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Cutting Off an Over-Demanding End-User? 466

Posted by Cliff on Monday May 08, 2006 @08:55PM from the gently-saying-"no" dept.

SpaceNeeded asks: "Numbers of you will probably recognize the start of the situation. Because I work with systems, I perform occasional builds. This occasionally crosses over to support (especially where it's my kit I'm asked to support). This isn't a problem, nor is it a problem when I get the occasional support query from someone I haven't supplied a system to, but who needs assistance. This is all well and good, but I've had pretty poor year personally. I've lost two relatives and a third is in a pretty bad way in hospital. An eleven year relationship ended a couple of months back, and I'm now having to perform _all_ the domestic tasks that used to be shared. Between these few things and my regular job I'm finding I have a whole lot less time to allow to support calls. What methods do you know of for gently cutting off someone, support-wise?"

Comment take a cut? NO WaY (Score 1) 577

by cgi700 on Wednesday February 08, 2006 @06:01PM (#14673127) Attached to: Would You Take A Paycut for More Interesting Work?

What will it accomplish for you?
1. Less Income

If you can afford to take the pay cut and there is a VERY STRONG chance of it going up beyond what you have now soon, then MAYBE take the job.

Otherwise just keep looking.

Issues are expenses verses income. If income goes down, so must expenses; otherwise insolvency occurs.

Of course if you are already independently wealthy and do not need a paycheck, by all means, amuse yourself with the more interesting job, since money doesn't matter.

But I presume that you are not, since you have posted a discussion here.

Would "I" do it. No. Not after having done it in the past. It led to me feeling miserable in the long run with current pay which DID NOT go up until I changed jobs again.

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