• just_kitten@aussie.zone
    13·
    7 months ago

    Was feeling antsy about my job situation but just heard from my ex colleague about how ex-boss is continuing to be unreasonably snarky and critical to the point that he is pretty much just quiet quitting now despite being one of the most reliable and consistent people in the team. I feel relieved and vindicated in my decision to leave even though I didn’t have anything lined up after for a while.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      5·
      7 months ago

      You have always seemed to me to be someone with good judgement, even so, it’s always good to be vindicated.

      hugs

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        7 months ago

        Financial uncertainty can really drive one to second guessing themselves. But I did save up a good cushion precisely so I could have the option I did and not regret it

        • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
          4·
          7 months ago

          @just_kitten @Seagoon_ Ugh! That’s a massive red flag. You definitely did the right thing getting out of there!

          I had a past boss who was constantly taking digs at people behind their backs. Usually past employees.

          Somehow, all these ex-employees were grossly incompetent and useless. They stuffed things up.

          Never did he acknowledge any blame on his part. Not even, at the very least, for repeatedly hiring the wrong people for the job.

          Well.

          Sure enough, soon after a major client left. It was largely, ultimately, his fault.

          And he refused to take any responsibility, blaming everyone except for himself.

          Another time, soon after, he gave one of my colleagues an explicit instruction. She carried it out as he instructed. Then he told her off, claiming that he never said that.

          (There were multiple witnesses who heard him say it.)

          This became a pattern.

          It sounds like your boss might be similar. And you did the right thing by leaving.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
            2·
            7 months ago

            I really hold onto hope - for the sake of my former colleagues and the industry - that my ex-boss is just garden variety egotistic (he cannot accept that he’s just a bad manager and stress is making him even more narrow minded) He has at least given most ex staff good references and is conscious of not burning too many bridges in the industry. Still, he is being unreasonably rude, sarcastic and unsupportive to existing valuable employees who are already struggling with burnout - is that how you treat good workers who are a real rarity in this field? It would take 5+ years to train up someone as good as the guy I talked to today. Sometimes I wonder if he’s trying to tank his own business 😒

            He isn’t as bad as your ex boss though, holy hell now he sounds like a legitimate psychopath. Forget red flags that needs an entire firetruck of alarms

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      3·
      7 months ago

      Oh trust me, when someone starts taking digs at you they don’t stop. They’re often a really unpleasant person to others as well.

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
    12·
    7 months ago

    I’m so annoyed right now… moved into a new role and workload is fucked. It’s not going well. Management is ignoring it.

    Also a massive massive thing has come about from a client I initially spoke with, spoke to a lawyer about (where another colleague didn’t bother), it’s now turned into possibly a class action, or at least a shit tonne of work for our firm. I’m getting no shout outs or anything for me recognising the potential. Not even from my direct management.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
      7·
      7 months ago

      Sorry to hear about the workload, that sucks. I’m also over here cheering for you, re the other achievement. I think sometimes management feel threatened when someone lower down the tree does something great, so they downplay it. I’ve seen that happen at my work, at least.

      • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
        3·
        7 months ago

        Thanks 👌 my colleague has actually told me a few times that she thinks I intimidate my direct manager because I kinda know my role better than they do, can answer more Qs etc. So that does kinda make sense

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      3·
      7 months ago

      You can leave a job in the probation period with like 2 days notice. Feel free to use that if something else comes up because your workplace will do it to you

      • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
        1·
        7 months ago

        I’m not on a new probation period or anything, just a different role in the same department - which is actually quite different to what I had been doing. I’m reluctant to pull the pin on the job because finding a new job is stressful and change is hard. if it remains like this for much longer I’ll need to start looking though 😞

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    12·
    7 months ago

    Had a pizza for lunch. Drying laundry in the sun.

    Making a cup of coffee and just relaxing today.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11·
    7 months ago

    Bottoms log, star date 000002…

    The 1 month outta date lasagne use by was ruse likely pedalled by the Big Lasagne cartel.

    All systems nominal.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      I believe the Big Cheese cartel does something similar. Out of date cheese is usually perfectly good. And can be very very tasty. I got some past its useby date vintage cheddar once that was DELICIOUS - a vast improvement on the regular stuff. And not stinky at all - just mellow and nutty and a welcome bit of sharpness.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      3·
      7 months ago

      Dunno what big manufacturers are like, but where I work our use by is fairly conservative. Past use by for us is past it’s optimal freshness but still ok.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      4·
      7 months ago

      Do what you need to do, zero guilt. Corporations don’t have any interest about anyone’s success but their own. It’s a job not a friend. Do the same, and do what you need to do to get yourself employment and income. No one will care what your name is once you in the door and they are happy with your work.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      4·
      7 months ago

      it’s been like that here for as long I remember

      my own father had a weird European name, non British, and it was Anglicanised when he came here . I can kinda understand in his case, the name is barely pronounceable.

      and it’s not just English names, there is classism at work here too. Posh English names work best. 😞

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
    11·
    7 months ago

    I think it was ok for Arj Barker to ask the crying baby to leave. No hate for kids, but if you take your baby to a comedy show, or any theatre show, and it’s making noise please gracefully exit and let the performers do their craft and people watch the show uninterrupted. Hundreds of people paid for tickets to see a show, not listen to a grumbling baby.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      7 months ago

      I agree. Don’t get me started on those barbarians who take calls on their phone during a performance. I could get really really nasty to such.

      • SituationCake@aussie.zone
        5·
        7 months ago

        A couple of times I’ve been in an audience where someone starts doing stuff on their phone (not calls) and you see a glow emanating from their seat. It’s infuriating, particularly if it’s a dark scene where you want to be focusing on the stage. If it’s that boring for you why did you come.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      2·
      7 months ago

      No one should be taking a 2 week old baby to anything like a show.

      Babies need a nice quiet home. That poor baby. 😟

      • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
        12·
        7 months ago

        Weeeell, babysitters are expensive, and it’s difficult to find good ones, especially in a hurry. I can understand if someone didn’t want to go through that hassle and cost of living pressure. But surely a pacifier and a small jar of honey would be standard operating procedure if you did bring a baby along.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
          2·
          7 months ago

          not many baby sitters would want to care for a new born

          can a 2 week old even have a dummy and honey?

          I’m thinking to when I was mother to a 2 week yr old, I didn’t want to go anywhere, still felt uncomfortable sitting, boobs like painful gushers, tiny baby that had to be feed frequently and cared for and my baby was an easy baby!

    • Lyn@theblower.au
      1·
      7 months ago

      @SituationCake @Seagoon_ I keep seeing the comment “so drunk hecklers are gine but an innocent baby isn’t??”
      I’ve been to multiple shows where drunk hecklers were removed from the audience.
      I appreciate that mums need a night out and all that, but maybe pick a better spot to go.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    7 months ago

    A small tunnel mysteriously appeared in the lounge room while Miss Meow was napping. She has so far determined it does not seem to be a threat and gone back to bed. Time will tell whether it is worthy of more interaction later.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    9·
    7 months ago

    I’ve fallen into the trap of giving Melbcat a treat any time I eat a peppermint or a cracker… she now tells me when it’s time for a treat and is trying to get me to feed her the whole bag. I don’t think I run this house anymore…

      • Eagle@aussie.zone
        9·
        7 months ago

        I have three cats. Every time I open the pantry or a crinkly packet I get at least one and sometimes it’s a trifecta. It makes it easy to do a headcount too. Oh and the dog is trained too, and will often beat the cats to the bench. It’s their house,I just live here and refill the treat container.

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    7 months ago

    Got removalists arranged. Phew.
    Attempts to sell extra furniture are proving futile thus far - one secondhand place fiddled me around for ages before saying no and am waiting on another. A couple more avenues of enquiry… argh. Also hard rubbish has been rearranged, partly because I didn’t leave enough room for the bins and partly because it’d been messed up when people rummaged through it. grumble

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 months ago

    The price of my private health insurance (with extras) keeps on going up and up to the point where I don’t get enough value out of it anymore. Looking at options for just having basic hospital/ambulance cover and it’s still so expensive. Almost $100 a month. Having insurance seems like a luxury these days.

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
      5·
      7 months ago

      It is expensive, but don’t forget to take into account the cost of the Medicare levy surcharge you pay in tax if you don’t have it - depending on income it can cost you more not to have it, or at least take a large chunk of what you save. It’s also worth considering the future - if you anticipate increased salary in the future that might put you into the category where you will need to pay the surcharge you may be better off paying a bit more now to avoid the age surcharge when you get to that point. Once you get older the insurance is also better value as you have more medical problems, so you need to try to balance the benefits of saving money now compared to the amount it will cost you in the future if you delay getting it and decide you need it later.

      When thinking about the value of the hospital component of the insurance it’s worth keeping in mind that whilst Medicare will cover you for life-threatening issues it is not great for things that just reduce the quality of life, and you can be forced to wait until problems become life threatening before they are dealt with. I have a friend who currently needs a hip replacement. The waiting list for public hospital is so long she has signed up for private insurance to pay for it once the one year waiting period is up as that will be quicker. In the meantime she has trouble walking and is in constant pain to the extent that she sometimes has to take time off work. Google tells me the cost of a hip replacement privately is around $25k - that’s a lot of years of insurance premiums you need to save, and many surgeries can be even more expensive.

      Extras are often not worth the cost unless you use a lot of things like physio on an ongoing basis. I’ve bought a full pair of multi-focal glasses, had a dental checkup and clean plus four fillings this year and have still not received enough back in rebates to cover a year’s premiums. A lot of the big items for extras like dental implants are not urgent and you can sign up and get the work done once the waiting period is over.