Typical conversation…
Posted: Thu 13 April, 2006 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Charm School, Work-related |3 Comments »This forms part of a typical conversation (over Google Talk, of which more rants later) with Arsehole Boss at the moment…
Arsehole Boss : i am going to clear it with [the CFO] to start deducting money out of your salaries for not using the messenger properly. please be advised.
-your status needs to be either ‘green’ meaning i am at my desk or ‘grey’ meaning away from my pc.
-please take this seriously
Yours Truly : I’m not away, although I have been – funny thing called lunch – Messenger is on and available, and has been all day.
-no idea why it was red, but if I’m unavaialble I’m not on the thing at all
-well, unless I forget to turn the cunting thing off when I go out for lunch
-changing the status doesn’t – to me – count as misuse
Good, isn’t it?
Hey! You work where I work! Oh wait, no, we use Sametime. His brother must just work here!
The Arsehole ought to be told in no uncertain terms that deducting from your pay without your consent is illegal.
Disciplinary deductions, eh? I think you’ll find there’s an ILO convention about that…