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At last my friends, some recognition
Author: Zanf on February 22 2008 Viewed 2100 times. 48 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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Not really a music blog nor about someone recognising me from some dodgy old photos that are floating about but just had to share because...
Some of you know that Ive been having a bit of a crap time with my job [2nd/3rd line IT support]: the pay was well below my market value, I wasnt happy with some of the team Im a part of and there was some bullying going on that I was trying to raise with my team leader for about 5 months but nothing was done.
It came down to that on Monday, I had to tell all this to a Service Manager [the customer] and that I couldnt work for them any longer because of it. She asked me not to quit and she would get something done.
She sent me emails and text messages over the next couple of days that almost sounded like a GF begging me not to leave [I have one that says: "I dont want to loose you"]
Now its Friday and the result is that everything I asked for/said I didnt like about the job/team has been given to me/changed and Ive been told Ive pretty much got a near £10k pay rise in the bag.
The only demand that they knocked me back on was that I asked for my own gold painted midget to accompany me on every job.
Im so relieved [going to the customer could have badly backfired] and overwhelmed that the level of appreciation that has been shown to me in the last week for what I bring to the job.
At the moment, I have an incredibly smug grin across my face. 
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KidQuaalude
well done chris, you deserve it.
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Moriarty
yeh, well done! its a shame that these kind of things seem to happen only after you complain or threaten to leave (just happened to a colleague in my work too) but it sounds like it has worked out.
and don't give up on the dream of the gold painted midget.
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bbwax
that must be a really nice feeling. it's nice to be appreciated. or rather, nice to be *truly* appreciated. the big thing where i work is handing out all sorts of tired certificates of achievement and "star cards" for jobs well done. that's nice and all, but it doesn't buy anything at the grocery store. good going on that raise (or pay rise).
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frnortnr
awesome!!!!!!!
see you tomorrow?
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mynameismud
10k raise? damnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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jogn
good going .... too bad about the golden midgets. I hear they're pretty good with holding tools and beer, and other whatnot.
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mixedtape
chris your a bad ass. nobody would ever want to "loose" you, always remember that. ;)
big congrats to you.
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quip
having had a thoroughly shit two weeks with a seemingly endless supply of rejection letters both from potential jobs and music related things coming through my door, i can say "well done".
it seems that in this world intelligence, talent and being a nice guy do not account for anything. if however you are mediocre, have friends in the right places and are willing to lick arse you can look forward to a bright future.
do i sound bitter? yeah cos i am fucked off.
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cbit
Excellent news z! I'm glad for you
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adcBicycle
congrats man...
( i'm sure they're very lucky you weren't loosed.)
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Roshi
sweet.
good to be appreciated!
(or is it more satisifying scaring them to realizing that they'd be screwed without you...anyhoo, congrats)
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Squeal
Wow, nice raise. I'm glad for you.
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hecanjog
So nice man, glad to hear that
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monty
well done!
(i always thought you were a chimney sweep)
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Zanf
I am a 2nd/3rd line chimney sweep technician. If I get my CCNA [Chirpy Cockney 'N 'Arf] then I will always have to employ usage of a dodgy Dick Van Dyke accent when dealing with the customer.
Im really blown away because its the first time ever that Ive been asked what I wanted, ran off a list and got it. In the past, invariably, the response was "youre dumped".
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