The CZickness XL To remember a friend.

[bcannon]

Guys, Henri needs you prayers. She is in the Laporte Hospital with COVID...I’m not allowed to go up and be with her. They are throwing a lot of drugs into her.

Prayers and positive energy her way and your way also.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Guys, Henri needs you prayers. She is in the Laporte Hospital with COVID...I’m not allowed to go up and be with her. They are throwing a lot of drugs into her.

I will send good juju. Speedy recovery for the young lady.

 

[churchmouse]

Yep. I hate the HR of most companies for this practice. Salary ranges are way to broad at most organizations. You should have more salary bands, not fewer, in order to be able to class people more accurately. I think companies that allow their HR people to come back with lowball offers are only hurting their own organizations.

One of my favorites is being up for a raise from a pre-existing agreement. The time comes and goes. NADA. So I back off of my efforts. Then I get the inevitable....:Whats wrong" question. You seem distracted.
I tell remind them of our promises and I have met and exceeded my end. Their turn.
The answer to this is always..."Well, we are not able to increase your pay at this time"

My response is always in the form of my truck being empty of my tools and gear. Me handing them the keys. They looked astonished and do not understand my leaving. Me saying I have had enough practice and expect to be paid well for my advanced skill levels as it is making them serious bank.
With out fail the boss materializes and says we need to talk.
I respond with "why now"
He says maybe we can work something out.

Bite me. People will use you up if you let them.

 

[churchmouse]

Guys, Henri needs you prayers. She is in the Laporte Hospital with COVID...I’m not allowed to go up and be with her. They are throwing a lot of drugs into her.

As I said last night she is in our daily prayers until further notice.

 

[Benp]

One of my favorites is being up for a raise from a pre-existing agreement. The time comes and goes. NADA. So I back off of my efforts. Then I get the inevitable....:Whats wrong" question. You seem distracted.
I tell remind them of our promises and I have met and exceeded my end. Their turn.
The answer to this is always..."Well, we are not able to increase your pay at this time"

My response is always in the form of my truck being empty of my tools and gear. Me handing them the keys. They looked astonished and do not understand my leaving. Me saying I have had enough practice and expect to be paid well for my advanced skill levels as it is making them serious bank.
With out fail the boss materializes and says we need to talk.
I respond with "why now"
He says maybe we can work something out.

Bite me. People will use you up if you let them.

Well put! People will try to squeeze every little bit out of you while giving you as little as possible. Not everyone is like this, but there are many out there.

 

[rkwhyte2]

Prayers outbound for Henri.

 

[churchmouse]

Well put! People will try to squeeze every little bit out of you while giving you as little as possible. Not everyone is like this, but there are many out there.

The "Majority" of managers are exactly like this especially when they can see exactly what you are making for the company and their bonus is commensurate to that. Billed invoice numbers are easy to track.
I had a book of work that followed me where ever I went. I seldom needed to work off the company's client lists. That was a huge plus in me finding a new job. Once it was known I kept myself and maybe 2 other techs rolling on my work it was easy peasy. What was fun in all of this is watching the new company try and steal my customer base. It was a given. I let my people know where I was going and usually they would all follow me. Then the sales staff at the new place went into overdrive to muscle me out. My people would get lunch's, golf outings, perks, you name it. They loved it and played the game well.
In the end hard work and personal interaction paid off.

 

[Leadeye]

I love working on contract, don't like my rates, I'll make money for your competitors.

Sorry to hear about Henri, hope she gets better.

 

[Bennettjh]

Got some of my T-DOGG friends' brass tumbling at work.

 

[mcapo]

Guys, Henri needs you prayers. She is in the Laporte Hospital with COVID...I’m not allowed to go up and be with her. They are throwing a lot of drugs into her.

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[wtburnette]

Guys, Henri needs you prayers. She is in the Laporte Hospital with COVID...I’m not allowed to go up and be with her. They are throwing a lot of drugs into her.

Thoughts and prayers sent, along with hoping for a speedy recovery for her!

One of my favorites is being up for a raise from a pre-existing agreement. The time comes and goes. NADA. So I back off of my efforts. Then I get the inevitable....:Whats wrong" question. You seem distracted.
I tell remind them of our promises and I have met and exceeded my end. Their turn.
The answer to this is always..."Well, we are not able to increase your pay at this time"

My response is always in the form of my truck being empty of my tools and gear. Me handing them the keys. They looked astonished and do not understand my leaving. Me saying I have had enough practice and expect to be paid well for my advanced skill levels as it is making them serious bank.
With out fail the boss materializes and says we need to talk.
I respond with "why now"
He says maybe we can work something out.

Bite me. People will use you up if you let them.

Yep. I had to quit working for Anthem because they seemed like that at all levels. IU Health is like that too, but doesn't seem to be that way in my area, thank God.

 

[Biggredchev]

Got my new barrel and comp today

still waiting on Timney to get their butts in gear.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Got my new barrel and comp today
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still waiting on Timney to get their butts in gear.

Very not bad! Which magwell do you use? I had some issues with an out of spec Zev. Ended up diagnosing a mag drop issue due to the well squeezing in on the grip frame causing drag. Plastic is flexible, who knew?

 

[hANNAbONE]

Guys, Henri needs you prayers. She is in the Laporte Hospital with COVID...I’m not allowed to go up and be with her. They are throwing a lot of drugs into her.

I am on it, Chris : holding her in prayer as I type this.

 

[JEBland]

Guys, Henri needs you prayers. She is in the Laporte Hospital with COVID...I’m not allowed to go up and be with her. They are throwing a lot of drugs into her.

I hope she will recover quickly.

 

[mcapo]

SGE grand prize for 5 center Xs.

See rules for limitations, restrictions and exclusions.

 

[Biggredchev]

Very not bad! Which magwell do you use? I had some issues with an out of spec Zev. Ended up diagnosing a mag drop issue due to the well squeezing in on the grip frame causing drag. Plastic is flexible, who knew?

Taran Tactical magwell and basepads.
Heres the non CM friendly pic


Dont worry, everything is going to AllenM for cerakote once the trigger gets here aside from the frame and a few other bits. Tossing around the idea of doing some lightening cuts in the top of the slide similar to the P320X5L has. Im undecided though, ive never shot one with a lightened slide to see if it actually makes a difference. Plus then the cerakote would have to be redone.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

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Taran Tactical magwell and basepads.
Heres the non CM friendly pic
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Dont worry, everything is going to AllenM for cerakote once the trigger gets here aside from the frame and a few other bits. Tossing around the idea of doing some lightening cuts in the top of the slide similar to the P320X5L has. Im undecided though, ive never shot one with a lightened slide to see if it actually makes a difference. Plus then the cerakote would have to be redone.

I'll have to try out the TT well. I use +0 aluminum plates on most of mine. Thanks!

 

[MindfulMan]

OH my ! CM is gonna have a cow !

 

[MindfulMan]

Here .... I'll pull us back in the right direction, gangsters (I'm here to help !)