It never doesn't happen...
Jul. 24th, 2012 02:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI got my first job when I was 16. I've depended on my own income since the day I got out of college in 1971. I've held a bunch of different jobs - in giant companies and small. And no matter what the size, what the circumstances, what the day or time, when my boss says to me 'I want to have a little chat' the very first thing that comes to my mind is that I'm going to get fired.
The first time I got a raise, the first time I got a bonus, the first time I got new benefits, a great trip, a free whatever - all of those times started out with my thinking I was going to get fired.
I actually have gotten fired twice. Once I was a legal secretary. I was a HORRIBLE legal secretary but I was the only one who knew how to operate the Lanier No Problem word processor. But, finally, after a year and a half, I was just too horrible to keep paying so they fired me. They should have done it 18 months earlier!
I got laid off from a job about 10 years ago. It was called a lay off but really, we all knew, it was a firing. I was tired of the job and my performance showed that. I should have quit but I was too lazy so they just laid me off.
BUT every other 'We need to have a chat' requests turned out to be good and actually those two firings ended up really well in the end.
This morning I got a note from my boss saying he wanted to 'catch up' and when was good time to call. Am I getting fired? I don't think so but if so, at this point, I'm cool with that. Maybe it's time for something new.
I do wish he'd call. I am getting a pretty severe case of curiousititis.
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I am on a jihad against all paper. I no longer have a filing cabinet. I try to keep nothing. I have a basket papers go in there. When the basket is full, I go through it all and toss all but the bits that just have to be saved. I scan those that don't really need actual paper.
When I hit a web page that says 'print for your records' and I really might need it, I print to my free PDF maker software and file it in Google or Drop Box - depending on what it is.
As soon as I get a manual for anything, I find the PDF online, download a copy and file it on Drop Box (in my folder called manuals).
The system works well. Stuff is easy to find from any computer, even my phone.
The first time I got a raise, the first time I got a bonus, the first time I got new benefits, a great trip, a free whatever - all of those times started out with my thinking I was going to get fired.
I actually have gotten fired twice. Once I was a legal secretary. I was a HORRIBLE legal secretary but I was the only one who knew how to operate the Lanier No Problem word processor. But, finally, after a year and a half, I was just too horrible to keep paying so they fired me. They should have done it 18 months earlier!
I got laid off from a job about 10 years ago. It was called a lay off but really, we all knew, it was a firing. I was tired of the job and my performance showed that. I should have quit but I was too lazy so they just laid me off.
BUT every other 'We need to have a chat' requests turned out to be good and actually those two firings ended up really well in the end.
This morning I got a note from my boss saying he wanted to 'catch up' and when was good time to call. Am I getting fired? I don't think so but if so, at this point, I'm cool with that. Maybe it's time for something new.
I do wish he'd call. I am getting a pretty severe case of curiousititis.
---
I am on a jihad against all paper. I no longer have a filing cabinet. I try to keep nothing. I have a basket papers go in there. When the basket is full, I go through it all and toss all but the bits that just have to be saved. I scan those that don't really need actual paper.
When I hit a web page that says 'print for your records' and I really might need it, I print to my free PDF maker software and file it in Google or Drop Box - depending on what it is.
As soon as I get a manual for anything, I find the PDF online, download a copy and file it on Drop Box (in my folder called manuals).
The system works well. Stuff is easy to find from any computer, even my phone.