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I know I've mentioned it before but I want to say again that my past company's CTO once took the entire tech branch of the company outside one day, put us on a surprise bus, drove us out to the local forest, and had us all haul rocks and pick poisonous plants all day as a "team building exercise." No warning. People were not dressed for this. People did not bring protective equipment and weren't provided with any. They were ruining their good work clothes hauling sacks of gravel through the woods. Some people were physically not able to meet these weird sudden demands and felt like shameful focus was on them for not being the same as some others. On the bus ride back, one coworker had the bus just stop and walked off in anger even though he was nowhere close to home. People had sores, bruises, cuts, torn clothing, and a lot of anger. That CTO was fired like 5 weeks later.
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Catastrophe posted:That CTO was fired like 5 weeks later. Most shocking part of the story
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Dec 7, 2023 15:19
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Salami Surgeon posted:Most shocking part of the story The previous CTO once told me his strategy at a new company is to pick someone notable at that company and fire them after he starts. As a way to show he's the one with power to be feared now. Great, fantastic, lovely way to cement in exactly the type of lovely company culture you want to embrace. And then I remembered how the most tenured Java dev at the company was abruptly given a few weeks of paid sabbatical right after that CTO started. That was him trying to fire the guy and the CEO stepping in and saying nah dude and instead gave the dev guy a paid vacation away from that jerk. Oh yeah that CTO was also eventually fired lol.
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Catastrophe posted:The previous CTO once told me his strategy at a new company is to pick someone notable at that company and fire them after he starts. As a way to show he's the one with power to be feared now. Great, fantastic, lovely way to cement in exactly the type of lovely company culture you want to embrace. Was this CTO straight out of prison?
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Dec 7, 2023 15:41
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Volmarias posted:Was this CTO straight out of prison? Auditioning for it. 
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Dec 7, 2023 15:45
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Ever since this new role started, I have said no to more people in my life in the past week or so. My workday is like 15% me saying no in various ways and shifting levels of “seriously?”. You mentioned this story earlier and it has haunted me ever since. It is not gory yet it is grim as gently caress.
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Catastrophe posted:The previous CTO once told me his strategy at a new company is to pick someone notable at that company and fire them after he starts. As a way to show he's the one with power to be feared now. Great, fantastic, lovely way to cement in exactly the type of lovely company culture you want to embrace. I see they learned their management skills from this: https://youtu.be/YxPWXPS2Wdw?si=sFKk6MFEhCzpWqGh I've always fantasized about doing this. Even though I know it would be a disaster...
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Dec 7, 2023 17:29
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HR copy pasted a LinkedIn article the owner was talking about and blasted it to the entire company. "The most powerful word" It's about saying yes instead of no whenever possible. It was posted on LinkedIn in 2015.
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Dec 7, 2023 18:06
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Take it to the owner and tell them that you think you deserve a raise.
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Dec 7, 2023 20:04
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Eletriarnation posted:Take it to the owner and tell them that you think you deserve a raise. he will introduce you to the even more powerful word “but”
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Dec 7, 2023 20:16
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Found an intriguing insight into the process of metrification:
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Dec 7, 2023 21:39
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blackmet posted:I see they learned their management skills from this: Well, you got me to unexpectedly blurt out "wait oh my god is that krysten ritter??" today but, yeah, management there was a blur. Never-ending rotating door, every few months. I see by that company's GlassDoor that some of the last management has done an incredible job at faceplanting and making employees hate life. e: along that same line of thought, the past few Glassdoor reviews of that place say: "there is 0 job security for any role. anyone can be laid off at any moment" "Just hire, torture and fire culture." "Don't walk, run away" Welcome to Hell. Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Dec 7, 2023 |
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Dec 7, 2023 22:02
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Jaguars! posted:Found an intriguing insight into the process of metrification: Why should we use the metric system when everyone here already knows this board measures V-9 by 4-♦!!
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Dec 8, 2023 00:37
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Dang, my work had a smash bros tournament while I was out of town.
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Dec 8, 2023 02:30
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Finance did some math and calculated they messed up and Im about 30% more efficient than they thought, so imma go celebrate with some good ramen today. Jaguars! posted:Found an intriguing insight into the process of metrification: Why are there multiple red 4s repeating but the other side numbers repeat but not consecutively what in the poo poo is this hell thing.
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Dec 8, 2023 02:35
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The numbers on the right are counting up 1-10 with the diamonds representing the evens and a Roman numeral instead of a 5 I think No idea what scale that’s meant to be though
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I think it's in Tenths and not Inches but the rest of the labeling eludes me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLXQxIvhedI
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Dec 8, 2023 02:49
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TaurusTorus posted:Dang, my work had a smash bros tournament while I was out of town. I’ve never worked anywhere cool enough that anything like that went down
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Dec 8, 2023 03:00
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Barudak posted:Finance did some math and calculated they messed up and Im about 30% more efficient than they thought, so imma go celebrate with some good ramen today. Level staff in decimal feet. The small fours are so you can count whole feet through the telescope even when close by.
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Dec 8, 2023 03:15
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Jaguars! posted:Level staff in decimal feet. The small fours are so you can count whole feet through the telescope even when close by. Wait, what, how does the repeating 4 do that?
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Dec 8, 2023 03:18
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Barudak posted:Wait, what, how does the repeating 4 do that? You can be zoomed in far enough that you can’t see the “.0” tick mark and the number printed across from it. Like a less busy way of putting “4.” next to every minor number. withak fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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Dec 8, 2023 03:23
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Barudak posted:Wait, what, how does the repeating 4 do that? big 1, two small 1's, big 2, two small 2's, etc. 1 to 1 to 1 to 2 = 4 total incitements. see a 5? you're on foot 5! Desert Bus fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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Desert Bus posted:big 1, two small 1's, big 2, two small 2's, etc. Ahhh ok. Thank you! Fascinating.
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Dec 8, 2023 03:25
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Goo too high and the number goes up, go too low the number gets big. This is VERY useful when you're a million miles away and looking at things through a telescope.
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Also the photo is extra confusing if you haven’t used a level rod because the metric tape appears to be covering one of the most important details needed to read that thing accurately.
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Dec 8, 2023 03:32
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Yorkshire Pudding posted:President demanded we fix our chaotic file structure by end of year. We now have several meetings where the whole team is in just randomly deciding how we update our enormous file system. “Hey Yorkshire, can you send me 2023-12-07-TPS-REPORTs_original.DONOTCOPY-coppy2_Jan1322.wpd.docx? I can’t find it.”
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My company tries to make a selling point of its equity and diversity initiatives but legal got wind of the notion that our competitors with similar initiatives and government contracts are being sued and fined because white dudes are complaining about being discriminated against. So now legal is saying nothing that is written or recorded can reference people of color or gay/trans or say anything about a specific group. Every DEI now breaks some kind of rule. There was a President's forum the other day and he talked about it as a language change and he tried to pitch it as "the mission has changed, but we're all in the same ship steering the same course" blah blah blah. His voice was shaking like he was scared shitless. We're a pretty liberal organization so this is going to stir up a poo poo storm. Can't wait to watch him just try to "aw shucks" his way through it. When he was made CEO he said his goal was to foster diversity and inclusivity and that too many white people were in charge, but now legal is saying "Nope, you're going to get sued." I only know the full story because I'm close friends with someone on the equity committee. She wouldn't even tell me in text, insisted on calling.
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Much as I hate to empathise with the C-suite, that does sound like a no-win situation.
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TaurusTorus posted:Dang, my work had a smash bros tournament while I was out of town. I'm past giving a poo poo about the non gamers, I'm bringing my switch and setting poo poo up over the 70 inch HDMI yulelog for the rest of the year
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shadowzero313 posted:I'm past giving a poo poo about the non gamers, I'm bringing my switch and setting poo poo up over the 70 inch HDMI yulelog for the rest of the year poo poo, we’re already drawing down for the holidays, I could hook up a Switch in the cleanroom.
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'Dipshit inc is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce free of discrimination regardless of race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, self-identity, species etc.' Tada, no one can be unhappy because no one was singled out.
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We here at Conglobocom are dedicated to eliminating all boundaries between race, gender, orientation, creed, and consciousness. It is only with your tireless efforts that we can speak with one voice, one thought, and one action as we pursue our vision for this world.
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Barudak posted:We here at Conglobocom are dedicated to eliminating all boundaries between race, gender, orientation, creed, and consciousness. It is only with your tireless efforts that we can speak with one voice, one thought, and one action as we pursue our vision for this world. A lot of things about your prior workplace stories just clicked into place  
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Illithid Yakuza???
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Takes No Damage posted:A lot of things about your prior workplace stories just clicked into place Workplace communication might actually improve if the boss could read your mind. You'd be fired/eaten but at least management might have a clue about what's going on.
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Barudak posted:We here at Conglobocom are dedicated to eliminating all boundaries between race, gender, orientation, creed, and consciousness. It is only with your tireless efforts that we can speak with one voice, one thought, and one action as we pursue our vision for this world. *squinting at fax from HR* Uh, what do you mean by "Human Instrumentality" exactly?
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Outrail posted:'Dipshit inc is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce free of discrimination regardless of race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, self-identity, species etc.' Legal: "We have been on the record, repeatedly and provably saying 'white people need not apply'. We have specifically stated as a reason for rejection of raise or hiring 'your race or sexual orientation'. We're in a no questions asked glory hole waiting for our first customer here. We're hosed." CEO: "Can we just change our messaging and hope nobody calls us on it? Can we delete those emails?" Legal: "Given you're being summoned for a deposition next Tuesday, no. That ship has long since sailed."
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Methylethylaldehyde posted:Legal: "We have been on the record, repeatedly and provably saying 'white people need not apply'. We have specifically stated as a reason for rejection of raise or hiring 'your race or sexual orientation'. We're in a no questions asked glory hole waiting for our first customer here. We're hosed." Well you have to be a little bit proactive. Also lol in general at white dudes fragility.
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I didn't get it on record, but i work in a tech related job that faces the public, and in the final round of job applications, there was me (a guy) and a woman left to choose between. My coworkers would all be male. After i got the job, i asked my boss directly 'If i would've been exactly as good/bad a fit as the woman, would you have chosen her instead of me' and the answer was 'yes'. Because it's best if tech jobs aren't just a total sausage fest. So i'm happy i got the job because i'm quite good at what i do, but i would have totally understood if they would've chosen for her, if she would've had the same qualifications as i do.
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