Merry Christmas, You're Fired. PS, Sorry About Your Cancer. (Trees And Things)

thefadd: Re: Disclosure: I'm a man

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:34:17 EST

Yeah, I recall a friend of a friend who worked through cancer and was very secretive about letting anyone know for fear of being "conveniently" let go at some point lest she be perceived as someone the company would have to bear...what a shitty company. <

skeeter1: Re: Disclosure: I'm a man

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:17:22 EST

There's a lot of truth to that. The last place I worked for was FILLED with the Good Old Boy network. The women who didn't cow-tow to that or challenged it were shut out. Most of the better men went on to better jobs, and many of t

thefadd: Re: Disclosure: I'm a man

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:59:20 EST

I suppose it could be generalized to industry...some places I think a woman is made to feel like she's got to a bitch to get on because otherwise she's not taken seriously by the good old boys network.

skeeter1: Re: Disclosure: I'm a man

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:44:55 EST

As long as we're generalizing, I've only had one Jewish boss, a man, for 9 years in the 60's and 70's. He is a great guy, and remains a friend of mine. He expected a lot, but gave me the freedom to do what I thought I should do.

On th

thefadd: Re: Disclosure: I'm a man

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:41:04 EST

Probably the single best boss and the single worst boss I've had were both women. Women or men, everyone else was mixed up in the middle. Not only could I not say one sex was worse or even more inclined to be worse in general but I couldn't even generalize

skeeter1: Disclosure: I'm a man

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:10:05 EST

Why is that important? Because the worst bosses I've had were men. The last two I worked for were eventually fired after I left my positions. Both were arrogant assholes.

OTOH, I've worked for several female bosses, and they were consi

thefadd: Re: They couldn't get a temp?

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:59:44 EST

The guy's just an idiot. If they could reinstate her back onto the payroll despite the hiring freeze, then obviously they could have worked something out in this situation had he pursued it. It seems to me that he didn't think it through and Birch is just

3fingerspointback: They couldn't get a temp?

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:33:57 EST

At my company at least, medical leave pay is handled like insurance purchased by a business, in that a third party handles the payments while the employee is on leave. But maybe this isn't like my company, let's just read the article...