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    RTFM!! 5,000+ Posts allan's Avatar
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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    Loved the small dealership KMDPS only 8 people took care of 300 or so machine.

    They trusted me to get the job done and save where ever.
    Had access as a technician to the books! That allowed me to monitor the profit on each machine.
    If you care at that level you are super efficient at what you do.

    Rock up at the office and check calls, then go make breakfast bacon and eggs for who ever wanted.
    Then go pull my own stock and toners from the storeroom.
    Go do some calls. Had the freedom to do my own logistics for when and where I would be.
    Get back and get onto the PC to do research and training.
    Also did the cost accounting in my free time to check how and where we could make some savings.
    If the job was done nobody cared what you where up to and would be at home as early at 15h00 some days.

    Pulled every trick in the book to keep costs down.
    Always had the CPC up to date with new part prices the sheets was modified to include to known yields for parts.
    Pushed everything to the limit while keeping awesome costumer relations.
    The customers was very loyal and would not even consider upgrading with anybody else.

    Every other week we would be on the driving range whacking some balls during office hours.
    The manager would get the company credit card every now and again to spoil us a bit.
    Company planed holidays where we would burn up the owners built up time shares at the most awesome venues.
    Everything we scraped would go towards Friday BBQ's.

    Thanks Lucien best guy i have ever worked for and you know i regret leaving big time!
    Whatever

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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    Quote Originally Posted by n25an View Post
    You are so right...

    91. Taking on NEW (shitty) product lines W/O consulting The Service Manager/Only Tech"
    92. Ridiculously low wages
    93. Staff meetings held in a language unknown to you
    94. customers leaving in droves
    95. poor reviews on employment review sites
    96. your mgr complains about your travel time... even after you prove with mapquest or google that travel time is accurate
    97. you would feel relieved if they fired you...
    98. you dread going in their on a monday...
    99. your job causes you to have a mental breakdown
    100. your job causes a heart attack
    101. your job gives you an ulcer
    102. after a conversation with the mgr, you are so worked up and distracted you get in an accident.
    103. you would not be surprised if the company closed down tomorrow...
    104. you would not be surprised if someone went postal there
    105. you show up to work and the company has closed down and it does not even surprise you...
    106. the company hires you as a full time employee and then at tax time you find out you are a contractor and responsible for their and your tax obligations on your taxes
    107. mgmt frowns on you taking your full lunch break
    108. you are always on guard for the next drama
    109. you need the money but if they let you go early from work its a relief...
    110. your mgr asks you how you are doing, you tell him you are going through a difficult time, divorce, cancer, pregnancy, death in the family... etc... mgr pulls you aside and fires you...
    111. you have to deposit your check quickly for fear the check will bounce if you take too long...
    Sad To Say I Don't Have a Life
    I do this stuff on the weekends too

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    112. if for any reason you are terminated... your unemployment benefits are denied by company...
    Sad To Say I Don't Have a Life
    I do this stuff on the weekends too

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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    If you are a reliable tech you are worth more that they would make you think.
    Go get another job somewhere.
    Whatever

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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    Quote Originally Posted by allan View Post
    If you are a reliable tech you are worth more that they would make you think.
    Go get another job somewhere.
    I did... but this list kinda just ran away with me...
    sometimes in life... you just don't know how much you have put up with and seen... until you write it down...
    Sad To Say I Don't Have a Life
    I do this stuff on the weekends too

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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    #97: been there quite a few times. =^..^=
    If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
    1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
    2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
    3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
    4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
    5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

    blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    Quote Originally Posted by n25an View Post
    You are so right...

    91. Taking on NEW (shitty) product lines W/O consulting The Service Manager/Only Tech"
    Like Xerox? Christ, I spend more time in front of my computer trying to make sense of their manuals than I do with a screwdriver.
    confused.gif

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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    Life has a very very very simple set of rules.

    I want it.

    You have it.

    How do I get it off you?
    o Method 1: Violence (Orangutan Style).
    o Method 2: Offer in exchange (self permission system).

    I work for you, which fills up your busines$ escrow account(bank) with electronic numbers (profit).
    In return you siphon off some of those business number$ into my escrow account (wages).

    I continue to work for you while we both agree on the system of escrow or barter exchange. (Self permission system.)

    All works well with both parties until the indifference in the agreement takes over....
    .
    .
    .
    <add long list of indifference problems here>

    The above should be taught in schools...

    The self permission escrow system is the reason we rape and destroy the natural resources of the planet, as we turn the beauty of the natural world into an accounting entry imaginary number on an escrow (bank) computer.
    Last edited by NeoMatrix; 03-12-2020 at 02:31 AM.
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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    Quote Originally Posted by n25an View Post
    Here are signs that you work for a bad company... I have experienced a lot of these signs...

    1. they do not train...
    2. they hire to fit
    3. employee review is an opportunity for tear down not build up
    4. your opinion is little more than toilet tissue
    5. your opinion is requested and when given treated as an opportunity to insult you
    6. you are micro managed by someone who has no idea what they are doing
    7. other departments have more rights than your department
    8. other departments dictate how you manage your work space
    9. moving goal posts... the standards that you must meet keep changing and never for your own good
    10. other employees pull you aside and warn you about what to expect
    11. your employer lies about how many people are in the dept
    12. your manager lies about your salary
    13. your manager lies about any agreements made when you were hired...
    14. hr will not make any tax changes requested
    15. your employer tries to steal money from your paycheck
    16. your employer tries to demean you for asking for mileage, parking and tolls
    17. your employer promises to pay mileage, parking and tolls at hire but never pays anything
    18. no staff meetings
    19. too many staff meetings
    20. nepotism
    21. bullying by employees
    22. bullying by mgmt
    23. favoritism
    24. racism
    25. prejudice
    26. colorism
    27. general nastiness
    28. complicated instructions for simple tasks
    29. simple instructions for complicated tasks
    30. mgmt solution to a problem is to shout at you
    31. mgmt solution to a problem is to tell you the wrong things to do
    32. mgmt micro manages you as if you and they are two years old
    33. mgmt punishes you for going above and beyond
    34. mgmt punishes you for being a team player
    35. work place jealousy
    36. you are consistently punished for what you have never been informed about...
    37. you are consistently informed about meetings, events or functions either late or after they have occured
    38. you are not allowed to train
    39. manager will literally watch you work
    40. manager tells you where to sit... complains about it... you sit somewhere else... they tell you to return to the original spot...
    41. mgmt wants to read a book with you...
    42. mgmt makes your job super easy by taking away access to resources then blame you for issues that can only be solved due to access to resources
    43. mgmt does things to make itself happy but not stuff that employees prefer...
    44. mgmt thinks every employee is a super employee
    45. mgmt thinks every employee is a moron
    46. hr insults you when you request help
    47. hr uses their outdoor voice when indoors
    48. mgmt not reachable in emergencies
    49. hr not reachable in emergencies
    50. mgmt ignores you after hearing about emergency that requires their input.
    51. sexism

    please feel free to add to this list...

    WTF.. I am currently employed with this.
    Aye! Cut the crap

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    Re: Signs you work for a predatory company

    Quote Originally Posted by keithxxiii View Post
    WTF.. I am currently employed with this.
    my heart goes out to you...
    Sad To Say I Don't Have a Life
    I do this stuff on the weekends too

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