primitive has rough day at work

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018473008

Oh my.

It's always good to hear of the woes of the primitives.

underpants (105,817 posts)    Wed Sep 4, 2013, 06:42 PM

Rough rough day at work probably my toughest ever

sorry I just need to vent and my wife is sad enough already.

First I was told yesterday that I had to sign a new employment contract/confidentiality agreement by 9 am or I would be fired. No they aren't supposed to do that but they did....that is why I am trying to get out of this job. Two lawyers looked at the agreement and both said it was a ridiculous document - they can make me come back to work for them? no damages needed for a lawsuit? etc. Yes they are suing a former employee (that they fired) so I didn't want to sign it. I did. I could have stood on principle but they finally (on the 3rd request) gave me the contract I signed 4 years ago and it was virtually the same - hey I needed the job.
 
So I signed it. It is easier to get a job WITH a job than without or so they say.
 
45 minutes later I get a email on my iPhone from a recruiter I am working with. I interviewed 3 times for a really great job - he and I thought I was a lock - and didn't get the job. I called him and he explained that they decided to not hire anyone. There was another candidate but they didn't get the job either. The last interview was 2 hours and it included going to lunch which usually means you have the job. My recruiter was flat out shocked, everything had been so positive. The Director wanted to hire me after the first interview but needed to cover their tracks by interviewing other people and that break in time lead to not pulling the trigger so to speak.
 
All day I sat at work feeling like the a-holes who (mis)run my the company had won AND I couldn't tell anyone how $#itty of a day I was having.
 
Look I know there are people with a lot worse problems but this was like a double kick in the stomach.
 
....and then I picked up my little girl at daycare, came home and practiced soccer, and I don't feel so bad.
 
Tough day. If you made it to this point thanks for listening to my vent.

CaliforniaPeggy (105,700 posts)    Wed Sep 4, 2013, 06:49 PM

1. I am so sorry, my dear underpants...

We can talk all we like about standing up to the Man, and take this job and shove it, and all that.
 
But we need those jobs. Our families need us to have them.

Those dirty, scummy people who forced you to do this, and the company who left you hanging. God damn them all.
 
Some times I really understand the folks who snap.

[thundley4]

We had a new hire at work who said he was only working there until something better came along.  He didn't make it that far, since he was fired for those comments. 

[GOBUCKS]

Well, let's see. First, the guy is a DUmmy. The guy thinks it's cool to call himself "underpants". The guy has over a hundred thousand posts at the DUmp. The guy plays soccer. The guy thinks it's worth bragging to the DUmp about having an iPhone. And, finally, the guy is a DUmmy.

Given those qualifications is there any chance, any chance whatsoever, that he has ever been considered for a "really great job"?

[BattleHymn]

CaliforniaPeggy (105,700 posts)    Wed Sep 4, 2013, 06:49 PM

1. I am so
sorry,
my dear underpants...

Great start!  Where is the rest of this calplop?

[Mr Mannn]

I hear there is an IT job available in New Jersey.

[wasp69]

underpants (105,817 posts)    Wed Sep 4, 2013, 06:42 PM

45 minutes later I get a email on my iPhone from a recruiter I am working with. I interviewed 3 times for a really great job - he and I thought I was a lock - and didn't get the job. I called him and he explained that they decided to not hire anyone.

That seems to have been happening a lot lately.  Any ideas what could have caused that...?

[NHSparky]

Newsflash, DUmmies--never, EVER count on an offer.

I say that based on a job I've had for seven years now.  And I'd have a signed offer before I even THOUGHT of giving any notice at my current job.

[Dori]

The guy thinks it's cool to call himself "underpants".

Do men really say "underpants"?   

[thundley4]

Do men really say "underpants"?   

Mine are either called undershorts or underwear, my wife wears panties.

[Bad Dog]

Do men really say "underpants"?   

Down here in TX we call them draws.

[biersmythe]

Down here in TX we call them draws.

LOL yes we do.

[Delmar]

First I was told yesterday that I had to sign a new employment contract/confidentiality agreement by 9 am or I would be fired. No they aren't supposed to do that but they did....that is why I am trying to get out of this job. Two lawyers looked at the agreement and both said it was a ridiculous document - they can make me come back to work for them?

The Dummy just wanted to try and impress the other DUmmies by bragging that he had to sign a confidentiality agreement because his job is so secret and important and he has two lawyers looking into it.  My ass.

[USA4ME]

Many moons ago when I had a mole on the island, I conversed with this primitive from time to time. He went to VCU and is dumber than a bag of hammers. If this is true, the potential new employer dodged a bullet.

.

[sybilll]

That seems to have been happening a lot lately.  Any ideas what could have caused that...?

Duh, we have......get ready for it........a black President.  Everything on this planet is now predicated on how to handle people based on that fact. Get used to it.

[Mr Mannn]

Wait a minute. You had lawyers looking at a company confidentiality agreement?
------isn't that a violation of the agreement? And now you're posting it on the net for all to see?

Do we have another wallduding in progress? Do we have a clue as to where Underpants works? This is more serious that lying to one's boss about the remote.

[jtyangel]

Wait a minute. You had lawyers looking at a company confidentiality agreement?
------isn't that a violation of the agreement? And now you're posting it on the net for all to see?

Do we have another wallduding in progress? Do we have a clue as to where Underpants works? This is more serious that lying to one's boss about the remote.

I doubt that. Lawyers are under ethical standards when it comes to confidentiality as well. I do believe one can have someone look at the legalities of any document they are signing when it comes to employment. I would expect there are no 'trade secrets' in the document itself, just legalese regarding disclosure of confidential information. Big difference. Don't run off the cliff because its a primitive. It's prudent to have a lawyer look at contractual arrangements as they are the experts on such things.

[Mr Mannn]

Wah. For a moment there I thought I was all jiggy with it.

[hillneck]

underpants (105,817 posts)    Wed Sep 4, 2013, 06:42 PM
Rough rough day at work probably my toughest ever

Typical DUmmie, whining on a public forum.  Hey DUmbass, anybody thats been in the workforce more than a week has had bad days.  You don't whine on the internet about it, you go home drink a couple of beers, get some sleep, and start all over the next morning. 

[Karin]

That doesn't really sound like a "rough rough day, probably the toughest ever."   Not by a long shot.  Did he actually do any "work?"   Sounds more like dealing with a rejection, and stewing over his current circumstances, then bitching on the internet about his company.  That's not work, DUmbass.  You stole an entire day of company time, chasing another job even. 

I'm questioning the "sign this by 9 am or else," and then him arranging for two lawyers to examine it on a moment's notice.  By 9. 

CalPig comes across as a nasty piece of work, doesn't she?  She's always the first to respond to these things, from her "God damn them all" here, to applauding Doug Bulna's act of vandalism at Gearhart Chevy. 

[JohnnyReb]

Anything past having to show up at work is a rough day at work for a DUmmie.

[Bad Dog]

Wah. For a moment there I thought I was all jiggy with it.

Your first mistake was assuming any DUmmie is going to "pay" for one lawyer let alone two.  I suppose he might try to mooch some free Legal Aide assistance but, he doesn't appear to be poverty stricken.

[GOBUCKS]

I doubt that. Lawyers are under ethical standards when it comes to confidentiality as well. I do believe one can have someone look at the legalities of any document they are signing when it comes to employment.

Yes. There is nothing wrong with doing that.

On the other hand, it never happened, so he's even further into the clear.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Wait a minute. You had lawyers looking at a company confidentiality agreement?
------isn't that a violation of the agreement? And now you're posting it on the net for all to see?

Do we have another wallduding in progress? Do we have a clue as to where Underpants works? This is more serious that lying to one's boss about the remote.

Given that "underpants" has over 100k posts at the DUmp, I suppose someone could row over and do some digging to find out where the clown works.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Wait a minute. You had lawyers looking at a company confidentiality agreement?
------isn't that a violation of the agreement? And now you're posting it on the net for all to see?

Do we have another wallduding in progress? Do we have a clue as to where Underpants works? This is more serious that lying to one's boss about the remote.

Pretty sure he meant the company lawyers, who finally persuaded him to sign it by showing him the one he'd already signed when he joined was pretty much the same.

[Celtic Rose]

So his toughest day ever involved needing to sign a confidentiality agreement, and being rejected from another job?  Wow, he must have a pretty cushy job.