On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
That's what I was trying to get at. Few would fault me if I claimed that my
former employer practiced incessant micromanagement, as long as I had a few
sane examples to back up my claim. However, the phrase repeated attempts to
police the
On Nov 25, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote:
I think Terrence's phrase could be altered just a little to
something like my employer makes me feel like I'm a kindergartner
or I feel like my employer thinks I'm a kindergartner and it
would be more palatable.
Best yet, turn it into a
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Andy Lester wrote:
On Nov 25, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote:
I think Terrence's phrase could be altered just a little to something like
my employer makes me feel like I'm a kindergartner or I feel like my
employer thinks I'm a kindergartner and it would be more
On Nov 25, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote:
I don't think you need to be unremittingly positive. [...]
It should probably really be don't be a jerk, but for most people
that's too complicated so the generic advice ends up as don't talk
smack about former employers.
Smart people
On Nov 23, 2006, at 11:17, Dave Rolsky wrote:
I know the advice of never talk smack about former employers, but
I call BS on that. I've been looking for a new job, and the main
reason is that I really dislike my current position, and I blame
that on the employer.
I've talked about this,
Terrence == Terrence Brannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Terrence I am willing to cover my condo lease while I work elsewhere to get
Terrence away from my current employer's repeated attempts to police the
Terrence employees like a bunch of kindergartners.
Do you realize you probably just said
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
Terrence == Terrence Brannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Terrence I am willing to cover my condo lease while I work elsewhere to get
Terrence away from my current employer's repeated attempts to police the
Terrence employees like a bunch of
