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Fwiffo said:
So it looks like the airline is willing to give me $400 back for bumping me off a flight.

The trip was for work. Do I try to figure out how to file a negative expense report to give the $400 back to the company? Do I stave off filing another $400 of meals in my next expense report? Do I keep the $400 and pretend nothing happened?
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Not worth risking your job/reputation over $400. Ask HR.
 
If you were being paid for your time it's company business. Email them, say airline is paying you, and ask how to proceed. Keep copies. If no reply hard mail them. Keep copies. If no reply stay stum.
 
Meeting with the big boss today to get feedback...............
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A trip to the executive floor.
 
fxh said:
Oh Dear....
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Okay this is a charade. Big boss says, "You look like you're doing something you don't think is right. You should go with your gut instincts."

"But my ex-boss says I should be more collaborative and incorporate other people's ideas so they buy into things and I get soft power and influence."

"I don't think you should be doing something that your interim boss and my direct advised. You know this item better than anyone. I think you should stick with your original plan."

I was also told on a previous assignment that I gave people a choice, but it was very brief, and I should have just forced the choice on them (do it!).

Didn't my ex-boss say I was a totalitarian, black or white, uncompromising bastard?

No wonder my golf swing was a mess. My confidence is shattered. I have no bloody clue what right or wrong is.

Rambo said:
Break out the bourbon
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I had two old fashioneds and a Caesar for lunch - although mind you lunch was 2 1/2 hours.
 
My former boss is picking up my interim boss at the airport and he's staying at their house instead of a hotel. Is that professional?
 
Rambo said:
This is why you're never going to get ahead at this company.
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Because I would think it's strange to stay at my ex boss' place? He's not single. He's married with two children. One of the children is a girl.

He lives further away from work than the hotel and airport (maybe put together).
 
Fwiffo said:
Because I would think it's strange to stay at my ex boss' place? He's not single. He's married with two children. One of the children is a girl.

He lives further away from work than the hotel and airport (maybe put together).
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That and you're never going to be invited.
 
I just found out I might be reshuffled from 20 to 4 in 12 months. That must be the lowest floor I've ever worked on. My office will look on to some retail shop or something. The executive floor will be nearly 20 floors away.
 
Fwiffo said:
I just found out I might be reshuffled from 20 to 4 in 12 months. That must be the lowest floor I've ever worked on. My office will look on to some retail shop or something. The executive floor will be nearly 20 floors away.
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Why? Are you actually getting demoted or is your "team" just moving?
 
prince nez said:
Give her the HBI.

Right Arnathor Arnathor ??

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I don't know what you're talking about?
 
Rambo said:
Why? Are you actually getting demoted or is your "team" just moving?
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My firm acquired another firm during the Great Recession. Their Canadian subsidiary is leasing space one underground station away. Four Canadian subsidiaries sit in the building I'm in that my firm owns outright. So now it's time to move them over. They need two floors and my floor was one of them. As I'm in the unflattering division of paper shuffling, I get moved to the worse floors.
 
Fwiffo said:
I just found out I might be reshuffled from 20 to 4 in 12 months. That must be the lowest floor I've ever worked on. My office will look on to some retail shop or something. The executive floor will be nearly 20 floors away.
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At least you get another year with a good view.
 
Quick memo to all staff. Re floor shift
Floor shift. After lunch you will pack your shit into 2 cardboard boxes. Anything more you will carry down in lift. Your allocated desk will have your name on it. The phones, Computers etc are all on WiFi so everything will work as normal. A few things might take longer to work out but it should all be sorted by 3pm or so. At 3.30pm we will have a celebratory afternoon tea. The firm will shout muffins and cupcakes. It should be all over by 4. 15 pm. As a special occasion we will all knock off at 4:30pm. See you all tomorrow on the 4th floor.
 
My future boss is up and about next month. In addition to looking for an abode, he will meet his peers and my interim boss. I'm privileged to be added to the list. Or should I be when I'm 5th?
 
Fwiffo said:
My future boss is up and about next month. In addition to looking for an abode, he will meet his peers and my interim boss. I'm privileged to be added to the list. Or should I be when I'm 5th?
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You shouldn't be. These people treat you like shit. This is nothing more than the new king coming to meet his subjects.
 
c'mon rambo - fwiffo is in the ideal job, no work, can drink all day and surf the net and WEAR NICE CLOTHES.
And to top it off .....................He GETS PAID!!!!
 
Maybe fwiffo is the only one there that drinks that much? People probably think he's a good guy, but they'd rather not have an alcoholic run the place.
 
Monkeyface said:
Maybe fwiffo is the only one there that drinks that much? People probably think he's a good guy, but they'd rather not have an alcoholic run the place.
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Management might be both mesmerized and afraid of his functional drinking. Can't promote him, can't fire him?

He'll know he's tenured when they build a bar on his floor, the way Google geeks play ping pong at work.
 
Monkeyface said:
Maybe fwiffo is the only one there that drinks that much? People probably think he's a good guy, but they'd rather not have an alcoholic run the place.
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No, it's my industry. I don't know why they stopped posting in 2014 because I still get the magazine every month with photographs. 1 in 2 events has some kind of drink reception. Don't be fooled by the golf - that's just an excuse to drink.

Canadian Underwriter

This is the "youth" wing which I must admit I'm too old for.

Young Insurance Professionals of Toronto

And that's Canadians. We are miles away from what I experienced in the City of London across the pond.

fxh said:
c'mon rambo - fwiffo is in the ideal job, no work, can drink all day and surf the net and WEAR NICE CLOTHES.
And to top it off .....................He GETS PAID!!!!
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Also I get to sit in an office in the financial district on the 20th floor staring out the window at the men's only club half a block away.
 
Yesterday was bring your kids to work day and the person in charge of our audits brought in her daughter to shred paper all day. I wonder what impression she'll get of office work.
 
I spent 4 hours on a jigsaw puzzle. I haven't honestly attempted one since the 3D Eiffel tower I received as a gift when I was a teenager. Over a few cups of tea, it actually made me quite happy.
 
See if your work has a 3D jigsaw of the Berlin Wall. Someone needs to put it back together.
 
fxh said:
See if your work has a 3D jigsaw of the Berlin Wall. Someone needs to put it back together.
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Just realised I posted this in the wrong place, but besides sitting at a bar and working out, I actually lose sense of work in those few hours. I'm trying to find things besides yoga.
 
I think I'm at a disadvantage not having, spouse, kids and a pet when it comes to client dinners.
 
Fwiffo said:
I think I'm at a disadvantage not having, spouse, kids and a pet when it comes to client dinners.
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You would rather bring clients into your home to piss off your wife, potentially diddle your kids and fart and blame it on the dog?
 
That she plays ball with her organisation and when we row, she's rowing in our direction. Isn't that the point of most professional relationships? Quid pro quo.
 
So then be less worried about your lack of family & pets to interject into the small talk. You have your immediate family and adventures with your cousin, with women and others to at the very least participate and at best enthrall.

I've always found that others are eager to share everything about themselves and by directing the conversation and getting them to spill their guts you accomplish much.

I only share what I choose to share in work related conversations, dinners and the like.

Small talk is just that: tidbits & detritus
 
Thruth said:
I've always found that others are eager to share everything about themselves and by directing the conversation and getting them to spill their guts you accomplish much.
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People just never shut the fuck up about themselves.
 
Fwiffo said:
That she plays ball with her organisation and when we row, she's rowing in our direction. Isn't that the point of most professional relationships? Quid pro quo.
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Judging on the above neither of you can communicate in English?
 
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