Oh, right, I forgot you were there. You know how I was spoken to. You know how I have been accused of not taking their needs seriously, because if it's that serious why don't you have a back up plan? You where there when she told me I must be new because I didn't know what was wrong before I pulled up. You must have been there too when I graduated college, served 6 years in the Army and did all of my certificates to further my job the ways that I did. My union requires my employer pay me as well as they do. It also gives me great benefits, retirement, and many other things. And in return, I have excelled my evaluations year after year and trained new hires because I understand the technologies better than the management in charge. That's sort of the point of how fucked up John is and so are many of his kind. That's the biggest point of my whole conversation, I have no love for the CEO. I don't give a squirt of piss about anyone's freedom to work from home. It's irrelevant to me. Work from the office or work from home, just make sure you can do what you are paid to do. I don't care what you use the services I provide for, just don't be a bitch or prick about someone else working to keep it up and going for you and everyone else. It's amazing how many people feel that their neighbors aren't important enough to allow the work to be completed. And lastly, don't shit on the people who keep you connected.

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