Great way to quit a job

[Jims5543]

This kid had guts.

[FrayAdjacent911]

LMFAO!!!!!!

[gprsh924]

ahahhaahahha, thats great

[the]

Ingrate, spoiled, useless Gen-Y'er.

[Mad Mike]

I think Tommy is young and/or loves his bosses daughter! Either is great, opposite is scary.

It was hysterical to read as a past employer of 200 plus teenagers. I have seen this before. Especially the employed for over a month! Typical.

Mad Mike

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I guess the allure of working there for 25+ years to get that coffee mug (while they simultaneously yank your pension and give incompetent ex-CEOs $20M "golden parachutes") is fading. Wonder why. . .

[SlowToady]

OMFG that was amazing@! I really needed that...****ty day...

I always wanted to quit in a big style like that; just say **** em and **** everything about the place. We used to fantasize at JLube about quitting with pan drops, diffs, oil changes and fuel filter services going on all 3 bays with 30 cars outside. Leaving the owner, Gen. Manager and Manager to do the real work. Never did do it though...I've left that job 3 times (all on good notes, something about burning bridges) and they STILL haven't taken me out of the computer system.

I bet the guy who read that at Verizon had a chuckle..seriously, wouldn't you?

[dentist90]

Think he filled out those 6 pages while still on the clock?
He forgot to ask at the end if he could use Verizon as a reference!!

[IROC]

I'm heading over to Pod G for a few minutes...

Mike

[Tim Walsh]

another one bites the dust.

Helpdesk is one of the most tedious jobs requiring the most patience of any job that I know of, and mostly you're the most under respected dept of the IT org. I worked it for more years than I want to admit. Some people just don't have the mentality for the HD. On the other hand this guy seems to be a completely self centered.

http://www.deadtroll.com/video/helldeskcable.html

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Any job where one has to deal with the public is pure hell. Probably a good amount of my cynicism about how retarded our species is (in general) comes from working similar "McJobs" as a kid to pay for school, etc. "The Masses Are Asses". A credo for anyone in a customer service role to live by.

Those kinds of positions are even worse, since you're required to forego any knowledge you have of computers, operating systems, the stuff you're "supporting", etc. and simply be a drone, following the step-by-step flow chart in front of you regardless of what the customer says. "1. Have you rebooted your computer? 2. Have you checked to make sure the modem is plugged in? 3. Is the cable connected to the modem?" kind of crap, even though the customer just got done telling you (and four other people, before being transferred there) that his problem is with regards to which data encryption protocol to use. Crap like that.

I never understood why these companies will "screen for the best qualified applicants" (people with IT degrees, extensive computer backgrounds, etc.) or whatever and then stuff them into positions where they're discouraged and in fact PROHIBITED from using those qualifications to help the customers they supposedly value so much.

It ain't just telecommunications/IT too. True of lots of large companies. Plenty of stupidity to go 'round.

[Jims5543]

I am glad I have never worked for a company that made me fill out an "Exit Survey".

[bigchillcar]

lol...lmao. reminded me of the three months i spent doing bilingual customer service for qwest communications and cingular wireless after i lost mt medical certificate to continue work as a professional pilot a cpl years back. it sucked ass, too..

[slakjaw]

I had an exit interview once. The boss took me to lunch and we BSed half the day.

[Z-man]

Originally posted by Tim Walsh
another one bites the dust.

Helpdesk is one of the most tedious jobs requiring the most patience of any job that I know of, and mostly you're the most under respected dept of the IT org. I worked it for more years than I want to admit. Some people just don't have the mentality for the HD. On the other hand this guy seems to be a completely self centered.

http://www.deadtroll.com/video/helldeskcable.html

I agree. I've never done help desk, but work with those folks often, as I'm one of the people that puts out the fires when a call comes in.

As for Tommy boy - his immaturity is very clear. And the fact that we wasn't up to a technical / help desk job. Perhaps he'll be working at a place more suitable for him - unless he has a problem with "Ding! Fries are done!"

If you expect to be treated as a professional, you need to return that courtesy - even at the exit interview.

My $0.42,
-Z-man.

[legion]

I'm the third level of support. I'm called in when the help desk (first level) and the nebulous second level can't solve a problem. There is no one to call after me. 90% of the time when I'm called in, the problem is because the help desk improperly classified the problem (or just plain ignored what the customer said). My personal procedure is to call the customer first thing and get their story. It rarely ressembles what I see written down.

[Tim Walsh]

I now work in the univ. NOC and legion has it right, many times the problem described in the ticket and the problem the client has are two completely different things.

[stevepaa]

+1 to legion.. I call the help desk to explain what I want, and the posted trouble ticket has it half right.

I call a manufacturer to explain about a design defect in their product and I can't get past the first customer support person who keeps telling me to tighten the screw. There is no screw.


I guess this guy expected a lot more fulfillment out of his job. Better to expect fulfillment out of your life outside of the job. Few of us get any fulfillment in our job.


However, he may start his own startup some day and be a zillionaire.

[widebody911]

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[id10t]

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