And on topic: I have to work on Monday even though we usually take the holiday off. I was looking forward to a day off, but I guess we can't have everything we want. I also wanted to take the day off around my birthday, but I don't think that's happening either.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Time to change that.
I have tons of vacation now...I'll probably take my birthday off. And a few busy days at work. See how they hold up without me. I guess the chief pharmacist found out I was moving, and he ran out of his office and asked if I was still going to work there. If I'm that important, why not give me a raise? _________________
I have tons of vacation now...I'll probably take my birthday off. And a few busy days at work. See how they hold up without me.
I've done that by taking a week off for my b-day or similar during the summer... Turns out that they don't do jack shit when I'm gone and just wait for me to come back and take care of things...
I'm sure you'll find out the same.
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I guess the chief pharmacist found out I was moving, and he ran out of his office and asked if I was still going to work there. If I'm that important, why not give me a raise?
They won't give it to you until you ask for it...
That's the mentality: scum management like that won't give you something like that until you push them into a corner.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Eeek.
There's always hardball, but since you only need a couple more months, just tough it out.
I think it's evil because they're stuck in the same system. The way it' been described to me...my supervisor can't give me a raise without the site manager approving it, and since he's a tightwad, he wouldn't do it anyway, but he'd also need to get the approval of payroll back at corporate. And you know they're tightwads. Bleh. Healthcare is so retarded unless you've gone to medical school. _________________
I think it's evil because they're stuck in the same system. The way it' been described to me...my supervisor can't give me a raise without the site manager approving it, and since he's a tightwad, he wouldn't do it anyway, but he'd also need to get the approval of payroll back at corporate. And you know they're tightwads. Bleh. Healthcare is so retarded unless you've gone to medical school.
That's why changing jobs is the better way to get a raise....
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I also wanted to take the day off around my birthday, but I don't think that's happening either. 
One of them is tomorrow.
