I am writing to you today to inform you that I do not care.

Have a great day! =D

• When we all sing together, we sing in harmony

Our manager tried, a few times, but the process got blocked further up.

I would have started as perm but there was some odd internal policy and the person who hired me in, a friend of a friend, mentioned that HR do not like it when someone gets hired and get a salary that is more than 15% of their previous salary.

I fell into that category, but they were willing to pay a day rate that ended up well exceeding what they would have paid me as perm... probably about 30%+. But then it would have been more difficult to get rid of me.

So the plan was to get me in as contract, get a decent day rate and then move over to perm after 6 months and use that day rate to negotiate a decent salary. Then the boss of that area changed, and when he came on he said he was not going to make changes, just observe. A total lie that is obviously a lie.

I don’t know if they knew or not

Yes, all interactions are the same, and there is no place for nuance, how could I forget this, apologies

Okay, that’s better… I guess. I’m not in a position to research it right now, so I appreciate that.

Sounds similar to why Bruce Willis is on the list. He was reached out to but it seems nothing came of it.

HR seems to be one of those jobs where it's great if you have education, but to land an entry level role, you don't need it necessarily. So you end up with a workforce who doesn't have critical thinking, problem solving, or advanced communication skills.

Professional bodies try to help fix it, but it seems it's not blocked off enough.

You are legitimately one of the luckiest people on the planet.

Right on! I get this energy as well. Never had anyone "manage" me. Make my own schedule and I project deep roots into everything I touch and improve cutting me loose would be extremely painful.

I did work somewhere where the COO wanted to can my ass. But they were constantly told I was way to valuable by the rest of the c-suite and cool it. Their problem was I wouldn't kiss their ass and called them out on dumb ideas.

I show up to do work, not play politics. Turns out being good at what you do pays off sometimes.

Yeah, places with labour law make sure firing people is difficult. Bosses will bitch around but at least everyone have one less stress of not having food on the table.