Work (they always want more)

[CarveTheFive]

If you don't like to have extra shit on a friday? Fridays are prepared to leave advanced time to cleanup or an emergency.

I’m not going to lie. You’re making me question the sustainability of my position. But I’m not giving my life over to my job. I’m betting on my current level on contribution keeping me employed because I feel like it’s the only play I have. I’m willing to risk my good standing at work to have a life elsewhere. I’m not going to go from where I’m at straight to fired without a single negative evaluation or official reprimand. If that happens then I’ll take it from there.

[onlinebiker]

It could be worse - you could work for a Hollander.

Note - Hollanders not being from Holland - but Holland Michigan. People from Holland are smart, innovative and resourceful. Hollanders are borish, dull, and highly predictable.

These dweebs believe God created them better than all others. Their favourite saying is "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much". They are notoriously cheap. The best way to keep one distracted for hours is to superglue pennies to a concrete floor.

I once had a Hollander shop foreman want me to waste several man/ hours removing a v- belt from an unoperating piece of equipment - just to save a $3 belt that didn't fit any other machine we had. " We might need it someday" was his reasoning. I cut the son of a bitch off with my Buck knife, threw it in thek big box of belts - and took an extended lunch break.

 Problem solved.

[CarveTheFive]

Sounds like your boss has a manpower problem.  He should hire someone to satisfy the workload. Anyone he fires will only increase the deficit between his labor requirements and his projected labor hours (and cost). Probably, at an increased rate of pay and decreased rate of quality and productivity. The smart manager only asks someone to do "a little extra" once or twice, while they light a fire under HRs ass.

Not that the world is full of competent managers, ofc.

My strong point is dependability. I don’t waste a fucking second and they know that. Weak point is flexibility. They know that a replacement probably won’t be available for the extra shit either because in my position they’ve had a long stretch of people who worked far slower or fucked around all day but I get that managers can get hot headed if you’re not flexible. Getting through the day often overrides the big picture and that could cause trouble for an employee with my attitude. But to put numbers on it, flexibility means 60-70 hours if you just keep saying yes. My goal is to work about half that much. I’m not on salary btw. It’s a difficult place to manage because the business isn’t always predictable. It ebbs and flows. People on this board are smart so they’re likely on the management side of this equation which might be why the responses I’m getting are less sympathetic than I expected. I figured on a more fuck yeah work sucks living for the weekend attitude. But I also think there’s a bitterness from people not willing to fight for a fair work/life balance.

[Mr.Obvious]

It could be worse - you could work for a Hollander.

Note - Hollanders not being from Holland - but Holland Michigan. People from Holland are smart, innovative and resourceful. Hollanders are borish, dull, and highly predictable.

These dweebs believe God created them better than all others. Their favourite saying is "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much". They are notoriously cheap. The best way to keep one distracted for hours is to superglue pennies to a concrete floor.

I once had a Hollander shop foreman want me to waste several man/ hours removing a v- belt from an unoperating piece of equipment - just to save a $3 belt that didn't fit any other machine we had. " We might need it someday" was his reasoning. I cut the son of a bitch off with my Buck knife, threw it in thek big box of belts - and took an extended lunch break.

 Problem solved.

That's curious.
Where i come from, people from Holland have The bad rep for being cheap.

[onlinebiker]

It could be worse - you could work for a Hollander.

Note - Hollanders not being from Holland - but Holland Michigan. People from Holland are smart, innovative and resourceful. Hollanders are borish, dull, and highly predictable.

These dweebs believe God created them better than all others. Their favourite saying is "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much". They are notoriously cheap. The best way to keep one distracted for hours is to superglue pennies to a concrete floor.

I once had a Hollander shop foreman want me to waste several man/ hours removing a v- belt from an unoperating piece of equipment - just to save a $3 belt that didn't fit any other machine we had. " We might need it someday" was his reasoning. I cut the son of a bitch off with my Buck knife, threw it in thek big box of belts - and took an extended lunch break.

 Problem solved.

That's curious.
Where i come from, people from Holland have The bad rep for being cheap.

A person from Holland ( country) would look at the antics of a Hollander (someone from the city in Michigan) and say "What' s WRONG with that cheap prick?".


Local legend says that Louie Padnos ( local millionaire scrap metal merchant) learned his first words of English - as follows - " You're not going to throw that away, are you??"

[Marozz]

It could be worse - you could work for a Hollander.

Note - Hollanders not being from Holland - but Holland Michigan. People from Holland are smart, innovative and resourceful. Hollanders are borish, dull, and highly predictable.

These dweebs believe God created them better than all others. Their favourite saying is "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much". They are notoriously cheap. The best way to keep one distracted for hours is to superglue pennies to a concrete floor.

I once had a Hollander shop foreman want me to waste several man/ hours removing a v- belt from an unoperating piece of equipment - just to save a $3 belt that didn't fit any other machine we had. " We might need it someday" was his reasoning. I cut the son of a bitch off with my Buck knife, threw it in thek big box of belts - and took an extended lunch break.

 Problem solved.

That's curious.
Where i come from, people from Holland have The bad rep for being cheap.

Mierenneukers.

[Mr.Obvious]

Ja gast sorry he, reputatie is reputatie. :p
Volgens anderen zijn wij Belgen, dom, saai en pedofiel.
Gierig lijkt me zo erg nog niet.

[Silver]

Someone's found someone.

[Marozz]

Ja gast sorry he, reputatie is reputatie. :p
Volgens anderen zijn wij Belgen, dom, saai en pedofiel.
Gierig lijkt me zo erg nog niet.

ik vind de vlaming gezeliger.... en Belgisch bier is veel lekkerer dan de nederlandse bier. Ja toch,,,

[chimp3]

I hate when I work hard as shit to get shit wrapped up on Friday then when I’m stoked to split my boss tries to dump extra shit on me.

I also dislike (not hate) employees who never say no. Makes me look like a bad guy for having a fucking life.

Don’t get all jelly cause I have the balls to go the fuck home with something left in the tank for me.

Watch me get fired lol

Fuck

I consider myself a volunteer. I chose my career and accept it's challeges. If I start whimpering online about it , maybe it is. time for a change.