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Author Topic: My time has come.. resignation Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 07-18-2008 08:00 PM                     It is strange reading the different resignations on this thread. I must have missed this the first time around or I would have probably posted my own a year and a half ago. I'll refrain from mentioning the name of the company as the owner is a member here and I still like the guy (he wasn't the problem). I guess it is mostly true that you don't leave a company you leave a person. I left because the person who was actually running the company turned out to be the worst kind of person I could have EVER have imagined working for. The way I kind of think about it is that people like this guy are the reason that companies like Enron happen. That whole "no matter what it takes" attitude that I could not allow myself to be a part of. I wont go into details but I was ask/told on several occasions to do ethically questionable things and one outright illegal thing (which directly led to my resignation). Like my last hiatus, it didn't take much time before I really missed the business. Through the good and bad it really gets into your blood. This summer especially with the movies that have came out, I really regret that I am not a part of things and dealing with the "hustle and bustle" of the whole thing. It really sucks when you allow someone to even momentarly take that passion from you. Though I do hope to have the opportunity to get back  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-20-2008 11:33 AM                       Some day, I envision returning to my job as projectionist at the Circle 25 Drive-In, in Lexington, KY, running carbon arc. But, hey, that job doesn't exist anymore. Oh, wait... that theatre doesn't exist anymore!  |  IP: Logged Brian Guckian Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 594 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Apr 2003 posted 08-05-2008 01:32 PM                     LOL...I propose creating a new field of academic study called "Projection Studies", where in true post-modern fashion, everyone can theorise and lecture about the thing they used to actually do Academia - that's where the money is today! At least it's way more than you'd get in the cinema industry. I just quit my job last week after an attempt by my employer to drastically alter my terms and conditions of employment. Legally, I had no protection, and, in the absence of any compromise after lengthy negotiations, I took a principled stand and quit. And, the sad thing is that what most people in the business seem to want is just to be able to pay the bills and have a decent quality of life. Is that too much to ask?  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 08-05-2008 02:02 PM                     For most employers it seems to be way to much to ask.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 08-06-2008 07:24 PM                        Brian: time once again to issue my M.O.O.T. award: Master of Obsolete Technology; This for transmitter meter readers at broadcast stations, elevator operators, stationary engineers (boiler watcher), and 2 machine, carbon arc changeover operators and others. Louis  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-07-2008 11:52 AM                       Louis! ROFL. You are too funny!!  |  IP: Logged Brian Guckian Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 594 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Apr 2003 posted 08-11-2008 07:29 PM                     I'm assuming your M.O.O.T. Awards Louis consist of statuettes that can be conveniently melted down and sold for cash  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 08-11-2008 07:47 PM                        Probably just an intrinsically worthless parchment certificate! (like an advanced degree.) Louis  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-17-2008 07:40 AM                        UPDATE- I was able to find a job within a few days of leaving the real estate office. A family/friend set me up with a job with a subcontracting company installing and setting up digital cable boxes. I trained for a week and I went out on my on route last week. It's unnerving to say the least, but only because I don't have a full understanding of how the WHOLE setup works from the head end down to the subscriber level. I'm learning every day and I do like it so far. I drive an average of 125+ miles per day, so I'm gonna have to look for a more fuel efficient vehicle. (I'm responsible for my own vehicle/gas/etc due to being a subcontractor, but I get paid a considerable amount more per box than the 'in house' crew. Right now, it's a job, which is what really matters. I've gotten so far into a hole hoping and praying that the RE market would have been better to that I've got a long way to go... With the uncertainty in today's market, I'm just thankful to have a job that provides a weekly check! My wife also found a part time job the same week. I had hoped that the P/T would turn into F/T for her, and low and behold, her second day they asked her to go F/T... She'll get insurance, 401k and decent pay (for this area) and it's a solid and stable company (property management) so I don't have to worry about it being here today, gone tomorrow.. Things always get worse before they get better and it looks like we're turning the corner. I hope to see the tunnel in a few months and the light at the end within a year.  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 08-17-2008 03:10 PM                     Oh C'mon Louis, There are still theatres operating with the changeover system and I personally (having come from that era) will pit a changeover system against an automated platter system (having worked those too) anytime. The thing I find annoying is today's techno-geeks who seem to prefer automation apparently feeling it is somehow superior to CO looking down their noses at that system and those of us who come from that era. I take pride in the fact that it required an operator to be a good "hands-on" showman too in those days. When I've worked platter systems I've had no control other than to push the start button and keep the thing focused. Please send me my certificate.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 08-17-2008 07:25 PM                        Robert: I may have to actually print one of these some day soon! I, too, come from that era. I was with Altec; all we had to do was keep the sound operational then! Louis  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-17-2008 10:51 PM                     quote: Louis Bornwasser stationary engineers (boiler watcher) I know there are a number of "boiler Watcher" at Montana State University. They work in a VERY cool and industrial looking 1930's building! If you do a search it turns out there are still many Universities and Hospitals all over the world that have central steam heat. Federal law in the USA requires licensed boiler technicians. Those boiler techs that got tired of boilers may very well be watching Nuclear Reactor Control Panels... just another form of very powerful boiler! Mark  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-21-2008 06:36 PM                       quote: today's techno-geeks.... looking down their noses at that system and those of us who come from that era. I've found it's more akin to fear. Fear of the mysterious unknown. They tremble at the notion that a human being can actually tame that huge, intimidating equipment. That, or it could just be my Old Spice.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 10-09-2009 12:27 AM                 It has been 413 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-09-2009 12:27 AM                        Here it is October 2009 and I'm no longer with the cable contracting service. With the sluggish economy, they scaled back on contracting and are loading their in house crew more.. In a tourist driven area such as Myrtle Beach, and in a terribly depressed economy, the last thing you want to be is without a job.. When one door closes, another opens... In my case, another close friend owns a bar/grill and was in need of a night manager. I had to speak to her partner (whom I've known for years) for a final decision. After the fact, it seemed to be a no-brainer. Needless to say, I am once again in another career field, HOWEVER, I find that I am able to use ALL my prior experiences, both from the heavy customer service side of the theatre business, to the presentation oriented side of the theatre business, to the sales tactics learned from land sales... The money isn't the best and the hours aren't great but it's nice to have a steady income in this economic uncertainty. I do still miss the theatre even though it has gone digital... at least I'm less likely to have to endure a jacked up presentation on the rare occasion that I actually do go to see a movie. I still suffer from the issue of noticing every little thing that isn't right from the time I can see the box office until the time I leave. I guess that will never actually go away. My previous theatre has seen four different managers since I've been gone. Hmmmmmm. On a side note, I have learned that at least 7 of the employees who worked with (yes, WITH not FOR) me have gone on to become GM's with Carmike and one of my old operators actually works for Christie Digital now! That's the biggest shock of all... how he landed that gig is beyond me.. but I'm glad he woke up and realized a little of what life is about... That said, if any of you are ever in the Myrtle Beach area on vacation, business or whatever.. stop in and see us at The Boathouse Waterway Bar and Grill. Our blackened grouper sandwich is to die for.. assuming you like grouper! Working on development of our website.. sadly, I don't know anything about setting up or maintaining websites, and this isn't' anything like what I'd like it to be... but it's a start. www.theboathousemb.com Boathouse Myrtle Beach on facebook. I've learned, and begun to readily accept, that there are two sides to every coin.. but sometimes to have to flip it over to see the other side.  |  IP: Logged

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