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My contract was extended, for a couple of months, but my boss never actually told me the date to which it was extended. I was taking off the last week of December, and the friday before I was to go on this vacation, I got an email from her, she went on vacation that Wednesday.

It read almost like a Merry Christmas email. Then I re-read it, and decided it didn't. So I emailed, her back and asked, please clarify, is today my last day?

To which she responded, Yes, didn't anyone tell you?

Needless to say, my opinion of her as a boss, is extremely low.

My boss is pretty nice. We frequently have potlocks in the lab, and a few times we've actually gone out for payed staff lunch. Of course, part of that is probably because our group is entirely staffed by interns... She's also pretty flexible: my position has expanded to do quite a bit more of what I want to do, and has in turn helped make my job a lot easier and pass a lot of the more menial tasks to other people. (such as making a nice interface for the command-line map making utility we use so other people can make their own damn maps )

My boss is a nice guy to us, but he really doesn't quite "get" what I'm supposed to be doing. I get really frustrated when he completely ignores my expertise and training because he thinks I'm too junior to know anything.

He also doesn't understand the role of a division officer to the enlisted personnel.

Ah. Newlyweds. How cute.

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Alien wrote:

Ah. Newlyweds. How cute.

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Yep! We've only been married for 17 years.

Isn't that actually illegal in some states?

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I am a partner now in a restaurant, but before that my two bosses (2 brothers from Dublin) where excellent. Very level-headed and supportive. Also, they are piss heads like me, so we see eye to eye almost all of the time.

That said, I am always curious as to how my employees view me. They've (for the most part) given good reviews that I've gotten wind of, so that makes me happy. I try to lead by example busting my ass when it needs to get busted. For the most part, the good workers acknowledge and appreciate that.

We have a fair amount of turnover, as is normal in this biz. I tend to treat people how they react on the job. If they are self sufficient, fast, organized, and overall good at their job, I leave them be to do their thing. But when they are lazy, self centered, inefficient, I tend to ride their asses until their either quit or get better.

The guy I work for now is the only one I have worked for in the last 30 years who I actually wanted to beat the piss out of.

I can't actually figure out who my real boss is.  I think I have 6 of them that I report in various different ways.

Most of the time I ignore them.

Pithecanthropus wrote:

I am my own boss.

I hate that bastard!!  He frequently makes me work through lunch, and he never pays me.

I can NEVER call in sick.  It would go something like this:

"Hi, I can't come to work today because I'm sick."

"smurf you!  You're hung-over again, aren't you?  Get your ass in here!"

I'll get him one day!

Me too.