my boss that turned down my 5 days holiday when i gave them 2 months advance notice and had planned it for when this current contract period had expired, told us on friday that from now on he was going to work from home on either mondays or fridays from now on.
his girlfriend lives in another city a 3 hour drive away and he has been complaining that it is tiring driving up every weekend, so now he can make a 3 day weekend of it and its less tiring. you know what is tiring?. not having a single day off work since july last year, thats fucking tiring. my boss had 3 weeks holiday in december/january and then another week off in february, but still turned down my holiday request. those 5 days i was going to be away they need bodies in the office, and now i can see why when he is going down to 4 days a week in the office. the other senior permie has also reverted back to a 4 day week as well. what the fuck is going on?!!!.
am going to accept a contract offer if they give me one, but i am going to ask for more money. they can give it to me or they can refuse and i will still sign it, but i will then be on the look out and they will suspect it as well. i know we contractors are just a resource for projects and work, but we are human beings as well and there is no need to treat them like shit.
a comment was made last week that was telling. i was told at the last minute that the local support contract in new york needed to come into the office to shut down some equipment on saturday for maintenance. i was told this on thursday and it meant that the 3rd party contractor supplier had little time to arrange for one of their guys to work on saturday. when they asked if they could arrange it for late friday afternoon i asked my boss if that was ok, and his reply was something like "no, they will come in on saturday and do it when we want. we pay them for the work and if they dont want our business we will get someone else to do it". i thought that was a bit cuntish. they have done lots of good work for us in the past and they were just asking if it was possible to re-arrange it as it was such short notice. also, i dont think we can find another support contract in NY in one day.
he should have been less bullish and appreciated the fact that it was our fault this was at late notice. he should have appreciated the fact that they did then come in on the saturday and do the work we asked them to. just because you pay someone does not mean you can treat them like shit. on the flip side, if people are just money, then you can give me some more. after all, this job is just a means to earn money.
i have a meeting with the IT director in a couple of weeks, which is also 2 weeks before my contract expires. either he will tell me its over, or he will offer me a new one. its going to look shit, if they dont offer me a new one and have fucked my holiday for no reason other than spite.
his girlfriend lives in another city a 3 hour drive away and he has been complaining that it is tiring driving up every weekend, so now he can make a 3 day weekend of it and its less tiring. you know what is tiring?. not having a single day off work since july last year, thats fucking tiring. my boss had 3 weeks holiday in december/january and then another week off in february, but still turned down my holiday request. those 5 days i was going to be away they need bodies in the office, and now i can see why when he is going down to 4 days a week in the office. the other senior permie has also reverted back to a 4 day week as well. what the fuck is going on?!!!.
am going to accept a contract offer if they give me one, but i am going to ask for more money. they can give it to me or they can refuse and i will still sign it, but i will then be on the look out and they will suspect it as well. i know we contractors are just a resource for projects and work, but we are human beings as well and there is no need to treat them like shit.
a comment was made last week that was telling. i was told at the last minute that the local support contract in new york needed to come into the office to shut down some equipment on saturday for maintenance. i was told this on thursday and it meant that the 3rd party contractor supplier had little time to arrange for one of their guys to work on saturday. when they asked if they could arrange it for late friday afternoon i asked my boss if that was ok, and his reply was something like "no, they will come in on saturday and do it when we want. we pay them for the work and if they dont want our business we will get someone else to do it". i thought that was a bit cuntish. they have done lots of good work for us in the past and they were just asking if it was possible to re-arrange it as it was such short notice. also, i dont think we can find another support contract in NY in one day.
he should have been less bullish and appreciated the fact that it was our fault this was at late notice. he should have appreciated the fact that they did then come in on the saturday and do the work we asked them to. just because you pay someone does not mean you can treat them like shit. on the flip side, if people are just money, then you can give me some more. after all, this job is just a means to earn money.
i have a meeting with the IT director in a couple of weeks, which is also 2 weeks before my contract expires. either he will tell me its over, or he will offer me a new one. its going to look shit, if they dont offer me a new one and have fucked my holiday for no reason other than spite.
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