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Thinking of Handomse Ralph today https://us.cnn.com/2019/02/15/success/remote-work-maintain-culture/index.html quote:Opting for a 100% remote staff isn't just a money saver, it also expands the talent pool a company can dip into and helps boost retention.
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Sydin posted:Our maintenance staff hosed up the wiring when doing routine electrical repairs and now all the light switches on the first floor of my building are somehow wired together. Everybody knows this by now and yet somehow the lights still go out about a dozen times a day because somebody exiting a conference room or bathroom turned the lights off out of reflex. The most synergistic office.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's chair.
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Are there even any restaurants near the Apple campus?
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Torak will obviously have better insight, but AFAIK Italy is kind of a dark horse for the EU welfare state, where a lot of the stuff that works in other countries is just totally stymied by higher levels of inefficiency and corruption. Spain and Portugal have similar problems, and Greece was the extreme example of "good intentions, bad results" with the state completely buckling under the high costs of its extensive welfare protections. Just to be clear, I'm 100% in favor of the social net and welfare, but that kind of system relies on the government being transparent and efficient in the application of its resources and conversely the citizenry paying taxes willingly and fully.
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Sundae posted:I didn't realize that you're in Italy. Yeah, the employee/employer relationships are completely different in the USA as are some of the workplace social issues. Most of this thread's posters are in the USA so that's why we all reacted the way we did. Berlusconi's philandering and embezzling puts Trump to shame and he was essentially a national hero until (and even after) he bankrupted the country. Culture is different there, is what I'm saying.
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Please don’t falsify federal government documents
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May 25, 2019 05:35
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Serious answer, if your office has an outside area and the weather's nice, be outside as much as possible. Being inside during the summer is always the most depressing part of working in an office. Listen to a podcast or read a book or just walk around or take your laptop if you can't afford to look like you're literally not doing anything.
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Jun 25, 2019 20:57
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I have a new, 100% WFH job and they sent me a laptop with 1366 * 768 resolution and 8gb RAM in TYOOL 2022. This has to be illegal, somehow.
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SpartanIvy posted:Are you required to use that laptop? I would seriously consider looking for another new job if I was required to use hardware that lovely. You could hook it up to an external monitor to get a better resolution, but with 8 Gb ram I hope you're not doing much on it besides reviewing documents. Yeah, it's just document review and I have an external monitor so it should be OK, it was just funny booting it up and I kept thinking maybe my glasses were dirty or something until it clicked what was happening.
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in a well actually posted:bottom tier hp/dell/lenovo laptops are a sign the it manager reports to the cfo It's 100% something like this. it's a fairly recent Latitude with a decent processor, it honestly feels like it cost more for Dell to make them like this. It's fine for my purposes as long as I have a real monitor, so whatever.
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Jan 22, 2023 23:59
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theHUNGERian posted:When my laptop upgrade was low on ram I pulled out the company credit card and bought as much as the laptop could handle. When it was too slow and IT told me I was not due for an upgrade, I told them my hard drive was making occasional clicking noises, and got an upgrade within a week. "Wait, this laptop has an SSD." "Too late, suckers!"
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Jan 23, 2023 04:09
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This is gonna make my job at Old Man very awkward
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Jan 23, 2023 05:04
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Sundae posted:Will do. To add more fun, now my system audio doesn't work instead! Congrats on your new Linux machine.
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Jan 23, 2023 23:02
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Day 1 of new employment. I have had my onboarding meeting. I have watched my mandatory training videos. The two learning paths were actually the same topics covered by two different people who said exactly the same thing. Three hours to go.
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Jan 23, 2023 23:04
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For whatever reason, the mandatory trainings I had to watch include a) instructions on how to use the self-rating system that was discontinued years ago, and b) guidelines for managers (which I am not) on how to perform associate evaluations, which explicitly tells them that if their associates are ranked too low, it's probably because they're bad managers (I'm exaggerating, of course, but that's essentially the message).
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Jan 24, 2023 19:44
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priznat posted:Extremely disappointed the Teams/Outlook outage was short and ended before I started my day. What a tease!! Love that our IT team sent out a "WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND FIXED THE PROBLEM" for something that was completely out of their control. 
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Sundae posted:My first manager was pretty blunt about hiring me (like a year after I started, I mean) because I had a pulse and was available for immediate start. His dept had a surprise resignation and he knew a hiring freeze was coming, so his #1 priority was to get a warm body in the seat so he wouldn't lose the headcount. It was pure luck for both of us that I ended up being OK at the job. My manager is so palpably relieved that I’m not a loving idiot. She clearly has PTSD from whatever happened with whoever I’m replacing.
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Jan 27, 2023 22:48
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What's it like working at Barstool Sports?
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Jan 28, 2023 00:13
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GP Aaayyy *does the Fonz at the interviewer*
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This is absolutely a vent post, but I'm also interested in the perspective of people here who are in people management positions. I started two weeks ago at this new role, with the first week being mostly onboarding. This is an entry level role at 1000+ people organization, and pays reasonably well. I was told my work would be QCed for at least month During this week I had three days where my manager was extremely happy with what I was turning in, and then one bad day where I made several minor mistakes. On Friday I had a 1-on-1 and was told that I needed to "slow down" and just really learn the process, which is absolutely fair feedback. They also said that this is exactly what got the last person "offboarded", "this client is very particular and has a low tolerance for errors", and that "error free work is crucial for making it in this industry". Again, the "slow down" feedback is absolutely fair, but it also felt kind of a dick move to have my first real feedback session be "you gotta start being perfect ASAP or you're not gonna make it here". Isn't the point of QCing giving me some space to gently caress up in a safe environment? I think what annoyed me the most was that my manager said "it's almost harder to know how to handle you because you turned very good work, and then started making mistakes". Isn't that just a display of potential? Again, mostly just venting.
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To be 100% fair I took it more as a warning from her, not a threat. At no point was she aggressive or demeaning, and I really think she’s trying to look out for me, but the net effect was kind of the same. Why even mention the offboarded employee or my future in the industry, even with good intentions? dpkg chopra fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Feb 5, 2023 |
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I’m unfortunately stuck with this job for now, given my resume, and honestly I like the work itself and the work-life balance it offers, so hopefully I’ll git gud fast enough for this not to be a problem, but I’m glad that I wasn’t just blowing it up in my head.
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Feb 5, 2023 05:45
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Haha, no, different sector. Fortunately, my general work conditions are really good (so far) so it’s not like I’m having to clock in 80 hours a week at the dick punching test lab.
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Feb 5, 2023 06:11
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Gotta attend those Sun-up meetings.
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Feb 6, 2023 04:45
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From Smart Missiles to SMART Goals.
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Feb 6, 2023 05:15
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Oh no
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Feb 8, 2023 03:53
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https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7177835472167783685 This could have literally been a screen recording of my first few calls with my manager except replace HR with IT.
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Feb 9, 2023 05:37
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My manager is just the worst at giving feedback. “You’re doing a really good job, if that’s something you need to hear.” How does anyone even come up with that phrase?
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Feb 10, 2023 14:06
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Just embed it in a compliance training document and no one will ever notice it.
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Feb 12, 2023 19:10
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It’s funny that the people who are good at excel are always suburban dads who don’t understand poo poo about computers but are happily writing thousands of lines of code in VBA or recording janky-rear end Macros on which the financial future entire companies depend.
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JFC 7-week notice? I’m all for not burning bridges but man…
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Feb 16, 2023 01:17
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Love that every IT interaction in this company starts with them forcing a Group Policy update on my computer which takes 5-10 minutes before they can do anything else
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Feb 16, 2023 15:41
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You will be shocked to hear that the policy update did not fix the problem.
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Locking down the ability to turn off touchpad tap-to-click via Group Policy is some next level IT assholery.
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Feb 21, 2023 15:45
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“This is just a job, it’s not worth stressing about.” “There is no room for errors with this client.” I appreciate that my manager somehow manages to hold these two points of view simultaneously.
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Feb 23, 2023 13:44
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Oh, cool, because the client for the new team I'm being assigned to is a special snowflake, we are being assigned special snowflake laptops for all work to be done for them.
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Feb 27, 2023 00:49
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In the US we call them the Fourier Seasons
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“dpkg chopra, on your 4th day of work you made a minor mistake. Later, another person made a minor mistake and this compounded into a medium mistake. Even though it never happened again and you’ve already changed your workflow, do you have any suggestions on how to prevent this in the future?” “Actually, yeah, if we could just make a minor tweak to our internal ticketing system it would prevent this and similar errors.” “Oh, no, that would cost money. Just spend more time triple-checking to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
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