Years ago I was working for an American company sold to a Taiwenese plastics and rubber manufacturer.
Part of our business was refurbishing handsets, the most important part was the plastic case, so our new owners sent us some examples of the new cases, we unwrapped them excitedly thought thats odd most people use polystyrene chips... these are sort of rubbery.... oh christ they are unlubricated condoms used as packing
Rather apt because they sure got stiffed when they bought the company, we had one customer and a few days after they bought us the customer decided to go elsewhere.
They also laid off all the service & refurbishment staff but kept on the idiots who allowed us to have only one customer despite our comments.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
Most contractors think Ethics is a county somewhere to the south of Thutthex.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIt doesn't sound like he has the right worth ethic to be a contractor.
Most contractors think Ethics is a county somewhere to the south of Thutthex.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThen yesterday, now things have settled down a bit, he took the liberty of arriving an hour late, at 9am instead of 8am I think, and within minutes a Korean HR manager phoned him and announced "You late today - We dock one hour's pay!".
Get the popcorn out.
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostCan you imagine what expertise Cambodian companies would have had if Pol Pot was still in charge? What? He know how to fix network? He too educated! Shoot now!
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostCan you imagine what expertise Cambodian companies would have had if Pol Pot was still in charge? What? He know how to fix network? He too educated! Shoot now!
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Can you imagine what expertise Cambodian companies would have had if Pol Pot was still in charge? What? He know how to fix network? He too educated! Shoot now!
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThe clientco group I'm contracting in has just been bought by a large Korean company (and I took half a day off on the last day at old clientco and the first at new cliento, with "no work available" prominently on each timesheet, to prove no mutuality of obligation!)
Anyway, the transfer of hardware and software for hundreds of people went fairly smoothly, largely due to the heroic efforts of one permie IS guy. He has been working like a one-armed paperhanger all the hours God sends, fielding requests from dozens of people, and staying late until past midnight, and apparently the other guys in his team are fairly useless.
Then yesterday, now things have settled down a bit, he took the liberty of arriving an hour late, at 9am instead of 8am I think, and within minutes a Korean HR manager phoned him and announced "You late today - We dock one hour's pay!".
To which he replied "You can dock one employee from your head count", and walked out. Who can blame him?
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Gotta love Korean companies
The clientco group I'm contracting in has just been bought by a large Korean company (and I took half a day off on the last day at old clientco and the first at new cliento, with "no work available" prominently on each timesheet, to prove no mutuality of obligation!)
Anyway, the transfer of hardware and software for hundreds of people went fairly smoothly, largely due to the heroic efforts of one permie IS guy. He has been working like a one-armed paperhanger all the hours God sends, fielding requests from dozens of people, and staying late until past midnight, and apparently the other guys in his team are fairly useless.
Then yesterday, now things have settled down a bit, he took the liberty of arriving an hour late, at 9am instead of 8am I think, and within minutes a Korean HR manager phoned him and announced "You late today - We dock one hour's pay!".
To which he replied "You can dock one employee from your head count", and walked out. Who can blame him?Tags: None
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