Thank you, Rod Call, for this one:
I’m my only boss, and my boss is not an idiot Manifesto[gapingvoid manifesto submission guidelines are here.][Manifesto archive is here.] Posted by hugh macleod at December 6, 2006 10:07 PM | TrackBack1. If I want to listen to Johnny Cash during the “work day”, then I listen to Johnny Cash during the workday.
2. If I want to declare flip-flops and a t-shirt as “acceptable dress code”, then I declare flip-flops and t-shirts as acceptable dress code.
3. Since I lost patience for “micro-managing supervisors”, I am sure to not micro-manage nor become a “supervisor”.
4. I might miss a “steady paycheck”, but I don’t miss burnt coffee, fluorescent lighting, and zombie-like co-workers.
5. 8 – 5 with weekends and holidays off! Means nothing if at 5:01 and on weekends and holidays you feel like a prisoner who has been freed, only to know that you must return soon.
How true! May all rules be set by myself.
Nice cartoons, you got me reading :)
You know, with my insurance running out and sort of a grim rear-mirror view of fiscal 2006, this hit the spot exactly. Thank you, Rod. Thank you, Hugh.
Posted by: communicatrix at December 7, 2006 4:45 AM8-5? WTF? I'm independently employed and work more now than I did at my corporate job. Being an IC is not an easy job.
Posted by: Mike at December 8, 2006 11:09 PM