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Paladine_PSoT posted:Technically, it *CAN* happen on a single or a few paychecks under the right conditions, and those conditions are based on poor calculations and assumptions on the payroll processor's end. You still end up getting the money back at the end of the year, but the paycheck can be lower. Again, this is because of poo poo processing algorithms. I had poo poo like that happen on weeks were I got a ton of OT. ADP is bad about that. And yes, my return was princely at the end of the year.
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jim truds posted:Is your office just spreading cryptolocker around like an STD? How are so many people there getting infected? "Hey Bob, can you open this email? I tried opening the fedex invoice but it doesn't do anything. Maybe my machine is having problems."
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Daylen Drazzi posted:Doubt if it will make any difference, but at the least I got to vent my spleen a bit. Those outsourced engineers live and die by those metrics, you probably ruined their year by sending that back. And good loving riddance. I hate those assholes who pull that kind of poo poo. GOOCHY posted:They're just going to read that survey and take it as, "Our service wasn't that bad this guy is just insufferable." Sorry, that's just how I'd take a survey that was filled out like that. Yeah, but you're not middle management at a BPOs in india who has to justify every single negative thing your herd of money making 'engineers' manages to generate. poo poo floweth down from on high, and passeth down to the lowest rung.
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Jun 28, 2014 09:55
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Galler posted:My team gets treated pretty well overall and as a result we work hard and get poo poo done. The other IT groups don't get treated all that well and don't really give a poo poo if things get done right or at all. I'm sure those two things are unrelated. 110% unrelated. You can totally pay whatever you want and get top notch IT support services! You just need to make sure you collect and manage via the appropriate metrics! And everyone knows tickets closed per day is the most effective way to determine if those shifty lazy bums in IT are doing anything at all each day.
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Jun 30, 2014 11:50
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dogstile posted:Hell, if the entire group, even the best engineers who have been there for years are under your number and are averaging less tickets a day, that means they're all just lazy! No point walking in during the day and seeing how they work, those numbers on the screen tell you everything you need to know! Walk in? What, and leave the grand management citadel that is the C suite floors? I bet you expect me to use a non-executive bathroom too? I have a perfectly good system for denying raises and reducing company costs right here at my solid mahogany desk. If they fail to meet my metrics, then obviously we need to outsource this to a firm that can meet our demands for total quality improvement. A good friend of mine at the country club is on the board of a great BPOs firm, and he says we can get the same service from Indian engineers for less than 10k a year! What savings! My bonus this year is gonna be huge once we roll this out.
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JazzmasterCurious posted:Reading about your nonexistent vacation time makes me appreciate our socialist utopia so much more, the land of milk and honey where employers are required by law to give you three weeks uninterrupted vacation time between July and September. And eleven percent of a year's salary paid out in June unless you get your regular salary the month you're off... What hilarious socialist land is this? Some Scandinavian paradise where summer is only 4.5 weeks long and people kill themselves if they're forced to work during one season where 80% of the sunlight received annually actually occurs?
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BaseballPCHiker posted:We are going through the process of changing everyones user rights from being local admins to standard users. The company is growing super fast and the guys on helpdesk dont have enough time to keep up with the backup, format, reimages for all of the pc's that are obviously getting viruses. I'm having to fight these mouth breathers at every god drat step! The culture here was just amazing. People used their company laptops as home devices and this was actually encouraged as a "perk" for the longest time. So we have different model Alien Wares and HP's and Lenovos all floating around with god knows what. Honestly I'm amazed that I was able to even convince management that this change needed to be made. I think getting hit by cryptolocker a while back changed some minds. If they have more than 100 people, Bit9 may be something for them to look at. It's a software whitelisting system that pretty much stops malware cold. SHA-1 checksum doesn't match? YOU NO RUN NOW! Works amazing at the place I'm at. Malware jobs went from 3+ daily to maybe 1 per month. If it was available for single user machines, I'd buy a copy in a heartbeat.
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Sirotan posted:It's 82F in my office now. I guess I shouldn't have complained. Obviously this means it's tanktop and cutoff shorts weather!
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stuxracer posted:This guy sounds like an rear end in a top hat and probably used his company information systems to get the controller office contacts. Good on his ex-company for immediately firing him. As much of a shitshow Comcast is at pretty much everything other than fraudulently billing people for things, cold calling the controller's office and (possibly) name dropping your firm is a great way to get poo poo on. Nobody in public accounting has the slightest hint of a sense of humor when it comes to any potential ethics violation. And invoking the PCAOB is sorta like threatening someone with the regulatory equivalent of a Saddam era SCUD missile. This is also why Call Recording apps for your phone are so awesome. It's really easy to eliminate the whole he said she said aspect of your horrifically frustrating @ComcastCares experience when you take them to small claims. Then all of a sudden "our records don't show any call at this time" becomes "perhaps our systems missed that".
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Oct 8, 2014 02:53
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Sirotan posted:As much as I love the ability to record each and every phone call I make to Comcast (that for some reason I'm making instead of doing the sane thing and using their web chat), I'm guessing in two party states, starting your conversation with "this call may be recorded for The joys of living in a single party state. And yeah, since there is already an expectation that a call is being recorded, since you, you know, recorded the stupid hold recording stating that, then it's a non-issue. There was disclosure that the call was being recorded, the fact that it's automated on their end doesn't really factor into it at all. They play that recorded message to comply with the two party recording requirements that a lot of states have. And yeah, most managers tend to care a lot more about the issues you have when you have recordings of their P.S.: Did I mention how much I loving hate Comcast? Hughmoris posted:I was actually wondering the legality of that today, actually. If one party states that the call may be recorded, does the other party have to state it too? Nope. In a single party state, as long as one party to the conversation (you) are aware that it's being recorded, parties two through n can be blissfully unaware of that until they see it in court. That's worded to prevent an unknown 3rd party from wiretapping or eavesdropping. In a two party state, both parties must be aware that it's being recorded, with the assumption that if you don't want it recorded, you'll hang up. Note that refusing to consent to being recorded isn't legally binding and since you were duly notified of the recording, the other party isn't violating the law. In even the strictest states for two party recording, "FYI call is recorded" is all you need to do to cover your rear end. Methylethylaldehyde fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Oct 8, 2014 |
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Che Delilas posted:The question was, if Party A is recording and notifies Party B that it is being recorded, can party B also record themselves without notifying party A in return? (This would be in 2-party consent states) That would probably come down to a state by state prior case law ruling. The general interpretation is they must both be aware, but I'm sure certain states will have had cases where both parties need to know if one or both of the parties are being recorded.
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Oct 8, 2014 06:08
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HFX posted:Who the gently caress though it is a good idea to build a ticketing system in flash and to make it go live in 2014? Nephew of a C-suite sales dipshit?
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hihifellow posted:an incompetent sycophant who had been told "look, don't touch" That's always a recipe for Fun times
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Oct 13, 2014 23:35
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totalnewbie posted:Actual email from IT: The 192.168.1.1 DHCP scope our Linksys router from 2003 is full. No way to change it, remove wifi from your phones.
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Nov 13, 2014 22:03
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Bob Morales posted:Those can only handle about 40-50 devices and then they poo poo the bed anyway. The network is slow? You must have a virus, we need to take your machine for 4 days while we reimage it. Here is a loaner from 2003.
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Nov 13, 2014 22:24
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Volmarias posted:I have unlimited storage for email. If it's exchange 2010 or better, the backend mail datastores start getting deeply unhappy right around that point.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I can't relate to these people at all. A coworker was looking for a new job and got an offer for "infrastructure architect" but turned it down because he didn't feel like he was ready. Dude, you know when you're ready for a position? When the offer letter arrives. Ugh. There is a difference between Goon-in-a-well and 'been there, done that, gently caress it, never doing it again, finally happy-ish with a job, not moving from it'. I know two guys in their 40s who work tier 1 and 2 helpdesk because they've done the sysadmin routine, and just don't want the responsibility and stress. They do good work, and are happy where they are.
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Nov 21, 2014 20:44
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:Ugh as soon as you have a date on which you're quitting, your non-working hours get so much easier and your working hours get so much harder. Why did I do him the favour of giving him a 2-month window to find my replacement, knowing all the while he wouldn't even bother posting a goddamn ad? Comedy option: Fork a new version and wok on that.
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Nov 24, 2014 13:28
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Lum posted:I guess we're reaching the point where people are gonna have to build a 2003 terminal server solely to run IE6 in kiosk mode, Java 6 (or Java 1.4) and Flash with a whitelist of sites and desktop icons for the users saying "ShittyCorp Parts Catalogue" or whatever. That works surprisingly well, too. Just make sure it's a non-domain joined machine, or otherwise limited in both scope and roles. And never ever ever use any kind of domain credentials on the thing. Assume anything you give it will end up used against you.
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flosofl posted:If there's no formal on-call rotation, then I am not on call. Period. You're not being a team player!
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CitizenKain posted:Alas, it doesn't work that way here. Our direct supervisor is not on our side, he is simply a mouthpiece for his managers now, and they simply repeat what is passed down from above. The only person who actually stood up for us left earlier this year since he was sick of that, so here we are. Going by what some coworkers have said, they are handing our a ton of "meets expectations" this year, while a year ago all of us were seeing higher scores. Maybe this is due to the new review program that was rolled out. Keep an eye on that, one of management's favorite things is to give artificially crappy reviews, then use it as an excuse to fire/lay off/give poo poo raises to/outsource entirely.
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skooma512 posted:Ah yes, the classic "Everyone who works even a second less than me is lazy". Don't forget the ever popular "I don't understand it, therefore it must be trivial to do".
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spog posted:How is that possible? Step 1 is a naughty words regex. Step 2 is randomly blocking things because *reasons*. Step 3 is don't block goatse for some reason.
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Dick Trauma posted:So I'm letting it go. I don't work there anymore, they didn't deserve me and I don't need anything from them. Let them gnaw at each other instead of me. gently caress that. An appeal is like a single page form with an affidavit you sign. "I gave written notice to the HR director, and placed that notice in a conspicuous place. I also verbally gave notice to the executive assistant. I wish to contest this." Bam, that's it. loving never just roll over when they gently caress you, especially after you quit. You have literally nothing to lose but an hour or two if your now copious free time. They literally lied to a state agency, either they cave on the appeal and you get benefits, or they show up with lawyers and you waste some of their time and money arguing about it. Remember, it's on them to prove you didn't give written notice, as employment laws don't require you to submit your resignation letter via registered mail. Mention the actively hostile work environment and the fact you were not surprised to see them trying to avoid having to pay for unemployment benefits. And yes, "gently caress you, I quit. - Dick Trauma" absolutely counts as a written notification. monster on a stick posted:EDIT: also you mentioned that the day after you quit, you got cashed out for all your vacation time. Companies don't do that unless you were fired, laid off, or you quit. The day after. Go get a copy of the check and give it to the unemployment office. There's your proof. Enjoy watching the VP of HR burn. Oh Jesus yes this. Make a big formal stink about it and get the case heard by a magistrate or appeals arbitrator, then casually drop the bomb that HR had to have heard about it, because your PTO was cashed out literally the next day. Odd that it took them less than 12 hours to determine that you had abandoned your job without notice. Or maybe they lied to the unemployment office. You know, either way. Methylethylaldehyde fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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MrMoo posted:21" CRT sounds pretty cool though. Healthcare Applications Company.txt
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:"Here, I added a clause that says that you have to pay me one-year's salary if you enforce this" Ask to review it, make changes, sign it. If they don't bother reading it, it's not your fault! Volmarias posted:OK, my mistake. You'll just be fired for "poor performance". My favorite is "You're being fired for every reason that isn't covered by current federal and state employment laws. Yes, all of them. Pack your poo poo and get out.".
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dennyk posted:Non-competes given to non-key employees are usually either pointless over-application of a policy or a deliberate attempt to intimidate employees into sticking around instead of leaving for more money and better working conditions, depending on where the company falls on the incompetent<->malicious scale. It wouldn't surprise me if someone with inhouse litigation staff did the math on this and figured 40 hours of lawyer time during a slow month could save them X in salary over Y months, and set up a series of increasingly hostile agreements they forced on their now increasingly indentured workers. Sue the poo poo out of one employee on a barely enforceable clause in one of the many contracts you forced them to sign, then spread the word via bland yet threatening memo-all emails to the peons.
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Sirotan posted:Resource and Process Solutions Specialist, offline, after the stand up. Temba, his arms wide!
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Priss In Plate posted:Ooh, it's got SQL! That's good, right? Could be dbase3. or a proprietary fork of the 1997 access database type!
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Tab8715 posted:That's a decent plan, get the experience, finish some projects then bounce. As long as you have a good exit strategy, and enough fodder for the resume that you can bail, take a month or two to misplace the postal uniform and find a better job, then it can be really rewarding to get one of those 'these are your concrete lined running shoes, and there is the bottom of the pool we need cleaned, go nuts' type jobs. Just make sure that when you say "I did all these things" you can prove it, and that your old manager won't lie to your new boss's face about who actually did the work.
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Daylen Drazzi posted:gently caress that - I live 5 minutes away, and unless it's the real loving snowpocalypse I will drat well drive home regardless of the conditions. True Snowpocalypse conditions are when you call your buddy to come pick you up, the power fails shortly afterward, and you end up riding back home on the back of his snow machine. If you can still drive someplace, even if attempting to do so is retarded, bordering on suicidal, it's not a true snowpocalypse.
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Coredump posted:Snow machine. There's a word that gets under my skin. It's a snowmobile. Why would you refer to a snow mobile with a less specific word? A snow blower is also a snow machine. It's one of those soda/pop words that's apparently pretty regional. Up here you get made fun of for calling it a Snowmobile, '"it's a snow machine you idiot". I agree it's sorta retarded, but I also think people calling my delicious Coke a bottle of pop seems strange.
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BaseballPCHiker posted:Man this just keeps getting better and better. Is he just looking to hire someone to decommission everything and try and run a windows equivalent? How did he even get to this level of management? Two additional levels of possible hilarity. Get a windows theme that redoes the server UI to look a loot like out of the box Ubuntu, and a Gnome theme that looks a lot like windows. Set them up on a few real low budget VMs and tell him you switched everything over.
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Varkk posted:What are stock options for a dead company worth? In a lot of cases, the 'stock options' are 401k matching that vests after a certain time period. 401k stock in companies entirely unrelated to the one you actually work at.
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Baconroll posted:The concall system itself has a message on joining of 'the leader has not yet joined' - I do wonder if our German employees get greeted with a literal translation of 'Der Fuhrer'. I'm setting my Webex localization setting to Dresden, Germany, and I will report back with what it says.
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Mrit posted:Forgive me if I'm clueless here, what does Explorer crashing on multiple users machines have to do with an old server? Plus, Explorer crashing is about 15 seconds of recovery time, unless you are running Windows XP or something. If the server softlocks due to the disk subsystem going from 10 ms service time to 2,000 ms service time (because you told it to update permissions on 100k file entries), most client machines that try to touch the server to update directory metadata or do any file tasks will also softlock waiting on I/O. Once the server comes back from disk latency purgatory, it'll generally recover gracefully and the clients will stop locking and go about their day. If it lasts longer than 30-90 seconds, some clients will abort with a generic 'disk IO error, please reattach disk and/or go gently caress yourself'.
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the spyder posted:A calendar invite came in: INTEGRATION DISCUSSION with *IT Director from Company that is apparently buying us*. "I'd love to help with the cutover and migration, but I just got this new job, so if you need me, it'll be nights and weekends at $200/hour. 4 hour minimum per day."
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RangerAce posted:I don't even want to do code reviews for these lazy shits, anymore. Then the code goes into prod untested, and you get to figure out what broke at 3am when they scheduled the merge to take place.
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Dick Trauma posted:I just realized that not only do I now have the same title as my old boss they still haven't filled the VP of I.T. opening that triggered my departure. Now instead of dumb poo poo your IT boss makes you do, it's dumb poo poo the rest of the VPs and C-suite idiots do. Entirely different brand of stupid, with different infuriating little gotchas.
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Gwaihir posted:With printers and faxes. Ballistically actuated printers, fired via trebuchet, between competing business silos.
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