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.
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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.
i've had to explain to bosses ...
Date: 2012-07-25 01:15 am (UTC)Re: i've had to explain to bosses ...
Date: 2012-07-25 01:16 am (UTC)