Yesterday, we had a mandatory meeting at work, at 430 PM. It was supposed to be this morning, but that wasn't convenient enough for the VP, and to be honest, he could meet more of us at once at the later meeting, so I'm fine with that.
So four groups of us met in Bloomington, and got to listen to his take on where we are. And he layed it on thick, talking up the company he came from (we merged with them), while giving our half backhanded compliments. Since it was a crowd heavy with his old company, he went over well.
But that isn't the point of this. He then gets to the point where he does a Q & A. So we go through the usual questions, the me me me questions I call them. Will we get more money? Will I have les work? How will we get laid off for winter?
And in reality, we should have gotten out of there in a half hour. The VP said absolutely nothing that wasn't said in the daily emails we get. Or he spun his answer so that we never got an answer, but he got to blab for five minutes.
I've seen it all before. In fact, when we got bought by our old company, he gave us the same speech. And then proceeded to quit a month later. So I'm ready to go. And my leg is starting to throb, because we are standing in a parking lot, and not moving, so that wasn't the best conditions for my back.
Then one guy in our group, and one guy in another group, took over. And the questions started. And went on. And on. And on. We ended up being there for 3 friggin hours.
But the best part, about 2 hours into it, some dumb ass asked for a smoke break, and drink break. We are standing in the middle of the parking lot, about 300 yards from the closest building, which is under construction. And this retard wants a smoke break. I wanted to walk over and kick him in the balls. Legally, I think I could.
So in review, they paid me for 4 hours yesterday, I learned absolutely nothing, and saved some vacation time. I'll take the small victory. I already told my boss, and his, that I want to be the first to volunteer for layoff, so I can get the surgery, or the physical therapy, that I need. I didn't tell him that part, but that I volunteered.
So if any of you are the people who ask stupid questions during meetings...shut up.
