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Happitoo posted:Seriously. It may not be your decision to make, but can the company just not go "gently caress you for abusing our employees, we're going to use somebody else"? Is laughing in their face not an option?
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The Aphasian posted:The real annoyance is that most of the issues we have are NOT due to our customization, but to weird quirks of the system. Individual and company names cannot have apostrophe's in them, because it causes the entire system to break due to a SQL error. This is despite the fact that this issue has been recognized and addressed in every other professional software utilizing SQL since about the time SQL became a standard. So Peter O'Toole would have to be Peter OToole with an apology that all of the mail from us doesn't reflect his real name. Your product is one malicious query away from getting wiped. You need to tell management that you need a new product from a competent vendor and you need it yesterday, because the opportunity cost here includes the monumental liability costs from loving SQL Injection attacks. Is this company filled with time travelers? Are they literally from the 90s?
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Silly question, but do any other employees have the same job as you and the other employee? It might just be that he considers you a secretary and not worth the same compensation, or at least that's how he'll spin it to any investigators.
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Keetron posted:The hard reality is always this. Does your job suck but you cannot find anything else? You found your best possible spot in the current job market. Free market working in the job market. Alternately, you live in an area with lovely jobs or you just don't market yourself very well, or you don't interview very well. Learn Android, make a few Android apps, work for a lovely consulting company, and watch your star ascend if you are so highly competent as to understand what a for loop is.
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Jan 7, 2014 02:36
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D34THROW posted:There's cinnamon-hazelnut coffee in the fridge for me at work. After I have my morning cup or two, I'll switch to decaf so that I'm not totally wired for the rest of the day. When I was younger, I always felt like decaf was just missing the point, but as I've aged I've realized that I can enjoy coffee on its own merits without ~*caffeine*~
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Jan 11, 2014 04:51
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martyrdumb posted:Say you're looking for a workplace that's a better fit. The work environment seems awesome, you like their product a lot because <reasons>, their mission is very positive and resonates strongly with you (which entails reading their company website to find out their mission ahead of time--do your research!), etc. It's probably OK to say "I'm looking for a better work life balance, and I've heard that (company) is pretty good in this way. Is that true?" It gives the recruiter/interviewer an easy way to spin the current environment positively, or gives you a really nice red flag of your own when they weasel and say "well, you know, in this line of work you really have to take what comes at you..."
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Jan 14, 2014 02:07
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rolleyes posted:My favourites are the ones which proceed thusly: I actually worked at a company that made software to test sales people to verify that they did indeed do the assigned training about selling XYZ, and that it was totally not company's fault when they were later caught lying their pants off about XYZ, thus preventing then from being able to sue for wrongful termination when caught. I only recently realized in my heart of hearts that this is probably just so that the company has a legal shield for the shady behavior that they know is going on rather than preventing the shady behavior. Volmarias fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Jan 17, 2014 |
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Jan 17, 2014 04:20
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ieatsoap6 posted:So who likes meetings? Who likes recurring meetings? What about recurring meetings at 4:30 on Fridays that habitually run well past 5:00? Hooray! Bring beer to the meeting. Begin drinking at 5. Belch loudly. My last employer had Happy Hour begin at 4:30 on Friday. You might have a meeting after happy hour, but no one would think less of you if you had a beer with you.
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Jan 18, 2014 18:04
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Sundae posted:Ladies and gentlemen... my workplace. Did you ask what would have happened if you had shipped a batch that then turned out to be bad? Would that have been OK? If so, make sure you take the YOLO approach to QC in the future.
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Jan 21, 2014 04:11
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Videoconference all day every day. VCs are wonderful (when someone else is handling the details) 
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Jan 28, 2014 02:20
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Sundae posted:As soon as my contract is up, I'm gone. I was an idiot and signed a relocation agreement. The penalties are enormous if I leave before my period's up. Are there penalties if you get fired before your period is up? If there are you should lawyer up immediately, because I'm seeing an awful legal fight in the future when the scummy company tries to recoup costs.
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Jan 28, 2014 04:13
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Pleads posted:I know it's mostly the only thing I post about, and I know the answer is "go elsewhere" (have started applying), but my salary negotiations stalled and died yesterday after my boss told me that they had a range available for the compensation in my new position, then told me they would not be offering more than the bare minimum of that range. Gave me the range they had available, and told me he would not offer more despite their offer being the bottom number of that range. Do the bare minimum, since that's all they're paying you for.
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Jan 31, 2014 15:50
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Tony Montana posted:For the guy running into the same people again at the next workplace, the higher you go the more this happens. You end up with a little community of people and you all know each other and keep running into each other at each place. People skills important, much? Half-day interviews are pretty common in IT / Software Engineering. If you're getting a phone screen or two and an in-person interview that lasts half a day; congratulations! You're interviewing for someplace at least half competent!
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Feb 11, 2014 00:20
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Tony Montana posted:IBM, HP, MS or Cisco. It's one of those. Bit scared really, when I've met their dudes when I've worked for other corps they're always another level technically. But if I don't get through, it at least means I'm getting past the gatekeepers and I should be able to find something else until I can try again later. On the one hand, you probably just have a healthy dose of Impostor Syndrome, which I've had red-lining for the last month since I started this job. So, you're probably fine. On the other hand, I would not be terribly sad to be turned down by any of the companies that you posted. They're probably pretty rough to interview with. Just consider it practice if it happens, and try again in 6 months.
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Feb 11, 2014 02:30
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topenga posted:I had pegged OldManager as someone who would never leave the old place because his style seemed to fit so well. I was just really thrown that he was ready to leave shortly after most of us left (I think he was down to having 2 direct reports). In a weird twist of fate, I'm working with two people from my previous job, and I'm trying to get a friend from the job before that to apply here. Having people you already know working with you rocks.
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Feb 11, 2014 22:32
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MightyJoe36 posted:Two questions about recruiters: You're assuming that they CAN change the hourly rate. That might be dictated by someone well above them, possibly for an area of the country with a different cost of living. There might be a disconnect between the person paying the bills, and how much the job actually costs. Besides, the recruiter doesn't care about the quality of the candidate coming in; all they care is that they get hired. quote:2. I get 2-3 calls per week from recruiters who sound like they are calling from a call center in India. Are these legitimate recruiters, or just people trolling for information? It could absolutely be either or. Someone could be outsourcing recruiters to india, but it could also be scammers trying to social engineer you.
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Feb 13, 2014 02:23
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Feb 13, 2014 19:18
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Cast_No_Shadow posted:Do they have your favouritist clip art on them? The more obnoxious the clip art the more likely someone is to remember you! You will be marked more highly on mismatched colours, bad stretching and if the art is available and widely abused in MS office documents.
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Feb 15, 2014 00:48
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handbanana125 posted:but the senior executive from Union Pacific going off on a rant on how fat people have no place in an office setting was totally worth sacrificing my entire weekend. This sounds magical and I would like to hear more about what happened.
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Feb 17, 2014 17:29
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handbanana125 posted:Fat Men, Little Boys  "This is actually a great time to bring up our next subject; (decorum when speaking|seeing a therapist)."
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Feb 17, 2014 18:42
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Tony Montana posted:Why does 'being salaried' (full time) equate to no OT? That's ridiculous. Someone has never heard the phrase "Salaried Exempt" I see. The fun thing is that, as far as I know, the salary band doesn't increase with inflation. So, it's possible to be Salaried Exempt while making near minimum wage. Naturally, we should all thank our
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Feb 18, 2014 14:27
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Tony Montana posted:It was. I explained then how that is. Think of it as a favour, when someone does you a favour you're not in a position to ask on the details. That's exactly the situation our young intern was in. Do you seriously believe that giving internships is done as a favor or charity? 
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Feb 21, 2014 14:18
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Tony Montana posted:edit: here is a thing I'd like some ideas on. So it's a technical interview and you're using a VoIP app like Skype or Lync or whatever. It's voice only. Is it cool for you to Google poo poo and use your computer while you're talking? If the interviewer hears you tapping away will it piss them off? A couple of times I referred to study notes because I had them right there.. but half way through I just stopped and started talking freely thinking this was ridiculous. I guess you could ask but then you get the thing of if you ask they have to say no, please answer from your experience while if you don't ask then you may be able to just do it. It's probably expected that you not do that, but it won't hurt to ask.
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Spike McAwesome posted:Pay cuts You should change jobs if at all possible. Move if you have to.
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Feb 22, 2014 00:10
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Spook posted:gently caress everyone who can get a mortgage. I have zero sympathy for anyone who is in a position to apply for a mortgage. gently caress everyone. The end.
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Feb 23, 2014 21:42
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Peven Stan posted:I used to think I lucked out, having worked only for Fortune 100 best places to work for firms in the midwest. Something happened today that really shook my loving faith in corporate though and reminded me more of my of somewhat shady rough and tumble job doing union organizing right out of college. Got written up (first time since kindergarten, I swear) for taking some unplanned leave to drive my parents to the airport for an emergency. I was in a meeting at the time and my phone was on vibrate but kept on going off. I glanced at the lockscreen and saw all the texts indicating it was an emergent situation so I hastily excused myself and my boss told me it was ok, just shoot him an email to let him know what happened. Yeah, this is a sign that you should probably be joining the people abandoning shop.
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Mar 1, 2014 17:21
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Keetron posted:On a humane level this is actually an extremely lovely thing to do, there is no way to verify that indeed this was the plan and it is easily perceived as a way to keep you on board after which nothing changes. For example: HR did not approve, I am sorry but your promotion cannot go through. Or you will get a new title and a token raise after which nothing changes. The worst that happens is that you pick your current employer, and they go about quietly finding someone to replace you while you're working because they know that you're not happy and the promotion will probably only tide you over for a few months.
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Renegret posted:Other way around, I did an incredibly lovely job explaining it. Sounds like a great entry for this thread!
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Mar 9, 2014 17:11
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Renegret posted:Yeah, I've posted a few times there and I've read the entire thing but what I do isn't a very good fit. It is a good fit.
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Mar 9, 2014 18:22
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peter banana posted:These are good but one thing that used to annoy me is that people used them weirdly. They'd send one message to get my attention, "Hi peter," and then be typing for ages, maybe get distracted themselves and I'd be waiting for their next message. Just ask what you want to ask in the first message, for God's sake. This is the absolute worst, with people texting into IM clients as a close second. Motherfucker, you're an IT professional, you can spare the milliseconds to hit the y and o in you.
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Omne posted:"In order to manage costs, we will be backfilling positions at lower levels. We are also freezing promotions. We are doing this in order to re-stock our teams with young talent." I have never heard this policy being so blatantly communicated before. You should capture this moment, like a beautiful sunrise, to put in the background of your eventual resignation letter.
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Mar 21, 2014 23:23
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YF19pilot posted:I work at a financial institution that can unlock doors for people You work for GM financing? They're the ones with OnStar, right?
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dennyk posted:Last place I worked at never gave raises at all for years (and it wasn't a nonprofit or some mom and pop small business or something, it was a good-sized multinational corporation). The only way to get a raise was to get promoted, and those increases were capped at 10% of your current salary regardless of what position you were moving to. Getting a new job with a new company seems to be the best way to get a raise in a lot of cases, which is a really crappy aspect of our economy given that it's really wasteful to have everyone have to learn a new environment every few years.
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Pleads posted:Sounds like a great chance for some $60/hr consulting. $60? Consulting should be $150/hr minimum, preferably $200. That's still peanuts to the department budget.
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rolleyes posted:Quite. There was a guy over in one of the SH/SC threads last week who got a panicked call from his ex-employer (who had fired him without cause I think) because their network was down and his replacement couldn't figure it out. He knew what it was almost immediately, negotiated some sort of 4-figure fee to go in and fix it, and spent about 15 minutes on site IIRC. The best part is that he offered to help for $1000, and his old boss countered with $100 and a pizza. So, he waited a day or two while the business was literally at a standstill, then negotiated with his old boss's boss to do it for what sounds like about $9000. His old boss STILL tried to find a way to throw him under the bus when he finished, too. I still think they got off too cheap. The point is, when offering your services to a company, don't just ask how much it's worth to you, ask how much it's worth to them too. Take the larger of these two numbers, and adjust upwards by a small amount, then bill that. If they fired you, double the number. Fixing the God Spreadsheet that the business makes all of it's decisions on is probably worth more than $60/hr.
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Mar 25, 2014 14:25
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TrisIsPluto posted:I feel like I should be documenting everything. Should I be documenting everything? Also please reassure me that the next few people we hire won't be idiots You should be documenting everything. Also, see if you can set this person on a collision course with upper management. They'll either get him shitcanned or promoted within the hour.
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Mar 27, 2014 12:17
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willus posted:Volmarias, I'm 22 and I would consider about zero of those things appropriate, so don't worry we aren't all idiots. I don't think I suggested otherwise? 
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Spermy Smurf posted:The tomato plant has me laughing. Who could possibly think that's a fun idea that people would care about? Just buy lunch or donuts for everyone once or twice a quarter. I would totally be down for the care and feeding of a potted tomato plant, it would be a soothing 5 minute diversion every day  drat Bananas, you should probably get out of that job ASAP.
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Halloween Jack posted:There are definitely some good things in management books, but I've never read one that didn't pad its pagecount out to two or three times what was necessary to convey its message. That's really bad because it results in a writing style that comes across as tedious and really condescending, because the authors belabor each point with multiple examples which they explain at an elementary-school reading level. Actually there are, but the gnomes are totally dicks to the mice.
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The Berzerker posted:I get this from students a lot. I don't know why they think I want to jump through hoops to send them a rejection letter. Because they want to do something to make their resume stand out?
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