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TERRIBLE BEAT
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Oct 22nd, 2006, 10:25 AM
I was working for a software company doing GUI testing and deployments for a bunch of clients in the US. I was making an alright salary (~45k) and had full benefits. The job bored the fuck out of me though, and I hated the completely incompetent management.
Last Tuesday, at 5pm my co-worker (this one other guy I work with, super nice kid, does not slack off or have a shitty attitude or act like everybody owes him something [like me], always tries his best, etc.) got called into the office. He came out two minutes later and said, "Hey Steve... can you go over my work and handle these blah blah work stuff next week?" I didn't notice his eyes were kinda watery. I said, "Why the fuck am I gonna do your shit?" He said "... because I'm gone. They're letting me go. They say I don't show enough initiative."
See at this point I lost it. This poor kid was always a scapegoat there, and the bloodsuckers were all over him because he took it. I hated the management there so much. But I hate management anywhere so much. I hate bosses. It's a carryover from always fighting them in videogames as a kid. lol
I just grabbed my bag and said, "No I don't want to do your work. I'm gone too. Fuck 'em." And I haven't gone back since. My boss called me panicking, because I was the only other one there who knew how to do what we did, she offerred me more money, but I said no and that I didn't want to return to such an 'unhealthy' work environment. So instead I got drunk, woke up the next day and went to the passport office and bought a ticket at a travel agency. I'm selling all my shit and flying out in 3 weeks.
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