What Are You Doing Right Now
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Just wrapped up my bi-weekly D&D game for the night.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Saying negative stuff is normal to get you fired. this guy just write an editorial saying how the guy who was running (whom I know as I've worked with him before) is a good candidate. The current guy in the position he's running for had him fired.
I can understand having the rule and it blows chunks but in this context, there was no reason provided for him sacking, so anything in the article is merely journalistic conjecture. Have a look:
Jimmy Howery spent about eight years working as a bailiff at the Floyd County Courthouse. Last week he was told his services were no longer needed.
“He just said I no longer need your services anymore, so I said fine, got up shook his hand and walked out,” said Howery.
Howery said his decision to support a Floyd County sheriff's candidate cost him his job
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WDBJ7 reached out to Sheriff Zeman to see if he fired Howery for not endorsing Craig, but have not heard back.
Mr Howery reckons that this was the reason but the exact reason is not yet confirmed. I wish him all the best.
Interestingly enough, there doesn't seem to be any reference to there being an actual rule/guideline that was broken...
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@nadnerB said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
Our lovely local government: http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/floyd-bailiff-fired-for-public-political-opinion/32494220
Governments everywhere. There are rules about where and if I'm allowed to give my political opinion in public forums.
It's a bit like someone going on TV and telling everyone that their employer sucks and you should avoid them. The person's position at the company will magically find itself 'up for review'.
No, most of the civilized world has laws that say that governments can't tie pay to political opinion, especially for blue collar jobs. Virginia is one of the most corrupt parts of America and even by American standards it is atrocious.
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@nadnerB said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
Saying negative stuff is normal to get you fired. this guy just write an editorial saying how the guy who was running (whom I know as I've worked with him before) is a good candidate. The current guy in the position he's running for had him fired.
I can understand having the rule and it blows chunks but in this context, there was no reason provided for him sacking, so anything in the article is merely journalistic conjecture. Have a look:
Jimmy Howery spent about eight years working as a bailiff at the Floyd County Courthouse. Last week he was told his services were no longer needed.
“He just said I no longer need your services anymore, so I said fine, got up shook his hand and walked out,” said Howery.
Howery said his decision to support a Floyd County sheriff's candidate cost him his job
...
WDBJ7 reached out to Sheriff Zeman to see if he fired Howery for not endorsing Craig, but have not heard back.
Mr Howery reckons that this was the reason but the exact reason is not yet confirmed. I wish him all the best.
Interestingly enough, there doesn't seem to be any reference to there being an actual rule/guideline that was broken...
Firing without cause is discrimination, it just is. That the US ever allows you to lose your job without there being a reason is a major problem - it's the same as having pro-discrimination laws. You never fire someone "without a reason" when there is a legitimate one. It's like shooting someone and refusing to say that it was in self defense and calling it "conjecture" when people point out that you just killed someone and should go to jail. Sure, it's conjecture, but you should go to jail for murder unless you are willing to prove otherwise.
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Getting into the car and driving to Madrid now. Bright and warm day here. @Minion-Queen would love it.
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Running firmware updates.
- Router is done
- NAS happening as I type
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@scottalanmiller said:
No, most of the civilized world has laws that say that governments can't tie pay to political opinion, especially for blue collar jobs.
Yeah, I'm lost on that one. I can't figure out what you mean but never mind, moving on
Virginia is one of the most corrupt parts of America and even by American standards it is atrocious.
Yeah, I can't and won't comment on that.
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Slow day on MangoLassi today...
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@scottalanmiller said:
Virginia is one of the most corrupt parts of America and even by American standards it is atrocious.
@nadnerB said:
Yeah, I can't and won't comment on that.
But Illinois sent our last two governors to jail!
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Just found out the job I applied to is bringing someone internal into the role.
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Went and fixed something I did wrong for an onsite for Staples on lunch, grabbed food, and came back to the office.
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Total time roundtrip was 40 minutes. Thankfully the guy was less than five minutes from my main job.
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Research. Retyping a letter that should have gone out two months ago. Guess I really should get to the Post Office.
Rebuilding my OpenNMS test install. A little at a time and seeing what could have caused the last one to stop working...
Watching it rain again...
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I think my boss gave me the plague. Co-worker asked me to go forth and sneeze all over the building so when my boss and I are sick the rest of the staff will be too. Her level of evil is maniacal and I deeply appreciate it.
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What the crap? McDonald's here is now paying workers (not managers, just entry level workers) $14.40/hr here. Dang I've had many IT job offers that wanted to pay less than that. They got their raises today apparently to give them more "momentum".
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@thecreativeone91 there is a big push here for $15/hr minimum wage, gotta burn for the people who've worked hard to get up to that from the minimum who won't see an increase.
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@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 there is a big push here for $15/hr minimum wage, gotta burn for the people who've worked hard to get up to that from the minimum who won't see an increase.
Yeah really. My last network admin job was $19/hr. So that's only a $4.50 difference for a lot more knowledge, work and responsibly.. and of course lots of stress. And being on call 24/7.
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@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 there is a big push here for $15/hr minimum wage, gotta burn for the people who've worked hard to get up to that from the minimum who won't see an increase.
That happened to me so many times when I was young. They used to inch up the minimum wage and it totally screwed people with experience but working similar jobs. I used to get hired above minimum wage, then earn a raise, then have the minimum wage come up to where I was and NEW people with zero experience get hired and on day one make more money than me because the company "didn't hire at minimum wage, ever" - no, they just let people who had already been hired fall down to minimum wage.
When that would happen, not only did it make the senior people the poorest, but it also meant that the cost of everything went up (inflation) and those that worked the longest and hardest got hurt the most.
I see increasing the minimum wage as a very bad thing. There are better ways to fix these things. Undermining the pay for value system can never work well.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
What the crap? McDonald's here is now paying workers (not managers, just entry level workers) $14.40/hr here. Dang I've had many IT job offers that wanted to pay less than that. They got their raises today apparently to give them more "momentum".
That's the same as Texas. The "entry point" for low end gas station cashier is $11/hour in Dallas (which is one of the cheapest places to live in the US) and "entry point" for high end gas stations like Buckey's is $12/hr - and those jobs are often in rural areas that are far cheaper than Dallas!!
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@coliver said:
Just found out the job I applied to is bringing someone internal into the role.
That happens SO often. So often the request for interviews is just a political maneuver.
