Noobies VÜ

Lots o' things have gone down:

I have finally finished a couple of projects! (images soon to come)

My patio shade thingy (which Connie refers to as the "awning" which is probably the most accurate name for it.)

I finished painting my Sunroom (Finally!)

And I finished painting the Dining Room, which Connie helped me start so long ago. (thanks roomie)

There is a lesson here, I muchly like it when people help me with things, Corey, you lazy ass.

Much of this sudden industriousness came about because I lost my shady, crappy, verging on fraudulent job that I have held for a number of years.

I won't lie, I enjoyed the job quite a bit. I learned how to do things that I would never have otherwise. For that, I am grateful, but when it came to some of the stuff I had to do I had some issues. It's always difficult to justify your employment at a place based solely on a paycheck mostly because you feel so bad about the people that are sold a bill of goods that just won't happen.

I was able to get past a lot of the shady dealings simply because I knew it wasn't us that did the selling, we just fulfilled it. We tried to do so to the best of our abilities and help these people recoup some of their money. Without a doubt, or exception, no one ever did.

This was so hard for me and many of the wonderful and even some of the most unsettling people, gary, that I worked with, the former I miss dearly.

The funny thing, is that they didn't go out of business or get shut down by the state, instead they sold that shit heap to another company. A company that is just as shady and is even worse for shit pulling. We were told originally that it would take "at least 1 month, maybe 2" to transition. Well guess what? I was laid off that day. And now most of the people I know that were still there have been laid off and it hasn't even been two weeks. psh.

You know, I get it, you have a company and you have to watch your bottom line, but it's jacked up that a company gets pissy if you quit and don't give them two weeks notice, (I know, I was a manager and it sucked ass having to cover for people that bailed) but companies do not give you the same respect. If you're fired for cause then so be it. Your ass deserved it, but if you are laid off or downsized or what have you, then they should either give you some kind of severance or notice. Please, these things do not happen over-night. They know their shit has gone bad and that they cannot stay in business at least a couple months in advance. Here's the thing though, they know the minute they tell you that they are going under and will be letting people go, people cease giving a shit. They develop the mindset of, "what are they gonna do, fire me?"

But, that's just something that's gonna happen. For those people that are loyal and stand by you, and as a manager you should be able to tell who those people are, you should reward them for that loyalty. But this rarely happens.

So now I have a new job. The people are super nice, and they are really happy here. I would love to bring my friends from Omni/Resutlzzzesszzzzzs/Achieve/Vision to work here, though I wonder if they would curse me or bless me. The thing is, it's not a bad place from what I can tell, but it seems drugs be a big thing in this damn industry. I try not to judge and at least (from what I can tell so far) it's just ganga, but I'm still mildly uncomfortable. Also, I'm getting the impression that a record is a prerequisite. Not if that's true, but damn... it seems like it.

So that's where I am at right now, for those that care. lol

I'll get some pics up of my last projects and hopefully keep people informed on what's going on.