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5/5/2009 10:06:42 AM

true, this thread is getting blogy

5/5/2009 10:08:42 AM

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"My former future wife cheated on me and broke up with me, so I'm just now getting out of the denial/depression stage and am becoming angry."

damn fool, where did TWW miss this.

5/5/2009 10:08:48 AM

Joe#s i'm really sorry to hear about your break up. I know you had a lot of hopes and plans but hell man you deserve better than that. It'll be the best thing for you in the end. Keep on keepin on!

5/5/2009 10:41:57 AM

JADN4SECRETARY '09

5/5/2009 10:56:51 AM

it's new

5/5/2009 10:58:48 AM

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/5/nation/3830725&sec=nation

5/5/2009 11:06:29 AM

omgah

5/5/2009 11:07:04 AM

that is just bad luck for that dude

what is the probability that someone hits a parked car? combine that with the probability that someone is getting head in said parked car, and you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning.

5/5/2009 11:11:37 AM

that's some fucked up shit

5/5/2009 11:14:44 AM

Dang, joe#'s. I'm really sorry to hear about your break up. But you don't need someone who has that little respect for you as a person.

5/5/2009 12:03:34 PM

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"Joe#s i'm really sorry to hear about your break up. I know you had a lot of hopes and plans but hell man you deserve better than that. It'll be the best thing for you in the end. Keep on keepin on!"

5/5/2009 12:04:23 PM

Her termination process was perfectly orchestrated.

Just before she gets ready to leave a little early to go to lunch with her girlfriends, I call her into one of the larger conference rooms near our offices.

I was sitting on one side of the big table, and she on the other. I opened my folder and told her that her performance has been less than satisfactory and that we have not seen any improvement over the past five months. I presented the partial record of when we caught her playing games. I also showed her the report I got from IT of her Internet history since January. Myspace, Facebook, etc were among the most visited.

I then informed her that she was losing her job. As I told her I slid a box of tissues from my side of the table to hers. She cried hysterically, of course.

While we were in the conference room, my boss called IT to change her passwords to keep her from getting on the computer and causing some shit.

When she got back to her desk, there was a box already there for her to put her things in. 10 minutes later a security guard showed up to escort her from the building. HR was at the front door of the building to take her ID badge.

5/5/2009 10:19:10 PM

so, will you be responsible for interviewing her replacement?

5/5/2009 10:28:42 PM

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"JADN4SECRETARY '09"

FOR REAL DOGG I NEED A JOB

5/5/2009 10:31:20 PM

^^^So did she ever get a 'firm' warning?

[Edited on May 5, 2009 at 10:33 PM. Reason : ]

5/5/2009 10:31:31 PM

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"so, will you be responsible for interviewing her replacement?"

i hope so.

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"So did she ever get a 'firm' warning?"

I think her unsatisfactory performance review from January served as a significant warning that she needs to shape up.

5/5/2009 10:33:35 PM

well now that you are hiring someone new, it would be a good time to lay down the law so to speak.

let the secretary know what is and isnt expected of her as an employee, so you hopefully can avoid a similar situation in the future

5/5/2009 10:35:14 PM

Joe#'s... i like you. You're a good guy. I usually don't say this to wolfwebbers but I think now is an appropriate time.


And bro, you cant turn hoes into housewives..... never forget

5/5/2009 10:38:37 PM

and get someone hot for craps sake and make everyone in the office happy

say in the description "professional looking appearance"

5/5/2009 10:39:59 PM

playing solitaire is one thing during work, and i can see the justification of firing her for THAT ALONE, but, just browsing through your posting it seems that you have been surfing and posting during work hours as well.....

5/5/2009 10:40:42 PM

is the job in atlanta or a suburb? a good friend of mine lives in atlanta and may be looking for a job. she went to the culinary institute and is a pastry chef so im sure she'd be making bomb treats to share with the office

i know she has secretarial experience and shes a salt of the earth kind of person

5/5/2009 10:47:51 PM

^ I think the question that really needs to be answered is if she puts out and does she give good head ?

5/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

aaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnd she's gone!


In this economy, a worker who does not work is just asking for it. Now's the time to find someone hot and competent at the same time, surely there's at least one out there.

5/5/2009 10:53:53 PM

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"Now's the time to find someone hot and competent at the same time"

this should be the requirement for all secretaries. actually i think they call them administrative assistants now.

5/5/2009 11:08:46 PM

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"As I told her I slid a box of tissues from my side of the table to hers. "

that's cold

5/5/2009 11:12:22 PM

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"playing solitaire is one thing during work, and i can see the justification of firing her for THAT ALONE, but, just browsing through your posting it seems that you have been surfing and posting during work hours as well....."

[Edited on May 5, 2009 at 11:13 PM. Reason : this is actually a really valid point.]

5/5/2009 11:12:44 PM

So wait does her playing games put her behind in doing work or has she kept up with what has been asked of her? If she has time to play games then maybe she needs to be given additional work.

5/5/2009 11:19:01 PM

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"playing solitaire is one thing during work, and i can see the justification of firing her for THAT ALONE, but, just browsing through your posting it seems that you have been surfing and posting during work hours as well....."

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"this is actually a really valid point."

agreed.

she is was an hourly employee, getting paid to work from 8 to 5.

i am a salaried employee, getting paid for 40 hours when I really work 70-80 every week. My hours are very skewed, so if I post during the day I am usually working from home. I very rarely do any personal surfing from company-owned computers and networks.

that being said, her reviews sucked and she didn't get her work done. My reviews are always very positive and I work my ass off. there is a difference.

and this sucks, because even at 1130pm I'm in the process of writing a major report and I'm waiting for some simulations to finish so I can get the data

5/5/2009 11:20:08 PM

fair enough, just don't let the job eat your soul.

5/5/2009 11:23:03 PM

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"Her termination process was perfectly orchestrated. Just before she gets ready to leave a little early to go to lunch with her girlfriends, I call her into one of the larger conference rooms near our offices. I was sitting on one side of the big table, and she on the other. I opened my folder and told her that her performance has been less than satisfactory and that we have not seen any improvement over the past five months. I presented the partial record of when we caught her playing games. I also showed her the report I got from IT of her Internet history since January. Myspace, Facebook, etc were among the most visited. I then informed her that she was losing her job. As I told her I slid a box of tissues from my side of the table to hers. She cried hysterically, of course. While we were in the conference room, my boss called IT to change her passwords to keep her from getting on the computer and causing some shit. When she got back to her desk, there was a box already there for her to put her things in. 10 minutes later a security guard showed up to escort her from the building. HR was at the front door of the building to take her ID badge. "

I have to hand it to you -- if you have to fire someone, that's the way to do it. I like how everything went off like clockwork.

Sucks for her but she shouldn't have been screwing off on company time. Perhaps this will serve as a good example that she isn't entitled to a job.

5/5/2009 11:38:31 PM

^

Hmmm it needs music to help put the firing over the top. Such as:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4580F8720493B782&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&v=TIvxqUCu41Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450&feature=PlayList&p=22EB6E0F69307A97&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp6pBbLw820

[Edited on May 5, 2009 at 11:46 PM. Reason : .]

5/5/2009 11:38:34 PM

can't believe this hasn't come up yet

[Edited on May 5, 2009 at 11:43 PM. Reason : busted-ass hotlinking]

5/5/2009 11:41:57 PM

how exactly did you word the "losing your job" part?

5/5/2009 11:47:50 PM

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"He's leaving it up to me to take care of the situation. "

Classic sign of him checking you for balls. If your boss ever "leaves it up to you" that means "plz 2 fire k thx"

its kind of like when a girl says she does not want anything for her birthday, that means she is reminding you to get her something for her birthday.

5/5/2009 11:52:17 PM

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"this should be the requirement for all secretaries. actually i think they call them administrative assistants now."

Fo' sho'. One of the hottest girls I've ever known was an administrative assistant at McKinsey when I worked there.

[Edited on May 6, 2009 at 12:19 AM. Reason : ]

5/6/2009 12:19:04 AM

next time have some bottled water in the conference room too

bitches cryin dehydrate fast y0

5/6/2009 12:47:48 AM

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"how exactly did you word the "losing your job" part?"

I didn't want to infringe on Donald Trump's trademarked "You're Fired," but I tried to say something professional about how things weren't working out, and that we were letting her go.

I also forgot to mention that I had our legal team draw up a release of liability form that if she signed I would give her 2 weeks severance. I told her to take it with her and talk to her attorney if she wanted to. She'll probably sign it. Money is money.

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"next time have some bottled water in the conference room too"

I'll do this next time

5/6/2009 7:57:12 AM

Hey Joe#'s sorry about the relationship drama .

5/6/2009 8:07:15 AM

is the guy hispanic ?

5/6/2009 8:10:33 AM

https://post.craigslist.org/atl/J?guide=yes

5/6/2009 9:19:34 AM

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"Now's the time to find someone hot and competent at the same time, surely there's at least one out there."

you know when searching for girlfriends i usually try to maintain this mentality, but it always quickly proves to be wrong.

5/6/2009 9:42:39 AM

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"tries to dress look like a sorority chick"

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"overweight"

done.

5/6/2009 9:47:02 AM

So it is OK to waste time on TWW at work, but not to play a game?

5/6/2009 12:25:37 PM

^wow i thought you were dead man. where ya been?

5/6/2009 12:28:50 PM

^^if you can still get your shit done correctly, yeah

5/6/2009 1:07:20 PM

salaried working 70-80 hrs per week and posting on TWW and doing your job

vs.

hourly at work for 40 hrs per week and still not gettin the job done


BIG DIFFERENCE.

5/6/2009 1:13:46 PM

We are going to have to change Joe#'s name to "the Bobs". lol

Very well played. I will go on internet record to support your decision of this firing and the act of firing. But I do have to say that even with playing games or surfing the web at work, it shouldn't be the thing that gets you fired, its the unsatisfactory results of not getting your actual work done.

When I had my corporate job, I would routinely get stuff done either early or on time meeting expectations or past it, constantly. I routinely played COD4, blogged, check news sites, and read the 20 million emails from coworkers about jokes and stupid videos while at work, but never affected my performance. I also took initiative to get things done when others were either overwhelmed or behind.

5/6/2009 1:29:54 PM

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"is the job in atlanta or a suburb? a good friend of mine lives in atlanta and may be looking for a job. she went to the culinary institute and is a pastry chef so im sure she'd be making bomb treats to share with the office "

I thought that said "bomb threats", and I was all

5/6/2009 2:46:05 PM

since noone reads the 49th post

5/6/2009 2:54:31 PM