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blackswordca posted:So a 3 hour lunch came in; Hey i mean at least you get a little bit of a payoff once in awhile. How's that other job looking?
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blackswordca posted:So a 3 hour lunch came in;
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Loose Ifer posted:Hey i mean at least you get a little bit of a payoff once in awhile. How's that other job looking? Nothing concrete yet. I have a bunch of resumes in competitions that close tomorrow, so I don't think I will hear back until next week on them at the earliest. I have followed up with the trucking company guy but I haven't heard back. Still skimming various job sites every day for another opportunity.
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Dec 11, 2013 23:48
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nexxai posted:GET BACK IN YOUR POD Whoa now, blacksword stepped into a pod just for that lunch.
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Dec 11, 2013 23:56
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Inspector_666 posted:Whoa now, blacksword stepped into a pod just for that lunch. I was gonna say, I think he's entitled to at least an afternoon in a pod.
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Potato Alley posted:Or stop using 2012 since R2 is out and has the Start button, although all it does it take you to Metro. Eh. Right click that poo poo! And then edit that sweet desktop based menu at C:\Users\$you\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\winx. Win+X also makes this menu pop up
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Hey guys. We have a new monitoring system going live on Friday. It's also not actually done and lots of basic functionality doesn't work quite yet. Lots of those issues have been getting band-aided by the developers putting in half-assed work arounds that just make using the usability tool worse. And by going live, we're of course going to be shutting down the old system which is completely functional and could easily be used as a backup. I'm pretty sure there's lots of pressure from high up to get this thing out because there's no way in hell anybody with half a brain can look at this tool in it's sorry state and say, yeah, I think it's ready. Mind you, this supports 3 million customers and staring at it waiting for something to break makes up about 75% of my job so I'm not really sure how this can be considered acceptable at all. I'm so glad I don't work on Friday. Plus when it doesn't work and something big breaks that goes undetected, I won't be held accountable. Probably.
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Dec 12, 2013 01:26
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AboveAndBeyond posted:"But you see, it's always been there and just make it work I can't do my jo--...." That's fine. I have 3 people in China that'll do your job far cheaper than you, work longer hours, and wont loving bug me about a start button. Don't let the door hit you in the rear end on the way out. (Yes, i'm in my pod, I can dream, cant I?)
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Renegret posted:Mind you, this supports 3 million customers and staring at it waiting for something to break makes up about 75% of my job so I'm not really sure how this can be considered acceptable at all. For perspective, SAP Business By Design was down all of Tuesday. "I can't fix that." And boy am I glad I'm not them, all the data has to be right, all the accounts and permissions have to be right, all of the functionality has to be there, and at least one person from every customer you have will be hitting the site within 10 minutes of going live, whenever you bring it back up. Make your next drink a toast to those poor SOBs.
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Remember about two weeks ago I had that ticket where SBS console was broken on the users server? Well The ticket I had was reopened because the password policy is still causing issues. So I ended up disabling the policy all together to get them to be able to change passwords at all. I looked at the status of the ticket to repair the SBS console and it was assigned to one of the T1 agents who started with us in September. No previous IT experience. The ticket basically says "Spoke to Sr techs about how to repair server.. sending ticket to projects to quote new server" blackswordca fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Dec 12, 2013 |
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Dec 12, 2013 20:03
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A ticket reply came in. The first sentence of it was "To explain why the information and duplicity." and every one after is in the same sort of infinitive verb form. Am I dealing with a gargoyle from the Ultima series? 
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AllTerrineVehicle posted:Coworker asks if I can move a PC, since they're busy. I say sure, just forward me the info. It's definitely not urgent though.
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A server alert came in this morning... Walked in the door around 9:30. Spent the next 4.5 hours troubleshooting why our Rightfax sever could send faxes but not receive. Was on the phone with our Rightfax guys, Cisco guys, and our internal telecom team. Turns out we haven't been receiving faxes since Monday at noon. Cause? What's the cause you say?! Telecom managed to switch the ip address of the rightfax server to an address that doesn't exist. It took us 4.5 hours to figure that out. I hate this place.
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Dec 12, 2013 22:33
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Loose Ifer posted:It took us 4.5 hours to figure that out. I hate this place. I know that feeling I just spent ~45 minutes trying to figure out why a printer was not recognising a new toner cartridge had been installed. I removed and reinserted the cartridge, cleaned all of the electrical contacts between cartridge/drum and drum/printer. restarted the printer etc. Turned out the issue was my boss had shipped them the wrong toner. Toner had same physical size, same contacts and same insertion method, only difference is the toner has a 3500 page capacity compared with the 2000 which it should be using. I guess my problem is I look for the technical solution and sometimes forget that things don't work because someone messed up.
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Dec 12, 2013 23:41
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blackswordca posted:"Spoke to Sr techs about how to repair server.. sending ticket to projects to quote new server" Your new tech will have a great career and will probably be a manager, and a good one, in 10 years tops.
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Kyrosiris posted:A ticket reply came in. The first sentence of it was "To explain why the information and duplicity." and every one after is in the same sort of infinitive verb form. Next time you walk in, just mutter under your breath Vas Kal An Mani In Corp Hur Tym (as long as you have the right reagents). Problem solved, ticket closed.
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Varkk posted:I know that feeling I just spent ~45 minutes trying to figure out why a printer was not recognising a new toner cartridge had been installed. I removed and reinserted the cartridge, cleaned all of the electrical contacts between cartridge/drum and drum/printer. restarted the printer etc. Turned out the issue was my boss had shipped them the wrong toner. Toner had same physical size, same contacts and same insertion method, only difference is the toner has a 3500 page capacity compared with the 2000 which it should be using. I guess my problem is I look for the technical solution and sometimes forget that things don't work because someone messed up. I don't think you can feel bad about being screwed over by a fundamental design flaw.
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Well its going to be one of those days. Got a call from the owner of the company I work for. Apparently the client is having issues and didn't tell me, the Sr tech or account lead. Several people, whos names I am not being told, are having 'speed' issues I can't replicate. The result of this, and the delay in migrating over to the new internet, which was waiting on the account lead and one of the other owners, got me a vague "You need to take more responsibility" and "I don't know if you are going to work out". I'm not sure why its taken over three years to determine I'm not going to work out. For the part of this I can actually look at, the client has a 5mbup/5mbdown connection and after running 25 tests, I am averaging about 4.8mbup/4.76mbdown which is more than acceptable. Ive also run some transfers over the intranet and am getting 15mbt + speeds for large files so I am not seeing issues there. The one person that I know is having issues is in meetings all day so I cant follow up with him. Sent a follow up email to the trucking place and am hoping to hear back soon. It looks like I may be getting lined up to receive a pink slip for Christmas.
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Not sure how it works in Canadia (I think that's where you are?), but here in the States even if you're dismissed "with cause", you have the opportunity to make your case about how the "cause" is pretty much bullshit and you still deserve unemployment. If it even works remotely similarly up there, you should print out a copy of this thread as your defense. But let's rather hope it doesn't come to that.
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You know, I'm getting mighty god damned sick of Friday afternoon "emergency changes" that effectively make my weekend disappear.
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KweezNArt posted:Not sure how it works in Canadia (I think that's where you are?), but here in the States even if you're dismissed "with cause", you have the opportunity to make your case about how the "cause" is pretty much bullshit and you still deserve unemployment. Unless something bad happens, all they can do is lay me off. In the past they lay someone off, pay them a month and don't disclose a reason why so they can get EI. But you have to sign a contract saying you wont steal their customers and the like. Edit: Just got a call from a temp agency for a 3 month role with an energy company at a 20% pay increase.. blackswordca fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Dec 13, 2013 |
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blackswordca posted:Edit: Just got a call from a temp agency for a 3 month role with an energy company at a 20% pay increase..
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Dec 13, 2013 19:26
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An email came in a few days ago: Client who likes me posted:Dear Mustache Ride, Now this isn't terribly bad, however my parent company has changed their processes completely since the last time I was stationed there (6 months ago). So in the past 2 days I've had to learn all of the processes again, including the new Review Platform software. But since I'm a badass, I learned quickly and got up to speed with what they wanted. The result? I'm now working 12 hours a day with few breaks catching my parent company up on all of their leftover bullshit. And because this is still a new job, my pay and Christmas bonus was really really lovely. I don't feel loved this Christmas.
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Dec 13, 2013 19:31
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nexxai posted:I don't care if that energy company rapes bunnies on children's television - TAKE IT. And then walk out doing your best Ignignokt impression. 
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Dec 13, 2013 19:34
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nexxai posted:I don't care if that energy company rapes bunnies on children's television - TAKE IT. Seconded. Let's all spend the rest of the day writing Blacksword's resignation letter. I'll start: To whom it may concern: It is painfully obvious that you are either a: incapable of valuing my work or b: so ridiculously inept it's a wonder you're still in business. I choose to believe in all of the above. Don't call me when Sr. wrecks something else without a check for $500/hr, 4 hour minimum. Piss right the gently caress off. Blacksword P.S. Don't actually call me, even with a check.
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Dec 13, 2013 19:42
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I think a simple "later shitlords" would work better. Bonus points for jumping over a chair on your way out.
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Dec 13, 2013 19:49
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Seconded. Let's all spend the rest of the day writing Blacksword's resignation letter. I'll start: He's in Canada, I fixed it up a bit 
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Paladine_PSoT posted:To whom it may concern: Dude. Nailed it.
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Seconded. Let's all spend the rest of the day writing Blacksword's resignation letter. I'll start: He's Canadian, remember? Also, cheque, as mentioned above.
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Dec 13, 2013 19:53
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I was speaking to a friend of mine, and he suggested "to whom it may concern" be replaced with "dear overlord dickless"
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Dec 13, 2013 19:55
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Don't write anything that will look bad when you're in court defending against an accusation of industrial sabotage or some other frivolous bullshit. Write the mean letter because it will make you feel better, but then send in a super professional letter that talks about how much of a learning experience it was working there and how you're looking forward to opportunities to work together in the future. Or do something where the first letter of every sentence spells out something funny.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Don't write anything that will look bad when you're in court defending against an accusation of industrial sabotage or some other frivolous bullshit. Write the mean letter because it will make you feel better, but then send in a super professional letter that talks about how much of a learning experience it was working there and how you're looking forward to opportunities to work together in the future. Trust me, my real letter will be professional and full of happiness and hope. The mean one will be posted on the forums for future generations of goons to enjoy. edit: However flipping the company building the bird on the way out will probably happen.
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blackswordca posted:I was speaking to a friend of mine, and he suggested "to whom it may concern" be replaced with "dear overlord dickless" Just go with "Dear Sir or Madam" and hand it to your boss, who you work with every day.
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Or intentionally use JUST the opposite gender.
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:Just go with "Dear Sir or Madam" and hand it to your boss, who you work with every day. If you don't mind being a little informal, you could shorten "Dear Sir or Madam" to "Dear Saddam".
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Dear Sir and Madam As per your subtle hinting over the past year, I am doing the needful C-ya Later Shitlords blackswordca
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Dear Sir and/or Madam Best Regards, Blacksword
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:then send in a super professional letter that talks about how much of a learning experience it was working there and how you're looking forward to opportunities to work together in the future. Can't it be both?
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Whenever you write your real "mean" letter, we should chip in to have one of the goon voice actors read it in that "dramatic breakup letter" style, and see if we can't get Shmorky or Everdraed to animate it.
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Why not just not write a real letter at all? Just say you're resigning in two weeks or whatever and leave it at that.
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