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[Dexter Morgan]

Today, this gal comes in,and I ask her if I can help her (like I do), and she says in a bitchy tone... "I'm here for the call in order" and I said 'OK... what did you order?" and she says "I called it in!!!" and I said "I didn't take your order, I don't know what you ordered" she says "I called it in!!!" By this time I was really struggling not to beat her to death. So, I said "I didn't take your order.... I don't know what to ring up!!!" After that was said, and probably by the tone of my voice, and the look on my face, she changed her tune real fast. After she left I went on a rant at my boss and coworkers.... this is what I said.... From now on if somebody takes a call in order, they're ringing the f**king thing up. I'm NOT doing it anymore!!!! If you take the order by phone, you better be ready to ring it up because, I'm not going to do it anymore!!! How the hell am I suppose to know what the f**k somebody orders, if I didn't take the damn order!!!  " Needless to say everybody was pretty much speechless. I never raise my voice, or cuss around people, but today I had my fill. 

[Sandy Eggo]

Couldn't they take a name?

I have a feeling that my boss is getting ready to retire. She was eligible months ago but decided to stick it out for a while

Since then, upper management has changed and the person that's her boss is a super micro manager. She comes down and shifts around on people's desks and questions them, however she waits until our boss isn't around. She even called a meeting when our boss wasn't there to tell us everything our boss had told us in a previous meeting. She kept repeating herself, as if she didn't believe our boss had told us.

To add insult to injury, we have a mole in the office. I believe she was placed there to spy on us. She doesn't report to our (and her) boss, she goes directly to my supervisor's boss. They're undermining everything that our supervisor is trying to do. Most of my peers are all on the same page and are determined to make things right for our supervisor so that she doesn't have to take such hard hits for things which aren't her fault. Plus, the mole is a gossip and I think her main goal in life is to gossip as much as possible. I told my supervisor that I felt like saying to the mole (which we don't call her that in front of the boss), "are you going to be a part of the solution or the problem, because gossip is defeating moral and that's not helping at all" and she asked me why I haven't said that to her. At this point, I'm so mad, I'm afraid our working relationship will be damaged if I open my mouth.

I'm really kinda bummed. R is one of my all time favorite supervisors, because she's for the people who work for her and she's fair. If you ask me, that's why she's a target. I know other offices get behind in production, because I talk to people in other codes about workload, etc., but upper management couldn't care less about the employees, it's all about the bottom line.

[Dexter Morgan]

Funny you should mention work place "moles". Sometimes, I think the people I work with think I'm a mole. If something bad goes down the management tries to keep me from hearing about it. I've often wondered if they think I talk to the district manager about our workplace. Of course.... I'm not and I don't. I'm pretty straightlaced, and devoted to the job. And I wonder if that could be why they think I'm a mole. Nobody gives a crap about how well the store does, except me. I figure if you're gonna do a job at least give it your all. 

[Sandy Eggo]

Dex, you'd have to see it to believe it. We overhear conversations that the loudmouth thinks she's whispering. R left early today to go to the wake of another coworker and close friend of her's that died of cancer this past week. As soon as she was gone, her supervisor was at the moles desk and they were tittering and whispering and clucking. I coulda smacked both of them. Instead, I e-mailed the lady next to me and said, "Do you hear that sucking noise" and she busted out laughing. They both scowled at us.

It's what we do to keep our moral up. We work hard. They're not trying to fix any production problem. I have NO idea what their true intent is.

[Sandy Eggo]

BTW, I don't think caring about your job equates to being a mole. I care about my job. I couldn't do a job that I couldn't give 150% to. I could be a bagger at a grocery store and I'd be the happiest bagger there. That's the way I am. If not for my management, I'd do it for the customer. I used to do training sessions on customer service and no matter what...business boils down to the customer...IMO.

[pariann]

It's because we kiss their butts.  What's Lee's Famous Recipe? I've never heard of it before. 

http://www.leesfamousrecipe.com/

[Dexter Morgan]

Dex, you'd have to see it to believe it. We overhear conversations that the loudmouth thinks she's whispering. R left early today to go to the wake of another coworker and close friend of her's that died of cancer this past week. As soon as she was gone, her supervisor was at the moles desk and they were tittering and whispering and clucking. I coulda smacked both of them. Instead, I e-mailed the lady next to me and said, "Do you hear that sucking noise" and she busted out laughing. They both scowled at us.

It's what we do to keep our moral up. We work hard. They're not trying to fix any production problem. I have NO idea what their true intent is.

Don't you just hate that!!!! My boss talks loud enough behind our backs to other coworkers, that we know when she's talking about us!!! I would have died laughing over your e mail too. That was a good one. 

[Dexter Morgan]

BTW, I don't think caring about your job equates to being a mole. I care about my job. I couldn't do a job that I couldn't give 150% to. I could be a bagger at a grocery store and I'd be the happiest bagger there. That's the way I am. If not for my management, I'd do it for the customer. I used to do training sessions on customer service and no matter what...business boils down to the customer...IMO.

At my job if somebody takes the job seriously they are considered 1. a spy for management 2. trying to work their way up, or 3. just plain crazy. I admit I'm number 3 just plain nuts. 

[Sandy Eggo]

Well, it looks like my supervisor isn't going anywhere just yet. We were suspicious because she treated us all to breakfast this morning and she's treating us to the office "picnic" which is a fundraiser for the Christmas party. We were convinced she was setting us up to let us down.

I still don't care for the mole but knowing that we have more time to make R shine makes us all happy.

[Dexter Morgan]

Well, it looks like my supervisor isn't going anywhere just yet. We were suspicious because she treated us all to breakfast this morning and she's treating us to the office "picnic" which is a fundraiser for the Christmas party. We were convinced she was setting us up to let us down.

I still don't care for the mole but knowing that we have more time to make R shine makes us all happy.

That is great news!!! I'd watch my back around the mole, you never know what she's capable of. 

[Mr442]

If any of you Indiana folks have been reading the news lately, you will have seen the items about my company selling off one of it's properties in Greenfield, and considering selling another in Lafayette.  Last night the CEO made a trip to our plantsite, to tell everyone how secure this site is, and how important it is to the company.  That type of "news" usually is followed by some kind of doom and gloom announcement, but I hope not for my co-workers sake. 

I had been trying to transfer to our Indy or Greenfield facility, so I could continue on with the company for a few more years and pad the nest egg.   Or in my case, create a nest egg.   But with the recent announcements about Greenfield and Lafayette, all the jobs will go to those who are re-allocated, and that won't leave a spot for me.  Understand though, that this is OK with me.  I don't want to take a spot, that someone else may actually need.  I can retire anytime, so it looks as if I'll be making a change next year, if not sooner.

It could be worse, I could be like many others who cannot retire yet, and will be scrambling to find a spot in the company.  Those folks have my sympathy.

[Dexter Morgan]

If any of you Indiana folks have been reading the news lately, you will have seen the items about my company selling off one of it's properties in Greenfield, and considering selling another in Lafayette.  Last night the CEO made a trip to our plantsite, to tell everyone how secure this site is, and how important it is to the company.  That type of "news" usually is followed by some kind of doom and gloom announcement, but I hope not for my co-workers sake. 

I had been trying to transfer to our Indy or Greenfield facility, so I could continue on with the company for a few more years and pad the nest egg.   Or in my case, create a nest egg.   But with the recent announcements about Greenfield and Lafayette, all the jobs will go to those who are re-allocated, and that won't leave a spot for me.  Understand though, that this is OK with me.  I don't want to take a spot, that someone else may actually need.  I can retire anytime, so it looks as if I'll be making a change next year, if not sooner.

It could be worse, I could be like many others who cannot retire yet, and will be scrambling to find a spot in the company.  Those folks have my sympathy.

It's really cool that you are concerned for other workers. The way the economy is right now, would make a person very nervous, to go ahead and retire. I hope it works out for you. They can't touch your retirement benefits can they? I hope not. 

[Dexter Morgan]

  OK..... I only get about 15 hours a week at my job. Today, when I looked at next week's schedule, I noticed my hours got cut. WTF.... It's barely worth me working there for 15 hours, and next week I only work 13 1/2 hours.  It takes me 2 gallons of gas per day to drive back and forth. I only make $8.10 an hour.  Right now gas is $3.77 a gallon. How the hell do they think I can afford that?  The problem is.... the management have been taking A LOT of unpaid time off, and their on salary. They have to make up the hours they miss. I'm always the first one to get cut. If they schedule me like that for the week after next, I'm gonna have a bitch session with my boss. I've had to do it before.  It really pisses me off..... just because my husband makes good money, doesn't mean I don't need money.  My checks go for food, and stuff for my animals.

[Mr442]

It's really cool that you are concerned for other workers. The way the economy is right now, would make a person very nervous, to go ahead and retire. I hope it works out for you. They can't touch your retirement benefits can they? I hope not. 

The pension money is in a trust that does very well, making money every year.  Other benefits can, and have been altered over the years.  Staying past 01-01-2010 will really alter my benefits, that is even scarier than retiring.  At least by retiring, there will less of an increase in health insurance cost.  It's really going to go up for those who stay.  It may get to the point that employees may end up choosing to not take the insurance some day.  It costs me 130/ month for the two of us, but it is expected to go to 600 to 800 / month in a few short years.  I'm lucky I am in the "transition group" that will get a better deal than future retirees will.

[Dexter Morgan]

The pension money is in a trust that does very well, making money every year.  Other benefits can, and have been altered over the years.  Staying past 01-01-2010 will really alter my benefits, that is even scarier than retiring.  At least by retiring, there will less of an increase in health insurance cost.  It's really going to go up for those who stay.  It may get to the point that employees may end up choosing to not take the insurance some day.  It costs me 130/ month for the two of us, but it is expected to go to 600 to 800 / month in a few short years.  I'm lucky I am in the "transition group" that will get a better deal than future retirees will.

It sounds like you have planned ahead. I think 600/800 a month is a drastic increase.  It sounds like they're purposely trying to discourage the workers from having insurance.