I thought the new person was supposed to start today, but I didn't see her/him at where her/his desk would be. I surmise that she/he is back in human resources getting onboarded, and she/he will be there today/Tuesday or, at the very latest, tomorrow/Wednesday. Or, this person just flaked and it'll still be the four of us doing everything.
But if there is a new person ... I apologize if I've blog posted about this before, but once this new person is fully trained ... why in the hell couldn't I be fired? I've been pulling OT money since the New Year, so to a higher-up's eyes I'm just a money drain. If someone can work faster (and thus cheaper), they obviously would go to that person and cut me loose the first chance they get. And I still go back to my former co-worker who immediately and mysteriously got let go around summertime. Why was he let go? Was it a personality issue? If not, then it was a work-related issue. Maybe he wasn't doing his job. Or ... he was seen as too slow and just racking up the money, thus becoming, to their eyes, a "liability." I could be wrong about his departure, but unless and until someone tells me the real reason he was let go, I will assume the worst, which was he was fired because the company didn't want to pay him anymore.
Naturally, if the company didn't want to pay him anymore, and I have to stay late and get overtime in order to get my work done, thus getting paid more than others ... and if there are enough people there for the work to get done in some sort of timely manner ... why wouldn't they let me go?
That thought just came across my mind while I was working. That's all.
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