No Goofing Off On New Jobs
3 weeks ago, a real good friend of mine, John (alias used) told me he found a new job with 35% pay raise. We work for the same company but different field offices. I knew he was fed up by the travels and the long hours for a very long time. Although I was a little shocked to see him leaving so quickly, I was really happy for him to finally have a steady high paying local job.
Yesterday, Beth (alias used on this site) told me an even more shocking news: John got fired by his new company already!
“What happened to him? Did he over slept again?” I figured this must be the reason.
We all knew his sleeping disorder problem. When John worked on his last contract, he showed up mostly around noon and sometimes at 4pm. Because of his long years of services and a solid reputation within the company, everybody tired to work around his schedule to get the job done.
After he started his new job, he showed up on time on the first two days and went back to his old irregular schedule. Unfortunately, the new employer doesn’t have much of tolerance nor flexibility. So they kicked him out with no mercy. Ouch!
I feel really bad for John’s career tragedy. But it is a good lesson for him and many other people who are starting or about to start their new jobs. We always think that landing on a new job is the hardest part. But sometimes, to re-gain and re-build your reputation from scratch on the new field can be even tougher.
I am starting my new project on Oct 1 in Colorado Springs. If I blog my days away on the new job like what I do now, I probably would get my ass fired in a split second. Being said, if you guys seeing me posting less and less in a month, you know I am just trying to keep my head above the water on the new job.
After all, when there is a conflict between my career and my hobby, I have to take a hard look at the cold reality and pick the one that pays the bill, until one day that hobby becomes my career. Whoa! That’d be nice to get up at 3pm, work in my pajama and write all kinds of stuff all day long… And best of all… nobody can fire me! Well, that’s my ultimate goal I guess…
HR Services said,
September 16, 2005 @ 12:23 pm
Actually, we have been reviewing your productivity and noticed a significant drop as of late. We expect you will make the appropriate improvements before further actions are necessary.
Yuna said,
September 16, 2005 @ 12:40 pm
Actually, I have been reviewing your bonus plans for the current and coming year and noticed a significant drop .. actually so significant that i don’t even see “bonus” and “education” spendings in your chart anymoe. We expect you to make the appropriate increase of such figures before further actions are necessary..(i.e. showing up at 4pm and blog 12 hours a day). ;-D
HR Services said,
September 16, 2005 @ 1:45 pm
We’re making cuts. First we cut benefits, then we cut people. So keep blogging you Bloggster.
Yuna said,
September 16, 2005 @ 2:08 pm
hmm..let’s see…I support the “cut people” idea..How about cut those people who are cutting people and bonuses ..like you? I think that’d do a lot of good deeds.. ie.. the people actually do work would be much happier and productive which in turn drives the stock price up and finally put a big smile on our CEO’s face..and BANG! No more cuts…… Sounds pretty good yeah?
Terry said,
September 16, 2005 @ 11:48 pm
Sleeping disorder isn’t exactly goofing off. If this is considered as a medical issue, the company should work with your friend instead of firing him. Tell him to sue the company. He might get millions. Hehe.
S. L. Cunningham said,
September 17, 2005 @ 6:46 pm
I saw your blog referenced by ME Strauss and thought I’d stop by. You have quite an impressive “village” with a considerable amount of useful information posted. I know I’ll be a frequent visitor.
Scot
Yuna said,
September 17, 2005 @ 11:03 pm
Hi Scot, really admire your writing style and enjoyed reading your posts.. I am not sure if I can ever write as smoothly as you do, but I figure I can pick a few words/phrases by reading your fine writings frequently. Thanks and welcome to the village!
Yuna said,
September 17, 2005 @ 11:07 pm
Hi Terry, ironically, I talked to my friend yesterday and suggested the same thing: Sue the company’s ass off! But he didn’t think it was worth while to go through all the troubles.
I sometimes feel that a lot of out rights are being forcefully fortified simply because we are too tiny to have the resources to exercise our rights. I am sure if anybody wants to fire Paris Hilton, they’d think about the consequences of dealing with Hilton family’s army of lawyers.
ME Strauss said,
September 17, 2005 @ 11:58 pm
Hey you blogster,
Quit talking about suing and get back to blogging.
Scot’s going to think that all this village does is talking.
Actually, most states are employment-at-will states, so your case has to be pretty ironclad for a laywer to take it. Because “at will” means they can fire you if they don’t like the color of your shirt.
Stinky but true.
smiles,
Liz
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