Manager Late For Forced Web Meeting on Employee's Day Off, Witnesses Literal flames Via Zoom

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    Font - Posted by u/taipan821 15 hours ago 34 Why did you schedule this call on my off hours? OC S Been reading other stories of virtual meeting shennanigans, thought I will add my own. Day off, attending a hazard reduction burn, so out in the bush with a fire truck, suited up and running around like a happy pyromaniac. I get a phone call from work, I answer and get told I must be present for a virtual meeting scheduled for 10 mins time for a training on a system I already know, as I had been usi
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    Font - First strike, manager is late to their own meeting. The meeting eventually starts and I have connected by my phone and bluetooth earphones, my camera and mic are off because of the noise, the other firefighters are having a chuckle at my expense. Then my manager insists I turn my camera and mic on, otherwise they will mark me as absent. Alrighty then.
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    Font - I stand in a spot where the fire will roar up behind me....somewhat safely....and turn my phone camera and mic on. The rest of the firefighters go nuts with the radio chatter as the people in the virtual meeting see yours truly masked up, full ensemble with the noise of fire roaring up behind him, the sound of the pump and the panicking radio chatter. I then end the call. Manager then begins to franctically ring, as she thinks she has just seen one of her better team members go up in flam
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    Font - grauenwolf 8 hr. ago "do it or you are fired". Translation: Do you want to quit now or at a time that is maximally inconvenient for me? Vote Reply Share Nytfire333 4 hr. ago Yep, got one of these and ended up quitting the week of Thanksgiving when the plant was shit down and I had about 2 million dollars in projects to supervise. My boss ended up having to cancel vacation and work like 20 hour days to make up for it. Vote Reply Share
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    Font - 818488899414 . 8 hr. ago Sometimes people just need to accept that 'I can't right now' is legitimate. I received one of 'those' calls from a manager when they didn't accept that I was calling in sick because I was in the hospital. I had a nurse take a picture of me mid-appendectomy and I sent that to them during recovery. I was left alone for the entire 4 weeks off for recovery. Vote Reply Share Saskibla 8 hr. ago S That's so weird, in my country you're in deep shit as an employer if you
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    Font - AngryDrnkBureaucrat 15 hr. ago You better have gotten paid for attending that meeting. Vote Reply Share SuperShineeCoinToss7 14 hr. ago Right? If I'm not being properly compensated to pick up that call/video. conference, then they can shove it. Vote Reply Share BizRec 10 hr. ago Even so, Ive been told I can put an hour or whatever on my timesheet if I have to do something when I'm off... But I don't want to put an hour on my time sheet. I want to not be woken up at 8am on my day off becau
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    Font - Viscount Burrito 15 hr. ago S Attend the meeting or get fired? I'll show you FIRED! ↑ Vote Reply Share rorygoesontube 14 hr. ago I was laughing about a pun like this in my mind for minutes, thank you for writing it down. 4 Vote Reply Share
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    Font - Theletterkay 12 hr. ago My husband was injured at work and they kept telling him he needed to talk with the insurance and lawyer people about the incident. He told them to let him know when they get here (speaking at work). They looked confused and told him, no, you have to call them after work because it will take a few hours to sort everything. So he asked what service he uses to submit the overtime required for that. They laughed and said they werent going to pay him for talking on the
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    Font - MaxSpringPuma · 15 hr. ago Are you the reason why Perth's been smoked out this past week? Vote Reply Share Ganbario 15 hr. ago Australia's on fire AGAIN??? Vote Reply Share
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    Font - sixaout1982 14 hr. ago Threatening to fire someone if they don't work on their day off should be illegal in any civilised country Vote Reply Share

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