Comments on: I was totally let go yesterday

By: onibunny

onibunny — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:15:00 +0000

Fuck that!
yeah… thats what I say.

By: Doc Pop

Doc Pop — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:54:00 +0000

anonymous: you could be right, but why not try talking to me about it then. I was bringing in new revenue, maintaining my clients, etc… When they fired me, it was as I was trying to catch up from being gone for a week. Production problems, billing issues, and dealing with some pain in the ass clients.

I wasn’t asked about those at all, I was just told that my phone call volume was too low in the two busy days I had been back.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:03:00 +0000

Sorry to hear you were fired, but no doubt they knew you spent much time writing in your blog and checking myspace instead of making the calls you could have.

By: red cat

red cat — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:21:00 +0000

s’fucked up, man.

By: Schlick

Schlick — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:53:00 +0000

I know you will land on your feet with your head pointed up. The only thing you can count on in life is CHANGE.

By: Musclemouth

Musclemouth — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:38:00 +0000

Yeah man, I hear ya. I would say the same thing happened to me over at City Pages, but it was more my fault than theirs. They fired me for low call volume and poor attendance. But my numbers were steadily increasing by leaps and bounds, even as I started out with no pre-existing contacts (I didn’t want to exploit my old Pulse contacts — which was not just honorable but lucky, considering I went back to the Pulse later and would have looked like a transparent flipflopper to prospects.)

Anyway, the point of this comment is to say that I HATE it that process is emphasized more than result. Why should they care how many calls I make, how often I show up, how I do my job - as long as I’m finding creative ways to make them money? Sure it sounds lazy, but if we’re gonna be pragmatic, it’s better to hire a lazy guy like me who makes them lots of dough, rather than someone with a good work ethic whose results are lower.

Not that you’re lazy, but I can empathize with your predicament. Sorry to hear it. But, knowing you, you’ll find something even better. Go get’em brother.

(By the way, you’ll noticed I followed in your footsteps yet again and joined blogger. I love it here.)

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:11:00 +0000

I am sooo SAD and totally shocked. I came into work today and it was in my email! I will miss you every day. Will you still meet me at Shan’s every once and a while for lunch?

By: If I'm not looking at porn, I'm not working!

If I'm not looking at porn, I'm not working! — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:08:00 +0000

I was sad to see my neighbor go
With a personality and brains like yours, you will be successful in whatever you do.
Just don’t work for assholes anymore!!

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:47:00 +0000

Jesus, man. That sucks rocks. Any prospects? If you want a résumé review, shoot me a copy in e-mail and I’ll run my eyes over it. I teach résumé classes at the library.

That’s a shitty way to be treated, Doc.

By: rimma

rimma — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:46:00 +0000

What the fuck?