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H110Hawk posted:solarwinds hot tip: don't install it 
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Methanar posted:5 months is lots of time to learn new things. But if that's the extent of your IT experience, it's going to be harder to move onto another Level 2 technician job of similar pay, and Hell Desk is a definite downgrade.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Button-ups are more comfortable for very hot weather (no undershirt obviously) though, It's gets up to 100F here in summer (peak of 110F the other day) and if it's a light colour the pits will get stained. Luckily there's no real dress code in my  so I now just wear polos when it's too hot. Some dudes wear t-shirts and shorts but as the new guy, I want to present smartly until someone else is the FNG.
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Jan 17, 2019 11:54
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Some of us live in places where the weather likes to change intermittently throughout the day. Some of us work in places with 4 walls and a roof 
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Jan 17, 2019 12:10
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Sepist posted:This is the last week of having my own desk. Monday starts our "agile" move where the new floor is oversubscribed 3:1. Existence is pain. How does this even work? Like I get that you have to find a desk that's unused, but 3:1? Or are lots of the staff in and out of the office?
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Jan 22, 2019 22:50
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rafikki posted:I don't know why more devices don't have something like Juniper's commit confirmed. Despite being a mainly Cisco shop, I love when I need to make changes in JunOS. It even has "commit at ___"!
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Jan 23, 2019 04:36
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"Engineer" is not protected in Australia*, so anyone can call themselves a ___ engineer with no degree or certification. It certainly sounds better than "senior sandwich technician"... *Except the title "Registered Professional Engineer"
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Jan 24, 2019 13:10
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I just started my job and already have 110 hours of sick leave  
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Mar 1, 2019 21:57
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The Fool posted:The confusion is probably because bonuses are supplemental wages and can be taxed at a flat rate (25% iirc) which is probably higher than your regular income rate unless you make >$160k-ish gently caress you guys pay low tax. Our 3rd bracket ($26k USD - $63k USD) is already at 34.5%, meaning my overall tax is still ~25% and I'm nowhere near 6 figures USD. Still wouldn't swap places though, I'm working 38 hour weeks with TOIL (to the minute) or overtime strictly recorded and paid
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Mar 6, 2019 04:04
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Agrikk posted:As an intern I flattened and rebuilt the CIOs desktop. Then I found out he stored all his data on his hard drive instead of his H: drive. He lost literally all his files. (We are a 100% desktop company)
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Mar 12, 2019 21:56
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Internet Explorer posted:I'm almost wondering if something is getting lost in translation. There are policies to hide drives from Windows Explorer without actual making it read only. They are good to use pretty much anywhere, but especially in non-persistent VDI environments so your users don't accidentally save something somewhere they shouldn't and then reboot their machine, losing it forever. or maybe this GPO: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer - Prevent access to drives from My Computer (there's another option to just hide, but I'm pretty sure this one, in versions newer than 7, straight up prevents access) TheFace posted:I've seen a few people have this, but add me to the list of people who have had to drive long distances to reboot or serial into a router/switch/firewall/whatever because that brand (*cough* Cisco) of device commits things automatically and I lost connectivity to the device with no back way in and no one to just reboot the thing. I've also locked myself out of switches when setting up TACACS+ wrong (especially migrating from an old TACACS server that I don't have access to), luckily that doesn't affect client access.
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Mar 13, 2019 11:55
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Thanks Ants posted:Just pausing to admire this When I say "nobody on site", I mean users too. We're talking a figurative shack that they use to log on, several hours drive from the nearest city. You guys ever had to manage ICT equipment in a remote site that you can't even find out who uses it or is affected by potential outages? Weeks of emailing and calling around till eventually we just say "gently caress it" and find out when someone visits a month later and then calls the help desk.
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Mar 13, 2019 21:57
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:The only person in the entire conference call of like 12 people from Verizon sadly admitted that everyone is gone and even he, himself will be moved "to a different department very soon."
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AnnoyBot posted:Scenarios: 37 hours a week, salaried. Small periods of OT (eg 1-2 hours) is usually just put in as comp time and recorded (Nobody is letting them go to waste around here). Larger amounts are usually paid at 1.5x-2x depending on length and whether its a weekend. Public holidays are 2.5x. Management do not get OT/comp time. 1) wouldn't happen. 2) Either my shift would be 7-3 (could do that now if I chose) or I wouldn't attend. Anything I have to attend for work counts as work time. gently caress you, pay me. 3) In our bargaining agreement, it's mandated that we get 8 hours rest excluding travel to/from work. There is no on-call. 4) Would get paid OT at 2x hourly rate, plus come in late (see above point). If we had to come in at the normal time the next day, the entire day would be at 2x OT (or until a full 8 hours of rest has been had) 5) A 12 hour day is allowed, but if this wasn't your normal working hours, then more OT at 1.5x-2x edit: Vargatron posted:Guess who is creating Windows 7 installation media in TYOOL 2019. PancakeTransmission fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Mar 18, 2019 |
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Mar 18, 2019 21:21
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Nothing more infuriating than hearing someone breathing into their mic, let alone hearing the open office chatter. Luckily, anyone in SfB can mute others (at least in our setup). But then they fumble with the physical mute switch while people are trying to tell them they're muted on Skype instead.
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Mar 21, 2019 01:57
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Thanks Ants posted:shouting level argument with my line manager the next morning because he was crying about how people moving their offices around meant it would hit his budgets The #1 sign of a bad boss is one that cares more about their own metrics than protecting the people under them. I will work my rear end off for someone that will cover when needed. If I get a new boss that wants to look good and will throw subordinates under the bus, I'll work to the bare minimum and only do what I'm required to do to.
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Mar 28, 2019 12:12
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CLAM DOWN posted:Luckily, as I'm public sector in my province, I don't have a choice! My salary gets posted online along with my name/position whether I want it to or not :| That's fine with me - no stress, 38 hour weeks, no on-call, 4 weeks PTO, 15 paid sick days a year. Overtime paid if we need to do scheduled/emergency maintenance after hours. The trade-off is the glacial pace that everyone moves at. I'm the youngest in the office - half these people have been here for over 15 years.
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Sorted alphabetically? By length of string? By the sum of the numerical value of each letter?
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Apr 20, 2019 04:41
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quote:a new colleague took a paycut because he wanted to work in the industry so badly.
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Sickening posted:That is absolutely not on call. I actually don't have any idea on what to call that except toxic as gently caress. Why yes, I'd love to be woken up at 3am because someone forgot to submit a new user request 3 days ago! They also didn't tell her that there would be any on-call until a few weeks in. Oh and they decided to start a new shift of noon-10pm too! I warned her healthcare IT sucks...
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Time for a scream test. Stop all the jobs, see long it takes for anyone to notice (and who comes running). If nobody notices, maybe they aren't needed
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jaegerx posted:You can’t. Contractors are cheaper then employees in a huge company
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May 27, 2019 03:48
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CLAM DOWN posted:Non-US public sector here. Contractors absolutely are cheaper than FTE. You have to look at way more than just salary - benefits, pensions, locking into union-based contracts, etc, all have a monetary cost.
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May 27, 2019 10:25
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Methanar posted:When you're finished, push up your config and open a pull request. Please write the pull request as you would in your normal course of work on a team. I've never used GitHub or done a push/pull request. The conference I went to last week was all about NetOps doing DevOps... But we aren't there yet.
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GreenNight posted:Just live where pot and abortions are legal.
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Holy crap is that 3 whole boxes of 10g SFPs? That's gotta cost about the same as 3 individual Cisco brand transceivers! We're locked into Cisco due to security accreditation policies and previous purchasing decisions  We still have 10+ year old switches in service. Guess that's what happens when you're not private sector
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George H.W. oval office posted:You ask about on call schedules. Have they had many after hours incidents? What are their expectations on after hours work?
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AlternateAccount posted:I am not sure there's a way/timing to push updates that people won't gripe about. There's better ways, but people always gripe. It's called the weekend. I hate losing my tabs and open programs too, but I'd rather once a weekend than mid-week
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CLAM DOWN posted:Or become a middle manager in the public sector and take the position to your grave Money!!!
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Defenestrategy posted:I pitched to my boss to get the entire IT staff clearance so we wouldn't have to move any of this crap out, could still use the room, and maybe help the compliance team with their IT needs. It's a balancing act though, a few jobs back, we (IT team of 2 people) were always tasked to escort contractors for infrastructure works because we had access to almost every room in the secure building. And we're talking the type that's "no, the contractor can't be left unattended. And you can't have your phone in this room". Gotta love newspaper puzzles!
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Internet Explorer posted:I'm at the pint where I am ready to murder anyone who works in IT who doesn't use a password manager. I am sick of arguing with people that no, passwords do not belong in Word documents or text files or OneNote or wherever else the gently caress you jot down random notes. Guess how many password managers are approved by our higher security authority? Zero. (I save mine in a password protected OneNote tab)
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klosterdev posted:- How to crimp orange sky posted:What
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