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The places I've worked haven't been nearly as bad as what y'all are experiencing. We know the holiday season will be slow so anything big is held off until afterwards, clients or whoever given ample notice, and/or we usually have some semblance of "cover" for one another in our team. There was one job that was a bit more hectic when trying to plan for those extended breaks but decently manageable. Guess I've been lucky so far. *knocks on wood* Also, I'm glad I found this thread recently cause it's so entertaining to read through.
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It’s now the Wednesday of the week before Christmas and I’m honestly surprised we still have any of the European upper management still in the office, never mind the country. Trying to get as little done as possible before vacation. Cannot wait to set an away message and deal with things later.
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harperdc posted:It’s now the Wednesday of the week before Christmas and I’m honestly surprised we still have any of the European upper management still in the office, never mind the country. Trying to get as little done as possible before vacation. Cannot wait to set an away message and deal with things later. Don't forget that the first step to "dealing with things" after a long holiday is select all -> mark as read
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Dec 18, 2019 05:53
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taqueso posted:never believe tucker I was extremely joking, I guess I didn't make it obvious enough
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Why are executives obsessed by dashboards? Do they think they’ll be able to see the company going over budget in real time? Your company is not a car.
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Dec 18, 2019 17:15
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I was accidentally 20 minutes late to my one hour career planning meeting with my boss. Whoops. Good thing we already had my 45 day review and that went extremely well.
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Dec 18, 2019 17:18
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Hoodwinker posted:I was accidentally 20 minutes late to my one hour career planning meeting with my boss. Whoops. Good thing we already had my 45 day review and that went extremely well. Career plan: Take it easy, hoss.
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Dec 18, 2019 17:46
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FrozenVent posted:Why are executives obsessed by dashboards? Do they think they’ll be able to see the company going over budget in real time? They are afraid of delegating oversight but also afraid of details E: they like tableaujobs
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Dec 18, 2019 17:54
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FrozenVent posted:Why are executives obsessed by dashboards? Do they think they’ll be able to see the company going over budget in real time? They have no idea what they're doing and love anything that lets them pretend that they understand something.
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Dec 18, 2019 18:20
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ultrafilter posted:They have no idea what they're doing and love anything that lets them pretend that they understand something. Our dashboards guy put in his two weeks' notice, and they just loving threw piles of money at him. He doesn't work evenings, doesn't work weekends, isn't part of the on-call rotation, and doesn't work with any high-availability systems, and if he's not the most well-paid person in the department, he's definitely in the top three.
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Dec 18, 2019 18:27
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FrozenVent posted:Why are executives obsessed by dashboards? Do they think they’ll be able to see the company going over budget in real time? "Why didn't you know about this?!" is the #1 weapon execs use to backstab one another. The thought is with dashboards they can know about, or someone on their team will, or they can blame the dashboard/the team when they don't. So basically: FAUXTON posted:They are afraid of delegating oversight but also afraid of details
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Dec 18, 2019 18:52
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My Rhythmic Crotch posted:I was extremely joking me too friend, me too though it might still be good advice
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Dec 18, 2019 19:33
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last day of work today for two weeks 
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Dec 18, 2019 20:09
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:last day of work today for two weeks Lazy goddamn Americans
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Dec 18, 2019 20:35
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Eric the Mauve posted:Lazy goddamn Americans i just personally killed a cancer patient with a gun, naturally, because 
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https://twitter.com/emmaroller/status/1206961547312009217?s=21quote:The toll of a layoff — both mentally, and on a person’s material conditions — can’t be overstated. Sarah Kelly moved from Kansas City to D.C. and worked as an editor for the Washington Post Express, the paper’s commuter edition, for five months before she was laid off. Kelly has been laid off from five jobs in the last six years. She says the cumulative effect of the layoffs has been traumatic enough that she has to address it in therapy. “The Express layoff destroyed my already strained ability to trust the ground beneath my feet. I have no reason to trust anyone in management at even the most reputable outlets,” she told me. “I can’t plan my life more than three or four weeks at a time. It’s severely affected my ability to develop my skills, find mentors, and cultivate a professional network. I’m always forced to reinvent myself in the first job I can find. And I never even get to stick around long enough to get good at that job before the bottom drops out again.”  , I hope her position’s properly covered.
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Dec 18, 2019 21:04
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Ugh I was just goaded into doing the current viral "chair challenge" in my office and I discovered in like 2 seconds it's completely based on the size of your feet, not gender.
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Dec 18, 2019 22:14
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fits my needs posted:https://twitter.com/emmaroller/status/1206961547312009217?s=21 The Post shitcanned the Express commuter paper a couple of months ago. It was a freebie that they gave away at metro stations for morning commuters. While I’m sad to see it go, the writing was on the wall when the iPhone came out. Terrible luck for that person, though.
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Dec 18, 2019 22:34
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I wouldn't call it luck, even back in the early 2000s it was clear that you couldn't make a long-term career out of being a journalist. It's a dying profession and the olds will hold on to the few well paid positions left until they are laid off or they die.
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Dec 18, 2019 22:48
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Konstantin posted:I wouldn't call it luck, even back in the early 2000s it was clear that you couldn't make a long-term career out of being a journalist. It's a dying profession and the olds will hold on to the few well paid positions left until they are laid off or they die. Rory Gilmore would never make a bad decision!
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Dec 18, 2019 23:14
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If the boss says "no cover" claim you thought they meant to not cover for them :-)
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Dec 18, 2019 23:26
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Time off for Christmas? No, cover!
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Dec 19, 2019 00:34
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:i just personally killed a cancer patient Breaking FOX News report: Handguns cure cancer! I need to get out of my current job. The work itself is fairly enjoyable, the pay and benefits are pretty good. The rest is utter shite. I think my breaking point was getting passed over for a promotion for a position I was already doing 50% of. If not then, it was definitely two weeks later when said recently promoted idiot wrote a slur against a legally protected class, in the open, in the customer's building and was punished with....a harshly worded email to the entire group. I'm currently throwing applications at the wall in the hopes that something will stick, but somehow I keep failing any employment assessment I take over the course of a decade and change. I've tried being honest, dishonest, random answers, etc. As a test, I have even copied the answers almost exactly of someone else who passed the same assessment and been rejected. I'm this close to seeking out postings requiring specialized degrees for non-specialized entry-level positions and applying to them out of pure spite. Also the time another coworker came in looking half-dead and casually mentioning "oh LOL yeah I've had MRSA for a week and the antibiotics don't seem to be working so I might go to the hospital later". He couldn't understand why people were telling him to get the gently caress out. It's just a highly contagious infection with potentially life-threatening complications guys. Vorenus fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Dec 19, 2019 |
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Dec 19, 2019 01:27
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:last day of work today for two weeks  surprisingly not drunk yet though
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I'm sure you'll all be delighted to hear that the ops team are sorry for the oversight and they are now covering urgent issues like they are supposed to.
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Dec 19, 2019 14:02
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My boss walked in this morning and said she's grateful for me and impressed by my skill. Sometimes the grass is greener (work is still work though)
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Dec 19, 2019 16:19
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knox_harrington posted:I'm sure you'll all be delighted to hear that the ops team are sorry for the oversight and they are now covering urgent issues like they are supposed to. Yes, I am sure they ARE all sorry they are being subjected to oversight.
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Dec 19, 2019 16:42
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Everyone who's been in the corporate world longer than two months automatically eyerolls at the word "urgent"
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Dec 19, 2019 16:51
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If it was really urgent I'd have been called about it imo Sometimes I'm called and it's not really urgent but nothing urgent comes through email
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Dec 19, 2019 17:05
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Ugh I was just goaded into doing the current viral "chair challenge" in my office and I discovered in like 2 seconds it's completely based on the size of your feet, not gender. What's the gist of this? This is the first I've heard of it
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Dec 19, 2019 17:57
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The only viral challenge I accept is coming into work sick the day before christmas vacation and seeing how many people I can cough or sneeze on.
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Dec 19, 2019 18:02
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Eric the Mauve posted:Everyone who's been in the corporate world longer than two months automatically eyerolls at the word "urgent" Every matter is urgent until I need something from the person asking for it, then suddenly it's no big deal and they'll get back to me next week/month/never.
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Dec 19, 2019 18:07
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Hoshi posted:What's the gist of this? This is the first I've heard of it You take 3 steps back from a wall (exactly 3, toe-to-heel), and then lean your head against the wall with your back at a 90 degree angle. Then you put a chair below you, and pick it up and hold it to your chest. Then you attempt to stand back up. The big headline that makes it a viral office trick is, "Women can do it but MEN CAN'T!!!!" which is probably because women's feet are on average smaller than men's, so they don't take as large a step back from the wall, and are leaning forward instead of back - if you're leaning back it's really, really hard to stand back up. But if you move your feet forward just a few inches it's suddenly really easy, so it's super obvious that's why it's happening. I feel dirty for getting sucked into it, but I always want to know why these things actually work. I figured it out pretty quick, partly because my feet are a bit small for a guy. Everyone else is talking about how it's based on how men and women's center of gravity is different, but no, that's all bullshit, it's 100% feet size. Here, if you want to torture yourself: https://www.tiktok.com/tag/chairchallenge
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Rotten Red Rod posted:women's feet are on average smaller than men's, so they don't take as large a step back from the wall, and are leaning Women lean back instead of forward, right? Which means their center of gravity is not somewhere in front of their feet. If your center of gravity is in front of your feet, you're not getting backup. Picking up a chair is probably enough for most people to shift your center of gravity in front of you enough that you're not unable to straighten up.
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Dec 19, 2019 19:08
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Rotten Red Rod posted:You take 3 steps back from a wall (exactly 3, toe-to-heel), and then lean your head against the wall with your back at a 90 degree angle. Then you put a chair below you, and pick it up and hold it to your chest. Then you attempt to stand back up. It's because men have a higher center of gravity. A woman's center of gravity is in her pelvis, a man's is in his chest. When a woman bends at 90 degrees, she isn't shifting her center of gravity as much. 
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Dec 19, 2019 19:10
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That may all be true but this trick is 100% predicated on feet size, and by extension, how large of a step you take back from the wall. Try it yourself if you don't believe me.
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Dec 19, 2019 19:23
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Try it yourself if you don't believe me. Nice try, but I'm not falling for your trickery. 
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Dec 19, 2019 19:31
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Yeah nice try but I'll never demonstrate my monstrous feet for my coworkers
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Dec 19, 2019 19:35
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who is covering urgent work while people are picking up chairs with their feet? smdh
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Today's the last day of a two week window for performance reviews so my boss is doing the entire team today. I got a very enthusiastic and positive "meets expectations" with zero mention of a raise or bonus or even COL.
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