gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Me - PODS)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2006-05-11 04:07 pm
Entry tags:

Victory!

I heard from John, my old manager at PODS today.

Mario got fired!!!!

Here's how it went down. As I mentioned when I got canned, Mario had begun switching the warehouse managers back and forth for no apparent reason. A couple of weeks ago, J was supposed to be working Hayward (which he preferred) the following week. On Friday, he gets a call from Mario telling him to go to Fremont on Monday; and then quickly adding "and work the week there." before hanging up. Well, J was a bit put out by this, and called back.

Mario didn't answer. J sends email. Mario doesn't answer. Several repetitions of this. Then a driver (new guy, hired after I left) breaks down. Chris goes to help him, and calls Mario (as required) to inform him of the problem. Suddenly, Mario is answering his phone. Frustrated, he sends an email to Mario expressing his displeasure at how the situation has been handled. He CC's both Mario's supervisors on this.

Mario finally decides to reply... boy, does he reply. He calls J incompetent, admits that he is breaking his own policies along with PODS corporate rules, and essentially saying "follow my whims or I'll destroy your career." Thing is, Mario forgot to take of the CC addresses.

Oops.

There was one more email, from Gary, the Regional Manager. Addressed to Mario, it quoted a few significant portions of Mario's email and said "Please wrap up your business with PODS and leave."

Even better, J told me that Gary had recommended that I not be fired! He didn't know I had been fired until a week after the fact! Mario "forgot" to send the paperwork through the regional office.

Amazing.

So -

[identity profile] the-ogre.livejournal.com 2006-05-11 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You gonna get yer old job back, perhaps?

Re: So -

[identity profile] sylvan.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly what I was thinking!

Re: So -

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
I'm happier at Lord & Sons. I don't have to deal with the public, I love my route, and the people rock from top to bottom.

One advantage is that it is a smaller company. Fewer levels of MBAs with no connection to the actual job to deal with.
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)

Re: So -

[personal profile] mdlbear 2006-05-12 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's an ill wind, etc.

[identity profile] johno.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
This is a black mark on my karma wheel I can endure.

{cackle!}

Enjoying Mario's misfortune of being hoste on his own petard.

[identity profile] cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Niven was wrong:
Sometimes there is justice.

[identity profile] grimmwire.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Thing is, Mario forgot to take of the CC addresses.

Just can't stop chuckling at this.

Sweet! Very sweet!
thebitterguy: (Default)

[personal profile] thebitterguy 2006-05-12 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Reply to All is just another medium for divine justice.

[identity profile] jarlsberg71.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
that is most excellent news :) I can understand not wanting to go back, but was the pay any different? I know working with the public is a bitch, but if you're compensated... But yeah getting fired and then going back with a possibility of getting canned with the next retarded boss that gets sent over, It's not a risk I'd want to take.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I was making $12.48/hr at PODS, $11.00/hr at L&S. But that will go up, and I'll take the buck and a half hit for the better location.

[identity profile] jarlsberg71.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
sounds like a wise choice... it's just too bad that L&S can't match what pods was giving you.
ext_73044: Tinkerbell (Default)

[identity profile] lisa-marli.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Keep the job you enjoy the most. HIgher pay has a way of not making up for joy of a good job.

[identity profile] hellloooonurse.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! I love it when people like Mario get what's coming to 'em.

[identity profile] silverstorm2013.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Just allow me to say pwnd!!!!!! Freeking PWND!!!

Revenge, like gazpacho is a dish best served cold

[identity profile] bellacrow.livejournal.com 2006-05-14 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
damn, its good to know this can happen, maybe not in my life, but it does happen!

[identity profile] dandelion-diva.livejournal.com 2006-05-18 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Whoa. Wonderful news! Karma may not always work at lightning speed, but sie does often have a marvelous sense of humor. *Grin*

Gessi