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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Work rant (long) |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2010, 9:14 pm
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| . . . in my last job, I was specifically hired to create certain changes in the organization. They were fought every step of the way and it was a huge frustration, and I feel, a waste of all of our time. Gee, you'd think that if they specifically hired you to make changes, they would have given you... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Work rant (long) |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2010, 8:28 pm
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| I hate the idea of doing that, why the company want you to NOT work as hard as possible, it confuses me but makes sense to them, or so it seems. They may actually say that they expect people to work hard, but when you continually see blatant slackers go unpunished, you figure out pretty quickly tha... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Work rant (long) |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 4:12 pm
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| Sorry if that's all been said here before, but I feel a tiny bit better now . . . |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Work rant (long) |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 4:10 pm
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| When I was growing up, I was taught that it’s important to work hard and do the best job you can. I was taught to obey all the rules and to take things seriously. And I was taught to make things better instead of just settling for the status quo . I was taught that if I did all those things, I would... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Fair performance evaluation? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2010, 9:14 pm
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Thanks all -- you have much wisdom, which I shall now go off and ponder.
Seems like the world would be a much better place if we didn't have to plow through all the garbage at work -- early retirement, even at a poverty level, is looking more attractive all the time . . . 
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Fair performance evaluation? |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2010, 3:12 pm
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| You can't. It ain;t your place to do so. It would cost money. End of arguements. . . . I have been in I.T. jobs where the performance measurements were so out of tune with reality they made us laugh until we puked when they were announced. . . . We were getting monitored on a points basis for some ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Fair performance evaluation? |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2010, 2:54 pm
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| Sorry about the late response -- was away for a bit. Theoretically it shouldn't be unfair because the people who are asked to assess you should be objective as to how well you do your job... However, there's no guarantee that they will be... My problem with the fairness of it all was not so much the... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Fair performance evaluation? |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2010, 3:45 pm
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| I work as a library circulation clerk evenings/weekends with three other clerks. My supervisor, who is the supervisor for the whole circulation department, only works on weekdays, so the evening/weekend crew is essentially unsupervised. Technically, the reference librarian on duty that evening /week... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: McCarthy's Son May Not Have Had Autism After All |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2010, 8:44 am
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| I do not believe that Ms McCarthy has concluded that her son never had Autism. Note the article above does not claim that she has. I have read the interview with Time and she makes no such statement. I cannot find any evidence whatsoever that McCarthy now believes her son had something other than A... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Changes to ADA |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2008, 8:23 pm
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| Apologies if this is old news -- I just found out about it: No Catch-22 for disabled: Houston Chronicle business section 10/9/08 Significant quotes from the article: "Coverage hinges on the concept of whether the disability affects a 'major life activity.' The original law defined that rather narrow... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For those 40+ diagnosed with AS |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2008, 7:59 pm
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| FWIW, I wasn't diagnosed until I was 55, and it came about only because I (uncharacteristically) took the initiative to essentially be my own advocate. Like other posters, I had suffered all my life with not fitting in and feeling terminally weird. These problems began to manifest themselves as conf... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic boy and NT father -- survival at sea |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2008, 1:44 pm
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: How to handle workplace noise? |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2008, 11:48 pm
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| I've had some success with a software program called ChatterBlocker ( http://chatterblocker.com/ ). On the web site's Reviews page, near the bottom there's a link to a review by an Aspie (not me, and no, I do not work for the company). Still not as good as a private office with a thick door, however... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Leaving a Job |
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Posted: 14 May 2008, 9:52 pm
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| broben05 , sounds like the chat with the boss went really well for you -- that's great! Also glad you're feeling a bit better about things and now have some time to rest and think things over. It's good that your boss was understanding and accommodating for you, and that he understood what his craz... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus ????? |
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Posted: 14 May 2008, 9:19 am
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| Sorry, one other example just came to mind, after which I will shut up for a while: Regarding direct vs. indirect communication, in the library world I had to learn to add a lot of "weasel words" to my speech, e-mails, etc. to get along. For example, instead of just saying, "That number is wrong," I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus ????? |
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Posted: 14 May 2008, 8:54 am
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| To expand on my previous, brief post about the Deborah Tannen books, one of the main ideas I got from those books (and others, including the Mars/Venus series) was that GENERALLY SPEAKING (one size does not necessarily fit all), men are more about direct communication and facts/results, while women ... |
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