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Let's all complain about the [job] thread
Orca
Also known as EspressosaurusWrexRegistered User regular
Also known as EspressosaurusWrexRegistered User regular
Bad jobs bad jobs
whatcha gonna do when they come for you
whatcha gonna do when they come for you
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People have feelings about DST maybe twice a year.
That feel when you get your overtime cut.
I feel very differently about overtime now that I'm salaried
I just don't care enough about the overall corporate structure to consider changing my career and likely giving up my life/work balance taht I've got.
but it's an interesting idea, and quite a compliment I think
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Usually this nonsense is forced by our European offices but this occasion can be laid entirely at the feet of east coasters. Fuckers.
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My first salary gig was assistant manager for papa john's.
Shortly before I left there was a class action lawsuit basically alleging that because ASMs didn't do enough work that was meaningfully definable as management (scheduling, food orders, etc; actual business management stuff), they didn't meet the requirements to be exempt from overtime rules. PJ eventually settled when it was clear they couldn't get the suit thrown out.
Ya boi got paid is what I'm saying.
Yuck
Oh, and it's raining. And the rain is freezing on the window as I watch it. Which is always a good sign.
AND we're onboarding a new employee that I think I know? Maybe? Not sure. We'll find out in 5 minutes.
As someone who does QA professionally,
THIS
I hate training on the best days and this guy is... hoo boy. He has one speed and that speed is slow. It is negative speed. He is the Un-Fast. Meanwhile I'm not particularly hyperactive but I know exactly what needs to be done, how it needs to be done and the speed in which to do it. So having to slow down and explain everything 3 times over is killing me oh my God it makes me want to die.
Basically the only way to better pay in QA is to become product management of some kind.
I think the hardest part of training is how much stuff is "learn by experience" and not necessarily documented.
I worked in a mail room with an envelope stuffing machine that could stuff up to 6 different 8 1/2 x 11 sheets into one envelope. One of them was a certificate so it was essential that it didn't get bent or marred in anyway because no one wants stop hang that on their wall.
It was an old ass machine so it was finnicky. There were all sorts of little things I learned over time, like exactly where to lay the paper in the tray to be least likely to get eaten, or the optimum number to load at a time to be efficient but not risk having a too many certs mangled and have to be reprinted, etc.
As I was leaving the job they brought someone new on and I tried to train them during the brief bit of overlap, and GODDAMN was it impossible to explain all the little nuances to really get that machine humming.
I think one of the things that we do right in the US in regards to healthcare is making nurses liable even when they're just following orders. The chance of losing your job and license gives people the courage to tell the doctors "nah I ain't doing that shit, and if you do it I'll be writing in the chart how you did after I refused for safety reasons."
Not having heard that phrase before, it ... sure is evocative.
Yeah, it sounds like the kind of thing that happens accidentally with a tilted webcam
Buddy and I are thinking about going into business together, we've got shares and initial investment planned out but I'm a little confused on taxes and filing for an LLC. We're going to file our 8832 to claim the LLC as a corp, but do we file quarterly even with no revenue right now? We're going to have our initial chunk working on paying for business costs and some market investment to generate revenue, how does that all work with quarterly filing? Is there a threshold?
Should I just buy turbotax/quicken?
boy there's a lot to unpack with that particular piece of language
No work today! It's not even a remote day, it's a proper snow day!
I'm not sure if I don't want to Google it because of the nsfw possibilities or because of the racist possibilities.
Speaking about shocking video conferences, I'm still reeling from a colleague sharing his screen and desktop from a recent one. 167! icons on there. And I know he has a second screen.
Schedule them in for a "Driving a rusty nail into the glans penis" meeting next week, as I believe is a common term in industry.
At the end of each Partnering Session, they usually give one person the open kimono award
I don't feel any additional context here would add value
I work for the state and we are definitely not allowed to have weed of any kind without losing our jobs permanently. California just said they won't prosecute for it, but federal can still come in and do their bullshit.
Perhaps I'm being too generous still.
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I hate everything corporate culture.