Nope, doesn't always work that way.Wow.
I figured if they mandated a cellphone they had to pay for it.
Nope, doesn't always work that way.Wow.
I figured if they mandated a cellphone they had to pay for it.
Interesting, for some reason I thought you worked for yourself. Am i wrong or did this happen before you went out on your own?In the HVAC industry cell phones are an issue.
the Company usually supplies them with some unique tracking on them. They have you nailed as to location. I had no issues with that. My problem was the people that did not keep a personal cell for thier business and used the Company phone.
when you hire in and get your phone the influx of stupid from it usually takes a solid month to cstop. Bill collection X wives/girlfriends and yes 1 X boyfriend. 1 was so bad with midnight calls and bill collecting I gave the phone back. They said you have to use it. I said no. No I don’t and had a new job the next day.
people and their habits.
I worked for others between times I worked for myself. Been on my own for the last 10 years or so.Interesting, for some reason I thought you worked for yourself. Am i wrong or did this happen before you went out on your own?
Also I never understood why people let their personal life infect their work life. If I have life drama my boss needs to be the last to hear about it.
Also as I side note I have a lot of love and respect for you hvac guys. I did installs and repairs when I first started "college". It was hard, relentless tiring work. I'm not built for that ****.
Ok making sure I wasn't crazy.I worked for others between times I worked for myself. Been on my own for the last 10 years or so.
The stupidest part of that? If it was only to be used by the company to contact the tech, obtaining a new phone number was trivial. And typically at no cost.In the HVAC industry cell phones are an issue.
the Company usually supplies them with some unique tracking on them. They have you nailed as to location. I had no issues with that. My problem was the people that did not keep a personal cell for thier business and used the Company phone.
when you hire in and get your phone the influx of stupid from it usually takes a solid month to cstop. Bill collection X wives/girlfriends and yes 1 X boyfriend. 1 was so bad with midnight calls and bill collecting I gave the phone back. They said you have to use it. I said no. No I don’t and had a new job the next day.
people and their habits.
Sadly I'm not management, if I were I'd be making some sweeping changes to the team. This guy that bothered me, I've had to coach on many aspects of our job multiple times.
He says he keeps notes....but on paper..scraps of paper that is shuffled all over his desk and he often can't find his notes and refuses to digitize them and keep a file on his computer for easy searchability.
He frustrates the hell out of me. Early this summer when I went to Florida to visit my mom for a long weekend he had to call me to ask me stupid **** he should know.
I'm really happy y'all piled in here joining the rant.
I completely understand what you're saying there FMJ. After starting WFH, there just isn't separation in work and life brain time. No decompression from the stress of the day.
I've found Blue Moon ale and Jagermeister are also helpful.My good friends Padron and Gurka help with this problem.
i check work emails, too, for the same reason. I used to not do that, until a couple of times, I came into work to some crisis, and thought, "wish I'd known that!". Sometimes I'm late for work because i spent too much time at home checking emails!I guess I'm weird. I actually log in to work on my days off to keep up with emails. I just don't like going into the next day "blind". Of course, I set my Skype and Microsoft Teams to make it look like I'm offline, so I'm "incognito".
That's the plan!Sounds like you need to start documenting the issues and give them a written write up of issues they need to address. Maybe after the third write up they could be let go and replaced with someone competent.
Tell them you charge $10,000 an hour and you only charge in 3 hour blocks. Tht way you make $30k for a 10min oh be call.I'm 10 days from full retirement. I've been asked if I would still take calls....HAHAHAHA how much money do you have?