Ahhh...the Holiday Spirit!

Tis the Season.
In my line of work, differentiating TV Station, and myself, from the rival stations, and fellow crooks, it is up to Barbie and Boss1 to utilize the given budget for Xmas/Holiday gifts. Now, we have about 150 bucks a month to work with individually, but that gets tied up in lunches, bridge tolls, and what not rather easily, and lemme tell you, HR Lady gives you the fricken SHAKE DOWN on everything you try to get TV station to pay for. It is border line ridiculous.

anyway, i digress. So, let me enlighten you on how cheap, scuzzy, and overall shitty my TV Station is.

A) We dont get bonuses. "Our commission checks are our bonuses." however, you the reader has become savvy and knows "commission checks" are non existent due to the fact TV station can not afford to pay us commissions. However, each Salesman is supposed to give 50 bucks to a common fund to give another department a cash bonus for all their hard work. I am ALL for this. however, if we are rewarding those who work for us, shouldnt our bosses be rewarding us for working hard for them? Jelly of the month memberships are not even tossed out way. Dont call me greedy, but for what we put up with, this is bullshit.

B) The TV Station gift to those we think are worthy is "Money donated in [insert name here] to the SF Food Bank." How much money was donated? can i see my name listed somewhere? Who else did you donate money for ? These are ALL valid questions I would come to if I was handed this as a gift, because it is rather different, its not just another bottle of booze, it (IN THEORY) is a rather interesting and useful way to spend money for a present.

Here are the answers to those questions, and you tell me if TV Station has some bad karma coming there way. TV Station donates a few grand in THEIR NAME. In return, they get something like 100 cards with FILL IN THE NAME spots per 1000 bucks donated. Dude, follow this: TV Station donates money, in THEIR NAME, and we hand out cards with words of bullshit saying we did it for this special little media buyer. Talk about low class.

Icing on cake? Last year someone confronted a fellow salesperson, asking all these questions. needless to say, the person was not to impressed when he found out the details.

C) We do not get Xmas eve off, however, we get Columbus day off? Need i say more. WHO AM I GOING TO CALL OR MEET WITH THAT REQUIRES ME TO GO TO WORK ON XMAS EVE?

D) We do not get New Years Eve off. Again. WHO AM I GOING TO CALL OR MEET WITH THAT REQUIRES ME TO GO TO WORK ON NEW YEARS EVE? Dude, the people that handle marking and spending money with me are lazy, and not required, no ever do, work more than 3 days a week, and are on vacation from xmas-new years. TV Station, get with the program.

Happy Holidays.