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Mar 13, 2018 16:08
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Sundae posted:(Thanks!) I actually wish I had more good stories to share that aren't actual feel-good stories. I have no workplace insanity to share anymore. My company pointed a barely shielded directional radiation source at a shared parking lot, which is a step up because it was previously pointed at one of our neighboring companies. The does rate wasn't very high AFAIK, maybe one extremity x-ray an hour off axis and behind a wall, but I doubt anyone would be happy to know they were being irradiated because my company is too cheap to shield.
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Mar 13, 2018 16:29
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lol the VP saw that he was assigned to that category and said "hell loving no" thanks for having my back, veep
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Mar 13, 2018 16:35
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“Hey looks like it’s just you and me on this weekly conference call; let’s go through the entire agenda with particular attention to the items that concern neither of us.”
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Mar 13, 2018 18:46
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MickeyFinn posted:maybe one extremity x-ray an hour off axis and behind a wall. Some googling suggests that's about 3x average background rate, which I would not dismiss as negligible. Is that actually compliant with radiation safety regulations? (It's clearly not best practice)
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Mar 13, 2018 18:49
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FrozenVent posted:“Hey looks like it’s just you and me on this weekly conference call; let’s go through the entire agenda with particular attention to the items that concern neither of us.” Bonus points if neither of you know what's happening with those items
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Mar 13, 2018 19:19
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Weatherman posted:"What do you mean I'm not answering my phone? Of course I don't take personal calls during work hours!" Pretty much how I view things is: if my job says I’m not allowed/supposed to take personal calls at work, then I’m not taking work calls at home on my personal time. Working for an MSP that requires carrying a work cell 24/7 made me put my foot down on having my personal life interrupted for bullshit reasons. Thankfully my current job doesn’t require on call nor do I carry a company phone, it’s beautiful having balance back after 5+ years of dealing with that (plus getting paid 25% more helps).
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Mar 13, 2018 19:33
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How on earth do contract agencies always manage to find internal work phone numbers? 
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Mar 13, 2018 19:40
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Sundae posted:How on earth do contract agencies always manage to find internal work phone numbers? I've had them call the front desk to be transferred over to me.
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Mar 13, 2018 19:42
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Sundae posted:How on earth do contract agencies always manage to find internal work phone numbers? Social Engineering.
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Mar 13, 2018 20:11
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SlapActionJackson posted:Some googling suggests that's about 3x average background rate, which I would not dismiss as negligible. Is that actually compliant with radiation safety regulations? (It's clearly not best practice) As far as I can tell, the limit is 100 mrem total, probably ok here, or a rate of 2 mrem an hour, which this definitely exceeded. (link) Several people warned the person in charge this was not a good idea as it is certainly unethical and probably illegal, but the response was that insurance exists to take care of the consequences, so here we are.
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Mar 13, 2018 20:26
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MickeyFinn posted:it is certainly unethical and probably illegal, but the response was that insurance exists to take care of the consequences, so here we are. Wait, this isn't the OSHA thread...
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Mar 13, 2018 20:54
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Gonna murder whoever it was in our group that made this PMP Word template I have to fill in for a project I’m starting. Somehow, they managed to set it so that if the “major milestone” table goes beyond a single page, it brings the whole table to the new page and leaves a blank page with just the header and there’s nothing I can do about it. Also there seem to be a random smattering of page breaks all over so if o got beyond some arbitrary length and I get big blank pages between sections or paragraphs and fuuuuuck. Been spending more time fighting formatting than actually documenting this stupid project plan.
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Mar 13, 2018 21:36
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No Butt Stuff posted:lol the VP saw that he was assigned to that category and said "hell loving no" Managing Upwards: Successful!
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Mar 13, 2018 22:44
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MickeyFinn posted:As far as I can tell, the limit is 100 mrem total, probably ok here, or a rate of 2 mrem an hour, which this definitely exceeded. (link) Several people warned the person in charge this was not a good idea as it is certainly unethical and probably illegal, but the response was that insurance exists to take care of the consequences, so here we are. How unfortunate that there's no agency this could be reported to, anonymously.
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Mar 13, 2018 23:12
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Some sort of agency that oversees workplace disease causing issues? Or an organisation that issues licenses to people who use radioactive sources? I’m at a loss here.
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Mar 13, 2018 23:13
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I am neither a lawyer nor an insurance person but I am pretty sure you can't get an insurance plan that will indemnify you against the consequences of deliberately irradiating people
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Mar 13, 2018 23:15
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something something not covered for gross negligence something
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Mar 13, 2018 23:36
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Motronic posted:something something not covered for gross negligence something something something not covered for willful felonies
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Mar 13, 2018 23:59
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Yeah I'm no underwriter but that claim would never get through anywhere ever.
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Mar 14, 2018 00:02
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Like there are huge red flags, the least of which is there's an implied life contingency with radiation.
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Mar 14, 2018 00:04
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Zil posted:Social Engineering. Like calling the front desk and asking for a random name, then when they don't exist asking for whoever is responsible for $THING now. Or getting a referral from Random Name because they want you to go away. Or since they're an agency, having someone they already placed trawl through the employee directory.
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Mar 14, 2018 00:20
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MickeyFinn posted:As far as I can tell, the limit is 100 mrem total, probably ok here, or a rate of 2 mrem an hour, which this definitely exceeded. (link) Several people warned the person in charge this was not a good idea as it is certainly unethical and probably illegal, but the response was that insurance exists to take care of the consequences, so here we are. Shooting people up with X-Rays without their consent or knowledge is not acceptable. The plant I worked at had a limit of 2mrem. (If you were at 0 for a reason and reached 2, they wanted to know what you were up to.) **Edit, oh hey you wrote that in your sentence which I did not finish reading. My bad. Senor P. fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Mar 14, 2018 |
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Mar 14, 2018 06:37
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Just gave my two weeks, felt pretty good. 
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Mar 14, 2018 16:23
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Some of our stores have been getting those stupid PA Games of Skill not-technically-gambling machines and the whole thing is a tremendous pain in the rear end of everyone in the entire accounting/finance department Tom Wolf please ban them. Please.
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Mar 14, 2018 16:24
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The Sean fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Apr 24, 2020 |
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Mar 14, 2018 16:45
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Been at work for four hours today and have done maybe 20 minutes of work AMASydin posted:Just gave my two weeks, felt pretty good. Nice!
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Mar 14, 2018 16:51
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Currently coming to the end of my third consecutive hour of teleconference.
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Mar 14, 2018 16:53
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FrozenVent posted:Currently coming to the end of my third consecutive hour of teleconference. So you got your nails clipped, gave yourself a pedicure, and have been randomly yelling while mashing the mute/unmute button, right?
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Mar 14, 2018 17:00
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C-Euro posted:Been at work for four hours today and have done maybe 20 minutes of work AMA Have you taken your federally mandated poop while on the clock yet?
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Mar 14, 2018 17:02
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FrozenVent posted:Currently coming to the end of my third consecutive hour of teleconference. My strategy is to listen for any long pauses and say "Yeah yeah that sounds good."
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Mar 14, 2018 17:03
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I haven’t said a thing since “yeah I’m here”, it’s mostly been a vendor explaining their product then internal yelling back and forth for the past 90 minutes. I’m not sure why I’m on the call.
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Mar 14, 2018 17:06
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The Sean posted:Congrats! Thanks.  New job is public sector and I've already been warned things move a bit slow (it took HR two weeks to approve my hiring paperwork and give me an offer after I'd already gotten a handshake agreement with the hiring manager, no warning signs there at all  ) but it's a huge pay bump, the benefits are out of this world, and it's a pretty big step forward career-wise on top. FrozenVent posted:I haven’t said a thing since “yeah I’m here”, it’s mostly been a vendor explaining their product then internal yelling back and forth for the past 90 minutes. It's a shame we have such a perfect thread title already, because Corporate America: I'm not sure why I'm on the call has a nice ring to it.
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Mar 14, 2018 17:15
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Sydin posted:Thanks. If anything, that's fast for public sector hiring.
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Mar 14, 2018 17:23
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docbeard posted:If anything, that's fast for public sector hiring. If I remember right, the UN takes something insane like 3 years to be able to hire a new person to do the photocopying
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Mar 14, 2018 17:56
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mllaneza posted:Like calling the front desk and asking for a random name, then when they don't exist asking for whoever is responsible for $THING now. Or getting a referral from Random Name because they want you to go away. I'm thinking it has to be the employee directory thing, because they even had my work background / internal resume right. It wasn't a straight cold-call without background on the individual.
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Mar 14, 2018 18:26
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Sundae posted:I'm thinking it has to be the employee directory thing, because they even had my work background / internal resume right. It wasn't a straight cold-call without background on the individual. For me it was Indian cold callers cross referencing basics on my linked in profile to our company directory.
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Mar 14, 2018 18:41
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Higgy posted:For me it was Indian cold callers cross referencing basics on my linked in profile to our company directory. I still get spammed by Indians on Indeed.
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Mar 14, 2018 18:44
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Renegret posted:Have you taken your federally mandated poop while on the clock yet? I worked out last night so I've taken two so far today, owned capitalists
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Mar 14, 2018 19:11
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C-Euro posted:Been at work for four hours today and have done maybe 20 minutes of work AMA Why so productive today? I could get all the work I get done in a week in a day if I tried most weeks.
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Mar 14, 2018 19:38
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