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| So incredibly angry at work | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Apr 30 2008, 05:02 AM Post #26 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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I'm sorry, dol.
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| Jolly | Apr 30 2008, 06:55 AM Post #27 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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As some of you may be aware, at one time my son's major was in a healthcare field. He was in his senior year of college, halfway through clinicals, when he was involved in a situation that made the head of his department look like an incompetent ninny (even though the gentleman was). He was thrown out of the program. Oh, not with a "here's the door", but with a much more subtle approach...placing him in an impossible clinical situation, refusing to move him upon request, and making assuring noises an entire semester, while steadily digging a hole for him behind the scenes he could not dig out of. He learned some very hard lessons, but I guess that's what life is about. He learned to get things in writing. He learned the importance of electronic and paper trails. And he learned, unless something is particularly egregious or unlawful, to not make a person with authority over you look like an idiot, especially when you have a Galahad complex and were doing so for someone else. The person who whacked him was very good, and lawyer-proofed my son's exit. My son's daddy also knows a few people, and we solved a small budget problem at the university by cutting some money, and increasing the work load on a few folks, one of which was an older gentleman who felt he could no longer handle the stress. The moral of the story is that sometimes it is wise to let things go, and win the war, instead of focusing on a single battle. |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 30 2008, 07:10 AM Post #28 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Indded. Want to learn the ways of treachery? Work in a hospital or a university. Corporate America is a bunch of pikers by comparison. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Apr 30 2008, 07:16 AM Post #29 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Ayup. You couldn't make up the crap that goes on in either. |
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| dolmansaxlil | Apr 30 2008, 02:23 PM Post #30 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Well, I talked to my principal this morning. He said, "I'm ignoring the email. Leave the site up. We are going to expand it next year." "You do know that someday I may like a job at the board office, right?" "Don't worry - I'm keeping your name out of it. They think I'm just being...well, the way I always am." Alright then. On top of that, my old principal emailed me today. He heard about the issues (he's the one who okayed this last year, and who got the permission from the board office to do it...which they've now revoked). He had asked me a few weeks back if I would build their school site for them this summer. He emailed to tell me he still wants me to do it. That he'll put everything in the school's name, keep my name off everything, and just pretend he didn't know either. The program consultant was also called in, and his words were, "I've been using this site as an example across the province of how a school website should be built. I'll fight it." And the person who is saying we CAN'T do it is an IT guy who has NOTHING to do with the educational side of the board. So while he's a big-wig in IT, he doesn't impact me. My principal said he'll take it to our superintendant (who I sit on a committee with) and fight at that level - where educational arguments will have more pull. So basically I've been told, "You just did as you were asked, and no one is faulting you for that. You're not breaking the rules, WE are. And we'll fight it and keep your name out of it." I'm just staying out of it. |
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| Jolly | Apr 30 2008, 02:45 PM Post #31 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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It's the smart thing to do. |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 30 2008, 04:20 PM Post #32 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Possibly good news. But don't be surprised if your side still loses. In organizational behavior, the best idea does not always - or even usually - win. It has a lot more to do with whose idea it is than with content. |
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