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Hoping I get a severance package Monday

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Uppsala9496

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The pay does suck. Hours and benefits are/were great and made up for the rubles I have been getting paid in.

And not having any work all day is really, really boring. Not fulfilling at all.
 

luv2liv

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you might be disappointed when the severance check comes.
my gross was 20k. instant 25% off for fed tax + other bs...and then it came down to $9,500 direct deposited in bank account.
 

werepossum

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Hope for the best OP. Don't open the box. If your boss complains you gave him no notice, just be honest. Since you are basically doing nothing, it really shouldn't put him in a hard place.
Or he can offer to come in nights to do nothing, so his boss doesn't get behind.

Best of luck OP, that would be awesome.
 

rudeguy

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you might be disappointed when the severance check comes.
my gross was 20k. instant 25% off for fed tax + other bs...and then it came down to $9,500 direct deposited in bank account.

Wow! They gave you a whole year's severance pay? NICE!


:awe:
 

Uppsala9496

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I predict we'll be Syringer'ed and never find out what's in the box.

I won't do that to everyone. Won't have any answers until Monday at the earliest.

So I sit here at my now vacant desk and randomly try to keep myself entertained.
 

rudeguy

Lifer
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I won't do that to everyone. Won't have any answers until Monday at the earliest.

So I sit here at my now vacant desk and randomly try to keep myself entertained.

Please give us a detailed inventory of items in, on and near your desk.


I'm not doing shit today. I feel like death and I don't have anything mission critical to do.
 

Uppsala9496

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Nov 2, 2001
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Let's see....
Blackhawks calendar is still on the wall.
My starbucks coffee mug and Blackhawks plastic cup are on my desk.
Snack sized bag of dry roasted almonds for my snack, along with a paper towel.

2 pens, 4 sticky note pads, 5 small paper pads.
Scissors
stapler, not red
plastic bag with the remainder of my shit which includes 2 paper plates, 4 packages of oatmeal, 2 plastic spoons and a plastic knife.

Phone, 2 monitors and desktop on the desk as well.

and 23 push pins in the cube walls.
 

Uppsala9496

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Was funny to see the looks on my coworkers faces as I just dumped all of my business cards in the paper shredding lock box.
not a single word was said...
 

purbeast0

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are your notepads sticky because you have nothing else to do at work so you watch porn all day?
 

Uppsala9496

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The way my desk sits, everyone that walks past can see what I am doing. My back is to the hallway/entrance area of the office. It's horrible. No windows in sight. It's like sitting in a basement, except with people walking past constantly. (so no, not from watching porn)
Was raining yesterday and I had absolutely no clue until I got to leave for the day.
 

stag3

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just install steam on your pc, buy a shit ton of games from the steam sale and try them out

oh and open the box!