I believe in the serenity prayer (which Scott seems to allude to), “Lord give me the serenity to accept the things I can’t change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.” But it would be very difficult to have much serenity in this situation. I don’t blame Marla for being incensed about this. I went through a version of it myself in 2002 when they cut our hours to the bone with American Greetings so the 3 CEO’s could buy new yachts. It does make you want to scream. At least I could quit and I did. I never quit a job in my life and it angered me to be forced to quit but I couldn’t do the job in the hours they allowed and I refused to work for free!
The saddest part of that story is that I bet after you left, thy found someone else who was just a little more desperate for a job, and then they made that person do the extra work for free.
There’s always someone a little more desperate, a little more broke, or who still has on rose-coloured glasses and thinks “if I just put in my dues and do a bit of extra work for free, the company will reward me later on” and the companies are ready to exploit them all.
You should smile more.
I believe in the serenity prayer (which Scott seems to allude to), “Lord give me the serenity to accept the things I can’t change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.” But it would be very difficult to have much serenity in this situation. I don’t blame Marla for being incensed about this. I went through a version of it myself in 2002 when they cut our hours to the bone with American Greetings so the 3 CEO’s could buy new yachts. It does make you want to scream. At least I could quit and I did. I never quit a job in my life and it angered me to be forced to quit but I couldn’t do the job in the hours they allowed and I refused to work for free!
I prefer Calvin’s serenity prayer:
“Give me the strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.” –Bill Watterson
The saddest part of that story is that I bet after you left, thy found someone else who was just a little more desperate for a job, and then they made that person do the extra work for free.
There’s always someone a little more desperate, a little more broke, or who still has on rose-coloured glasses and thinks “if I just put in my dues and do a bit of extra work for free, the company will reward me later on” and the companies are ready to exploit them all.