was little. 

    Edit: It's also the city where they broke ground for the Erie Canal. 

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