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goatface posted:If the research funding/output is high enough, you can do anything. Yup. They'll only go after you in academia if they want to get rid of you. In that case, any excuse will do. I worked for Big University, which had a series of campaigns saying " Feeling stressed or depressed? Talk to your boss about it!" As if our bosses weren't the primary cause of our stress and depression, and they wouldn't replace us as soon as possible.
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I work in software engineering & my (relatively new, < 6 months) office has dozens of massively destructive process and technical flaws that somehow aren't fixable. I brought most of these problems up with our develpment manager in my first month but he informed me that there is no will to change within the company. I believe his recent resignation was because of this. For context, this is in regards to a series of highly profitable, high-traffic web-apps.
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Steakandchips posted:How did this rear end in a top hat not get fired? For grad students, any professor along the way pretty much has the ability to permanently end their academic career. This gives professors the impression they can treat students however they want, because they can, and the toxicity often extends to how they treat staff. Even by the standards of where I work this was pretty egregious though. Everyone fully admitted the incident took place (hard to hide when the employee comes out of your office with a bruised face) This also wasn't their first rodeo with staff complaints though their first physical assault AFAIK. Thankfully they finally retired recently. Oh I forgot about this lmao, as part of the "communication improvement" plan HR came up with, my boss was required to have a monthly "coffee break" with all their staff to get to know them better. Because a professor having to talk to staff is considered punishment. nonathlon posted:I worked for Big University, which had a series of campaigns saying " Feeling stressed or depressed? Talk to your boss about it!" As if our bosses weren't the primary cause of our stress and depression, and they wouldn't replace us as soon as possible. lol yup. We have a ton of mental health/diversity/conflict resolution programs. All of them look like the workplace equivalent of a van with "free candy" on the side.
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The correct response might have been a campaign of inane memes stapled to his office door, desk, car and other property.
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lolasaurusrex posted:
this can be fixed while still maintaining a single hosted repo, because that's what we have (Perforce) where I work, and we don't have these kinds of issues. - Perforce integrated with JIRA and build agent - Build agent builds to a dev build folder - During integration testing, QA picks up build directly from build folder - During QA of release candidate builds, dev builds are picked up by a build engineer, digitally signed, and copied to the QA inbox - Once a release candidate passes QA, we have a big meeting where stakeholders all sign off on release, QA moves the build to the QA outbox and presses the "this is ready for deployment" button - A build engineer checks the signature of the build in the QA outbox, and if correct, deploys it to the field devs don't deploy poo poo because it's a massive risk... we're also in an industry where field issues are 6-figure costs if we need to deploy a fix.
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SubnormalityStairs posted:this can be fixed while still maintaining a single hosted repo, because that's what we have (Perforce) where I work, and we don't have these kinds of issues. Sounds solid. Most places I've worked at have had a similar (albeit less rigid, because of limited manpower) process. I really miss having workflows like this.
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SubnormalityStairs posted:this can be fixed while still maintaining a single hosted repo, because that's what we have (Perforce) where I work, and we don't have these kinds of issues. Cost of minor software feature and a couple bug fixes: $145,000
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Aug 28, 2021 22:28
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Pekinduck posted:My boss threw a stapler at the face of a subordinate. The manager had to take some anger management class by HR discuised as "improving communication" to save face. The subordinate wasn't fired but their career was dead-ended and they left for the private sector. Academia lol. 
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CarForumPoster posted:Cost of minor software feature and a couple bug fixes: $145,000 
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CarForumPoster posted:Cost of minor software feature and a couple bug fixes: $145,000 Yeah, you're not wrong, but we don't do that. We build a product and ship it with (ostensibly) zero non-cosmetic defects, and if we ever touch it again it's a result of a field defect that we can't simply ignore or work around. Field issues are a Big Deal... if we need to update a product, it requires going through a new round of certification, and then sending a technician to each location to install on every individual piece of hardware. This is why we have so many layers to go through before something gets released.
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Aug 28, 2021 23:27
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I've seen birds around Melbourne literally all the time. Sparrows have free-run of the restaurants around Elizabeth and Flinders St. Nevermind the pigeons. The pigeons fear absolutely nothing in pursuit of tablescraps. I work near Peter Mac and have seen poo poo all, maybe the death roundabout keeps all the life away. It's still a far cry from snakes as thick as my leg
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Batterypowered7 posted:What about the kookaburras and the bin chickens? Brisbane city is full of bin chickens but they don't venture this far south. I miss those bastards. If you haven't seen it watch this documentary on bin chickens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4dYWhkSbTU
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SubnormalityStairs posted:Yeah, you're not wrong, but we don't do that. We build a product and ship it with (ostensibly) zero non-cosmetic defects, and if we ever touch it again it's a result of a field defect that we can't simply ignore or work around. Field issues are a Big Deal... if we need to update a product, it requires going through a new round of certification, and then sending a technician to each location to install on every individual piece of hardware. This is why we have so many layers to go through before something gets released.
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Suspicious Lump posted:Brisbane city is full of bin chickens but they don't venture this far south. I miss those bastards. If you haven't seen it watch this documentary on bin chickens: So that's three of four Australian birds I know ([Swooping] Magpie, Bin Chicken, Koocaburra), but what about the Spangled Drongo? They chill?
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This is not a dumb thing per se; I have nothing to sell, my job is to sell stuff, so due to so wildly overperforming and the company not wanting to risk me (or anyone else in my department) selling more stuff before we have more stuff to sell, we're all getting 5 extra paid vacation days in September on company mandated days so we don't sell more stuff.
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Barudak posted:This is not a dumb thing per se; "I'm sorry Bob, your numbers are the best in the department. You made ten sales this afternoon. We have to let you go."
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Faustian Bargain posted:Haha, I’m going to guess you work in the gaming (gambling) industry. bingo sometimes literally, and it's fun explaining to people how Class II reel games work
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SubnormalityStairs posted:bingo Please do. I looked it up and apparently it's actually a bingo game under the hood?
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Armitag3 posted:Please do. I looked it up and apparently it's actually a bingo game under the hood? Yep! Usually slots have virtualized reel strips, and game outcomes from the math will include the reel stops for the win/loss as if a bunch of physical reels had actually spun. In the case of Class II, instead of generating outcomes based on spinning reels with stops, the machines all connect to a server that runs bingo games for everybody who's connected and playing, and the reel stops will be selected based on a win/loss matching the underlying bingo game result. In some jurisdictions, the bingo panel needs to be open and visible at all times, but it still plays for the player like slots. It's a clever way of getting around the "you can't have slots, but bingo games are ok" rules in those jurisdictions.
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Pekinduck posted:For grad students, any professor along the way pretty much has the ability to permanently end their academic career. This gives professors the impression they can treat students however they want, because they can, and the toxicity often extends to how they treat staff. It's recently come to light that the high admin staff turnover from a very prestigious research group where I got my PhD was because the professor, who was swimming in funding grants, sexually assaulted so many of them and the university HR investigations ended in sacking the admin staff and getting them to sign some kind of nda in the process
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Mojo Jojo posted:It's also the support staff who are in a precarious situation.  That's extraordinary, even for a university. How did they get them to sign an NDA? Once you're fired, what hold do they have over you - or was there some cash involved?
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nonathlon posted:
I sort of hope so, otherwise all I can think is that it was just bullying. Academics being monsters was old news but what passes for HR being complicit was a real shock to everybody.
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SubnormalityStairs posted:Yep! Usually slots have virtualized reel strips, and game outcomes from the math will include the reel stops for the win/loss as if a bunch of physical reels had actually spun. In the case of Class II, instead of generating outcomes based on spinning reels with stops, the machines all connect to a server that runs bingo games for everybody who's connected and playing, and the reel stops will be selected based on a win/loss matching the underlying bingo game result. In some jurisdictions, the bingo panel needs to be open and visible at all times, but it still plays for the player like slots. It's a clever way of getting around the "you can't have slots, but bingo games are ok" rules in those jurisdictions. That sounds cool as gently caress.
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nonathlon posted:
NDAs are usually "I'll pay you $250k, but if you speak a word about this to anyone you are liable for $750k." That's what stormy Daniels signed.
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SubnormalityStairs posted:Yep! Usually slots have virtualized reel strips, and game outcomes from the math will include the reel stops for the win/loss as if a bunch of physical reels had actually spun. In the case of Class II, instead of generating outcomes based on spinning reels with stops, the machines all connect to a server that runs bingo games for everybody who's connected and playing, and the reel stops will be selected based on a win/loss matching the underlying bingo game result. In some jurisdictions, the bingo panel needs to be open and visible at all times, but it still plays for the player like slots. It's a clever way of getting around the "you can't have slots, but bingo games are ok" rules in those jurisdictions. Fascinating, thanks for the poast
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Making the games themselves isn’t especially interesting in my experience of doing it for a couple years. It’s just slapping the millionth different skin on top of the bingo hiding stuff someone else wrote a long time ago.
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The Australian wild life thing is not an exaggeration. I was health and safety officer for a while for an office building and had to do the regular company announcements for animal hazards. Most common being Plovers (aggressive ground nesting birds) and Eastern Brown Snakes (2nd most toxic venom in nature). One time someone was bitten by a Scrub Tick on the grounds and went into anaphylaxis.
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Pocket Billiards posted:The Australian wild life thing is not an exaggeration. I was health and safety officer for a while for an office building and had to do the regular company announcements for animal hazards. Most common being Plovers (aggressive ground nesting birds) and Eastern Brown Snakes (2nd most toxic venom in nature). One time someone was bitten by a Scrub Tick on the grounds and went into anaphylaxis. I've removed tons of ticks from all over my body including at least two from my ballsack over the years. It's usually fine if you get to them at the end of the day.
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While it doesn't compare to Australia, wildlife dangers can happen in florida too. Northerners move down here and don't grasp that they are no longer necessarily the top of the food chain any more. Gators, amoebas, big rear end bugs, etc. Had a vendor come down from Maine or something and marvel a cockroach. I thought he was doing a bit but no, he had literally never seen a cockroach before. Also threw him for a loop when it went from sunshine to rain in the span of 30 seconds.
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Ticks love genitals so goddamn much
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Enfys posted:Ticks love genitals so goddamn much I had to double check where I was. Dumb poo poo your work does - Ticks love genitals so goddamn much
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This just in "we don't stay home if we have the flu". Yeah rear end in a top hat, gently caress you, then gently caress you some more. I will end your poo poo rear end company.
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Mojo Jojo posted:It's also the support staff who are in a precarious situation. Penn State?
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As if that narrows it down at all.
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Pekinduck posted:For grad students, any professor along the way pretty much has the ability to permanently end their academic career. This gives professors the impression they can treat students however they want, because they can, and the toxicity often extends to how they treat staff. My grad school had a bunch of poo poo happen with this one professor that was baffling and horrible (not my department luckily). He got caught literally using his grad students as slave labor, including making them come to his house and bucket flood water out of his basement on a Saturday at like 1 am. They were all foreign students on education visas, and they all had text messages of him saying “get here now or I’ll fire you and you’ll get deported”. He also had a big scandal where some of his grad students developed a novel medical process to treat some medical condition using eye drops instead of surgery. He claimed the patent as his own and sold it to Mexico for several million dollars. He claimed any work done in his lab was his property. The school was mad, but only because they were trying to make the same argument that they owned the patent. I don’t think he got fired.
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Yikes. Like, that's the definition of power imbalance. I worked with a lab where the head was f-ing one of his PhD students. As in, it was common knowledge, people openly made jokes about it. Eventually it got just a bit too public, and the department had a talk to him, which must have been along the lines "don't get caught again". Years later, the head is still at the university in a prominent position. The student ? Just faded and left academia. Those jokes don't seem so funny.
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My professor for Organic Chemistry I had such a string of misbehaviors after I graduated. Just Google the phrase “UConn professor arrested again” and the articles will come pouring out.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:My professor for Organic Chemistry I had such a string of misbehaviors after I graduated. You're not narrowing it down. (I kid - but that search does pull up several other UConn profs in trouble as well, although no chemists)
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