"job security"

is just another way for your boss to tell you "you're my bitch, bitch"

Tech workers of the world unite

Dear companies,

It is time for a lesson in long-term cost planning. RIFing veteran employees who cost a lot in compensation and replacing with cheap labor saves money short-term. Paying those veterans as consultants to fix what your cheap labor screwed up costs twice as much as their original salaries. Just something to consider.

no love,
me

It's 2:30 pm on friday

and i'm maintaining a fiction. the fiction that i have work to do.  the truth is that for the first time in 3 months i don't have any deadlines to meet.  but instead of having an afternoon off, i am sitting at my desk playing freecell on my cellphone.  why? because of the fiction that i work 40 hours a week 8 to 5.  the fiction that i don't work saturdays, sundays, nights until 8 or 9... someone show me a company that respects the fact that sometimes sleep happens at 11am and i'll show it an employee that respects the fact that servers crash on new year's eve.

What the hell do you think I do all day long

twiddle my thumbs?

Fiction can be more honest than truth

Dr. Cameron: If we want this to not get in the way of our friendship, I think we both have to apologize and put it behind us.
Dr. Foreman: I like you, really...we have a good time working together. But ten years from now, we're not gonna be hanging out, having dinners. Maybe we'll exchange Christmas cards, say "Hi," give a hug if we're at the same conference...we're not friends, we're colleagues...and I don't have anything to apologize for.

Sleeping Dogs Lie, House MD

Just because I get paid to look at you for 8 to 9 hours of the day, doesn't mean that I have to like you.