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[a href=text]SAN DIEGOFollowing seven straight years of long hours at the office and sacrificed weekends and holidays, all of account manager Sam Hemstead's hard work and single-minded devotion to Pinnacle Automotive Insurance has finally paid off for CEO Charles Pardahee, Pardahee said Friday.
"There were definitely some nights I'd lie awake in bed and wonder, 'Is Sam absolutely killing himself day in and day out for nothing?'" Pardahee told reporters while driving to his weekend home in a recently purchased 2012 BMW luxury sedan. "But Sam just put his head down and never looked back, and this year his blood, sweat, and tears have proven profitable to the tune of a 15 percent larger bonus for myself."
"It just goes to show that if you're really passionate and dedicated, eventually it all comes back around to your superiors," Pardahee continued.
The stress-related physical and psychological tolls for Hemstead, 34, have been high, but the hypertension, weight-gain, and crippling migraine headaches he has suffered due to his rigorous work schedule have been worth the rewards he has reaped for his employer, Pardahee confirmed.[/text]
http://www.theonion.com/articles/all-of-area-mans-hard-work-finally-pays-off-for-em,26957/
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(17,742 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Small wonder why the Modern Day Robber Barons don't even acknowledge us. Elevator - office - alone (well, other than meetings with fellow sociopaths and various ass-kissers).
K & R.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)redqueen
(115,103 posts)barbtries
(28,787 posts)to laugh at.
wandy
(3,539 posts)Even linking to the artical, I missed 'theonion' tag line. I was back to the comments before I realised this wasn't real.
It just sounded sooooooooo fimilar.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)He put in 8 hours of work over the weekend, all unpaid. He works long hours during the week. He worked both days on the previous weekend too. You'd think they would appreciate him.
Today he was called in by one of the Partners to explain why it took so long to do the work that he did on the weekend.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)How much longer employers will be allowed to get away with crap like this. Unpaid work? Didn't we fight a war about that?
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Oh, snap! Perfection in satire. I think my blood pressure actually started to go up. Then I saw that the link was to The Onion. I can't decide whether to laugh or cry.