Archive for Archive for August, 2007
Slacker tip #57 – signs you’re getting fired
As you may remember I was on a quest to get ‘let go’ at my temp job so that I can stay at home and get unemployment. The quest came to a close last Thursday as I got the usual temp agency 5:30 pm ‘don’t go back to work’ call. It always happens the same [...]
Operation: Get Unemployment is officially over
Exactly one month ago to the day I made a post on how I was going to start a series focusing on how to get unemployment with a temp job. I told you how I was hoping to make the quest into a 12-step program and how it’s easier to get unemployment from a temp [...]
Temp jobs & getting unemployment, tip #3 – let them see you doing nothing
Sometimes it gets frustrating when you are trying your very hardest to get fired and no one seems to even notice. Okay, so they noticed me making up my own schedule, but that’s about it. They didn’t say a word about me being late. So, I started leaving early for the day. Like an hour [...]
Slacker tip #56 – change the clock
Okay, so this is a totally easy and totally obvious tip but a lot of times it’s the obvious stuff that gets overlooked. Do you have a clock in your office that everyone uses? Chances are this won’t work if you work at a large company. However, if you work in a small office with [...]
Slacker tip #55 – finding the best job for slacking
If you are a slacker like me, then there is nothing quite so bad as getting a new job and realizing you will not be able to get away with being a slacker. Typically I do not stay around too long at these types of jobs. For instance, if I have a job that I [...]
Slacker tip #54 – oops, no meeting rooms available
It’s easy to sit at your desk and do nothing all day long and get paid for it. But sometimes we get interrupted in our pursuit to get paid to watch YouTube videos or read fan fiction all day long. The culprit? Meetings. I hate meetings. If you’re lucky and it is a large meeting [...]
