I AM SICK OF THIS sh!t!!!!!!!

[Silence04]

I THINK I'M GONNA MAKE THIS MY LAST WEEK AS A GRAPHIC ARTIST!!!!
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Woe, Silence take is easy man. Whats going on you sound ultra pissed man.

Just switch employers if anything don't just quite the field man your a good artist.

[Keyare]

Yeah - sh!t man, you only live once and you don't have to put up with anything like that. Print that sh!t off and give it to your boss - what the hell are they gonna do? FIre ya? So what. You're good. Take control or move on.


10.50 /hr does NOT instill loyalty. That's friggin McWages...

[Mickey]

I am sick of People thinking that i can spit out*1gig worth of photoshop textures and effects like they were farts!


YOU SAID 'FART'!!!





McWages... that is McClassic!!!

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[PrintDriver]

Whoa!
Sounds like you work for a major ******* company.


Move on with no regrets. But don't give it up.

PrintDriver is a large format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

[D-Frag]

yeah silence your too good of an artist for 10.50 an hour bro.....start looking for another job asap but stay employed, then drop a bombshell on his ass when you finally quit.


p.s. dont die either : )




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[uncle carbunkle]

yeah, 'cuz if you died while still working at that job, who'd design your headstone? geez, it'd probably be in comic sans or something retarded like that. on a piece of foamcore too, no expense spared.

if you're gonna die from design stress, make it from falling off the top of the mountain whilst in the final stages of carving out your own 'mt. rushmore', only it says 'silence04 is boss' in your own font. kinda' like the dude who died while doing 'spiral getty'.

dickweed bosses aren't worth the amount of energy you've just spent ranting in this post.

*virtual kiss on the head and pat on the tush*

now go get 'em, tiger.

greetings, earthlings. take me to your dealer.

[YellowDart]

Yea... time for teh silence to get a new jobby job. Seriously dood... for only 10.50 an hour?!?!?! McWages is right... go get a job in the mall for more than that! And punch your boss in the face on your way out. IN TEH FACE!!!!11!11ONE! /emoticons/biggrin.gif

[D-Zine]

I agree with eveyones advice here Silence and I am asking for permission to copy your 'I am sick of...' list so that I can edit it and print the ones that apply to me and pass them out in my office.

Please and thank you!! :o)

Seriously...take a breather. $10.50/hr ....they suck. Find yourself another job and THEN leave there!!

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[BuckarooB]

Wow! Toxic company with serious suckage...

bastids!

Give us fair warning on that company and location...

BB

No Matter Where You Go... There You Are.

[Ryan8720]

Keyare said...
10.50 /hr does NOT instill loyalty. That's friggin McWages...\
If McDonalds payed $10.50 an hour I'd be working there... but i do agree that is sh!tty for graphic design.

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If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

[paulrandfan]

oh man, I'm making 10.00 for the same sh!t....

kerplunk

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[snypa]

whatever you do, think first
make sure you take care of yourself and pancake that company as hard as you can
good luck!

I'm not a real graphic designer, but I do play one on tv

[snypa]

maybe after reading the original post i spoke out of anger, it's never good to burn bridges
probably better to just silently move on

I'm not a real graphic designer, but I do play one on tv

[defjoe]

Actually I think that is a good comoany to work for. Stick it out.

Chin up little buckaroo... it's not about the money right?

'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'

[YellowDart]

New jobby-job! Hell, I make $9.50 and hour, and I'M AN INTERN!

New jobby-job!
New jobby-job! New jobby-job!
New jobby-job!
New jobby-job!
New jobby-job! New jobby-job! New jobby-job! New jobby-job! New jobby-job! New jobby-job! New jobby-job!

[Magnus]

I have been considering a new line of work as well. I'm getting sick of GD and making other people money. I feel for you silence.

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[Silence04]

Thanks for all the feedback guys, its really helped today.
i've cooled down some...
yesterday at 5pm they smacked 3 new ads in our face that were due today by 12pm (one of the ads is for an entire product line that hasn't even been sent to the printer yet, and needs a full working website by the time the ad hits the streets)... so i had to stay around 8pm and worked on them, eventhough i had prior plans last night. i come in this morning and dont even get a thanks. (they pull this sh!t every month)
so i talk to my boss about starting to give them rush charges so they will get penlized doing this sh!t to us... and he pretty much shrugs it off like its nothing...

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[Ryan8720]

hit him with a baseball bat.

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If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

[Big Perm-dizzle]

yeah that sucks

dont die bro....just breathe

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how could you not laugh at that????

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[Allen Harkleroad]

Hey Mickey,
I needed those textures, like yesterday. Where are they??? /emoticons/wink.gif

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[Eggles]

>>)... so i had to stay around 8pm and worked on them, even though i had prior plans last night. i come in this morning and dont even get a thanks. (they pull this sh!t every month)<<

Did you get paid for the overtime? If not, why did you stay? Are you worried they will fire you if you don't agree to stay late - unpaid - and when you already have other plans? What would have happened if you didn't stay? Perhaps your boss needs to see how dependent he is on you and your good nature. DON'T stay late without at least 24 hours warning - and then only if you get overtime pay or time off in lieu.

Unbelievable. Definitely time to move on.

[Drorain]

if overtime is not offered, then I wont work it, I'm not salary, but rather hourly

- Everyday, all the time, without fail!

[Drorain]

... seeing all this makes me consider joining GAG, but then again I'm not freelance yet so, I wont do it yet

- Everyday, all the time, without fail!

[PrintDriver]

Joining GAG and actually getting it to work for you is two different things. I wouldn't hire you just because you were GAG. In fact, it might work against you. I'm also not quite sure what you get for 5% of your paycheck that you send to them... Even their offer of benifits sucks balls.

If you are hourly, you should get overtime or comp time (leave early on Friday for instance).
If you don't have an overtime policy, then you can try to say no until they show you the money.
We can only say no so many times. Right now we are on double shifts (over 14 hours). Don't like it, leave. But it's what we do for a living here. Show must go on!

PrintDriver is a large format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

[Drorain]

Lovely state of massachusetts covers ot very clearly, sick of places taking advantage of employee's in such a way, if they fire you, u may have some sort of case against them, document the time u work

- Everyday, all the time, without fail!

[morea]

I feel for you, Silence. I started at our printing company in customer service, and actually had to take a *pay cut* to go into design.


They told me that I was "overqualified" (which I spell s-c-r-e-w-e-d).


Regardless, at that point a friend of minesent me this poem - seems a good time topass it on.






Last night as I lay sleeping, I died, or so it seemed.
And then I went to heaven, but only in my dream.

Up there St. Peter met me standing at the pearly gate.
He said “I'll check your record, please stand here and please wait.”

“I see that you drank alcohol and smoked a smoke or two.
Fact is that you’ve done everythinggood peoplenever do!”

“We can’t have folks like you up here! Your life was full of sin.”
Then he read the last line, took my hand, and said “Come in.”

He led me to the Boss and said “Take him in and treat him well.
He used to work in Printing… He’s done his time in Hell!”

[jkj]

woahhh!! dude i've been there it's just your environment trust me...
i used to think i was going to feel like that everywhere - its' hard to find a place
where it's about the work... not ego's and 80's ideals.. he heee my boss used to be the same - anyways - there are good places out there...!
relax!