I've come a long way since that one job where I told the boss to fuck off and stormed out with the unfortunate realization I needed to find a new job and fast! Yesterday, I basically got to tell a pain in the ass long-term freelance client I wasn't interested in their project after they attempted to strongarm me and manipulate me into to dismantling a standard contract. Like I just fell off the turnip truck. They wanted to hold all the cards and now they have nobody to play peanuckle with. Now I'm getting tons of emails and phone calls, "Please we want to work with you like we have in the past." Yeah, I know, dipshits, but I want to work like I outlined in the contract. :-)
It was very satisfying to watch them go through all the emotions while I just calmly and politely told them I was no longer interested in the project.
So, what are some good "my employer came groveling and I told him to go blow" stories?
Or, what are your experiences with contracts and conniving business people with no conscience and no shame?
Or, what age did you decide you'd eaten enough shit to last you a lifetime and weren't going to eat any more?
Or, how do you deal with peckerheads? (I enjoy the technique of showing no emotion and just remaining professional.)
― dean ge, Thursday, 19 July 2007 10:45 (eighteen years ago)
The nicest feeling in the world is getting sacked from a job for reasons that you know are bullshit, and then 6 months later, getting them grovelling and asking you to come back because they've had no one as good as you, and them having to totally cave in to all your demands and more. And getting paid more money and having to work less hours, on a flexible contract, when you feel like it.
And even after you get another job and move to another country, still having them send you plaintive emails asking when you're coming back.
That is the best feeling ever.
― Masonic Boom, Thursday, 19 July 2007 10:50 (eighteen years ago)