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Inspector_666 posted:Are you a Bell?! I don't understand the question
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 19:46 |
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Pissing me off today: case-sensitive usernames. Why would you ever allow there to be two separate accounts distinguished only by capitalization??
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 22:05 |
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Pissing me off: boss showing up at my desk and being super-weird about how I needed to log out RIGHT NOW so she could walk me out the door. Not pissing me off:
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 23:03 |
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meanieface posted:Pissing me off: boss showing up at my desk and being super-weird about how I needed to log out RIGHT NOW so she could walk me out the door. Story time!
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 23:04 |
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ZetsurinPower posted:I don't understand the question Probably a reference to the infamous Rogue Brewery and its job posting, both of which can only be described as "ridiculous." http://www.rogue.com/roguenation/?articleId=2491 Are you a Rogue?
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 23:14 |
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Bob Morales posted:We're still going to use Paychex, just not the timeclock portion. Tell them about http://www.tsheets.com/
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 23:15 |
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Che Delilas posted:Probably a reference to the infamous Rogue Brewery and its job posting, both of which can only be described as "ridiculous." That's what I was aiming for.
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 23:37 |
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ratbert90 posted:Tell them about http://www.tsheets.com/
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 00:00 |
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Pissing me off: vendor test sandboxes. Seriously, if the vendor gives out test "accounts" to trigger specific conditions (rejected, failure, etc.), you would think that they would work more often than "randomly." Attempting to use these accounts should actually do what they are documented to do! Why is one account case sensitive on a single field when none of the fields or accounts are?! It would also help if the test sandboxes had uptime high enough so that developers could actually, you know, test stuff through them reliably.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 00:57 |
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Inspector_666 posted:That's what I was aiming for. I wonder what poor schmuck took that job. It would be a great resume booster for get out of help desk though.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 01:01 |
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GOOCHY posted:Story time! Today was the last day of my two week notice. I'm starting new job Monday, I'll be doing ETL all day! I am super excited. Hit me up on irc sometime if you want tear-inducing stories of the place I'm leaving. I'm so very glad to be going.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 01:08 |
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To give that job opening credit, at least they're honest. I mean everyone's who has looked for an IT job has seen those 'IT/Computer Jesus' jobs that pay horrible. It's just like the Penny Arcade one, except instead of getting some webcomic nerd to do everything and work for peanuts it's a beer nerd.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 01:45 |
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At least there would be a shitload of free and pretty ok beer to make things better.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:33 |
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Galler posted:At least there would be a shitload of free and pretty ok beer to make things better. There is nothing pretty ok about this beer (or any Rogue beers, to be honest). If someone offers you this beer for free, politely turn them down. If you see it in a store, do not be tempted by its Pepto-Bismol colored label. Rogue beer: not even once.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:51 |
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Galler posted:At least there would be a shitload of free and pretty ok beer to make things better. Rogue's management has a reputation for firing people at company wide meetings like they're cast members on Entourage or something. Dead Guy is a good beer. But gently caress Rogue, do not buy their products.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:53 |
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Do they just have a revolving door of sucker beer nerds working that job or what? They don't want to pay 50k, yet how much are they losing by cheaping out on IT? And I'm not at all familiar with the cost of living in Portland but if I had to guess, 50k would be not very good, nevermind what they are actually paying which is most likely well below that.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:56 |
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Bacon maple ale... Wonder if it tastes better on the way out, maybe after running it through that water world piss machine.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:57 |
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Before I noticed the pigs in the background it almost looked like the guy was really angry about grabbing a turd.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 03:08 |
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Moey posted:I wonder what poor schmuck took that job. The person working there now is a goon Fake edit: not me
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 03:51 |
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kensei posted:The person working there now is a goon Considering the depth of some of the wells certain goons have called their home, this does not particularly surprise me. J posted:Do they just have a revolving door of sucker beer nerds working that job or what? I imagine they get the same type of people as those who work for Penny Arcade (also has infamous job posting). Credulous youngsters who buy all the bullshit those companies are shoveling. It's possible that they actually enjoy the work, until they burn out of the whole industry in a couple years from the stress inherent in being the only point of failure for a non-trivially sized organization.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 04:23 |
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kensei posted:The person working there now is a goon What? Dish.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 04:24 |
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stubblyhead posted:What? Dish. It's someone that idles in #oregoons sometimes, I don't know him so I have no stories.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 04:38 |
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Che Delilas posted:I imagine they get the same type of people as those who work for Penny Arcade (also has infamous job posting). Credulous youngsters who buy all the bullshit those companies are shoveling. It's possible that they actually enjoy the work, until they burn out of the whole industry in a couple years from the stress inherent in being the only point of failure for a non-trivially sized organization. quote:There's been a lot of talk about Rogue Ales and its business practices over the past year or two. I worked in their corporate office for a short time and so I'd like to give a brief description of my experience there. Quote courtesy of the beer thread, as the reddit poster has since edited it out from http://www.reddit.com/r/beer/comments/1fql1b/the_short_time_i_spent_working_for_rogue_ales_in/ tl;dr: Don't buy Rogue beer.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 04:44 |
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Sirotan posted:tl;dr: Don't buy Rogue beer. Which should be really easy since their beer is terrible anyway!
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 05:04 |
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Sirotan posted:Quote courtesy of the beer thread, as the reddit poster has since edited it out from http://www.reddit.com/r/beer/comments/1fql1b/the_short_time_i_spent_working_for_rogue_ales_in/ Holy poo poo
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 05:09 |
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kensei posted:It's someone that idles in #oregoons sometimes, I don't know him so I have no stories.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 05:11 |
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It's a neat looking bottle to put on a shelf of neat looking bottles, but it tasted awful.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 05:22 |
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Sonic Dude posted:Tsheets is somehow not the worst out there. It's amazing how many tools can't simultaneously handle weekly overtime and semimonthly pay periods. I'm saying it's good. My friend co-founded it.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 05:49 |
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Why is communication so loving difficult for my boss. He seems to carry on conversations in his head with us where he goes over what he wants, gives us some vague hint at what he wants and then wanders away. When things don't happen like he expects, he gets pissy and explains that he told us what he wants and we just didn't listen. So, couple of weeks ago, he has me mock up a thing in Visio from a drawing he has on his desk. I throw it together really quick and then hit the road to work on a project. Today he comes by and asks why I didn't finish the drawing, as he asked me to not only do the drawing, but trace the cables to where they end up. I head in, trace a bunch, add them to a diagram and hand it back. He asks why I didn't follow the connections to the network taps and trace them from there. I'm sure in his head, he explained what he wanted to me, but goddamn I wish he'd relay that to the real me. However, nowhere near as bad as Rogue at least.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 05:49 |
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Che Delilas posted:Probably a reference to the infamous Rogue Brewery and its job posting, both of which can only be described as "ridiculous." dear god that whole thing makes me cringe...how low is the loving bar at that place for $50k to be considered greedy? The Bell's posting was nothing like that, in fact it was professional and they actually have an HR person. I know several people who work/worked at Bell's and all seemed to love it. I would have pursued it, but it didn't really line up with my goals and I don't like craft beer. ZetsurinPower fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Jun 12, 2014 |
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CitizenKain posted:Why is communication so loving difficult for my boss. He seems to carry on conversations in his head with us where he goes over what he wants, gives us some vague hint at what he wants and then wanders away. When things don't happen like he expects, he gets pissy and explains that he told us what he wants and we just didn't listen. Have you tried explicitly repeating what he just said, to 'clarify' that you're understanding him correctly? "You want me to put this drawing as-is into Visio, am I understanding this correctly?" I'm not saying your boss has the communication skills of a small child, it's just that speaking to bosses like they're small children is mysteriously effective.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 14:59 |
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Does anyone have their specific IT posting from a while back?
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 15:11 |
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Holy poo poo, how have I never seen that before?ZetsurinPower posted:dear god that whole thing makes me cringe...how low is the loving bar at that place for $50k to be considered greedy? I think they summed it up nicely themselves. quote:The Rogue Nation is always on the lookout for hardcore unemployables. Seems that's all they want to get. So when you subtract all of their WE'RE REVOLUTIONARIES, SO HARDCORE bullshit, the synopsis of their listing is almost literally, "Are you absolutely incapable of landing a job anywhere else? Guess you'd better settle for us. Lube up."
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 15:47 |
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Wasn't the thing where the guy's boss wanted him to set up a projector in the middle of a field supposed to happen today?
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 15:51 |
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Wasn't the thing where the guy's boss wanted him to set up a projector in the middle of a field supposed to happen today? Haha yes sir! Headed out in about an hour. Can't wait to see what it looks like.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 16:01 |
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BaseballPCHiker posted:Haha yes sir! Headed out in about an hour. Can't wait to see what it looks like. I wish I could request pictures, but I'll settle for a write-up afterward.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 16:02 |
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CitizenKain posted:Why is communication so loving difficult for my boss. He seems to carry on conversations in his head with us where he goes over what he wants, gives us some vague hint at what he wants and then wanders away. When things don't happen like he expects, he gets pissy and explains that he told us what he wants and we just didn't listen. I'll admit I sometimes do the same thing as your boss (although not quite as bad), but I always tell my guys "Hey, I do this sometimes. If it isn't clear what I'm asking for, ask me some follow up questions." and make it clear I'll never get frustrated with follow up questions, but I'll almost always get frustrated with an incorrect/inaccurate/incomplete end result. Sounds like he could use some self awareness.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 16:14 |
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Auditors. However! I always used to whine in the thread about the young lady in charge of Marketing here deciding that she doesn't like my website efforts and instead of giving me any feedback (she didn't give me one scrap, ever) or even any indication of not liking it, just one day effectively told me that I suck and went to her dad (who happens to be CEO..) to convince him to let her take it off me and pay an external developer to redo it. Incidentally she was keen to let me know (when I raised polite objection to this rather backstabby move) that I'm too slow, as this developer was going to redo the whole thing (hundreds of products and all) in 2 weeks, effectively implying a "wtf do you do all day". This was about 18 months ago, there's been no sign of it, and the existing site I was happily updating has been static in that time with anyone wanting updates being told not to ask me because there's a much better site coming Real Soon Now. But now I get to bask in a bitter and vindictive but highly satisfying glow of happiness in that it's audit season. Cometh the process manager. "Hey GB, we've got auditors coming, one thing they want to see is our website update procedures, so we're going to need you in some meetings for a few days while..." Never have I been so happy to repeat the words "I'm sorry, it's out of my hands now, you'll need to go and see the ladies in Marketing". Ahhhhhh I fart some auditors in your general direction, my dear.... enjoy (I am mostly over it, life's too short for grudges and I have to work with them so I tend to try and maintain a positive and friendly or at least tolerant relationship. But I'll have to admit... this moment stirred it up again in a satisfying manner) GargleBlaster fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Jun 12, 2014 |
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GargleBlaster posted:(I am mostly over it, life's too short for grudges and I have to work with them so I tend to try and maintain a positive and friendly or at least tolerant relationship. But I'll have to admit... this moment stirred it up again in a satisfying manner) Web design is so frustrating because everybody is an expert
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mewse posted:Web design is so frustrating because everybody is an expert "If I can make a Word document I can make a website, right?"
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