tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post7778402320527727688..comments2023-11-02T01:51:25.812-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Cafe Writer: My contract at work has "ended"...Cliffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981816941459227266noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-54063456689593029482008-04-26T22:17:00.000-07:002008-04-26T22:17:00.000-07:00Thanks, Kate! I'm just getting back in town from M...Thanks, Kate! I'm just getting back in town from Manhattan and I see that they hired a writer in India, and it was explained to the team that this writer would indeed be replacing me, so I was right on all around...now, I wonder if they'll keep me until the 16th...Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981816941459227266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-15432173742939141382008-04-26T22:15:00.000-07:002008-04-26T22:15:00.000-07:00Never trust a big corporation, is right. Or maybe...Never trust a big corporation, is right. Or maybe any kind of business or corporation. I hope it won't end before you have a chance to find something else. Shitty of them to treat you that way. But, like you say, they want a committment from you but want to do anything they want themselves. It's everywhere.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-44263436503051381262008-04-26T15:42:00.000-07:002008-04-26T15:42:00.000-07:00That sucks, I'm sorry.That sucks, I'm sorry.RK Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034917381901499281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-42756280335699159882008-04-25T10:24:00.000-07:002008-04-25T10:24:00.000-07:00That's just no good. It needs to go both ways.Ah, ...That's just no good. It needs to go both ways.<BR/><BR/>Ah, it's times like this when I'm glad to be chained to the Massive Public Bureaucracy... :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-63881989579099359672008-04-25T05:46:00.001-07:002008-04-25T05:46:00.001-07:00Good question...I guess it means "we want a commit...Good question...I guess it means "we want a commitment from you, but reserve the right to do whatever we want".Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981816941459227266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-49361581675973875852008-04-25T05:46:00.000-07:002008-04-25T05:46:00.000-07:00Good question...I guess it means "we want a commit...Good question...I guess it means "we want a commitment from you, but reserve the right to do whatever we want".Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981816941459227266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-90600848228532172362008-04-24T08:34:00.000-07:002008-04-24T08:34:00.000-07:00Wait a second. So what does "contract" mean, then?...Wait a second. So what does "contract" mean, then?<BR/><BR/>That sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com