acting a fool or fool? semantics. are you a bill clinton fan?

it depends on what is is? or acting a fool or being a fool.  because we have fun with MQ.  who died and left you boss or arbitrator of what mqmts should or should not do or who is acting a fool or is a fool?  frank?

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And, here I sit after my job was outsourced to C-Bay even though my "manager" claimed she did not want to outsource.

You need to consider the fact that your manager probably does not make those decisions, but the higher ups that are above him/her do!  This is the very first signs of outsourcing (new system) to comply with the outsourcing company.

The best way to get a new system set up for outsourcing is by using the staff on hand.  No, I doubt you'll get a raise, but you may get a big surprise once you set that system all up for that outsourced company. 

It happened to me, and I had a manager just like you are stating.  If I were you, I wouldn't make any waves regarding a raise right now.  If you are hourly, then I wouldn't worry too much about the line count and when asked why your line count isn't up to par, then reiterate the fact that you've been instituting a new system.

The hospital I worked at also asked the MTs to help because the managers had no clue.  So sad...

Oh, and they did all of this after hiring a very older lady (partially retired) from a hospital that was outsourced so she had to quit.  That lady lost her job at the hospital I worked at about a month after I left.  I left before the outsource because I refused to help outsource the work I had done for the past 17 years. 

P/S:  Just keep your eyes and ears open very wide!!!!!! 

My son beta tests these programs and this one is not ready yet.  It conflicts with other programs at present, especially any older programs (pre XP).  Better to wait until it has been out for quite a few months and the bugs are worked out. 

You mean he has figured out a way to lower my income even more?

Why doesn't he just send me a bill for the opportunity to sign in to type the

junk they have now?  And it is junk.  There's not a decent hospital left.  Have you noticed how many accounts are g-o-n-e? disappeared, vamoosed, gone poof.

I'm sitting here thinking it is way past time to leave this business.  It is too complicated.  It has not become more standardized.  If anything it is more loopy - each place has a different platform, hospital rules they want you to follow for each thing.  Used to you could turn on a typewriter, put paper in the machine, type, put a sticker on it, and you were done.  Now it takes sometimes 3 months to get up to speed - NOT because you don't know medical terminology - you have to learn a specific platform (go buy special parts to use it), figure out new expanders, get special internet thingys, get wave pedals, throw away $$$ super stations and C-phones.  It's a joke.  They want us to cover all that just for the right to make squat for money.

Nope, I think it's time to pursue something else. 

When was the last time you linked to a website link and got the response "too many hits?"  It just looks all too contrived.  I have to admit that I did link there, but won't try it again.  Maybe he's just getting a big kick out of the attention this is bringing, and our resultant frustration.  Now, I will be running my Spyware and deleting any new cookies that are found.

God bless you for telling your story as it gives insight into how we all have to be our own advocates. 

My aunt "trusted" the trusted old surgeon who told her not to worry, we'll deal with it IF it becomes an issue.  Well, it did but to late to treat and she died within 3 years. 

That had to be hard to post this, again, thank you! 

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This has only happened once, and I had my check cut same day.  This is business and I will not beg someone to give me my money.  I simply stated it as a fact. 

talking about 'comparable'.  Comparable duties?  Comparable compensation?  Comparable benefits?  Schedule?  All of the above? 

I was called by a very nice unemployment services lady (because I had made a tiny error on my online application - I may even have done this intentionally, in order to get to talk to a human being)  and we hit it off over the phone.  She told me with a wink and a nod (if you can picture that coming over the phone)  that you should only apply for jobs you would actually take, because if they UI finds out you turned down employment they can cut off your benefits. So don't apply for jobs where the advertised pay rate is something you would never accept, hoping you can negotiate them up.  Don't pad your 'dance card' with applications to McDonald's, Target, etc, just to fill in a line.  Save copies of your online applications; you may need the documentation.  Over four months, I assembled a huge loose-leaf binder of applications and company info.  Keep good notes of interviews.

Chances are UI would never check to verify facts.  But I would not tell a prospective employer that I was on unemployment because if you turn them down, they could conceivably drop a dime on you to UI.

I was also told many years ago, also with a wink and a nod (definitely not by a UI employee) that if you have a face-to-face interview and decide midway through it that you do not want the job, start picking your nose or doing something else to make sure they do not offer it to you.  But do not make salary/benefit demands that might be construed as turning down the job as-is.

Some of the questions on the regular questionnaires you have to fill out: During the last 14 days, did you make any money through employment?  Did you accept a job or resign from a job?  Did you apply for (number varies with unemployment rate) jobs?  Did you refuse any offers of employment?  Wrong answers to these questions can get your case terminated.

Also, my unemployment was paid by every employer I had worked for in the last 18 months, not just the one that had let me go, although I think past employers paid a much smaller share.  This was a total of 3 employers. One past employer contested paying their portion, but lost.  So I got a tiny bit of revenge on a couple I had quit. 

Even closing Word doesn't make the files go away--I have to delete them manually.

As far as plug-ins, I have tried disabling them before but no luck. I can go months without a problem, plug-ins and all, and then, BAM, it starts happening all the time. I usually start holding my breath when I have a string of "crash-less" days (even more than I usually do to hold my gut in).

I'm beginning to think it's those automatic updates from Microsoft that are adding gremlins...can't say that I'm not beyond thinking that Mr. Gates would have his reasons for doing that, although I can't say for sure what they might be right now.

I'm open to any more ideas you might have.

I'm sorry, but there is a difference in being a "fool" and "acting a fool", that's just the way it is.  However, I will retract that offensive word and replace it with something along the lines of childish, teenagerish, 8th gradish, etc.  Is that better? And please, do not every accuse me of being a Clinton fan! That just turns my stomach!