Let's bitch about our stupid, annoying co-workers

People playing christmas songs in my place of work: 0
People wearing comedy santa hats: 0
Stupid, annoying snowmen/santa jpegs on our work webpages: 0
Pointless christmas cards received from people I don't even: 0

It may as well not be xmas at all round here.

You are in charge of c0rp0r4t3 fundr4ising at our sci3ntific organization and you mispronounce G3N3NT3CH?

what's so hard about saying gthreenthreentthreech

yeah, so I over-googleproofed...

boss calls me last thursday to tell me his cat is constipated and he wont be coming in. I reply "thats the worse excuse i've heard since the dog ate my homework". He hangs up. Yesterday he calls me into his office to tell me he was mad because its not a joke when his cat is sick. I asked him if he tried miralax on his cat. He sighed and went home early. Thank god i didn't ask him if he tried an enema on the cat.

People playing christmas songs in my place of work: 0
People wearing comedy santa hats: 0
Stupid, annoying snowmen/santa jpegs on our work webpages: 0
Pointless christmas cards received from people I don't even: 0

Suits the hell out of me.

my department, which was experimental and new 4 years ago, but became an organized yet somewhat flawed unit is being split apart and moved, despite evidence of massive cost savings. But that is a separate gripe, by now I've resigned myself to the fact that the people who make these decisions are never the right people to do so because they have no idea how anything works or what impacts what and they don't realize until they break something that they shouldn't have touched it.

But anyway, my job's fine, but after the announcement a bunch of us were upset and concerned that we might be let go. Even though we were assured that most likely there'd be a place for us, we were naturally nervous, but you know, we're professionals and we went about our business.

A bunch of us in the dept were assisting with a project that is headed by a person in another department, an insufferable lady who I've had multiple issues with. Of course, once she finds out about our dept splitting, she sends us an email saying she understands we're all concerned, but wants reassurance that we're not going to let the 'distraction' impact the project and that we'll still make sure to give the project the same attention.

Look, lady, talking to us like children in elementary school is NAGL. Yea, I might be concerned, but I'm professional, I'm not going to shirk my responsibilities. I dont' need to proactively tell you "Yes, ma'am, I'm still going to do my job!"

And then I found out after teh split, I'm moving to this lady's department. Goddammit.

In fact, I was recently told that I'm not allowed to take sick days because there's no one else who can do my job.

Holy fuck, that is bullshit of the highest degree. not to mention a stupid business strategy. What would they do if (god forbid) you died or got hospitalized tomorrow, or to a less dramatic degree, quit on the spot tomorrow? Who would do the work then?

And telling people they can't take sick days is the stupidest thing ever. Not only do you piss off/burn out employees who come in when they shouldn't, you get others in the office infected that way which leads to lost productivity when THEY call out.

Hope you get a new job soon.

Our business strategy is to employ lots of line managers, system architects and project managers and no-one to actually do any of the work.

This is not going well.

I worked in a lovely tolerant place where new management changed the rules on us. Suddenly I was told when I could take vacation or not and how I was expected to be at work on certain days. The problem was that I could only take vacation at certain times of the year. Also I needed to be available a certain time of the year to accompany my mother on vacation...was also told that was inconvenient.

Thank god I am out of there.

Idg how some employers fail to realize that fucking with someone's time away from work is a good way to push away quality employees.

The awesome vacation policy my company has is a large reason I've remained loyal for six years

just realised the other day that i may not be able to take our planned vacation in may bc there is no one to do my job :/

well if no one else realizes....

Oh man. A couple of years ago I joined a company that told me on day one 'oh btw everyone's being forced to take two weeks of leave this month and you won't be paid'. Three months later they forced everyone to take four days off (I had six AL days at that point). Then a load of laptops were stolen from the building, and the official company line was that we would be docked the cost of our laptop if it were stolen. Then my boss went all single white female (possibly the lowest human being I have ever come across) and I left. Everyone needs to walk away from places like that.

We have a new service for a client going live tomorrow and I worked my ass off to get everything ready and squared in advance. This morning, the following BS:

--We have web chat, and I set it up to start for the new service tomorrow. Idiot in charge processed it early and customers are asking questions that nobody is answering. Checked my emails and idiot was told three times the date was 1/5.

--I am asked yet again about why form letters aren't available on the shared hard drive, and explain for the fifth time that they WONT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 1/5!

--I find out that back in April,before I joined, the idiots on this team added a form letter to the drive but never set it up with the processing unit.

--I am asked to test changes in our Production system by someone who claims they went through 1/1, when they aren't going through until tonight.

WHAT THE FUCK

used to work in a place where you couldn't take a vacation if another co-worker was out. Asinine. This was also the place where I worked for 11 years and when i hit my 10th yr was supposed to get a fourth week of vacation which was the rule...only to be told that i wasn't grandfathered in under the old policy because i wasn't a VP. FUCK YOU COMPANY. best thing that ever happened to me was getting laid off from that hell hole.

When I started my job, I wasn't given a set number of vacation days. They just said, "Take time off when you need it." Of course, taking time off is so difficult--what with having to do all your work in advance and then pay someone from your tiny budget to fill in for you anyway--that no one ever does it. I only took five days off last year, never more than two days at a time.

Client went live today, rough as usual but pretty good, not unusually bad.

But two of the employees they gave us are extremely stupid, can't write professionally, and ask questions that are common sense for the job.

And we've decided to entrust these paperweights to process transactions involving people's finances. Can't wait for the blowback.

Then a load of laptops were stolen from the building, and the official company line was that we would be docked the cost of our laptop if it were stolen. Then my boss went all single white female (possibly the lowest human being I have ever come across) and I left.

You werent working for a psychotic blonde woman named S4m were you? (cos that sounds like N's mentalist old boss)

Nah, description fits but different name.

urgh, woman from one of our other offices comes in once a week, consistently smells of piss and her fingernails are shit brown. and she was just talking to me with a mouth full of food. fucking disgusting.

and now she is sitting by me chomping and smelling like piss. move it lady.

her breath smells of rotten beets. god get away from me and stop talking your making me sick.

Tell her!

nowe shes got her shit spread all over my desk

one more giant gulp of her water im gonna scream.

CAN YOU GULP ANY LOUDER PISS WOMAN.

my desk is not a fast food restaurant.

thank god, she's now moved on to my directors office to stink it up with piss.

urgh, woman from one of our other offices comes in once a week, consistently smells of piss and her fingernails are shit brown

How is she still employed? This stuff boggles my mind.

I'm sick of getting overlooked this week! for the live client, I'm supposed to join the rest of the team for 2 days, so I brought my laptop down to that floor, but since they didn't have any plugs left in the room, they shoved me into a vacant office, which was nice and spacious.

so yesterday they go to Steak 'n Shake to get everyone milkshakes and I ordered one, and never got it. why? oh they came back with them, but nobody bothered to come by and drop mine off or tell me. and i was inundated to where unless I had to piss or shit, I really couldn't leave my desk.

so today, I'm busy and stressed out and the same manager who took my shake order tells me she's going to get lunch, and can I watch the floor for like an hour cuz everyone's in a meeting (which isn't my job, but whatever). I'm assuming this means we're all getting sandwiches or pizza, which is the norm. Nope, turns out they went around to all of the customer service reps and managers, everybody BUT ME taking food orders.

So they come back with the burgers and one course I'm the ONLY ASSHOLE they didn't take an order for. the main dude in charge was apologetic but it wasn't his fault, it was the same stupid twats who apparently have glaucoma when they walk by my door. after six hours of working without a break, this was infuriating.

but I lucked out -- they had extras left over. still tho, twicei n two days.

i made sure to fart extra times in the office as retribution

Poison their food. Won't be suspicious that you don't get gastro, since nobody feeds you anyway. Laugh as they crap themselves at their desks.

a deluge of doodoo does in the department

How is she still employed? This stuff boggles my mind.

And she's the director of one of our programs here. She's disgusting. I can't tell if its piss or her vag that stinks.

work's gettin better but two pet peeves come up today:

1. Asking me questions while I'm either on lunch break or jumping on me the moment I walk in the door. I'm doing floor support for the same client this week and I was carrying a laptop, several cables, a mouse, headphones, shitload of stuff, and was headed back up to my floor when a dude flags me down and begs me to help him with his question. To make matters worse, it's a really dumb question that nonetheless takes 5 minutes to explain while I have my hands full.

Likewise, if I'm on lunch break, don't disturb me. Lunch breaks are supposed to not contain work, that's why they're called breaks.

2. Chick that's helping our team out this week begs to be taken off the phones because the customers are "being mean". WELCOME TO CALL CENTERS. seriously, obviously if someone is cussing you out that's unacceptable, and we'll take it up with their HR department (I've gotten abusive callers disciplined severely before)....but ya know, customers have a right to be angry and/or upset, even if it's irrational. You can't just shirk your responsibilities cuz CUSTOMERS R MADDDDDDDDDDDD.

Hearty lols at someone being suprised customers are "being mean", jesus. I've known people who werent even allowed to release/hang up on a customer even after DEATH THREATS. o_0

We once had a gent inform one of our guys that he was a high ranking Qld cop, he would find out where we all worked, and come down and tear this guy a new arsehole. Charming.

ahh hell we have a whole security form if someone makes death threats, which have happened before, but never lead to anythiing (thankfully). but I mean all this was was people going "I'M MAD OOOOOGGGGGHHHH".

seriously though, I don't get it. it's not like retail/public customer service where someone can be spitting in your face and you can't walk away from it. you have a headset THAT YOU CAN TAKE OFF or MUTE and vent in your own private haven.

xpost oh man I hate people like that

we did one time have this lady who had some kinda severe disturbance call a few times and SHRIEK in an unwarranted manner at my reps. the first time she screamed "FUCK...YOU!" at the rep, who hung up on her (as she was allowed to do)...got her warned by the Vice President, and dumb lady did it again a few months later, and within weeks she was separated from her job.

(the caller that is, not my rep)

God I hat listening to calls cuz it reminds me that our reps are all glorified gluehuffers

Ugh. We have such a pussy-assed culture of non-accountability in this company now.

I am all for not being "fire and brimstone" with employees as that's a good way to ensure everybody quits but lord when I was a rep on the phones I'd have been fired if I was as incompetent as some of the people they're throwing at us.

And equally frustrating the hours I spent to build their tools only for them to not use them and immediately ask for help without even trying to find the info first. Coddled. I did this job when the tools were more primitive so I can't say I feel sorry for them.

Haha you sound like my bff when he was the TL of a helpdesk I used to work on :)

"WE WROTE A WIKI AND THEY WONT EVEN READ IT"

People get SO entitled about work wikis. They spend hours populating the thing and disgruntledly rocket-launch it at anyone who has the temerity to ask a simple question.

Lol that's a bit diff. These are tools that from day 1 they are told they have to use on every call. Its supposed to be hardwired from day 1 but more and more people want to have things done for them than to learn.

I find no matter how annoyed I get, I always respond politely, and tell them the exact coordinates of where they can find the info and give a short answer. That way they get an answer but note that in the future they shouldn't have to ask it.

Well in this case tools u use/wiki were effectively one and the same - the scripts and troubleshooting for the level 1 helpdesk potplants. And yet they'd ask "how do I look up an authentication failure again?" or "why does Outlook Express give that error again?" to the frazzled TLs/senior reps over and over and BLOODY OVER.

...I'm so glad I work in provisioning now.

Tho I do miss that job. The guys I worked with were awesome (and I dated more than one of em, ha)