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To: Califreak
Interesting story. I’ve noticed that the “professional slugs” are also the ones who tear more productive workers down through office politics, character assassination and outright sabotage.

My office mates took all 3 approaches. Bitching my my "clean desk" as a sign that I wasn't "busy". Theirs were piled high with file folders that hadn't been touched in years. Whining to boss that I should get more of "bad" offices as punishment for keeping my engineering work completed up to 7 weeks ahead of the due dates. I did have a case of outright sabotage. There was an equipment shelf missing an upper section. It was a $25 part and would be delivered in 1 week and installed for free by Western Electric. I was sent out of town for a 2 week training class. Upon return, a "senior" engineer in the group had directed Western Electric to "fix" the problem by relocating and recabling the shelf under another shelf in an adjacent bay. That came with a $2500 price tag and a 30 day delivery. I asked my boss "what the hell?". The fix was documented in the office folder and scheduled to be complete before I returned. There was no need to screw it up in that manner. She said he was just "helping me". Sure. BS.

121 posted on 09/08/2007 8:21:52 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

Deplorable.


122 posted on 09/08/2007 10:50:10 PM PDT by Califreak (Go Hunter!)
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