What's worse than a network admin utilizing a company's entire bandwidth to download pirated software and music? Highly paid employees at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accessing pornography sites at work. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/27125540/detail.html
According to the article: "Many of the employees who engaged in such conduct were at a senior level and earned substantial salaries through their government employment," the OIG revealed in a summary report, noting that 17 employees had an annual salary of at least $99,356." I don't know how many constitutes "many" so it could be 50, 100, maybe even in the thousands. Do the math.
I think what makes me more frustrated than anything is that none of these people were fired. However, I'm sure they all parted their hair on the correct side and gave stellar answers to their "Where do you see yourself in five years?" interview questions.
Sure gives me a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that my tax dollars are "hard" at work.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Things Not To Say To Someone Who's Just Been Laid Off (or Fired)
Ran across this article today - "5 Things Not to Say to Someone Who Was Just Laid Off" - and thought I'd add my own to the list. http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2011/03/02/5-things-say-just-laid/
1. Your house is always such a mess - now you have time to clean!
2. Have you thought about selling your kids to the circus?
3. You'll probably lose weight now since you won't be able to afford groceries.
4. If you dye your hair blond, you'll have a better chance at getting a new job. (http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/02/24/are-you-built-to-make-big-bucks/?icid=maing%7Cmain5%7Cdl11%7Csec1_lnk3%7C46465)
5. You'll probably only have to compete with maybe a hundred people for every position now that unemployment is down to between 9 and 10%.
If you're such a boorish clod that you can't say anything encouraging or positive, your newly-laid-off friend, relative, or spouse has every right to rip your arm off and beat you with it.
1. Your house is always such a mess - now you have time to clean!
2. Have you thought about selling your kids to the circus?
3. You'll probably lose weight now since you won't be able to afford groceries.
4. If you dye your hair blond, you'll have a better chance at getting a new job. (http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/02/24/are-you-built-to-make-big-bucks/?icid=maing%7Cmain5%7Cdl11%7Csec1_lnk3%7C46465)
5. You'll probably only have to compete with maybe a hundred people for every position now that unemployment is down to between 9 and 10%.
If you're such a boorish clod that you can't say anything encouraging or positive, your newly-laid-off friend, relative, or spouse has every right to rip your arm off and beat you with it.
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