In Japanese management style, complimenting his work would shame him and cause fellow employees to hate and suspect him. Now, if only they were in Japan. .But don’t complain about the job. As jobs for teens go, it’s a sweet deal. Indoors. All about cars. Nothing too strenuous. It’s unlikely he could find a better job. Here, he doesn’t have to clean public restrooms and doesn’t go home stinking of meat and fry fat.
for many years I was a system admin and that’s normal for that job. The ONLY time you hear from anyone is when something goes wrong (or they think it’s wrong), never when things are working ok. .There are lots of jobs like that out there so Baldo need not feel too abused by his really terrible boss. Sadly, you kinda get used to it.
I had the big boss from out of town compliment me on my job once, I asked him, “Does this mean I am going to get a raise?” He answered, “No, this is in lieu of.”
I remember when I was working for a local department store and I got a raise 2 months earlier than the contract called for (actually I think it was a double raise). When I thanked the manager for the raise he said, “Well you desereve it, you’re always on time for work and the only time you miss work is when you’re actually sick and you always call in to let us know.” I always wondered about what that said about the other employees, because the way I saw it I was only doing my job, so did that say about the other employees?
Another time I was doing factory work for the summer, between semesters at college. Up to that time my old employers had used the fact that I was only working for a short time and then going back to school meant they could skip me over for raises because they only considered me to be part time, even if I was puting in 40 hours or more a week. At this factory they were giving raise interviews about 2 or 3 weeks before I returned to school and when my name came up and they called me in for my interview I was surprised, I didn’t think they’d even bother with the interview. The first thing the boss did when I entered his office was to confirm that I was returning to college at the end of the month, once that was established he went on to tell me how happy they were with the work I was doing and then ended up giving me a nickle an hour raise, and this was after just a month of work with less then a month to go before I left (this was also back in the ’70’s when a nickle an hour could make a difference).
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
uh… how encouraging
KenTheCoffinDweller over 7 years ago
So “No comments is good news”?
morningglory73 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Lousy boss.
MeGoNow Premium Member over 7 years ago
In Japanese management style, complimenting his work would shame him and cause fellow employees to hate and suspect him. Now, if only they were in Japan. .But don’t complain about the job. As jobs for teens go, it’s a sweet deal. Indoors. All about cars. Nothing too strenuous. It’s unlikely he could find a better job. Here, he doesn’t have to clean public restrooms and doesn’t go home stinking of meat and fry fat.
sml7291 Premium Member over 7 years ago
for many years I was a system admin and that’s normal for that job. The ONLY time you hear from anyone is when something goes wrong (or they think it’s wrong), never when things are working ok. .There are lots of jobs like that out there so Baldo need not feel too abused by his really terrible boss. Sadly, you kinda get used to it.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 7 years ago
Oh boy.
Bill Koenig over 7 years ago
I had the big boss from out of town compliment me on my job once, I asked him, “Does this mean I am going to get a raise?” He answered, “No, this is in lieu of.”
patlaborvi over 7 years ago
I remember when I was working for a local department store and I got a raise 2 months earlier than the contract called for (actually I think it was a double raise). When I thanked the manager for the raise he said, “Well you desereve it, you’re always on time for work and the only time you miss work is when you’re actually sick and you always call in to let us know.” I always wondered about what that said about the other employees, because the way I saw it I was only doing my job, so did that say about the other employees?
Another time I was doing factory work for the summer, between semesters at college. Up to that time my old employers had used the fact that I was only working for a short time and then going back to school meant they could skip me over for raises because they only considered me to be part time, even if I was puting in 40 hours or more a week. At this factory they were giving raise interviews about 2 or 3 weeks before I returned to school and when my name came up and they called me in for my interview I was surprised, I didn’t think they’d even bother with the interview. The first thing the boss did when I entered his office was to confirm that I was returning to college at the end of the month, once that was established he went on to tell me how happy they were with the work I was doing and then ended up giving me a nickle an hour raise, and this was after just a month of work with less then a month to go before I left (this was also back in the ’70’s when a nickle an hour could make a difference).
K M over 7 years ago
I’d be looking for another job. This guy’s a trip without a suitcase.