It amazes me that people who can’t distinguish between ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ are allowed to manage people
nOoNE wAnTs tO wOrk…
And put a cover on those TPS reports!
A million dollars?!
yeah, I’ve been with my current company as we’ve grown from like a million dollars in sales to 20 times that
at a million dollars in sales, it was like five of us doing everything and we all worked so much to get it all done and build things to grow as time went on. so while I think this is opposite of what Jenny is trying to convey, a million dollar company would likely require no callouts at critical times.
now, two points:
- that doesn’t make it ok. in my situation, we all enjoyed it and we’re compensated for it. that’s why it worked.
- a multi-million dollar company, with like 50+ employees, that’s I think what Jenny is trying to get at, real “big company” shit — in which case, a proper company such as that can handle a few callouts, else they are by definition not a company with their shit together
edit: also this is almost definitely retail so like yeah fuck Jenny, if somebody is sick, they’re sick. maybe close the store on Christmas if this is always an issue because you’re not paying people enough to be there
a million dollar company is, what, like, 10 employees?
That’s probably why they’re desperate for no call offs. In this day a million dollar company still feels like it’s constantly on the edge of collapse. No pity for jenny though, if you can’t manage around your workforce taking time off during the holidays that’s bad management.
I wonder if Jenny is flammable?
Act like one by showing compassion for your workforce?
I would i would find another job and forget to give Jenny my two weeks notice
Jennifer B… Ohhhh it’s from Jennifer Bitch!
Hire enough staff that a few missing makes no difference to operations.
You’re a million dollar company. Act like it.
Also, pretty sure my company got sold for a lot more than that and we’re amateur as fuck.
I’ve worked with Fortune 100 companies that were total Mickey Mouse outfits.
I got sued by a big supplier over literally nothing, after I had refused to honor an illegal clause in a contract (which literally would have put me out of business, so it was a serious issue). They couldn’t sue me for that, so they claimed I hadn’t returned some rented equipment, which was a lie. But they said that I better pay up ($10K), because who did I think the judge was going to believe, some loser (their lawyer’s word), or a Fortune 500 company? I didn’t say it, but in MY county, I doubted the judge was going to favor the big corporation.
When we got to court, I had my lawyer ask me about my new supplier’s inventory control system, and explained how the new system had bar codes, and every piece of gear is carefully tracked. The company that was suing me, couldn’t even tell the court how many they had in stock, how many they rented out, etc.
The judge looked at the Plaintiffs, and said, “This is the most amateurish inventory control system I’ve ever seen. I don’t understand how you got to be a Fortune 500 company by doing business this way. You expect me to tell this man to pay you $10,000, when you don’t even know if the equipment is actually missing?”
She found for me, AND made them pay my legal fees. After two years of worry, it was one of the most satisfying days of my life.
She found for me, AND made them pay my legal fees. After two years of worry, it was one of the most satisfying days of my life.
This is great, but at the end of the day, they still harassed you with their bs lawsuit, and they still gave you 2 years of stress. Justice would be them getting counter-sued and you getting compensation for psychological trauma. (even though you will never get your health back 100% from a process like that.)
One reason why there are so many nonsense lawsuits in the US is that unlike Europe and the UK, it’s unusual that the loser has to pay the winner’s costs. In Europe that’s standard. As a result, an American person or group is much more likely to sue, because if they lose all it costs them is their own legal fees. AFAIK they also do the reasonable thing and cap fees so that if someone sues a rich multinational corp and loses, they’re not out millions of dollars because the multinational hired a huge, expensive team to defend themselves.
Justice would really be a world where these nonsense lawsuits didn’t happen at all.
I can’t argue with that, but there wasn’t really a case in that.
Thanks for sharing 😆 10/10 very satisfying
Thanks, I still smile when I think of it. I had some more fun details in an answer another post, so make sure you see that one, too.
Fuck yeah, congrats.
It was cool walking out of court with my lawyer, both of us wanting to celebrate, but the other team was dejectedly walking down the hall in front of us, shoulders slumped, humiliated, so we didn’t want to interrupt THAT. They got their asses handed to them badly, and they were feeling it. My lawyer grabbed my arm and pulled me into an alcove and pretended to use the water fountain, and said “We make a GOOD TEAM!” We played them like a fiddle, and she was rightfully excited.
That final monologue from the judge wasn’t the only fun thing that happened.
They were first questioning the regional inventory rep, and the local branch manager kept whispering in his ear. After a few questions, the judge asked “Who are you?”
“The local branch manager.”
“Are you under oath?”
“Uhhh…”
“NO! YOU ARE NOT! SO BE QUIET! When I want to hear from you, you’ll be put under oath, and then you can talk. Until then, be quiet.” She was giving peak Judge Judy vibes.
Then it got really good. The judge then said: “In fact, I want you to sit by yourself in the back of the courtroom. MOVE!” And he had to go sit by himself in the back of the empty courtroom like a fucking misbehaving child. Heh-heh.
And when he did testify, he brought no supporting documents with him. He couldn’t tell how many times a year they inventoried their gear, how many they had in inventory the last time, how many they had in stock today, and I even had my lawyer ask if they repurposed equipment for other uses, to which he said Yes, but then couldn’t say how many had been repurposed at all. He literally had no grasp at all about how much inventory they had. Nearly every answer was “I don’t know.”
This was the testimony they were relying on to accuse me of stealing from them, which I hadn’t done. They were literally counting on the judge finding against me just because they were a big company.
By the time judge had to render her decision, she was REALLY pissed off at them. I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to hear a judge tear into the people that have wrongfully tortured and harassed you for the last couple years.
They are a singular million, sad face
This is what your coworkers and you should reference when you’re out there striking. Strike because Jenny is a dickhead.
You’re not worth much as a company if you need to berate employees before they’ve even done anything wrong while making them work holidays.
Wrong, “you’re” and no attention to proper punctuation. I’m going to take your job and unionize your workplace, Jenny.
Also “lets”.
Making people come to work while sick hurts the company in the long run. It makes more workers sick and less productive
I get the sick child thing, though. I used to own a retail shop, and one girl would check the schedule, and if I was off, she’d call in sick, knowing I could cover her shift. This was pissing me off, because I only took Sundays off, so every time she did that, I’d have to go 2 weeks without a break, and then she’d do it next weekend, too.
Often her sick daughter was the excuse. Her husband was chronically unemployed ( he never had a job the entire time I knew her, while she worked two jobs), and I finally said “No, have your husband watch her, he doesn’t have anything else to do.”
And that’s when she said one of the most outrageous things I’ve heard: “He doesn’t like taking care of her, because she’s a girl, and Hispanic men don’t like taking care of girls.”
I lost it. “You mean that because you have this communication problem with your loser husband, I have to be the solution? My Sundays are my time to spend with MY kid, but I can’t do it because YOUR useless husband doesn’t want to be bothered with spending time with HIS kid? Your problems are your problems, and they are not mine to fix. Stop making your problems my problems. I expect you to get to work today, or don’t come back.”
She did end up quitting not long after, and then called me up months later when she needed money, and begged for work. She had experience, so I gave her another chance. Then she got pissed because after being gone for a year, everyone else was making more money, so she demanded the same pay, and then demanded more, because she wanted the Assistant Manager position that she claimed I offered her before she quit (I had never done that, I would never have given her control of the shop), which was already held by someone competent, who still works for me to this day.
You sound like a true joy to be employed by. Are you hiring?
I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic or not, but I am actually a terrible boss, because I have way too much empathy, and I let my people get away with everything.
I am still doing the same business in an occasional way (I’m basically semi-retired), and my assistant has been with me for over 10 years, so I don’t think I’m that bad to work around.
Sounds like you and I have the same problem😭
Also increases recovery time further decreasing productivity
ooh wow, a company that’s worth less than most shitty houses in Seattle, I’m real impressed
Must be owned by Dr. Evil…
