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The longest I've ever been at one company was just shy of four years, and I'd been looking to move on for a while at that point. I really can't conceive of staying at one place for such a long time. My dad was a college professor and spent about 35 years at the same school.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I don't go for this at all. The whole "I get to be a dick until I've had my coffee because isn't that charming?" - if you're at work, you're on. Edited my post, forgot to add these people don't drink coffee 
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Jul 27, 2016 13:30
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stubblyhead posted:I really can't conceive of staying at one place for such a long time. My dad was a college professor and spent about 35 years at the same school.
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Jul 27, 2016 13:32
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Bob Morales posted:It would be nice to have that kind of job security. There are a ton of people at my company that have been there that long or nearly that long, but it's probably because none of them have any ambition.
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Jul 27, 2016 13:43
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PBS posted:There are a ton of people at my company that have been there that long or nearly that long, but it's probably because none of them have any ambition. It was an Office Space quote. Peter Gibbons: What if we're still doing this when we're fifty? Samir: It would be nice to have that kind of job security. Related: How useless someone is at my place of employment correlates to how long they have been here.
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Jul 27, 2016 13:45
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I don't go for this at all. The whole "I get to be a dick until I've had my coffee because isn't that charming?" - if you're at work, you're on. I had to stop drinking caffeine at the start of this year, going from three or four cups a day to nothing basically overnight. Turns out I'm exactly the same without it as I was with it, which is to say I can do my goddamned job in the morning.
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Jul 27, 2016 13:50
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Why "had to"?
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Jul 27, 2016 13:53
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Caffeine can complicate the care of some medical conditions.
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Jul 27, 2016 13:59
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stubblyhead posted:Why "had to"?
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Jul 27, 2016 13:59
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stubblyhead posted:Why "had to"? I developed atrial fibrillation, and caffeine and alcohol are bad for it. After spending a week in a cardiac critical care unit I was a bit gunshy about ever touching either again, but after assurances from my consultant that in moderation it's ok, I've worked I can have a beer or two or one decent cup of coffee without setting it off. Mostly I stick to decaf though. Edit: I should have said Mormonism.
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Jul 27, 2016 14:10
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stubblyhead posted:The longest I've ever been at one company was just shy of four years, and I'd been looking to move on for a while at that point. I really can't conceive of staying at one place for such a long time. My dad was a college professor and spent about 35 years at the same school. I've been at this job longer than any other job.  Granted, my actual work responsibilities and load changes fairly frequently and most of the people I work with are enjoyable. (Those that aren't are so off the scale in the other direction that they show up here  )At my fifth year, I got two $100 gift cards, a bottle of top-shelf scotch, and an iPhone/iPod radio dealie.
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Jul 27, 2016 14:38
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Bob Morales posted:We have a few people here that are totally zombies/assholes until 10:30am or so. They don't drink coffee. This is me. Except if I drank coffee I'd be in the bathroom until 10:30, so either way it sucks.
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Jul 27, 2016 15:41
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Orcs and Ostriches posted:This is me. Drink your first cup of coffee, take your first poo poo. Ready to go.
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Jul 27, 2016 15:47
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Bob Morales posted:We have a few people here that are totally zombies/assholes until 10:30am or so. They don't EDIT: I also know people that just have chronic sleeping issues and they will be out of it until they wake up. But still, being assholes because of it is a dick move. ptier fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Jul 27, 2016 |
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Jul 27, 2016 16:00
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stubblyhead posted:The longest I've ever been at one company was just shy of four years, and I'd been looking to move on for a while at that point. I really can't conceive of staying at one place for such a long time. My dad was a college professor and spent about 35 years at the same school. I'm in my 6th year here. I've stayed because I keep getting (good) changes in responsibilities (along with raises), or in the case of 2 weeks ago, a promotion and bump in pay grade. As long as things stay interesting and the compensation matches or exceeds industry avg, I'm cool staying here for a while. Arsten posted:most of the people I work with are enjoyable. (Those that aren't are so off the scale in the other direction that they show up here This too.
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Jul 27, 2016 16:06
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Despite my long history of terrible employers I've actually done better the last 15 years in terms of duration. I've gone something like 4 years, 3 years, 2 years, 4 years and I'm now 1.5 years into this job. Going all the way back to high school though holy poo poo have I had a lot of jobs, some as short as 1 day. There are times when one of these old jobs will bubble up from my memory and I'll be like "Oh, yeah... I colorized black and white movies once..." Driving around L.A. is like visiting a graveyard of past jobs and interviews.
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Jul 27, 2016 16:17
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Due to changes in management and dick-measuring contests, for any future and ongoing work in my queue I must provide a date by which the work will be done. I must do so without any requirements being gathered, and without any "difficulty" estimates on the work. Additionally, I'm held to this date come hell or high water. If my boss directly tells me to postpone work for client B because client C is having a hissy fit (this happens), and I blow B's date because of the excessive hand-holding and over-analysis required at whim but not included in my timeline, I'm in trouble. If I suggest we write unit tests to deal with some of this, I get yelled at. (Actual yelling.) I spent thirty minutes going through my queue yesterday with said boss, so I'd know what was "priority work", then got a change in priorities and request for final dates on new work first thing this morning. 
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Jul 27, 2016 16:28
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My 15 year anniversary is a month away. Government work makes you complacent. It's a pretty good gig too, frustrations aside.In my defense, the wife and I have been making plans to uproot and move across the country but it's still a year or two off.
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Jul 27, 2016 16:57
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meanieface posted:I spent thirty minutes going through my queue yesterday with said boss, so I'd know what was "priority work", then got a change in priorities and request for final dates on new work first thing this morning. Sounds like it's time to 
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Jul 27, 2016 17:01
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stubblyhead posted:The longest I've ever been at one company was just shy of four years, and I'd been looking to move on for a while at that point. I really can't conceive of staying at one place for such a long time. My dad was a college professor and spent about 35 years at the same school. That's because academics fear the real world. My Dad works at a university and professor left at 50. He had no idea how to go about getting another job since he never had to find one before.
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Jul 27, 2016 17:25
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nexus6 posted:That's because academics fear the real world. My Dad works at a university and professor left at 50. He had no idea how to go about getting another job since he never had to find one before. Its not just academics. Baby boomers who suddenly have to job hunt make me laugh and cry at the same time, since they don't understand that you can't just walk in and hand over a resume to a hiring manager. A few years back while I still struggling to get my life on track, my stepdad cost me a job I was gonna get(at the local WISP) because he didn't understand that calling someone or stopping in at their office every single day is not considered an admirable sign of tenacity nowadays, just an obnoxious prick.
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Jul 27, 2016 17:32
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RFC2324 posted:Its not just academics. Baby boomers who suddenly have to job hunt make me laugh and cry at the same time, since they don't understand that you can't just walk in and hand over a resume to a hiring manager. This still works in some industries, because the management is mostly boomers. I've heard stories from people during the down turn where their parents will walk into a place and come out proud that they managed to get a job application for their post-grad child at entry-level wages, following it up with phrases like "In my day, you worked your way up! " One of the guys I hired a few years ago got kicked out of his parents' house because he apparently got all sarcastic at his mother and was like "Thanks. I couldn't have secured this 7-11 job application without you."
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Jul 27, 2016 18:06
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You gotta keep in mind that once you're older than 35 the world gives no shits about you or what you think, it's moved on and changed with no fanfare. Granted being old means you should be wise enough to know you're missing out so let's just go with everyone is an ignorant doofus.
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Jul 27, 2016 18:13
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xzzy posted:You gotta keep in mind that once you're older than 35 the world gives no shits about you or what you think, it's moved on and changed with no fanfare. gently caress, I'm about to turn 37. Guess I'll just have to make myself feel better owning things and doing what I want with my life, while doing everything I can to make sure those drat millennials can never succeed in life.
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Jul 27, 2016 18:22
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RFC2324 posted:gently caress, I'm about to turn 37. Bad news, you're basically dead. From here on it's matinee movies and bifocals.
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Jul 27, 2016 18:26
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xzzy posted:Bad news, you're basically dead. From here on it's matinee movies and bifocals. But we get to eat earlier and go to bed whenever the hell we please (7pm!)
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Jul 27, 2016 18:27
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xzzy posted:Bad news, you're basically dead. From here on it's matinee movies and bifocals. Please. Bifocals are so Ben Franklin. The new hotness is trifocals! You can't even tell if you are walking on ground or memories! RFC2324 posted:gently caress, I'm about to turn 37.
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Jul 27, 2016 18:32
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Arsten posted:Please. Bifocals are so Ben Franklin. The new hotness is trifocals! You can't even tell if you are walking on ground or memories! What if its sex so weird it makes the youngins gag? 
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Jul 27, 2016 18:38
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this thread has taken an odd turn, you old farts need to stop waking up at 4am and talking about old man stuff, go pop a viagra and have some fun before work.
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Jul 27, 2016 18:52
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MF_James posted:this thread has taken an odd turn, you old farts need to stop waking up at 4am and talking about old man stuff, go pop a viagra and have some fun before work. My trophy wife is still asleep.
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Jul 27, 2016 18:52
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RFC2324 posted:My trophy wife is still asleep. I could say some really gross poo poo about waking her up but I'll refrain :p
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Jul 27, 2016 18:53
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During an impromptu lunchtime trivia contest people broke up into age range teams and I was claimed by the THIRTIES. 
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Jul 27, 2016 18:54
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RFC2324 posted:My trophy wife is still asleep. Then you shouldn't have slipped her a mickey in the first place.
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Jul 27, 2016 18:54
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Arsten posted:Then you shouldn't have slipped her a mickey in the first place. MF_James posted:I could say some really gross poo poo about waking her up but I'll refrain :p
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Jul 27, 2016 18:58
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meanieface posted:Due to changes in management and dick-measuring contests, for any future and ongoing work in my queue I must provide a date by which the work will be done. I must do so without any requirements being gathered, and without any "difficulty" estimates on the work. "What are the final dates for Projects A, B, C, D, and E?" "It's hard to say, it really depends on how long it takes you to find my replacement."
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MF_James posted:this thread has taken an odd turn, you old farts need to stop waking up at 4am and talking about old man stuff, go pop a viagra and have some fun before work. I wake up a 530 to go to the gym. meanieface posted:If I suggest we write unit tests to deal with some of this, I get yelled at. (Actual yelling.) Lmbo, if somebody yelled at me I would get up and walk right out without a second thought. Holy poo poo why haven't you yet? FlapYoJacks fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Jul 27, 2016 |
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Jul 27, 2016 19:45
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Pissing me off: I work for an MSP. In the last few months: We finally said we were going to treat ourselves like we do our clients. Previous admin team who is constantly booked with client work retains control and doesn't bother responding when I put in a change request to help clean up our systems. We show work by ticket time\utilization. Today I've had a grand total of 3 tickets taking less than 10 minutes each. Anxiety of worrying i'll be fired is now permanent. Previously a Infrastructure Engineer, now I'm Service Desk Tier 2.  I worked 5 years to get out of Tier 1. Speaking of that, Tier 1 is short handed so we're taking some of their calls for call transfers, password resets and general junk that I think I deserve not to deal with after 5 years of proving myself. Not pissing me off: My family is closing on their 1st house (3bd\2bath) in August and the mortgage is only $40 higher than what I pay in rent for an apartment (2bd\1 1/2 bath). Sorry for venting but holy poo poo, I'm just losing all faith in this company 
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ratbert90 posted:Lmbo, if somebody yelled at me I would get up and walk right out without a second thought. Holy poo poo why haven't you yet? I got yelled at the other month because I told my manager it wasn't possible to sort a report the way he wanted (it isn't.) That was fun.
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Jul 27, 2016 19:49
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Inspector_666 posted:I got yelled at the other month because I told my manager it wasn't possible to sort a report the way he wanted (it isn't.) Hold on: you said "my manager" which means he raised his voice, acted like a child, treated you like a child, and you didn't leave? What the heck dude?
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ratbert90 posted:Hold on: you said "my manager" which means he raised his voice, acted like a child, treated you like a child, and you didn't leave? There are a lot of issues with the types of poo poo I get to deal with at my current job, but I like everybody else I work with enough to put up with it at the moment. I am going to start looking more actively though. EDIT: I just really loving hate the job searching and application process that much. Inspector_666 fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Jul 27, 2016 |
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