More work drama.....

     Until recently, we've had a type of bonus program in place, where if you hit three goals you'd receive a gift card, based on the goals hit. They were 'Hitting Rate' (producing the parts needed), 'Quality Issues' (no quality problems from the customer), and the biggest one: 'Attendance'. If all three are hit, everyone gets a $50 card. Two of the three, $25. One (or none) then no cards. Quality sometimes pops up; mainly because something didn't hold during transport. Not really our fault, but still...
      Hitting rate is more of an issue, because sometimes our supplier doesn't ship to us. No material, fewer parts shipped. Also not really our fault...
      Know what is? Attendance. People coming in late, deciding to leave early, not showing up, etc. For those of us who *don't* have attendance issues, this annoys us. We're being penalized because of these clowns. Constantly.
     And when they aren't there, we have to pick up the slack, putting other things behind. Idiots...

     Which brings us to why the program is no longer being run. The cards were given out every two weeks; a couple of people got nothing, and couldn't understand why. Mainly, their attendance was terrible - constantly late, not showing up, leaving early. Eventually, it builds up. They were VERY vocal about "How come I didn't get anything?!", to the point where we finally just stopped it. And, to really upset us even more, THEY LEFT. They quit, and complained about how the program was 'unfair', and how management was 'toxic' and 'unreasonable', and such. So much so, that Human Resources (HR) had to call and ask what was going on.
     Now, we're a small place; our main company is out of state, as is our HR. The complainers, were contract people (i.e. not officially hired in). Somehow, they got the number for HR (which they SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD, since they didn't work for us), and lodged complaints. So, now we have to find out how that happened, as well. Plus, we'll probably have to sit down individually with the office to sort this stuff out.
    There aren't too many hired-in people, so we're trying to build up. But for whatever reason, we've had high turn over, and every single time, it's because they will NOT follow the protocols. It's annoying, tiring, and disrespectful. Hopefully, it'll sort itself out soon, because we're tired of the drama.
    And having to deal with this garbage.

  Oh, and by the way....here's a pic of some of the cards I've gotten since we've done this program (it ran about a year and a half or so). It's not a full set, as they can be used in model building (that's a whole separate post), and I've used some for that. They're all used up, by the way.
  The grand total when we stopped? It was over $600.  
  'Unfair'? Only if you don't *want* them......

  

 

 

 

Not so 'Supreme'

    Right after the ruling basically outlawing Roe v. Wade as 'unconstitutional', Clarence Thomas mentioned that, essentially, Griswold vs. Connecticut (in which the Supreme Court said married couples have the right to obtain contraceptives); Lawerence v. Texas (which established the right to engage in private sexual acts); and Obergefell v. Hodges (which said there is a right to same-sex marriage) "were demonstrably erroneous decisions" (quote from cnbc.com), and should be "reconsidered by the court".
   What was *not* on his list? Loving v. Virginia, which ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He's African-American, his wife, Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas, is white. Wonder why he's okay with that one.....

   By the way, one of the things to remember about the Roe v. Wade decision? Ginni Thomas was part of the seditious group that tried to overturn the election, and supported the attempted coup. 

   The more you know..... 

At my work...

   We are having a problem at my work. It's a people-problem.
Specifically, it has to do with getting people to come in, and getting them to not blow off time constantly.
   I work in a manufacturing job; we deal with automotive exhausts. We're looking to expand this year into different jobs, but we need people. In particular, people who aren't afraid to do physical labor. Overall, not too  bad a place.
   Except where people are concerned.
   Before the Pandemic, we had issues in getting people to interview. When we did get them in the door, there were problems. A LOT of problems. For example, we've had people (in the first two weeks of being there) miss time for:
-- Illness in the family
-- Illness for themselves
-- Car troubles
-- 'Family issues' (girlfriend drama, mainly)
-- A trip/vacation they've forgotten about until just *now*!
-- Court issues (various)
-- Oversleeping (yes, a full day is missed because of this!)
-- Having too much on their minds and need to go home to 'get their head straight'
-- The infamous No Call-No Show
...among other things.
   And it continues, even after things are trying to get back to some sense of normal. In fact, we've lost four in the last month, and someone was supposed to start recently, but didn't even show up. And, no, the work's not that hard, just constant.
   Could it be a reflection of the whole "No one wants to work anymore!" trope? Maybe a little. But people have to realize that eventually, they will need to work. Not every job is going to offer up $25-an-hour or so to start, or whatever people think they can demand. But if, one day, the job does, they'd better be prepared to WORK. You're going to have to earn that money. And thinking you can just blow off a day or so "just because I can, what are you going to do about it? You need me!" is going to slap them in the face pretty hard, when they find out that while we might right now, the time will come when no, we don't.

  And good luck with that.

When will it end?

    On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, a man entered a school in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire, killing over 20; almost all of them children.

   Barely two weeks prior, someone shot up a market in Buffalo New York, in a racially-motivated attack, killing ten.

   Before *THAT*...well, it's happening too quick to keep track of.
   Too many. Far too  many.
   What's it going to take, to stop this shit? How many people, how many children, have to be sacrificed at the altar of MY FREEEEEDUMSSS!!! before it's enough? Will it take 50 more? A hundred? Will it take the lives of celebrities? Their children? Hell, will it take the lives of the children of politicians before they FUCKING DO SOMETHING???
   Here's the thing...I don't want to hear about MY RIGHTS from *anyone* about this. I don't care what you think *your Rights* are. No one's *Rights'* are more important than anyone else's. And they sure as Hell aren't more important than the lives of innocent people. 

   Especially children's.

Just a quick one

    You ever wake up, and have a lot of things in your head, things you want to share with people? Things that seem logical (at least, in your sleep-addled state, anyway), and sensible, and all around intesting? And you want to just set them down so you can go over them and relive them and tell other people about them? Not really dreams, but just thoughts? And then you just lose them before you get a chance to write them down?

   Well, that's one of the reasons as to why I have gaps here. I'll have an idea, think "I'll just write that down real quick!", and then either don't have a chance to, or something will come up and I'll forget. Then I get a chance to put something here and think, "Damn it!"
   So, I'll try to put something up more frequently; whether it's a sensible thought, a quote, a rant, or a surprise, it'll at least be something.

  So...how's your day going so far?

Quote of the moment

 Before you silence yourself to keep the peace, ask yourself,"What is the worse thing that can happen if I use my voice?"
Usually, the answer is "This person may dislike me." That's it.

If you are silencing yourself for this reason, they already don't like you. They only like a fictional version of you.

Raise your voice.
                 ---Mira Hadlow

Quote(s) of the Moment

 

   Some people see things that are and ask, Why?
Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?
Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that. 

 

   Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

 

   Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.

 

   People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think.

 

   It's never just a game when you're winning.

 

   Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
  

    Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?   

   What if there were no hypothetical questions?

 

 --- George Carlin