Whenever I can, I try to fight for the 'little guy' -- wield whatever power I have to remove problems that I see. That's why it disturbs me when people who should do the same thing -- don't.
Here's what I'm talking about: One of the Vice President's of our company mooches off the company. She gets a whopping check yet the company pays her mortgage. She drives around in a very expensive car -- it's a company car. She paid cash for 'her' car. Whenever she needs software of any kind, she sees if we have it first before she goes out and buys it with her own dime.
And the President of the company isn't any better. He keeps showing up to work with a different laptop that he can't seem to work -- and they're different every time. "What happened to the laptop that was purchased for you?" I ask him. "I gave it to my wife /daughter /girlfriend /son /niece /mailman" is usually the response I get. I'm thinking to myself "that's company property" but, honestly, he's the company.
It just really bugs me when I'm scrimping to save up for something they take for granted. I can't even afford to look at laptops yet they go through them like dental floss. Why wouldn't they? If I could basically 'rip off' the company and get a free laptop out of it -- I'd do it! (of course, that last statement comes from anger).
More venting ahead:
I wanted to take some vacation this month. I have vacation saved up that I haven't used from last year. We have until the end of March to use it so I 'penciled in' some vacation time. Can I take this time? No. Why? Because there's a huge project I'm a part of that will be happening then. When, exactly, were they going to tell me? I was starting to put some things together and get dates on the calendar for those weeks and had to take those dates back off.
I guess that's why they pay me the big bucks (ha!)
Here's what I'm talking about: One of the Vice President's of our company mooches off the company. She gets a whopping check yet the company pays her mortgage. She drives around in a very expensive car -- it's a company car. She paid cash for 'her' car. Whenever she needs software of any kind, she sees if we have it first before she goes out and buys it with her own dime.
And the President of the company isn't any better. He keeps showing up to work with a different laptop that he can't seem to work -- and they're different every time. "What happened to the laptop that was purchased for you?" I ask him. "I gave it to my wife /daughter /girlfriend /son /niece /mailman" is usually the response I get. I'm thinking to myself "that's company property" but, honestly, he's the company.
It just really bugs me when I'm scrimping to save up for something they take for granted. I can't even afford to look at laptops yet they go through them like dental floss. Why wouldn't they? If I could basically 'rip off' the company and get a free laptop out of it -- I'd do it! (of course, that last statement comes from anger).
More venting ahead:
I wanted to take some vacation this month. I have vacation saved up that I haven't used from last year. We have until the end of March to use it so I 'penciled in' some vacation time. Can I take this time? No. Why? Because there's a huge project I'm a part of that will be happening then. When, exactly, were they going to tell me? I was starting to put some things together and get dates on the calendar for those weeks and had to take those dates back off.
I guess that's why they pay me the big bucks (ha!)