In the Spirit of Christmas at Work
Yesterday was my day off and I've just checked my work email. In it a number of people, including me, received a note from our supervisor. It reads something like this: (paraphrase) "Thank you everyone for working so hard during the season and for putting extra effort into training our new staff. Starting Dec 24, you're hours are being cut back." Merry Christmas, Every One ;)

So, are they reducing your pay? Or, is it his/her way of trying to be funny?

EDIT: I am sorry fmra! I don't take irony easily written :( When will things get back to normal?

I've decided to find another job to support myself with, but since I'm a vested employee of the city at the library, I'm not going to let them find a new employee to abuse. My dad called it "minimal performance mode." They'll have to dig my immobile ass out of there with explosives.

So yesterday I had a "meeting" with my supervisor. I thought it was going to be to reprimand me for my insolence on Tuesday. To my surprise, it was a a touchy-feely meeting to ask if I was Ok. I told her my situation, then she asked if anything else was wrong. So I opened the floodgates and told her every thing that has bother me (and my coworkers) for the last six months. She said she felt bad about those things and asked why I hadn't told her. I said she didn't have to power to fix them (which she doesn't). The minor concession I got from the meeting was an agreement to keep me and my coworkers more informed about the situations that arise around the workplace (we're chronically left out of the loop because we "don't see the big picture"). I'm still going to look for a second job after my vacation and I'm going to hang back here at the library and wait to see if things improve any. today, I'm already training myself to lower my output. I coined a term, eding, to describe the sloth-paced work habit. Its from a coworker who is a master at it, so its kind of an homage. Anyway, the upper staff seem happy. I'm still upset, but I'm smiling to their face. Oh, and since I was swatted for minor infractions for parking at the library lot, I've started taking names of supervisors who do the same. I'll report them to the city and have that taken care of too. :)

Oh, and since I was swatted for minor infractions for parking at the library lot, I've started taking names of supervisors who do the same. I'll report them to the city and have that taken care of too. Oh, that'll be grand...to see the look on their faces.

This whole thing reminds me so much of Dilbert. Your "25% less time, 25% less pay, 25% less work" is a case of "What Would Wally Do".

''Can't I just give it to you?'' ''I don't like to touch that stuff with my hands''. :P I love Wally.