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Fortis posted:I was pretty excited that we got to prove how robust our WFH infrastructure was and how valuable Office 365 could be to the relatively new upper management team as we scrambled to accommodate social distancing mandates across the company. Unfortunately, despite being the one who orchestrated and oversaw pretty much the entire aforementioned process, I couldn’t prove to them that my position as a second-in-command IT manager was valuable enough to not lay off about a week later. The first casualty of the thread
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Methanar posted:The first casualty of the thread
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nexxai posted:I got laid off via a Teams call last Tuesday if that counts for anything jesus. "finally we have a good excuse to lay people off without looking them in the eye"
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Weedle posted:jesus. "finally we have a good excuse to lay people off without looking them in the eye" I dont think staring at their forehead or nose is any better.
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Weedle posted:jesus. "finally we have a good excuse to lay people off without looking them in the eye" wasn't this a plot point in Up in the Air?
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I'm about 50/50 dreading/hoping that I get a temp layoff soon. On the other hand, I loving hate this place and need a push to start job hunting. But then this is also probably the worst time possible to do so.
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Mr. Fix It posted:wasn't this a plot point in Up in the Air? I enjoyed that film more than a lot of people who reviewed it I think
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Thanks Ants posted:I enjoyed that film more than a lot of people who reviewed it I think Likewise. I stopped listening to Mark Kermode because he claimed the ending was wrong when it matched perfectly with the whole drat plot. I've just realised that may be because the typical movie reviewer is a shut-in and doesn't get the whole 'living on the road' set-up. Of course: in the 'aging badly' theme, a plot point was that you can't fire people via live video chat as it is too impersonal and heartless. Then, not long after that, multiple large companies fired their staff via SMS text messages.
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That or just the huge increase in jobs which are just 'you don't have work unless we text you the day before' so there's not even really a concept of having to fire someone
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Thanks Ants posted:That or just the huge increase in jobs which are just 'you don't have work unless we text you the day before' so there's not even really a concept of having to fire someone True dat. A lot of films where the plot point was being stuck in a dead-end job don't work so well because these days, the viewer is jealous of the characters having such stable jobs.
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Office Space remains one of the most accurate portrayals of generic corporate work I think
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Attestant posted:I'm about 50/50 dreading/hoping that I get a temp layoff soon. On the other hand, I loving hate this place and need a push to start job hunting. But then this is also probably the worst time possible to do so. ETA: Up In The Air looks weirdly great from the wikipedia plot summary. Added to the list of things to watch. Arquinsiel fucked around with this message at 11:57 on Mar 31, 2020 |
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Once again, can’t promise anything, but my company is inexplicably still hiring and I can point you at any gigs I know of and put in a good word with recruiting. Also, I have a feeling our location strategy of, “hire only in vaguely defined ‘hub’ locations and go to the office at least 3 out of 5 days,” is going to be real hard for management to enforce now that we’re 100% remote, globally. I cannot, however, guarantee you’ll get a computer on day one at this point. In any case, PM me if you’re interested. Thanks Ants posted:I enjoyed that film more than a lot of people who reviewed it I think Same. It was drat decent. I don’t get the critical hate Though I did have a moment just now when I confused it with View from the Top, which is awful but charming, and gave me the perennially funny when on the phones, “You put the wrong em-PHA-sis on the wrong syl-LA-ble.” Which pairs nicely with one of my co-workers seething, “L as in LITERATE” one night while overhearing another coworker struggle to find an L-word her caller understood while spelling something. Which could lead to Scott Pilgrim riffing, but I’m not sure if a movie quotes derail is what this thread needs...
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Weedle posted:jesus. "finally we have a good excuse to lay people off without looking them in the eye" 
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Shut up Meg posted:True dat. There is also the concept of the 'orphaned employee', where someone's boss and/or team is fired and one person is left who is still on the books as employed, but nobody knows who they are and what they do. Really interesting concept, and is apparently something that does occasionally happen in large corporations.
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i liked up in the air when i saw it ~10 years ago, but i also liked a lot of insanely bad movies at the time so idk how well it holds up. vera farmiga rules though
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It was better than Michael Clayton, which was also not as bad as people make out.
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u brexit ukip it posted:There is also the concept of the 'orphaned employee', where someone's boss and/or team is fired and one person is left who is still on the books as employed, but nobody knows who they are and what they do. Really interesting concept, and is apparently something that does occasionally happen in large corporations. 
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What's a good free phishing test for SMBs?
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:What's a good free phishing test for SMBs? Post your contact list to pastebin
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We're officially WFH through May 5 as of an email from the CEO this morning. Additionally, were set to close out our biggest month in history, so that's fun.
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There’s a sorta orphan employee on my team...well, pre-re-re-org, so now she’s someone else’s team’s problem. She went on LTD a while back for a serious health issue, like needs an organ transplant bad. Then we re-orged. She stayed on the payroll, but our new boss had never met her and still has never talked to her. At some point, she moved across the continent to South Carolina. No one has heard from her in years. HR pinged me 2 years ago for her cell number because they needed to get ahold of her for something, and presumably it worked cuz they didn’t bother anyone else for contact info. The upside is that she’s an extra headcount who gets no merit bonus, so that extra couple of percentage points gets spread out over the rest of the team.
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Arquinsiel posted:A friend of a friend was that orphan at a multinational a while back. Somehow he ended up being a team lead with no team in a department that didn't exist anymore, on pre-crash wages. So he just sort of wandered around the building with a coffee mug talking to people. Lasted about ten years before he was let go, and it turned out that morale took a huge hit and people were actually relying on him to know who to talk to for the Johnson contract or whatever. They hired him back on into the same role with a bonus and a promotion in the end I can only dream of a day when I become this person.
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Arquinsiel posted:A friend of a friend was that orphan at a multinational a while back. Somehow he ended up being a team lead with no team in a department that didn't exist anymore, on pre-crash wages. So he just sort of wandered around the building with a coffee mug talking to people. Lasted about ten years before he was let go, and it turned out that morale took a huge hit and people were actually relying on him to know who to talk to for the Johnson contract or whatever. They hired him back on into the same role with a bonus and a promotion in the end That is magical
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Arquinsiel posted:A friend of a friend was that orphan at a multinational a while back. Somehow he ended up being a team lead with no team in a department that didn't exist anymore, on pre-crash wages. So he just sort of wandered around the building with a coffee mug talking to people. Lasted about ten years before he was let go, and it turned out that morale took a huge hit and people were actually relying on him to know who to talk to for the Johnson contract or whatever. They hired him back on into the same role with a bonus and a promotion in the end I would watch this movie.
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I was kind of an orphan for almost a year, but March they redrew the org chart so I got assigned to a team.
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Obligatory: https://sites.google.com/site/forgottenemployee/
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Wibla posted:I am ashamed to say that I've somehow never read this story before I read it every time it's posted. Dude was living the dream. 
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Wibla posted:I am ashamed to say that I've somehow never read this story before Same, that's my first read. I thought it might be the story of the guy with two titles and two salaries at the same company.
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Jaded Burnout posted:It was better than Michael Clayton, which was also not as bad as people make out.
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TITANKISSER69 posted:Same, that's my first read. I thought it might be the story of the guy with two titles and two salaries at the same company. You can't say that and not share that story. I haven't heard that one  .
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It's something that's been referred to at these forums but I'm not sure I've read the actual story either, just people talking about it.
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I had never read this before but it's amazing. I'm surprised there's no SAclopedia entry or goldmined thread about this. SA had some awesome personal stories back in the old days. I love reading poo poo like this.
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A ticket came in. "Help Skype! Meeting tonight!" No contact info, so I respond asking him to call me or provide contact info. I reach out to a couple other people that might be able to get in touch with him. No replies. No problem, the meeting isn't for another 12 hours so... Half an our later our boss sends a blast to the team, "SOMEONE HELP <SUPER IMPORTANT PERSON> RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A MEETING IN 2 MINUTES AND CAN'T JOIN THE CALL" 
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cage-free egghead posted:I had never read this before but it's amazing. I'm surprised there's no SAclopedia entry or goldmined thread about this. SA had some awesome personal stories back in the old days. I love reading poo poo like this. The anti-fun police have been purging the SAcolpedia of anything funny or anti-whateverthefuck for years now. Tons of old drama and proto-memes died at the callous hand of some 2015 regdate dude.
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