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Post by Galadriel on Dec 6, 2008 9:16:05 GMT
Good luck Flix! And btw, nice guitar!
@ Hildor
Remember to always have your starter cables in your car  ;D
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Post by Lews on Dec 6, 2008 9:28:48 GMT
I'm still sick as ever and I think I'm probably dying this time. Rather annoying as I was starting to actually enjoy life and be happy again.
Oh but just to make sure I don't stay optimistic it looks like I've pushed away the only person that made me happy. I'm awesome.
In other news: Lews has entered the stock market game! Started on Tuesday, already made 35% on my original investment.
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Post by Hildor on Dec 6, 2008 10:45:39 GMT
Wow, Lews, that's a post to worry about. I hope things get better soon, cause I don't like reading such things. Please keep your head up, not down. I had, I just didn't have a second car with me  |
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 6, 2008 11:59:45 GMT
I had, I just didn't have a second car with me |
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Post by Hildor on Dec 6, 2008 13:50:27 GMT
Someone around: yes
Someone I knew who had a car: no
Someone walking by with a car: no
Me wanting to let someone stop to help me on that bussy street where people would drive over the car in front of them just to be home earlier: no
So if you make the sum of those things, you decide to wait for your dad ;D
Ofcourse, if my dad wouldn't be in Antwerp that moment, I would've found a solution on my own. Waiting for the house owner to come home for example. Or eventually making a car stop ;D
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Post by LaFille on Dec 6, 2008 20:56:59 GMT
Hildor; good that you had the choice of means to get you out of the situation.
Flix, congrats on the exam and nice new shiny; not a bad idea to indulge yourself after that. ;D
Lews, hopefully health and relationships will improve with time and care. It seems to be a good time to enter in the stock market for those who have the funds while things are dropping, and it's a way to balance the mass-panick behaviors that make the drops snowball at the same time.
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 9, 2008 11:00:55 GMT
The factory where I work now has it's main office in Foxworth Texas. Interesting to know, since a few from here are from down there right? At least from Texas ;D Just found that out by looking on the back of the blisters we have to check, but normally we don't have time to look at the adress
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Post by LaFille on Dec 10, 2008 3:58:29 GMT
...So, if they're too hard on you you'll can send your agents in infiltration at their office? ;D
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 10, 2008 11:03:11 GMT
...So, if they're too hard on you you'll can send your agents in infiltration at their office? ;D |
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 26, 2008 12:21:46 GMT
I just got a phonecall from the interim agency, I'm fired ( with two others) at our job at Alcon. Appearently because we made too many mistakes, normally when you make big mistakes you have to meet the supervisor. None of us ever had to talk to her, so everything was just fine. But suddenly, they call me to let me and the two other girls know we don't have to come back. I do not agree with the reason and planning to reach the big boss, he's a personal friend of one of my friends :bleep:
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Post by janggut on Dec 26, 2008 16:23:39 GMT
i bet they're trying to sweep things under the carpet. do find out why. even if they're don't re-instate u, at the very least u get to know the reason. if the reason is not good enough for u, it means Alcon doesn't deserve someone as good as u. & u don't want to work for such a fickle company. wish things are better for u though, Gal.  |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Dec 26, 2008 16:41:58 GMT
Gal...
Sounds more like 'recession = layoff' to me. If they don't give you any actual reasons for sacking you, something about the whole thing stinks. Companies have procedures they follow - including written warnings, etc - before they fire anyone for incompetence (Which is what 'too many mistakes' would come under).
It might be worth your while looking at Belgian employment law. Your sacking might not even be legal under these circumstances...
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Post by Alrik on Dec 26, 2008 19:02:06 GMT
Maybe the company is in financial trougbles now (m,any companies seem to be nowadays), and they fires those with the least experience ?
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 27, 2008 2:04:05 GMT
Maybe the company is in financial trougbles now (m,any companies seem to be nowadays), and they fires those with the least experience ?
The company is far from financial troubles, in fact they are building a new factory in Singapore and also remodelling a part of the factory where I used to work.
@ Elliot
As for the legal part, being an interim means you can get sacked from one week to the other. But still, I have never been fired for not doing my job good enough, and Alcon wont be the first one to start doing so. I know I'm good at my job, and I know my other collegue was also good at it. We tend to find out why we got sacked while other people with interim contract who made over 19 mistakes in one month can stay.
@ Jang
Sweeping things under the carpet you say? Well, one of my first thoughts was that if Alcon fires me with a bad report, I wont be able to find another job in the pharmaceutical business. But they forget i still got my very good review from my former supervisor at Pfizer. And I'm counting on getting my job back there or at least in another department fo Pfizer. |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Dec 27, 2008 3:28:15 GMT
Gal - that's the thing. By law they might be able to fire you at a moment's notice due to your being an interim, but I'm pretty sure they cannot legally fabricate an excuse to do so - especially if that hurts your chances of future employment by blackening your reputation.
So - it still might be worth your while looking into the exact legality of the situation...
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Post by LaFille on Dec 27, 2008 6:13:25 GMT
Sorry to read about that; I hope you can get clear reasons for it and that getting another job will work out well and quickly...
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Post by janggut on Dec 27, 2008 8:02:08 GMT
whatever it is, Gal, u deserve 2 know the truth, so if it's just a lame excuse, u need to break some of their fingers. ;D
all in all, we believe in u & we feel that u should be treated with more respect.
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Post by Hildor on Dec 28, 2008 20:50:40 GMT
Sorry to hear that. I second Elliot's opinion. If it's "blackening your reputation" and you get in trouble finding a new job in the pharmaceutical business it can be helpfull to take a loot at the legality of the situation. Were you able to reach the big boss yet?  |
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 29, 2008 0:27:54 GMT
Sorry to hear that. I second Elliot's opinion. If it's "blackening your reputation" and you get in trouble finding a new job in the pharmaceutical business it can be helpfull to take a loot at the legality of the situation. Were you able to reach the big boss yet? |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Dec 29, 2008 0:35:32 GMT
Good luck, Gal |
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