Reminds me of the ad for a temp agency that used to run. “Take a nice vacation. A week, two weeks. We have a fine temporary replacement. And he’s sitting at YOUR desk.”
“Anticipation is getting me down”I am reminded of the gripes at companies who have lay-offs just before Christmas because they are trying to save them from running up bills they can’t pay if laid-off after Christmas.The most unhappy gripers at the practice are those who were looking forward to the sales they would have had but now won’t.
I had a reverse situation. After 4 months of unemployment, I finally landed a job. Just prior to the 4 months, I had won a cruise. So I had to tell my new boss, “I’d like to start next Monday, but I have to take a week off.”
The cruise was all the more enjoyable knowing I had a paycheck to go back to.
At few years ago my friend took a vacation from a rotten job with rotten evil boss (yes, I was there too) and about a week after he was due back he finally sent an email saying he wasn’t coming back. snerk
Sounds like a boss I had once..He didn’t do it to me but he did it to a friend/coworker who had taken a two week vacation in the Philippines..Dude got a telegram saying don’t bother to return to work..ouch..
My brother was working in Mongolia providing housing for the folks building the mining and refining facilities for gold just a few miles away from the Gobi Desert..When the time came for his annual vacation, he took his wife and daughter touring the area and up into Lapland. They all had a great time but when he headed back to work, he found the government had decided to double their take on gold extracted. The company decided they would lose money on the deal and knew they were apt to raise their cut again after things were in operation.They walked away and no other company wanted to try to work under the changed and changing deal, so there is an unworked mine and a ghost town that was still-born..He ran into the same thing in West Africa on an iron ore project. Locals upped their cut, expats walked away. No benefit to anybody because governments are not trust-worthy. Sitting on wealth, living in poverty.
ratlum almost 11 years ago
Dont hurry back take all the time you want.
corpcasselbury almost 11 years ago
That’ll help him enjoy his vacation…
DaveBNM almost 11 years ago
You’re being replaced by a button.
rshive almost 11 years ago
Reminds me of the ad for a temp agency that used to run. “Take a nice vacation. A week, two weeks. We have a fine temporary replacement. And he’s sitting at YOUR desk.”
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 11 years ago
“Anticipation is getting me down”I am reminded of the gripes at companies who have lay-offs just before Christmas because they are trying to save them from running up bills they can’t pay if laid-off after Christmas.The most unhappy gripers at the practice are those who were looking forward to the sales they would have had but now won’t.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 11 years ago
“Anticipation, anticipation
Is making me late
Is keeping me waitin’".So they took a Carly Simon song and applied it to a ketchup commercialLIFE IS GOOD
sbchamp almost 11 years ago
Had one do that to meRang his doorbell and ran…sorta
Dani Rice almost 11 years ago
Is the guy behind the desk my ex? He used to call me at work and say stuff like that.
dflak almost 11 years ago
I had a reverse situation. After 4 months of unemployment, I finally landed a job. Just prior to the 4 months, I had won a cruise. So I had to tell my new boss, “I’d like to start next Monday, but I have to take a week off.”
The cruise was all the more enjoyable knowing I had a paycheck to go back to.
rnmontgomery almost 11 years ago
This actually happened to me years ago as I was going on my honeymoon – yes, came back to no job.
RalphZIggy almost 11 years ago
At few years ago my friend took a vacation from a rotten job with rotten evil boss (yes, I was there too) and about a week after he was due back he finally sent an email saying he wasn’t coming back. snerk
boldyuma almost 11 years ago
Sounds like a boss I had once..He didn’t do it to me but he did it to a friend/coworker who had taken a two week vacation in the Philippines..Dude got a telegram saying don’t bother to return to work..ouch..
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 11 years ago
My brother was working in Mongolia providing housing for the folks building the mining and refining facilities for gold just a few miles away from the Gobi Desert..When the time came for his annual vacation, he took his wife and daughter touring the area and up into Lapland. They all had a great time but when he headed back to work, he found the government had decided to double their take on gold extracted. The company decided they would lose money on the deal and knew they were apt to raise their cut again after things were in operation.They walked away and no other company wanted to try to work under the changed and changing deal, so there is an unworked mine and a ghost town that was still-born..He ran into the same thing in West Africa on an iron ore project. Locals upped their cut, expats walked away. No benefit to anybody because governments are not trust-worthy. Sitting on wealth, living in poverty.
naniboy over 10 years ago
“Which means you won’t have a job to come back to.”