OT: Death of the OT thread.

[Clock]

No, I'll have her ask her recruiter about it.

Yeah, you might want to. They're looking, and they definitely have some of the nicer health benefits you can get in the area.

 

[SackTastic]

My (probable) new position is the same commute time, just in another direction. Didn't help me one bit in my decision to sell my house or not. :p

 

[vcv]

Yeah, you might want to. They're looking, and they definitely have some of the nicer health benefits you can get in the area.

She's not necessarily looking though. The position at the current place was brought up to her and the position at her old place was because her old boss keeps begging her to come back (though she'd be working for HIS boss with that position) and they just had lunch the other day.

 

[AV18]

I love my new job. I love being in ~5 places every week and not having a supervisor on site to watch over my shoulder. It's so completely different from my last job, and it's weird to not dread going to work every day. The only drawback is that the pay is crap, so this job has a limited shelf life.

 

[SackTastic]

I love my new job. I love being in ~5 places every week and not having a supervisor on site to watch over my shoulder. It's so completely different from my last job, and it's weird to not dread going to work every day. The only drawback is that the pay is crap, so this job has a limited shelf life.

Sounds like an IT place I worked at about 9 years ago. Always on the road at different clients, but got paid crap.

 

[AV18]

Sounds like an IT place I worked at about 9 years ago. Always on the road at different clients, but got paid crap.

At least I am in 5 set places every week, so there is that stability (unless I have to go to court). But it's social work, so the pay is never going to be great. It just sucks that I have the student loan debt of a surgeon. I might try and get into a federal position after this. I would be stuck for a couple years in some random hole in the county, but the pay would be great.

 

[Jim Bob]

Soooooo NSFW

But sooooooo funny

 

[Afino]

Almost seven years now out of college in the same positio because my company has very few chances for advancement

Been looking to get out for over a year now because I simply cannot afford to keep working here.

 

[aceface33]

Almost seven years now out of college in the same positio because my company has very few chances for advancement

Been looking to get out for over a year now because I simply cannot afford to keep working here.

One might say the owner is cheap!

 

[SackTastic]

At least I am in 5 set places every week, so there is that stability (unless I have to go to court). But it's social work, so the pay is never going to be great. It just sucks that I have the student loan debt of a surgeon. I might try and get into a federal position after this. I would be stuck for a couple years in some random hole in the county, but the pay would be great.

Good luck if you go that route. Sounds like IT in many ways; you have to grind through some time making peanuts to get the resume you need to get a decent job later.

Hope it works out for you!

 

[AV18]

Good luck if you go that route. Sounds like IT in many ways; you have to grind through some time making peanuts to get the resume you need to get a decent job later.

Hope it works out for you!

Thanks! Hope things work out for you, too!

 

[Old Navy Goat]

One might say the owner is cheap!

That's the issue with my boss, he'll skimp on his business just to acquire more toys. On top of that, he's a lousy micro-manager that has to have his input into every little decision.

 

[McCauleyChirps]

That's the issue with my boss, he'll skimp on his business just to acquire more toys. On top of that, he's a lousy micro-manager that has to have his input into every little decision.

I've found that when there's pressure from above to perform, most manager's micromanage their ass off. Probably the issue with mine.

 

[Crazy Tasty]

That's the issue with my boss, he'll skimp on his business just to acquire more toys. On top of that, he's a lousy micro-manager that has to have his input into every little decision.

You better quit.

 

[BuiltTagonTough]

That's the issue with my boss, he'll skimp on his business just to acquire more toys. On top of that, he's a lousy micro-manager that has to have his input into every little decision.

I hear the fringe benefits are fantastic though.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

You better quit.

I hear the fringe benefits are fantastic though.

I can't think of another job where I can take months off in a row with no repercussions and only work 5 or 6 days a month on average

 

[1972]

Is their anyway I can change my name? or change back to 1972?

 

[HockeyH3aven]

Is their anyway I can change my name? or change back to 1972?

 

[1972]

I regreted "Darcy Regier" the second I clicked save changes

 

[ZZamboni]

I regreted "Darcy Regier" the second I clicked save changes

You mean besides waiting one calendar year? I don't think so. There seems to be a lot of impulsive name changes, and then it turns to regret

 

[BuiltTagonTough]

You mean besides waiting one calendar year? I don't think so. There seems to be a lot of impulsive name changes, and then it turns to regret

No regrets here But I probably will change back at the year mark. When did I change this thing?

EDIT: Just checked. Have I really already spent near 8 months like this?

 

[NotABadPeriod]

You mean besides waiting one calendar year? I don't think so. There seems to be a lot of impulsive name changes, and then it turns to regret

My favorite was a guy in the lounge who changed his name to "usernam". Spelled exactly that way. It made for an epic thread.

 

[BuiltTagonTough]

My favorite was a guy in the lounge who changed his name to "usernam". Spelled exactly that way. It made for an epic thread.

I went looking for it when the topic popped up. Couldn't find it anywhere.

 

[ZZamboni]

My favorite was a guy in the lounge who changed his name to "usernam". Spelled exactly that way. It made for an epic thread.

That's funny. I must have missed that

 

[TheMistyStranger]

suggest shortening up the meeting so your whole team gets 5-ish man-hours of work time back per week.

It's funny you mention that, because before I got there, meetings used to be even longer. 8:30a - 1p was pretty common. Now we're usually out by 11.

And having been just given a year-end review by someone who was my "manager" for five weeks and who has tried to fire me in the past, I understand the basis of having a terrible manager to deal with.

That sounds terrible and awkward.

Been there.

It sucks.

Get moving before you get tagged as "not a team player" like I was for being overly realistic.

That's what I'm afraid of. Plus, the company I work for seems to not particularly mind firing people.

so wait wait wait, for every deploy/reinstall, you have to wait for her to come over and sign in.

That's not micromanaging, that's sheer incompetence.

Of the 4 people in the I.T. dept, the network manager and the director can add PCs to the domain. I waited nearly all day yesterday. And then I got a subtly snarky comment about how late in the day the request to add the PC to the domain came and that I need to prioritize this set up and do a "thorough" job.