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silicone thrills posted:
Pro tip: get a tiny pill box and keep one or two pills in it at all times. Keep this box either on you or at work if you have a secure place to keep it.
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MF_James posted:Kosher has nothing to do with it, these are Christians, during lent they shouldn't eat meat at all on fridays (except fish, which is apparently not meat?)  Funny how Christians will get all huffy about useless crap like Good Friday or Lent, but have zero problems being hypocritical douchebags to get their wayWrath of the Bitch King posted:At old job one of the most profitable divisions of the company used solely interns for all desktop support and low-level tech issues. It was as great as it sounds. I remember an old helldesk job I had where one of our guys was super good at scripting and had set up small remote stuff for our daily work (disk cleanup, defrag, basic things like that). When our manager found out, rather than telling him "hey, want to develop your skills on <x> team?", he seriously told the guy, verbatim: "that's not your job and if I catch you doing it again you'll be reprimanded." Unsurprisingly the guy quit not too long after, just more proof managers are loving idiots most of the time.
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Apr 5, 2018 21:59
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: Hey, we have all kinds of manual tasks and procedures that would EASILY transition to scripted and fully automated sequences. We should do that. Here, I built this dashboard for SCCM crap in not too long, and it's fully automated in the info it provides.
: Automation is something the architecture/automation team works on. That isn't us.
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Avenging_Mikon posted:Pro tip: get a tiny pill box and keep one or two pills in it at all times. Keep this box either on you or at work if you have a secure place to keep it. Totally going to do this. So 21 users in our environment have icloud syncing turned on. We are a secure enviornment and yet somehow this was missed. Not being missed anymore. My boss wants me to be sensitive and not just put a fuckin policy in place today that cuts the connection. I GOTTA TALLLLLLLKKK to them. (I'm actually super nice and friendly and everyone loves me which is why its a pain in the rear end because everyone wants me to fix all of their problems when I talk to them but I can't help that our exchange and storage admins are loving poo poo up left and right)
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Apr 5, 2018 22:03
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Something that pissed me off: I had a phone screen yesterday, most phone screens I've had were 15-30 minutes, nothing crazy just initial info and Q&A etc, probably the same experience for everyone else, but not the one I had yesterday. I got somewhat blind-sided by the recruiter after I had agreed to time and date, with her telling me that the director likes to see people, meaning it was a video conference (only one way though), and that the loving thing would be 45--60 minutes. It was dumb and awful but a job I was kind of leaning towards no about anyway, and it went poorly because I'm at a loving restaurant holding my phone like a loving idiot for 45 minutes, the video/audio dropped a few times and then it just stopped working around the 46 minute mark. Not pissing me off today: Manager admitted that everything sucks and that I am a kick rear end employee; still looking for a job but obviously acknowledgement is always good.
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Apr 5, 2018 22:38
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MF_James posted:Something that pissed me off: I had a phone screen yesterday, most phone screens I've had were 15-30 minutes, nothing crazy just initial info and Q&A etc, probably the same experience for everyone else, but not the one I had yesterday. I got somewhat blind-sided by the recruiter after I had agreed to time and date, with her telling me that the director likes to see people, meaning it was a video conference (only one way though), and that the loving thing would be 45--60 minutes. It was dumb and awful but a job I was kind of leaning towards no about anyway, and it went poorly because I'm at a loving restaurant holding my phone like a loving idiot for 45 minutes, the video/audio dropped a few times and then it just stopped working around the 46 minute mark. What the gently caress is up with a one-way video conference?
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Apr 6, 2018 08:23
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porkface posted:What the gently caress is up with a one-way video conference? Gotta make sure you're a good "culture fit"
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Apr 6, 2018 08:40
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porkface posted:What the gently caress is up with a one-way video conference? "Will this minion obey my every command no matter how dumb and silly it is?"
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Apr 6, 2018 08:45
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This legit sounds like they found out someone was naked during an interview once or something like that. That or they were hoping you would troubleshoot their broken webcam for them...
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Apr 6, 2018 08:47
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Jaded Burnout posted:Gotta make sure you're a good "culture fit" Oh Christ, I've just realised that you're right.
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Apr 6, 2018 08:59
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Judge Schnoopy posted:I ordered a ton of spare monitors and phones at the beginning of the year thinking I would be set for the first three quarters. They're all gone. Why is your department in an area that is accessible by other employees without being buzzed in? They should not be able to casually look at what stock you do or do not have, and it is none of their business.
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Apr 6, 2018 09:43
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Jaded Burnout posted:Gotta make sure you're a good "culture fit" Took me a second to realize you were talking about racism, and suddenly it makes a lot more sense.
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Apr 6, 2018 10:15
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5 minutes before finishing today I got: Manager: "Has the big boss talked to you yet?" Me:"Nope" Manager:"Oh OK" Then walked off. gently caress anxiety. It better be like the motorbike situation where the big boss wants me to drive his Cobra or something silly and nothing to do with the bullshit shady ordering situation.
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Apr 6, 2018 10:42
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Steakandchips posted:Why is your department in an area that is accessible by other employees without being buzzed in? They can't see it and aren't allowed anywhere near the server room, which only has one entrance through my office. But once somebody asks for a new monitor and gets a nice shiny thing, they tell others they just had to complain about X. Same with phones. Then everybody is on my case about how bad their monitor and phone is even after I check and tell them they are experiencing normal equipment behavior. Another reason I can't want to get out of internal IT.
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Apr 6, 2018 13:28
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Humphreys posted:5 minutes before finishing today I got: Big Boss: Kept you waiting, huh?
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Apr 6, 2018 13:40
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Judge Schnoopy posted:They can't see it and aren't allowed anywhere near the server room, which only has one entrance through my office. Where are you goi g that you expect to be better? MSP work?
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Apr 6, 2018 13:49
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SEKCobra posted:Took me a second to realize you were talking about racism, and suddenly it makes a lot more sense.
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Apr 6, 2018 13:56
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SEKCobra posted:Where are you goi g that you expect to be better? MSP work? Network security in a datacenter. Internal work still but it's all siloed with other IT employees, no contact outside of IT required.
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Apr 6, 2018 14:11
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2 years ago I wrapped up 3 years of working for a client through a large intermediary, let's call them Accenture. My direct contact was through a intermediary intermediary subcompany, Accenture Resourcing Ltd, who were in the same building and used the same email system etc. I'm now going to work for another client through the same intermediary but a different intermediary intermediary, and Accenture are not willing to provide themselves with a reference for the time I spent working through them, and won't let me work for the new client without that reference.
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Apr 6, 2018 14:58
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Your username is appropriate here
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Apr 6, 2018 16:01
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Thanks Ants posted:Your username is appropriate here 5 years ago when they pulled this kind of poo poo I was all fire and fury, now I really don't care. There's at least three organisations being paid to solve this problem and I'm not one of them.
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Apr 6, 2018 16:05
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The Macaroni posted:A former colleague of mine is an African American woman with a very white-sounding name--something like "Tara O'Connor." She's had times where everything went fine right up until the first face-to-face interview and the recruiter/interviewer did a spit take upon seeing her. Nothing wrong with being surprised, but there've been a couple "Oh hey, uh, you're really great but we were looking for a different, uh, vibe." Hopefully I’m not doxxing myself, but I know a black woman named Sieglinde. German mom, Black dad.
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Apr 6, 2018 16:07
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During my last round of job searching a few interviewers asked about my name and it's a shockingly uncomfortable question in that context. I'm happy to talk about the Hebrew meaning and history in a casual context but whenever it came up while I was holding a copy of my resume and wearing a suit it's like <beat> <another beat> "It's uh, Jewish." Not that I think they were looking to DQ me for it (this is NYC after all, I can't be the only Jew these people have ever met,) it's just...not great.
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Apr 6, 2018 16:34
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The only name issue I expect is the opposite of Tara O'Connor's problem, and is well documented in Freakonomics. Black names are well known disqualifiers. Two identical resumes, and Jessica is making it past the HR screen and Shameeka isn't.
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Apr 6, 2018 16:42
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I’ve got a very Arabic-sounding name, and I’m about as pasty as you can get. I wonder if that has ever gotten my resume tossed. My in-laws talk about names sounding white on paper.
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Apr 6, 2018 16:51
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My last job hunting round I was applying to dozens of jobs that I was more than qualified for, and not hearing a single thing back. Frustrated, I briefly considered putting a shortened version of my name on my resume, in case my resume was getting tossed for being a woman. Like Chris instead of Christine, for example. I'd like to believe that wouldn't be a disqualifier, but I'm sure it is for some. I never did though.
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Apr 6, 2018 16:58
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Your avatar is a gif? Holy hell, I never noticed that. Left the tab open on my second monitor, glanced over to see a seal wearing yellow instead of brown. Blew my mind. e: And a green cactus?!
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Apr 6, 2018 17:18
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Your avatar is a gif? Holy hell, I never noticed that. Left the tab open on my second monitor, glanced over to see a seal wearing yellow instead of brown. Blew my mind. There's 4 or 5 of them there in a sloooowwwww rotation. Every now and then I think about changing it, but can't bring myself to do it. Reactions like this warm the cockles of my heart too much. 
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Apr 6, 2018 17:44
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Jaded Burnout posted:Gotta make sure you're a good "culture fit" Perhaps, I dunno it really threw me off my game, probably best anyway, my commute would be about 10-15 minutes longer, but he brought up he was building a team to move everything into AWS so I was a bit interested about that. Oh well, probably not gonna get an in-person, but it's likely for the best, I'm trying to reduce my commute anyway.
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Apr 6, 2018 17:49
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Sirotan posted:There's 4 or 5 of them there in a sloooowwwww rotation. Every now and then I think about changing it, but can't bring myself to do it. Reactions like this warm the cockles of my heart too much. All this time I just assumed you had an avatar budget and a theme
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MF_James posted:Perhaps, I dunno it really threw me off my game, probably best anyway, my commute would be about 10-15 minutes longer, but he brought up he was building a team to move everything into AWS so I was a bit interested about that. Yeah might not be, might also be a typical more-important-than-thou director bullshit.
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Apr 6, 2018 17:55
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Jaded Burnout posted:Yeah might not be, might also be a typical more-important-than-thou director bullshit. My name is white sounding as hell, English last name (but French spelling) and my first name doesn't even translate into a lot of other languages, but the director was, I believe, Chinese, so perhaps he's looking for someone more like him, I dunno. He did seem fairly self-important and his questions were pretty bad as far as interviewers go.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Your avatar is a gif? Holy hell, I never noticed that. Left the tab open on my second monitor, glanced over to see a seal wearing yellow instead of brown. Blew my mind. Sirotan has the best avatar.
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Apr 6, 2018 18:01
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Sirotan posted:My last job hunting round I was applying to dozens of jobs that I was more than qualified for, and not hearing a single thing back. Frustrated, I briefly considered putting a shortened version of my name on my resume, in case my resume was getting tossed for being a woman. Like Chris instead of Christine, for example. I'd like to believe that wouldn't be a disqualifier, but I'm sure it is for some. I never did though. When I was reviewing applications I wanted to be sure to pay attention to women candidates because i know the industry skews against them unfairly. We only had one, and her resume was 13 goddamn pages. I felt bad throwing it out but seriously anybody submitting that giant mess wasn't going to cut it.
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terrenblade posted:Sirotan has the best avatar.
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My replacement is a drat idiot. This week he has: •Sent out data to customers without having it reviewed •Managed to change the date formats on a report that shows data by day to DD-MM-YY instead of MM-DD-YYYY but messed it up so 3/1-3/12 were sorted as if they were the 3rd day of each month but 3/13-3/31 were sorted correctly. •Tried to modify a report and tried to join a number to a string. Obviously didn’t test it because he sent it to me for review before putting it in production. •Didn’t join a single required meeting. •Can’t figure out how to upload some documents to SharePoint. •Gave someone a spreadsheet with an active database connection with the user name and password for the generic reporting account in it. Of course he is in a completely different part of the organization than me because he is in Indiana and his boss doesn’t believe in getting rid of people for being unable to do the job. They just get shifted to a different position over and over until they quit.
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Apr 6, 2018 18:26
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Obsoletely Fabulous posted:My replacement is a drat idiot. This week he has: If he's your replacement it sounds like all of this is absolutely none of your problem. And may benefit you if you use that job as a reference, because you'll always be compared as "better than that loving new guy"
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Apr 6, 2018 18:28
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Judge Schnoopy posted:If he's your replacement it sounds like all of this is absolutely none of your problem. It is absolutely not my problem. I’m pretty much just standing back and watching the train wreck while making sure the people who need to know that he screwed up know so it doesn’t come back on me. I would like a decent reference when I need one from here.
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The ticket says they're pretty sure. Content pissing me off: Boss tried to tell me I would not be reimbursed mileage for an 800km trip I drove in my own vehicle. Oh but the company will pay for the gas. gently caress you bud, that isn't how this works. ChubbyThePhat fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Apr 6, 2018 |
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Next time they get you a rental then. 
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