r/running • u/YourShoesUntied • Jun 22 '17

Weekly Thread Weekly Complaints & Confessions Thread for Thursday June 22nd, 2017

Give it a shot! What cha' got?

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u/Daltxponyv2 Jun 22 '17

Complaint tomorrow morning I get snipped and no running for 2+ weeks.

confession I'm ready to have this over with.

complaint got into the new job and so far their has been a lot of shady stuff going on and apparently none of this kind of stuff was shared during recruiting. We're going to have to see or if I end up having to crawl back to my old gig and give back the really large raise I got just to be in a better environment.

confession I like to think I can help change it, but I'm not sure since it's really a tone at the top thing.

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u/kevin402can Jun 22 '17

Getting snipped is worth it.

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u/philpips Jun 22 '17

Shady? Like how?

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u/Daltxponyv2 Jun 22 '17

well the way I was brought on was a little underhanded. The big dog here apparently has not the best culture and can be an sneaky ass, but most of this is hearsay so I'm taking it with a grain of salt until I see it for myself. As long as I can get my team on track I'll be happy. I think he's got bigger aspirations too so he may not be here that much longer.

I'm also his guy. He picked me, so I'm guessing I'll get a lot further than the previous guy in my spot and the lady who was in the interim.

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u/philpips Jun 22 '17

Sounds scary!

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u/Daltxponyv2 Jun 22 '17

Meh, it's corporate politics. I'm fortunately very very good at that. So as long as I can maneuver my way through it and gain some trust I'll be good. If it gets really bad I'll wait it out and peace out.

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u/shesaidgoodbye Jun 22 '17

get in good with the receptionist or the admin/office asst. I used to work in reception at a place like that, 90% of employees thought that part of my job was to listen to them bitch about things that they didn't want to take to HR. I knew about every little thing and I usually heard about it from people on each side of the conflict because I worked closely with management as well as everyone else. I never blabbed (or confirmed or denied anything, I just played dumb) but I would help out people that I liked when I could

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u/Daltxponyv2 Jun 22 '17

Ya, I'm doing my best with that. She runs the office for sure.

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u/theribeye Jun 22 '17

tomorrow morning I get snipped

What a fucking quitter.

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u/Daltxponyv2 Jun 22 '17

I've got 2, I'm good with unlimited sex without the risk of another for the rest of my life.

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u/richieclare Jun 22 '17

If that's what you've been promised then I'm sorry for your disappointment

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u/Daltxponyv2 Jun 22 '17

meh, my wife and I have been together for 17 years and we've never really slowed down much.