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If that company cared about doing business on a weekend, they would have at least one person who was paid to be available on the weekend. It's probably less about laziness and more about penny-pinching. Or the off chance that they just don't do business on the weekend, but the odds of that seem low.
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sfwarlock posted:me: "I see what's going on here... gently caress you. You can't fire me, I quit." Never do this unless you already have a start date at another company.
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May 11, 2014 07:01
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Never do this unless you already have a start date at another company. They were walking him out the door anyways. Sooo...
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May 11, 2014 07:39
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RadicalR posted:They were walking him out the door anyways. Sooo... You can still do things like file for unemployment insurance if you're fired, especially when it's as nebulous and bullshit as described. Not so if you quit.
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May 11, 2014 07:45
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You can if you quit due to a hostile work environment. More of an uphill battle than being fired though.
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May 11, 2014 08:29
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Best you talk to an actual lawyer and see what you have a chance of getting. Somehow I doubt "you can't fire me, I quit" when you've just been told you're fired is enough reason to be denied unemployment insurance or to absolve an employer who doesn't follow their written termination policies of guilt. But I can't actually tell you that with any authority. You should at least be able to find a lawyer willing to give you a free half hour consult if you look around.
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May 11, 2014 10:29
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sfwarlock posted:me: "I see what's going on here... gently caress you. You can't fire me, I quit." Or, instead of telling you what you should do, let me be the first to ask what you actually wound up doing since the first thing you mentioned was that it happened a year ago and I think it's safe to assume that you've moved on already.
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May 11, 2014 11:09
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Ozz81 posted:Frustrating and makes me wonder why some people have cell phones if they don't intend to use them. Moving to a house where cell signal is flaky drove it home to me how much we rely on them to work. I've established a policy that Important People need to have multiple methods of contact, like alternate email, landlines, etc. Renegret posted:Or, instead of telling you what you should do, let me be the first to ask what you actually wound up doing since the first thing you mentioned was that it happened a year ago and I think it's safe to assume that you've moved on already. I'm in a much better place now, emotionally, professionally and financially. As for what ended up happening... I can't comment. I'll just say they got theirs, I got mine, and leave it at that. EDIT: Although I will point out, the statement of "You can't fire me, I quit." came after the statement of "You're fired." - i.e, after I'd already been fired... sfwarlock fucked around with this message at 16:28 on May 11, 2014 |
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May 11, 2014 16:22
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My cell blows rear end at my house so much so that work purchased a Verizon network extender for my home.
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sfwarlock posted:Moving to a house where cell signal is flaky drove it home to me how much we rely on them to work. I've established a policy that Important People need to have multiple methods of contact, like alternate email, landlines, etc. Sounds like someone did lawyer up!  e: and settled out of court. Renegret fucked around with this message at 16:57 on May 11, 2014 |
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May 11, 2014 16:44
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Renegret posted:Sounds like someone did lawyer up! Or killed their family pet and burnt down the house.
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Speaking of IPv6, I've been getting it set up in my apartment for shits and giggles, and I noticed there's no thread about it (and nothing shows up in search [or is search just broken?]) Is there enough demand for one, or should we just roll it into the networking thread? I'm no expert, but I'm getting better at it. e. I just realized we have a home networking thread and that question probably goes better there. Sorry! A ticket came in...because the power went out of our building and no one would give us a budget for a UPS for critical gear. Here's to hoping they will now! I will say, though, we got everything major back up within an hour and the downtime actually gave me some time to unfuck a hosed-up RAID array. Casull fucked around with this message at 20:26 on May 11, 2014 |
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May 11, 2014 20:22
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sfwarlock posted:EDIT: Although I will point out, the statement of "You can't fire me, I quit." came after the statement of "You're fired." - i.e, after I'd already been fired...
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Verloc posted:This. Even in at-will states (AKA states with the shittiest of lovely poo poo worker protections) not following your own policies is grounds to get the gently caress sued out of you and lose handsomly. A company with 'we require 2 written disciplinary actions before terminating a worker' in the handbook that fired you and is unable to produce said countersigned write-ups would be in position for enough of a legal slam dunk that at the bare minimum their legal department would want to settle generously out of court before their collective corporate rear end in a top hat gets left in ruins by the settlement. This is why I am soooo looking forwards to this week. The fellow employee who was assaulted by his boss lawyered up and went to CEO demanding that the boss be fired per the employee handbook (which clearly states that anyone who assaults a fellow employee will be fired immediately). They have yet to do it and he gave them until start of business this week. It's going to be a magical week.
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May 11, 2014 21:30
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the spyder posted:This is why I am soooo looking forwards to this week. The fellow employee who was assaulted by his boss lawyered up and went to CEO demanding that the boss be fired per the employee handbook (which clearly states that anyone who assaults a fellow employee will be fired immediately). They have yet to do it and he gave them until start of business this week. It's going to be a magical week. Ooh drama! Keep us informed.
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May 11, 2014 21:31
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GreenNight posted:Ooh drama! Keep us informed. I like this drama. Much jucier than the poo poo talking with no action or follow up that goes on around here. Renegret fucked around with this message at 00:02 on May 12, 2014 |
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May 11, 2014 22:43
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the spyder posted:This is why I am soooo looking forwards to this week. The fellow employee who was assaulted by his boss lawyered up and went to CEO demanding that the boss be fired per the employee handbook (which clearly states that anyone who assaults a fellow employee will be fired immediately). They have yet to do it and he gave them until start of business this week. It's going to be a magical week. Now this is something that's going places. Glad the guy had the balls!
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May 11, 2014 23:49
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the spyder posted:This is why [we are all] soooo looking forwards to this week. Yes, please tell us more as it happens. Ideally he also assaults the lawyer. The cops were called for the original incident right?
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May 12, 2014 00:05
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blackswordca posted:So a wage review came in. Have you handed in your resignation yet?
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Funking Giblet posted:Have you handed in your resignation yet? I don't think you can resign from twisted psychological experiments.
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May 12, 2014 17:26
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Test environment? Why would we use a test environment for in-house tools? In other news, the immutable start time for all automatically generated tickets is now 0 in Epoch time. Goodbye metrics. My average ticket creation time is now longer than I've been alive. Renegret fucked around with this message at 18:16 on May 12, 2014 |
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May 12, 2014 18:12
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Heners_UK posted:Yes, please tell us more as it happens. Ideally he also assaults the lawyer. I don't believe so, but I'm not involved. There was another manager present (who broke up the fight). Did I mention this happened at a expensive restaurant in front of dozens of people. They were obviously kicked out.
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May 12, 2014 18:28
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An e-mail came in from a recruiterquote:Requirements: Sure let me apply to that right away. My favorite is the HVAC Management thrown in there
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May 12, 2014 19:04
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pr0digal posted:An e-mail came in from a recruiter Is HVAC management starting to become a thing? This is from a position I saw online today: Shipping company IT position posted:POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
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May 12, 2014 19:08
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pr0digal posted:Our ideal candidate is probably a senior help desk person: You will never get promoted and your pay is poo poo. Cool.
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May 12, 2014 19:21
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blackswordca posted:Is HVAC management starting to become a thing? I'm at a loss to how you'd manage HVAC other than call the repair guy when it breaks.
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May 12, 2014 19:22
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Lareous posted:I'm at a loss to how you'd manage HVAC other than call the repair guy when it breaks. You're now that guy.
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May 12, 2014 19:24
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Lareous posted:I'm at a loss to how you'd manage HVAC other than call the repair guy when it breaks. I guess it falls into the "If it has power, you support it" category
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May 12, 2014 19:26
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Lareous posted:I'm at a loss to how you'd manage HVAC other than call the repair guy when it breaks. Manage the "Please do not touch thermostat" signs when they fall/are ripped down?
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May 12, 2014 19:26
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Lareous posted:I'm at a loss to how you'd manage HVAC other than call the repair guy when it breaks. Large HVAC systems tend to use a control/scheduling/monitoring software, hence some shitbox running NT/98/2000/2003/XP. The thought process is along the lines of "ohh we need to make changes to the HVAC scheduling program, let's make the IT guy do it since he's good at computers."
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May 12, 2014 19:29
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pr0digal posted:Our ideal candidate is probably a senior help desk person: And I'm out. blackswordca posted:MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Out again. "We will fight infrastructure investments tooth and nail. How's that hypertension treatin' ya?"
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May 12, 2014 19:31
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blackswordca posted:Is HVAC management starting to become a thing? I like the AS400 requirement thrown in out of nowhere
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May 12, 2014 19:32
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We have a backup generator at our mental hospital that can easily power the whole place multiple times over. Problem is, it takes 5 seconds to spin up which is enough time to take out our whole network about once a month when Nstar fucks up. Does anyone have a recommendation for some kind of UPS system that would be cost effective? We have a mission critical office that needs 8000 watts max, 4000 watts average, guaranteed for 30 seconds to make sure the generator can kick over. Our budget is $4500, and I can use a mix like a couple really expensive UPS, or a bunch of smaller ones.
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May 12, 2014 19:38
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blackswordca posted:Is HVAC management starting to become a thing? It's worrying if it is... The computer controlling the HVAC system is directly to the left of my PC. Almost as if it were placed there... strategically. 
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May 12, 2014 19:43
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Zero VGS posted:We have a backup generator at our mental hospital that can easily power the whole place multiple times over. How much infrastructure is this ups expected to power for that startup time? Somehow I am thinking 4500 probably isn't going to cut it unless this place is super small.
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May 12, 2014 19:44
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Sickening posted:How much infrastructure is this ups expected to power for that startup time? Somehow I am thinking 4500 probably isn't going to cut it unless this place is super small. It's a small call center, about 16 Optiplex 780's and two Xerox Workcentres that claim 675 watts peak on each. We're lucky to get that much money out of them, frankly.
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May 12, 2014 19:51
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pr0digal posted:An e-mail came in from a recruiter Parking for rogues only.
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May 12, 2014 19:56
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AS400 and HVAC system sounds like my job.
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May 12, 2014 20:01
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Parking for rogues only. I was thinking that or an attempt by Penny Arcade to make the job sound not quite so poo poo. The Windows XP thing is probably the most offensive thing on there, but #1 and #8 are pretty awful too.
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pr0digal posted:Sure let me apply to that right away. My favorite is the HVAC Management thrown in there
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