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Xenoletum posted:I didn't actively hate anyone there. Everyone was super nice and courteous and bent over backwards to make me feel welcome too. This was a fantastic job and it's super depressing. I know how you feel, I got laid off at this same time last year. Hang in there bro, since that happened I've got a fantastic job that I really enjoy. get you some unemployment and start calling recruiters. You'll find something soon.
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captkirk posted:Ah, I see you brought in your packet sniffer. The danger is when he drops packets.
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Xenoletum posted:A call came in. That's hosed up  The next job will be so much better though gently caress those fuckers anyway
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Dudley posted:Then hopefully they'll realise you're being ironic when you yell "So long Shitlords!" on the way out. They escorted me out right after they told me. It was scummy but the people responsible for it are in an office 100 miles away. Helpdesk was primarily out there and I was the lone tech. No severence pay and I was there for 4 months. I don't qualify for UI benefits. I'm in South Jersey and I just updated my resume and sent several out already. Hopefully something bites.
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Dec 19, 2014 18:18
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Xenoletum posted:They escorted me out right after they told me. It was scummy but the people responsible for it are in an office 100 miles away. Helpdesk was primarily out there and I was the lone tech. That sucks man. Good luck.
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Dec 19, 2014 18:19
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Xenoletum posted:They escorted me out right after they told me. It was scummy but the people responsible for it are in an office 100 miles away. Helpdesk was primarily out there and I was the lone tech.
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Xenoletum posted:They escorted me out right after they told me. It was scummy but the people responsible for it are in an office 100 miles away. Helpdesk was primarily out there and I was the lone tech. Jesus, what the hell
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Xenoletum posted:They escorted me out right after they told me. It was scummy but the people responsible for it are in an office 100 miles away. Helpdesk was primarily out there and I was the lone tech. Got help whoever has to ever escort my out of anywhere. I hear how employers want to just walk you out and ship you your stuff but gently caress that, my stuff is leaving with me and that's that. I mean what is going to happen? Someone going to try to arm bar me for grabbing my backpack from my desk? Call the cops on me for grabbing my lunch box out of the fridge? If so, which brave soul is going to go down try that one out? 
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Dec 19, 2014 18:38
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ElGroucho posted:Jesus, what the hell A lot of places do this. Let's be honest, most of us could cause some serious damage with less than 60 secs in front of a keyboard, so it's common sense to prevent it. And if you make it a policy that applies to everyone, you shouldn't get too offended - though I understand how it feels insulting when it happens to you.
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Dec 19, 2014 18:57
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spog posted:A lot of places do this. He's not criticizing the fact that he was walked out, he's criticizing the fact that he wasn't paid for a reasonable notice period and that he lives in a shithole that doesn't offer reasonable unemployment insurance.
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"Let me go get my stuff in the server room quickly" *Puts sandwich between rack servers* "Have fun!"
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m.hache posted:"Let me go get my stuff in the server room quickly" The correct answer is "Open can of tuna in the drop ceiling".
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:He's not criticizing the fact that he was walked out, he's criticizing the fact that he wasn't paid for a reasonable notice period and that he lives in a shithole that doesn't offer reasonable unemployment insurance. That's what is shocking me, I would expect at least a month severance pay
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m.hache posted:"Let me go get my stuff in the server room quickly" I opened a can of salsa and put it in my desk drawer and locked it/chucked the keys in our "Mishmash of crap" bucket where it will never be found. Lay off the IT staff and replace us with the intern? You are in for a rough road already. But now it's a road that smells like salsa.
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Sickening posted:Got help whoever has to ever escort my out of anywhere. I hear how employers want to just walk you out and ship you your stuff but gently caress that, my stuff is leaving with me and that's that. I mean what is going to happen? Someone going to try to arm bar me for grabbing my backpack from my desk? Call the cops on me for grabbing my lunch box out of the fridge? If so, which brave soul is going to go down try that one out? ...the security guy?
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Dec 19, 2014 21:03
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Yeah all those office buildings who have their own security. It's not as popular as you may think.
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Sickening posted:I mean what is going to happen? Rhymenoserous posted:I opened a can of salsa and put it in my desk drawer and locked it/chucked the keys in our "Mishmash of crap" bucket where it will never be found. Lay off the IT staff and replace us with the intern? You are in for a rough road already. But now it's a road that smells like salsa. Getting fired the week before xmas without some outrageous cause is still pretty lovely though.
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The company we service doesn't even want its contractors to fire people on site at all. The food services provider here does it over the telephone. My company at least has the decency to arrange a person to person meeting offsite.
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Dec 19, 2014 21:21
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GreenNight posted:Yeah all those office buildings who have their own security. It's not as popular as you may think. And even when they do the average person isn't exactly rambo. It just seems comical to me but then again I never worked at a place that was too crazy about these things.
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ElGroucho posted:That's what is shocking me, I would expect at least a month severance pay Don't expect anything beneficial from any employer, ever. I hate to say it, but being there for 4 months doesn't engender much of a relationship for severance pay. Although in NJ, if you've worked for 18 months consecutively, you are eligible for UI - Xenoletum, be sure to file for UI no matter what. At least get your name in the system; if you don't qualify for UI benefits directly you get access to the options the UI offices can provide. Placement, training, etc.
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evobatman posted:What came in today: AN OFFICE PUPPY!!!! Our Director of Nonhuman Resources got appropriate attire yesterday. 
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ElGroucho posted:That's what is shocking me, I would expect at least a month severance pay The idea of severance pay is a much a dream to me as the concept of retirement and savings. 
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Inspector_666 posted:The idea of severance pay is a much a dream to me as the concept of retirement and savings. I've been contributing to RRSP's since I was 18 but at such a minimal amount. I seriously cannot stress enough to people in their early 20's that yes, you do have to start worrying about retirement now if you plan on retiring by 55-60.
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I have been contributing for a 401k at 5% (with a 3% match) for a year and a half now, but 5% of $notenough is still pitiful.
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Thank you everyone for your outpouring of support. I've already been going crazy with resumes online so hopefully something shows up. They escorted me out because I pretty much had an emotional breakdown the minute they told me due to a bunch of e/n Bullshit with my life. They didn't want me losing my poo poo in front of everyone and causing a scene. No severance pay because I was just a simple phone jockey/email wrangler.
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Xenoletum posted:Thank you everyone for your outpouring of support. I've already been going crazy with resumes online so hopefully something shows up.  Good luck dude, good on you for getting to work quickly. You'll get a better job quick like that. Blow some steam off in your MMO of choice tonight, since you've put in your time getting that job lined up, you can do so guilt-free.
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Isn't there some awful HR reason for doing their firing during the holidays?
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Isn't there some awful HR reason for doing their firing during the holidays? Makes the beginning of the year payroll look better.
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Guys, it finally happened. After an unlucky lightning strike at our transmitter caused a huge budget cut and scrapping of my earlier approval for upgrades, corporate has finally REapproved upgrading our domain controller from NT to 2012. They also approved upgrading our small-business grade router (which shits itself and shuts down whenever pulling >20Mbps) to an enterprise grade firewall with filtering, antivirus, and bandwidth allocations. I just finished making the orders and they should be here in early January. It's a Christmas miracle 
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Ebenezer CE/FO has seen the error of his ways. NOW ON TO NT->2000->2003-2008R2->2012R2 domain migration! e: you must keep the domain, if only for the insane whencreated attribute.
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incoherent posted:Ebenezer CE/FO has seen the error of his ways. NOW ON TO NT->2000->2003-2008R2->2012R2 domain migration! Christ. It's a lovely do-nothing domain. I'm rebuilding the network from the ground up 
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incoherent posted:Ebenezer CE/FO has seen the error of his ways. NOW ON TO NT->2000->2003-2008R2->2012R2 domain migration! Tried this once (NT4->2000->2003->2003R2), except the NT short name had a special character in it, so Windows 2003 choked. Had to build a new domain from scratch. I was much happier with that outcome.
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incoherent posted:Ebenezer CE/FO has seen the error of his ways. NOW ON TO NT->2000->2003-2008R2->2012R2 domain migration! Roll the clock back when you're creating the domain?
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Ursine Asylum posted:Roll the clock back when you're creating the domain? That's just not the same thing
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peak debt posted:That's just not the same thing I won't tell anyone if you don't. Leave your successor scratching his head in amazement. Have birthday parties for your domain and never tell another soul that it's going to the bar with a fake ID. Take the secret to your grave.
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Ursine Asylum posted:I won't tell anyone if you don't. Leave your successor scratching his head in amazement. Have birthday parties for your domain and never tell another soul that it's going to the bar with a fake ID. Take the secret to your grave. Set the domain created date to a week after NT first introduced active directory. Claim it's the oldest known surviving NT domain.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Isn't there some awful HR reason for doing their firing during the holidays? I think most companies are planning for next year during the period leading up to it and that is when they decide to eliminate or create positions. I have one client who specifically plans their years July-July to avoid ending contracts during the Chirstmas-New Year period.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Isn't there some awful HR reason for doing their firing during the holidays? So they don't have to pay you during the holiday days, it saves them a couple weeks of wages!
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I realize it's not as bad as Xenoletum's situation but just got told there will be no bonus this year so that's fun. Got promoted to what they call level 2.5 in here and that means I'm also ineligible for the crappy wage increase that replaced the bonus. 3rd year in a row we have had money taken away from us, overtime or whatever. Only my fault that I am still here I guess. I really need to make a move from answering the drat phone to lovely financial advisers who need everything fixed nooooooooow.
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NZAmoeba posted:So they don't have to pay you during the holiday days, it saves them a couple weeks of wages! In other news, I was in Auckland today, down the road from Xero. I did consider nosing around to have a look, but decided that being escorted from the building screaming "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I KNOW NZAMOEBA FROM THE FORUM! HE'S A GOON LIKE ME! WE PRIVATE MESSAGED TWO YEARS AGO!" probably wasn't the best course of action.
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