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I currently work from home two days per week. My supervisor asked if I thought we could do our job 100% work from home. It's not up to her, but that would be cool.
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flosofl posted:The south isn't immune. My brother works in Raleigh and bitches about his commute all the time, and I hear Atlanta is a special joy as well. Realistically working in or around any large metro area is going to have traffic issues. Charlotte is worse than Raleigh by a large margin because of the absurd urban sprawl. Problem is southern cities have barely, if any, good public transportation to get you into the city without a car.
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I used to do Arlington VA (inside the DC beltway) from Annapolis MD. I was lucky if it only took my 1:45 each way (37 miles). Now I only drive 26 miles each way, and it's almost all back roads. Aside from randomly getting stuck behind farm equipment in the summer, it's 25 minutes. I'm falling behind on podcasts...
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Dark Helmut posted:All this talk of ridiculous commutes reaffirms my decision to live in the south. Spoken like someone who definitely does not live in DFW. I mean, it's possible to live near your employer, but holy poo poo the sprawl. And yep, crappy public transportation.
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Spoken like someone who definitely does not live in DFW. I mean, it's possible to live near your employer, but holy poo poo the sprawl. And yep, crappy public transportation. After further review, I'm amending my statement to say "All this talk of ridiculous commutes reaffirms my decision to live in a medium-sized Virginia city that is not in DC hell"
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I would never live or work in a big city without good public transportation. gently caress that poo poo. Also don't move or change jobs with a big commute before reading this - http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/06/the-true-cost-of-commuting/
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Spoken like someone who definitely does not live in DFW. I mean, it's possible to live near your employer, but holy poo poo the sprawl. And yep, crappy public transportation. I have coworkers in the area who keep getting screwed by this. The VPs act like any location in the area is as good as another, ignoring the impact it has when you live in Richardson and the office moves to Addison. Feh.
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Dark Helmut posted:After further review, I'm amending my statement to say "All this talk of ridiculous commutes reaffirms my decision to live in a medium-sized Virginia city that is not in DC hell" Visiting our office in your city reaffirmed my decision to work at the office in my city  edit: especially since I walk to work.
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flosofl posted:The south isn't immune. My brother works in Raleigh and bitches about his commute all the time, and I hear Atlanta is a special joy as well. Dallas loving blows. Thank God I don't live there. Oh wait... http://wtop.com/local/2015/11/interstate-66-worst-drat-freeway-america/
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Erwin posted:Visiting our office in your city reaffirmed my decision to work at the office in my city Hahaha, I didn't know you all had a real office here. Next time let me know and I'll take you to lunch/HH.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Dallas loving blows. Thank God I don't live there. I am SHOCKED that 90/94 is not on that list for Chicago. We just took the crown of the worst stretch of congestion with 12(!!) miles between downtown and the 90/94 spur to the north. http://wgntv.com/2015/11/23/the-worst-traffic-bottleneck-is-in-chicago-study-says/
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You guys know nothing compared to Vancouver http://www.businessinsider.com/20-north-american-cities-with-the-worst-traffic-2013-1?op=1
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Dark Helmut posted:Hahaha, I didn't know you all had a real office here. Next time let me know and I'll take you to lunch/HH. We did (it was even our billing address until recently), but it's down to 1 person plus another small office out near Charlottesville, so I haven't visited in a while. If I do I'll hit you up.
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CLAM DOWN posted:You guys know nothing compared to Vancouver Who the gently caress uses Tom Tom's? We have cellphone coverage here. My 20 mile, half hour commute quadruples during rush hour (which is actually 3-5 hours long). Both ways. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Dec 3, 2015 |
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Dec 3, 2015 20:05
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:That report is taken from TomTom data. It's pretty common here for built-in car systems, and they use partner's data too.
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mayodreams posted:I am SHOCKED that 90/94 is not on that list for Chicago. We just took the crown of the worst stretch of congestion with 12(!!) miles between downtown and the 90/94 spur to the north. The real injustice is the Illinois tolls. You'd think paying a couple bucks every day to fight through 20 mph stop and go stress-inducing traffic would deter some people and alleviate traffic. And the bonus effect of collecting enough money to perpetually keep the highways under construction, further causing traffic problems that people still pay to enjoy.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:The real injustice is the Illinois tolls. You'd think paying a couple bucks every day to fight through 20 mph stop and go stress-inducing traffic would deter some people and alleviate traffic. Could be worse. Could be like some of the states out west where they put up a permanent sign on the Interstate and major surface roads that warns "Road Damage Ahead". Not a temporary one because they're waiting for funds to fix the issue, just a sign telling you "guess what the road's hosed ahead and you're going to have to deal with that indefinitely".
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CLAM DOWN posted:You guys know nothing compared to Vancouver That's measuring the ratio of rush hour to non-rush hour, which just means Vancouver has light traffic sometimes. Some cities never have light traffic, certainly not on a daily basis.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:The real injustice is the Illinois tolls. You'd think paying a couple bucks every day to fight through 20 mph stop and go stress-inducing traffic would deter some people and alleviate traffic. The heaviest traffic areas are not toll roads for the most part. The worst toll road is 294 and that is because is the only real way to get from Indiana to Wisconsin without the clusterfuck of downtown.
Map for reference. Just took this screen shot from Google maps with traffic. Generally rush hour is considered to start at 3pm and this is an hour earlier, and the Kennedy (90/94 north of downtown) is already hosed inbound and at the 94 spur. For reference in commute chat, I live in Northbrook on the northside (clever!), which is about 22 miles from the Loop. 
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I drive from Wisconsin to the south suburbs of Chicago to visit family and gently caress all those roads. The construction is poo poo. Glad we moved the gently caress out 25 years ago.
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mayodreams posted:The heaviest traffic areas are not toll roads for the most part. The worst toll road is 294 and that is because is the only real way to get from Indiana to Wisconsin without the clusterfuck of downtown. Right now driving down Roselle by the new I90 construction feels like a thrilling feat of survival. 
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Kashuno posted:Posting on my butt you always do
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Kashuno posted:Posting on the cloud I thought it was funny lowtax bought the domain theforumsaredown.com
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Methanar posted:I thought it was funny lowtax bought the domain theforumsaredown.com e: gently caress, I forgot all about your resume, I need to get back on that
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Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about working at zulily? I'm interviewing there for a help desk position and I'm just curious.
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Killer Queen posted:Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about working at zulily? I'm interviewing there for a help desk position and I'm just curious.
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Vulture Culture posted:Glassdoor gives them a 2.6/5 with lots of people complaining about overwork for low pay with little opportunity for growth. I've already looked. Glassdoor isn't some esoteric unknown secret. It also doesn't mean very much when 98% of the reviews are for non-IT jobs and most of the very few software engineer etc reviews are fairly positive. I'd rather hear from those with hands-on experience in tech at zulily, which is why I posted in this thread. Cough Drop The Beat fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Dec 4, 2015 |
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Killer Queen posted:I've already looked. Glassdoor isn't some unknown secret. But it doesn't mean very much when 98% of the reviews are for non-IT jobs and most of the software engineer etc reviews are fairly positive. I'd rather hear from those with hands-on experience in tech at zulily, which is why I posted in this thread. Ask question, get answer, be snarky in response, must be a goon.
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MF_James posted:Ask question, get answer, be snarky in response, must be a goon. It's not my fault if Vulture Culture provided me with a literally worthless answer. Thanks though.
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Please if anyone is looking for work make sure you know how to do a resume or hire someone to make yours is nice I have gone through too many today that just feel unreadable or are 5 pages long
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Killer Queen posted:It's not my fault if Vulture Culture provided me with a literally worthless answer. Thanks though. If I were you I'd spend less time worrying about the company and more time worrying about what skills you'd need to develop to possibly be employable in a customer service role
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I was going to talk to you guys about flipping a database cluster but everyone's fighting. 
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Glassdoor is not a very good source as it tends to be a place for disgruntled ex-employees to vent their personal issues, which may not necessarily reflect the company as a whole. I know I'm very satisfied with all aspects of my job and company, and I'm not writing glassdoor reviews.
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Killer Queen posted:It's not my fault if Vulture Culture provided me with a literally worthless answer. Thanks though. You new around here? MC Fruit Stripe posted:I was going to talk to you guys about flipping a database cluster but everyone's fighting. If the servers are 2U or larger I suggest wearing something to support your back. A fully loaded DL380 is pretty heavy to be flipping. CLAM DOWN posted:Glassdoor is not a very good source as it tends to be a place for disgruntled ex-employees to vent their personal issues, which may not necessarily reflect the company as a whole. I know I'm very satisfied with all aspects of my job and company, and I'm not writing glassdoor reviews. True, but it can be useful for spotting trends. I didn't apply for a job at a local company because of multiple reviews on Glassdoor all saying the IT department was poorly run and an afterthought in the company instead of a valued business partner.
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Killer Queen posted:I've already looked. Glassdoor isn't some esoteric unknown secret. It also doesn't mean very much when 98% of the reviews are for non-IT jobs and most of the very few software engineer etc reviews are fairly positive. I'd rather hear from those with hands-on experience in tech at zulily, which is why I posted in this thread. As a potentially helpful piece of advice, help desk and software engineering have basically nothing in common. A help desk grunt is probably gonna have more in common with all those angry customer service people giving them bad reviews than they are a software engineer.
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Killer Queen posted:It's not my fault if Vulture Culture provided me with a literally worthless answer. Thanks though.  MC Fruit Stripe posted:I was going to talk to you guys about flipping a database cluster but everyone's fighting. You still can
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CLAM DOWN posted:Glassdoor is not a very good source as it tends to be a place for disgruntled ex-employees to vent their personal issues, which may not necessarily reflect the company as a whole. I know I'm very satisfied with all aspects of my job and company, and I'm not writing glassdoor reviews. Beyond that, Glassdoor is also dubious because major companies often tell their employees to post positive reviews regularly to flood out the negatives. My current company does this, since we have a very fast-paced environment with questionable work-to-life balance demands, which brings in plenty of negative reviews. Though this doesn't really extend to IT and I really like my job. The only reason I'm looking is because I'm moving to a new city. Conclusion: Glassdoor is pretty much pointless for most large companies.
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skipdogg posted:True, but it can be useful for spotting trends. I didn't apply for a job at a local company because of multiple reviews on Glassdoor all saying the IT department was poorly run and an afterthought in the company instead of a valued business partner. I think Glassdoor rating numbers are pretty worthless, but if there are more than a handful, they're probably worth skimming to see if there are trends, like you said.
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