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larchesdanrew posted:Yeah, I realized what a slippery slope I'm on and went and talked to the guy. He claims he's not upset with me, but that they didn't even ask him if he wanted the job, which he did, and does. I told him that all of that was completely out of my power and has nothing to do with me, but that I just left a job where I had a lot of resentment and hatred for my supervisor and I don't want to be on the other end of that here. I think you should sever all ties to this person OP
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18 Character Limit posted:It was the dawn of the third age of larchesdanrew -- ten weeks after the larches-CE war. I had a chill run down my spine reading this. Time to dig out the DVDs again.
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Make him sit on a buffalo. Whether that's a stack of Buffalo NASs or an actual buffalo is up to you.
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larchesdanrew posted:Yeah, I realized what a slippery slope I'm on and went and talked to the guy. He claims he's not upset with me, but that they didn't even ask him if he wanted the job, which he did, and does. I told him that all of that was completely out of my power and has nothing to do with me, but that I just left a job where I had a lot of resentment and hatred for my supervisor and I don't want to be on the other end of that here. Did you close it out with a hug?
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No, he closed with, "Now, give me my chair back."
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totalnewbie posted:No, he closed with, "Now, give me my chair back." The chair is already covered in boogers, he doesn't want it anymore.
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larchesdanrew posted:Yeah, I realized what a slippery slope I'm on and went and talked to the guy. He claims he's not upset with me, but that they didn't even ask him if he wanted the job, which he did, and does. I told him that all of that was completely out of my power and has nothing to do with me, but that I just left a job where I had a lot of resentment and hatred for my supervisor and I don't want to be on the other end of that here. Amongst all the jokes I'll say this is a really great way to have dealt with this. I'd also add that you could try and work with whoever's above to figure out why he wasn't considered for or offered the job, and assuming it's some skills deficiency and not some bullshit, try and groom him to take over for you at some point when you move on.
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larchesdanrew posted:Yeah, I realized what a slippery slope I'm on and went and talked to the guy. He claims he's not upset with me, but that they didn't even ask him if he wanted the job, which he did, and does. I told him that all of that was completely out of my power and has nothing to do with me, but that I just left a job where I had a lot of resentment and hatred for my supervisor and I don't want to be on the other end of that here. This response alone is better than many, many managers out there right now. Including mine...
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FISHMANPET posted:Amongst all the jokes I'll say this is a really great way to have dealt with this. I'd also add that you could try and work with whoever's above to figure out why he wasn't considered for or offered the job, and assuming it's some skills deficiency and not some bullshit, try and groom him to take over for you at some point when you move on. Or so he can move into a similar position when HE moves on. The best managers I have had have always been the ones who pushed us to get better qualified so we could leave our current jobs, even if it cost them talent. They kept huge amounts of talent that could have moved on, simply because that made us loyal.
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Crotch Fruit posted:CE: Larch, I am your father. Plot-twist: New subordinate is former CE's bastard child.
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larchesdanrew posted:Yeah, I realized what a slippery slope I'm on and went and talked to the guy. He claims he's not upset with me, but that they didn't even ask him if he wanted the job, which he did, and does. I told him that all of that was completely out of my power and has nothing to do with me, but that I just left a job where I had a lot of resentment and hatred for my supervisor and I don't want to be on the other end of that here. Actually being upfront with people like that is huge, unless the guy is a total tit he'll probably come around to what you are doing. What does such is how they treated him for that position, I applied for a position and only found out I didn't get it when the new person started. I resented the new person fo awhile, which I'm not proud of, but I eventually realized that it wasn't their fault and they are really good at their job. Still wish I got that position though, department I'm stuck in has turned into a huge shitshow.
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Client called, natives enjoyed New Years Eve a little too much and celebratory gun fire came through the roof and hit 2 feet from their server. Currently devising armor plating for server/network closet. Texas, y'all. Proud Christian Mom fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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So I didn't get half of the references you guys made. Can you guys help me out?
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Between the time when Dick Trauma exited his pod and the dropping of blackswordca's testicles, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, larchesdanrew, destined to wear the heavy anchor of Buffalo around a bearded neck. It is us, the SH/SC goons, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of hypertension!
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Plot-twist: Episode 7 The CE's Empire had been defeated yet in the chaos a new order arose from the ashes clutching the melted remains of CE's buffalo. Having failed to train a new league of IT knights, Larch went into hiding. Larch's sidekick set the fastest record for copying the Kessel file to the Buffalo NAS in 12 parsecs. Not Wolverine fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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Three disks for Windows drives under RAID 5 Seven for the database in its flexcone Nine for striped scratch doomed to die One for the CE on his dark throne In the studio basement where the shadows lie One Buffalo to sync them all, one NAS to find them One NAS to bring them all and with the LDAP bind them In the studio basement where the shadows lie
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Aunt Beth posted:Three disks for Windows drives under RAID 5 
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Aunt Beth posted:Three disks for Windows drives under RAID 5 For some reason I'm reminded of Welcome to Night Vale. Taco Bell, Live Mas
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Aunt Beth posted:Three disks for Windows drives under RAID 5 I wish thread titles could be longer
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go3 posted:Client called, natives enjoyed New Years Eve a little too much and celebratory gun fire came through the roof and hit 2 feet from their server. Currently devising armor plating for server/network closet. Are you loving serious? Holy poo poo.
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larchesdanrew posted:So, we're going to sit down twice a week and get on the same page, he'll update me on IT stuff, and I'll update him on any future plans and ideas for the department. Keep those meetings religiously. They're hugely important for the day to day work, and keeping them faithfully shows your employee that you do care. Monday's and Friday's are bad for the recurring personal times with staff - they get cancelled regularly by three day weekends. More than once a week is great, but make one primary and hold to it. I had years of my Friday call with the director in the home office being cancelled or… heck, not cancelled, straight up ignored and not followed up on. That poo poo sucked.
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Swink posted:Are you loving serious? Holy poo poo. Not surprised in the least. loving rednecks.
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larchesdanrew posted:Who knows, I've never been a manager before, what do you expect from me, drat. The single fact that you're risen from the rank and file should make you a better manager than most. You know what managers do that is annoying, and what you would expect a decent manager to do. (Why doesn't the US military require their officers to have been regular troops first? That just seems odd to me.)
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Crowley posted:The single fact that you're risen from the rank and file should make you a better manager than most. You know what managers do that is annoying, and what you would expect a decent manager to do. It helps to have officers who have a moderate amount of intelligence. They don't really want their grunts to be too intelligent. IMO at least.
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Khisanth Magus posted:It helps to have officers who have a moderate amount of intelligence. They don't really want their grunts to be too intelligent. IMO at least. Works OK for us, but that's a debate for another thread. Or on IRC.
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larchesdanrew posted:Who knows, I've never been a manager before, what do you expect from me, drat. You being up front with him puts the ball in his court in terms of whether or not he's going to be an rear end in a top hat. Most people are generally cool when you approach them the way you approached him, though. So I think you'll probably end up having a good working relationship unless it turns out he's childish and vindictive. If it turns out poorly there's no way he can claim any of it is your fault, and that's really as much as you can reasonably do. Laying out responsibilities is a good way to go and letting him know that his input is valuable will go a long way. Because you have broad decision-making power you have the ability to make his job a lot easier or a lot harder depending on what kind of feedback he's willing to give you.
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What is up with support departments that insist on phoning you rather than just working a case through the tickets? Just tell me what information you need me to get, and if we get stuck and a phone call will help then let's talk.
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Thanks Ants posted:What is up with support departments that insist on phoning you rather than just working a case through the tickets? Just tell me what information you need me to get, and if we get stuck and a phone call will help then let's talk. Hell, they're making the problem a little worse by doing this, because now you won't even have the info on-hand if you need it later.
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Thanks Ants posted:What is up with support departments that insist on phoning you rather than just working a case through the tickets? Just tell me what information you need me to get, and if we get stuck and a phone call will help then let's talk. Well either their manager yelled at them to do it to do some weird show of "we care, we care I swear we care!" or their metrics basically make it impossible for email chanins to get things resolved, or you don't answer your email. Probably the first two.
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OWLS! posted:Well either their manager yelled at them to do it to do some weird show of "we care, we care I swear we care!" or their metrics basically make it impossible for email chanins to get things resolved, or you don't answer your email. Probably the first two.
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go3 posted:Client called, natives enjoyed New Years Eve a little too much and celebratory gun fire came through the roof and hit 2 feet from their server. Currently devising armor plating for server/network closet. Screw percussive maintenance, ballistic maintenance is the way to go.
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