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Promises promises!

This fucking company I work for is nothing but a big load of wankers who can't keep their fucking promises.

I wrote a 40 page MANUAL on the implementation and troublshooting of some network equipment because I am the only person in the company who KNOWS how this shit works. What really pisses me off, is I was promised $2000 for the work on this manual as it would be beneficial. I slaved my ass off and produced the document and what did I get in return ... "Thanks for the manual" and it gets uploaded to the fucking company knowledgebase.

I called my boss and reminded him, "What happened to that $2000 you promised me for that critial documentation?" to which he immediately avoided the subject and made an excuse that he would call me back later. That was days ago.

I booked a visitation with a customer ages ago and couldn't make it due to a failure in some equipment that I had to tend to. I tried calling the customer back, but they were away. Which means that if I had have turned up, they wouldn't have been there anyway.

Later on that day, I get a pissed off regional manager berating me about "Making promises I can't keep". WHAT THE FUCK? She should talk. I have a list of customers that she has made promises to and hasn't kept, but felt the need to take a ONCE ONLY incident out on ME! It turns out the customer felt the need to bag me, and make me look like I was the person at fault.

What is every more infuriating is that the customer called at 1:30pm, the appointment was at 11:30am, and the customer told the silly bitch that I was supposed to be there at 1:30pm - I showed her the job card and immediately shut her up that way.

Why are managers so full of double standards? I justify all my time, and yet again, they can slack off and coffee with their ex-bosses whenever they feel the need to. And those of us that WORK HARD are made to feel like we're nothing.

This is NEVER going to happen again.

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when asked to do documentation
Submitted by MrPlankton  on Mon, 04/16/2007 - 01:21.

When requested to start documentation phase for ANY project, it means the project is coming to a close. Standard Operating Procedure (my own) is that I start a hot and heavy job search. In the documentation phase everyone is a liar, especially management. Everyone realizes that they will soon be reassigned or more likely let go (in IT).

This is especially true in highly projectized organizations.

Good Luck

Mr Plankton

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Well that theory is blown...
Submitted by IHateMyJob on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 17:05.

I ended up getting a $3,000 pay increase!

I got a call from my Boss, his Boss, AND the CEO saying how I was a valuable asset to the company.

I nearly passed out with joy! For once, this week has gone off without a hitch.

I wasn't actually on the projects team, I'm in another department altogether, but I got called on to document the equipment, configuration, and the installation procedures.

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