Workplace Showdown...

[Reephdweller]

The other day at work I did something that I was pretty proud of. I stood tall to a much more powerful person in my company and I garnered a lot of respect for it. I won't go into a lot of details but one of the managers in my office was asked to do something that would have most certainly gotten him into trouble. Now what he was asked to do wasn't anything offensive, but rather to take someone from his office and have them work with this guy in another building. The manager had come to me for advice regarding this and I flat out told him with the current climate and regime in place it wouldn't be a smart move. There's a lot of politics going on where I work, as well as a takeover thats going on about 7 months. There's a lot of egos and attitudes from my company that folks who are in power do not want to work with those who took our company over. So I knew if the manager had actually helped this guy it would have spelled trouble for him.

Ultimately I was pulled into a meeting between the manager and this other guy who had requested this and as things got heated between the two of them I had to step in and be a voice of reason and explain why the manager couldn't help him. The meeting ended rather abruptly with the two managers going their seperate ways. Though a few minutes later I found myself in a discussion with the manager who had made the request and I further explained the reasoning of why the manager couldn't help him.

Our conversation gotten to the point where this guy who was WAY more powerful than me was right in my face, one of those close talker situations, he was literally just a few inches from me and instead of me buckling and backing up and feeling intimidated I stood my ground. I went right back at him and stayed right in his face and made many valid arguments for why the manager made the decision he did.

The guy was so thoroughly impressed with me. That we finished the conversation in a very positive light. I knew I had made an impression on him the next day when I was in the managers office and the guy came in and sat down with us and we had a good long conversation about things. Of where the company is, the current climate, the powers that "currently" be, and whatnot. We all walked out of the meeting as friends. The nice part is that the guy who was right in my face made the point over and over again to the manager about how impressed he was with me and our talk the day before.

It really felt good to have the confidence to stand up and make arguments with someone who was basically being intimadating and to yet be unphased by it.

For a long long time now I've been battling my own demons of confidence and abilities to be strong in public and to stand up for myself. Though I'd say over the past three or four years I've gradually been working extremely hard at overcoming these problems. Here and there I've seen myself do things that I never thought I would do. Taking on people and fighting for things I believe in and I've been very happy that I've been able to do it. However this last confrontation for me was the icing on the cake.

To others it may be a small thing to be strong socially, but for me it was a great step forward in making myself a better person.

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This message was edited by reefdwella on 4-29-04 @ 9:20 AM

[reeshy]

Great...so what time do you have to be down at the Unemployment Office?????

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[AngelAmy]

way to go baby, im proud of you. thats the kind of impressions you need to make on people right now because of the situation the two companies are in. you have a good head on your shoulders and its about time someone finally sees that in you. :)

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[Reephdweller]

you have a good head on your shoulders and its about time someone finally sees that in you.



Thanks sweetie. It's been paramount for me to make a good impression with the new folks. I hope there's a good payday down the road.

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[mdr55]

Did the other dude tap out after you put the Sleeper hold on him???

Congrats for taking a stand. But be careful of those who might stab you in the back because of their envy and now that they have some competition in the office.

[JPMNICK]

Awesome job. Office politcs suck, and so do managers who don't care about there employees. Thanks for standing up for all of the employees out there. you def. did the right thing, and it seems like in the end, it is going to pay off. congrats.

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[Mike Teacher]

To others it may be a small thing to be strong socially,


Not me. Holy shit you wanna talk shy? Thats why I talk so much, to cover for the shyness.

Corner office with a Window for you I say!

Seriously, office fucks who get in your face are assholes. My shyness is probably why my body decided to stretch itself to tallness such that I intimidate people physically, or at least theyre gonna have to stand on their toes to get in my face.

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[A.J.]

"We met reefdwella and boy does he have Straight to Upper Management written all over him."

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[Furtherman]

Office politics. Egos. Rumor mill. It sucks.

A guy at my office the other day was fired because of a rumor he was hooking up with someone he managed. Absolutely not true but human resources called him in anyway to ask about it. He was so insulted he flipped out. Lots a swearing that the wrong people heard, so he gets a security escort out. Poor bastard. He could have handled it more calmly but I hope he sues the shit out of company.

All because of a f'n rumor.

I voiced my opinion at a meeting that was supposed to be "safe" and I found out one of the higher ups didn't like my suggestion (which, everyone underneath him did) and he told the big boss what I had said. Now, I'm not sure how he told it because I wasn't there but I know he wasn't happy so I can only imagine how it came out.

I came thisclose to walking into his office and asking what his problem is but I did the right thing and just made a complaint to human rescores, which felt embarrassing, but hey, I need the paycheck.

Good for you reefdwella. Sometimes it works.


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[Iamnotatool]

I came thisclose to walking into his office and asking what his problem is but I did the right thing and just made a complaint to human rescores, which felt embarrassing, but hey, I need the paycheck



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[sr71blackbird]

Its a good feeling to stand up to someone who is kind of intimidating and hold your ground and end up being respected by him. Good for you! I had a meeting a few months back with my director and thought for sure that she was going to say I did something wrong and I ended up having a total panic attack! Turned out she wanted to thank me for working a year without once calling in sick!

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[Furtherman]

Pussy.


Where do you work? If your allowed to ask someone high up the corporate ladder what their f'n problem is...well, it would matter.. i'd bet you wouldn't.

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[Jennitalia]

I'm constantly butting heads with some of the sales guys here. They're such fucking arrogant bastards. One woman told me we have to baby them because they bring in a lot of money. I just looked at her and said that I didn't give a shit how much money they bring in; they're only fucking salesmen for a junk mail company and there's no reason for them to act like obnoxious pricks to me when all I'm trying to do is help them out. Respect goes both ways. So I'm pretty much a total cunt to a couple of them now. I'm so done with this job, hopefully I'll be out of here soon. And my boss and the VP of our dept defend me, so that helps things a little.

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[Iamnotatool]

Furtherman,

Settle down, it was a joke.

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[JohnnyCash]

A few months ago I was in need of a raise and I spoke to my boss and everything went well and I got the raise. With the raise came a lot of new responsibilties and that was fine. I started out just doing sketches and blueprints then I started selling and running some smaller job sites. But then they started taking advantage of me.I was asked to do all this bullshit work like unloading the trucks and doing shop work and even doing personal favors for the boss like take his car for an oil change and shit like that. And when I would complain they would hold the raise over my head and say "well we just gave you all this extra money and you need to contribute more for it". That was it. I ended up telling my boss that I was tired of having to do all this bullshit work and I wanted more time to focus on the work I was hired to do. It ended up being a situation where they wanted to take back a portion of my raise and I would pretty much go back to the just doing the renderings. I was PISSED. I told them that there was no way I could continue working there for less money. I told them that I would stay on untill they found someone to replace me,even offered to train them if needed. I quit. All that time I was so nervous about having to tell them that I was unhappy and I didnt have the balls to do it but then when they tried to take more money away from me I didnt even realize what I was saying. Next thing I know-im out of a job.A few days later my boss called me to say he respected the way I handled myself and he wanted to work something out. I said thanks but no thanks and said I had plans to start my own rendering company. Now they are my biggest client.



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[monsterone]

For a long long time now I've been battling my own demons of confidence and abilities to be strong in public and to stand up for myself. Though I'd say over the past three or four years I've gradually been working extremely hard at overcoming these problems. Here and there I've seen myself do things that I never thought I would do. Taking on people and fighting for things I believe in and I've been very happy that I've been able to do it. However this last confrontation for me was the icing on the cake.



good for you budday. you have to put management in their place.

just reading the want ads, companies expect the worker to fill in for 6 positions, a lil derailing, but in the same vein.

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[Mike Teacher]

i was told that i could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume between nine and eleven am and i think i should be able to i asked and if sandra can wear her headphones while she is filing then i should be able to listen at a reasonable volume while im collating...

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