Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Thomas Shey]

In happier news, back in March, I had to fight people in my company to get a copy of data that belongs to all of us and that they were done with, for an off-shoot of their work I was doing. I may have even ranted about it here. It was a ludicrous fight I had to deal with for something that should have been proffered from the start.

Just found out I'm getting a nice bonus in my next paycheck, with what I did with that data being specifically mentioned as the reason.

Just trust me, people. We're supposed to all be on the same team here.

Were they in a different department? Because the truth is, there's usually a lot of perverse incentives for people in different departments to not see themselves as on the same team.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Were they in a different department? Because the truth is, there's usually a lot of perverse incentives for people in different departments to not see themselves as on the same team.

Same department, just the next county over. They insist on thinking of themselves as a standalone company, despite all evidence to the contrary (including that they call me in when they need help on difficult tasks, so they know I'm not some random bozo).

 

[dragoner]

I think it’s a Gemini.

It's a cruller!

 

[dragoner]

Were they in a different department? Because the truth is, there's usually a lot of perverse incentives for people in different departments to not see themselves as on the same team.

Get made IT against your will. Happened to me, talk about bitter hatred.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Same department, just the next county over. They insist on thinking of themselves as a standalone company, despite all evidence to the contrary (including that they call me in when they need help on difficult tasks, so they know I'm not some random bozo).

Do they have a separate budget? If so, that's all that's needed.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Do they have a separate budget? If so, that's all that's needed.

Nope! I think they're just jerks.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Get made IT against your will. Happened to me, talk about bitter hatred.

Well, that's the other problem, when you end up under management you really, really don't want to be under.

 

[Pale Violet Light]

i got a reward for 10,000 post. I don't know how to feel about it

A life well spent. At least it’s not Reddit!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

…there are typically three different esoteric ways to do a single task, instead of one simple way.

Tangentially, that’s sort of the beauty of HERO.

 

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