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qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Asleep Style posted:

Are they hiring? Please don't say "not scrubs"

microsoft japan is the biggest company I've heard of that does it

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Arcteryx Anarchist
Sep 14, 2007

Fun Shoe

qirex posted:

example: my company doesn't do MLK day

:eyepop:

Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Make Deer Great Again
Cybernetic Crumb

DELETE CASCADE posted:

my productivity is great because instead of meetings i can actually write code, but business level productivity is not good because sales is having trouble even scheduling demos much less getting a contract approved during all this

My productivity would be better, but the rate of inbound work is slowing along with the economy. The execs will see this and call me lazy I'm sure.

Arcteryx Anarchist
Sep 14, 2007

Fun Shoe
well I just learned its a bad idea to try to download large-ish files over the VPN

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

Official Carrier of the Neil Bush Torch

my company just hands you N holidays and says "take whichever ones you want off"

which is nice imo. Don't wanna do Columbus Day? Don't. Wanna take off for Arbor Day? go nuts.

Arcteryx Anarchist
Sep 14, 2007

Fun Shoe
what's the cutoff for a holiday?

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

I think we have 8 fixed and two "floating" holidays which are basically pto but you pick a different option in your time off system

President Beep
Apr 29, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

rotor posted:

its about the same for me because posting at home and posting at work is pretty much the same thing

actually it’s about ethics in gaming germalism

SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

this is going to result in a boom of ebook novels and bad articles send to peer reviewing journals isn't it

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


yeah we’re going to get some very interesting information out of this similar to india’s car crashes plummeting during that two week RIM outage

Arcteryx Anarchist
Sep 14, 2007

Fun Shoe
turns out porn sites could indeed withstand the traffic

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


THE MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVES

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

Official Carrier of the Neil Bush Torch

lancemantis posted:

what's the cutoff for a holiday?

like how do they decide what a legit holiday is? they don't, that's up to me. They're basically congruent to vacation days but accounted for differently.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012


professor lumpy balls, they call me
i have spent the entire day today trying to train a pile of people nearly twice my age how to use Zoom.

we got through "downloading the desktop app" and "scheduling a meeting" and "sending the link to participants" but bogged down in such advanced features as raising your hand, mass muting/unmuting and creating breakout rooms.

i tried several times to teach them the real power-user "hold spacebar to temporarily unmute, like a radio PTT button" feature but woooooooosh

Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Make Deer Great Again
Cybernetic Crumb
The only zoom feature I have ever used is mass mute, but its like once a call.

Broken Machine
Oct 22, 2010

Sagebrush posted:

i have spent the entire day today trying to train a pile of people nearly twice my age how to use Zoom.

we got through "downloading the desktop app" and "scheduling a meeting" and "sending the link to participants" but bogged down in such advanced features as raising your hand, mass muting/unmuting and creating breakout rooms.

i tried several times to teach them the real power-user "hold spacebar to temporarily unmute, like a radio PTT button" feature but woooooooosh

teaching a bunch of old career academics with egos to match how to use technology sounds like its own special hell. thank you for your service :patriot:

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012


professor lumpy balls, they call me

Broken Machine posted:

teaching a bunch of old career academics with egos to match how to use technology sounds like its own special hell. thank you for your service :patriot:

it's literally service, too, since the IT department is already swamped and no one else around here is doing it/capable of doing it. i already use zoom to share my screen during software classes so the kids don't have to squint at the icons from across the room, so i volunteered. oops

two people have already said "this online course stuff isn't in my contract so you can't make me do it." real team players

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


Sagebrush posted:

i tried several times to teach them the real power-user "hold spacebar to temporarily unmute, like a radio PTT button" feature but woooooooosh

holy poo poo i had no clue you could do this

abigserve
Sep 13, 2009

this is a better avatar than what I had before

Sagebrush posted:

i have spent the entire day today trying to train a pile of people nearly twice my age how to use Zoom.

we got through "downloading the desktop app" and "scheduling a meeting" and "sending the link to participants" but bogged down in such advanced features as raising your hand, mass muting/unmuting and creating breakout rooms.

i tried several times to teach them the real power-user "hold spacebar to temporarily unmute, like a radio PTT button" feature but woooooooosh

It should be integrated into your calender/mail client imo, people respond better to that workflow

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



qirex posted:

I'm on my third "mobile friendly" job and I'd estimate there's probably a 10-15% drag on business as usual but it's worth it IMO and fewer people bail at critical times

that sounds about in line withy experience with open offices, where i connected well with my team but productivity took a dip because distractions were everywhere. maybe this wont be as large a dip in some environments

PIZZA.BAT posted:

THE MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVES

look as long as the video isnt required ill gladly sit in a large meeting at home from my couch with my dog

tk
Dec 10, 2003

Nap Ghost
Everybody seems to have unofficially decided that 9-4ish are the new working hours.

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Agile Vector posted:

that sounds about in line withy experience with open offices, where i connected well with my team but productivity took a dip because distractions were everywhere. maybe this wont be as large a dip in some environments

I haven't worked anywhere that wasn't open office or maybe half cubes in almost 15 years

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

Broken Machine posted:

teaching a bunch of old career academics with egos to match how to use technology sounds like its own special hell. thank you for your service :patriot:

we had to change all IT training sessions into “workshops” a while back because faculty will not attend something called a “training”

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



qirex posted:

I haven't worked anywhere that wasn't open office or maybe half cubes in almost 15 years

theyve slowly taken ours down and hotdesking is the future

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



I moved the cable modem, router, and plex server to the living room and now I have usable wifi at the desk and on the patio. it rules

Archduke Frantz Fanon
Sep 7, 2004

They are quarantining us in our individual buildings and breaking up teams between them. Im gonna slowly drip the idea of regular remote work into my bosses ear, since hes trapped in the other building.

half this company give remote work out like candy im gonna break the other half with corona

Shaman Linavi
Apr 3, 2012

company sent out an email today that said anyone planning a flight/cruise after march 9th isn't allowed to use wfh and can only use unpaid sick time

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

Shaman Linavi posted:

company sent out an email today that said anyone planning a flight/cruise after march 9th isn't allowed to use wfh and can only use unpaid sick time

lol

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




ours just said any international travel is no longer covered by corporate insurance regardless of destination

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

ours just said any international travel is no longer covered by corporate insurance regardless of destination

what kind of international travel is required in the agricultural industry, op?

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

Official Carrier of the Neil Bush Torch
tractor conventions, international shearing junkets, things of that nature

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




you forgot seeds, mother fucker

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

REIGNING YOSPOS COSTCO KING

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

you forgot seeds, mother fucker
https://www.theonion.com/my-seed-is-pure-1819583431

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

Official Carrier of the Neil Bush Torch

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

you forgot seeds, mother fucker

I am tired of all these motherfuckin seeds on this motherfuckin plane

President Beep
Apr 29, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

rotor posted:

I am tired of all these motherfuckin seeds on this motherfuckin plane

how else are you going to cloud seed?

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


Shaman Linavi posted:

company sent out an email today that said anyone planning a flight/cruise after march 9th isn't allowed to use wfh and can only use unpaid sick time

harsh but fair imo

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005




[ASK] me about OS/2 WARP
I'm going to be completely honest with my feelings here

anybody that still voluntarily goes on a cruise in this hellworld, with this corona, and this global climate shift, and this unemployment, and this exploitation of brown people, deserves whatever they get on said cruise. And they should not be able to spread their idiot illness on others. thus i propose a government subsidy to bring all cruises down to $99 and mandatory 1 year quarantines on said megaboat.

psiox
Oct 15, 2001

Babylon 5 Street Team

Jonny 290 posted:

I'm going to be completely honest with my feelings here

anybody that still voluntarily goes on a cruise in this hellworld, with this corona, and this global climate shift, and this unemployment, and this exploitation of brown people, deserves whatever they get on said cruise. And they should not be able to spread their idiot illness on others. thus i propose a government subsidy to bring all cruises down to $99 and mandatory 1 year quarantines on said megaboat.

PIZZA.BAT posted:

harsh but fair imo

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

Official Carrier of the Neil Bush Torch
beach the cruise ships and convert them to low income housing.

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fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

corvid19 has taught me to re-appreciate the simple things like a good cup of coffee in the morning.

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