The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

So, I can barely keep up with all the OGL threads, and in 45 min, its going to hit ludicrous speed.

 

[CleverNickName]

So, I can barely keep up with all the OGL threads, and in 45 min, its going to hit ludicrous speed.

I'm not getting my hopes up. I'm expecting to be fed a teaspoon of information, dissolved in a gallon of nothing.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

So, I can barely keep up with all the OGL threads, and in 45 min, its going to hit ludicrous speed.

YOU MUST EMBRACE THE MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[payn]

I'm not getting my hopes up. I'm expecting to be fed a teaspoon of information, dissolved in a gallon of nothing.

A teaspoon of liquid swchartz is all you need to keep the postings exploding.

 

[Ryujin]

In about 8 months I'll qualify for full retirement on the 80 principle (20+ years of service and age 60+). That will take a load off the work stress. "OK, you want me to do what? That'll last until the end of next month, when my retirement kicks in. Oh, and effective immediately I'm on vacation. See you on my last day, when I sign the paperwork."

 

[RealAlHazred]

I am absurdly blessed to be in a field/profession with a ton of job security, decent health insurance, and not much scumminess.

I don't know how people in less secure positions keep a semblance of calm at all when distress is roiling their firm or industry. I can't imagine suggesting to someone they just walk away from a job unless they aren't walking away from much, have so much they won't notice it being gone, or have a spouse bringing in lots of money and who also has the option of having healthcare. (Start looking, start planning, sure. But just walking away. Ack.)

I have the fortune (???) to work in the IT industry, where they go to absurd lengths to prevent employees knowing about (or even suspecting) future layoffs. They absolutely do them, all the time, but management tries really hard (in my experience) to surprise employees with them, so nobody has time to do things like changing the passwords or formatting the hard drives.

Yes, they basically assume all IT workers have the emotional maturity of a 13-year-old.

On the other hand, management has to deal more directly with the money guys (especially if the IT supports the financial industry, but there's always money guys in every sector), and those money guys have been known (again, in my experience) to go into the data center for the first time after getting only a 6-figure bonus instead of a 7-figure bonus, and just ripping out cables and punching monitors, and otherwise committing mayhem and general property destruction.

No, that guy didn't lose his job. My coworker, who was supposed to be watching the data center, did. ("That guy is a key investment trader," is what I was told. "My coworker is a guy close to retirement with 30-odd years in the business," was my reply. Nothing changed, except I was later let go.)

My favorite story is actually from when my father worked for MCI. Somehow he survived twenty years of "layoff culture," where MCI would lay off staff every year just before Christmas. One year, workers came in early in December and some couldn't swipe in with their badges. "There was an update to the badge system last night," they were told, "go across the parking lot to the other building and they'll get it working again." Those employees were never seen again; later on, maintenance packed up their cubicles and the boxes were shipped to their homes. And management got hefty bonuses for keeping MCI competitive and at the top of the IT company list, just like it is today!

 

[overgeeked]

"If you could stop talking about the central issue to the problem...yeah, that would be great."

 

[Cadence]

The number of things Holy Grail has a perfect clip for...

 

[Gradine]

 

[Gradine]

I haven't commented in quite a few other threads but that's just because there's 20 of them all about the same thing and I can't understand why they needed to be separate threads