Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in legal rights, office on Aug 9th, 2010
When you accept an offer of employment, be cautious when it comes to your employment contract. Assuming that you’ve read it, understood it, were fine with its terms, and signed it, make sure you get a copy of it.
Once you sign the official copies, they’ll likely disappear into the vacuum that is HR. I envision [...]
Posted in office on Feb 13th, 2010
I can’t usually work from home, but yet our corporate offices were open this past week. Since I couldn’t get to my office, I ended up not working quite a bit. Without sharing all of the specifics of corporate woe, here are my options.
Work 9 hour days until March 19th, effectively making up the time.
Take [...]
I can’t be the only person who has to cope with these sorts of scenarios, but here’s another one from the cube farm.
When you send me an email, I read it. If it prompts me to take action, I do. I will usually respond with an email of my own, summarizing said action and any [...]
Posted in office, things i'd like to see on Jan 11th, 2010
It astounds me how often my coworkers and I are treated like children.
Fact: My time card is due at the end of the week. While the specifics of when are presently point of contention, the general time frame has never changed.
Fact: A day before my time card is due, I receive an email reminding me [...]
Posted in office on Jan 6th, 2010
I firmly believe that those entering the workforce should be trained on the use of microwaves.
It confuses me that many office workers fail to realize that a microwave is a shared space, no different than a copy room. The typical person understands that throwing glue, paper, and toner all over the walls of the copy [...]
I am one of nine participants in my office’s chili cook-off this coming Tuesday, contending for nothing more than bragging rights. I decided to go off-reservation a bit by utilizing a recipe I’ve never tried before. I wanted to allow the flavors to meld for a few days, so I started this morning.
A mixture of [...]
Posted in complaints, office, the system on Jun 29th, 2009
The result of a company policy about mandatory retirement for executives, our CEO is stepping down. As I look back over the past couple years, I’m not thrilled with the path he has led us down. In fact, I’m irked.
Did our CEO do a lot for the company? From my position as a worker bee [...]
Posted in life in general, office on Oct 8th, 2008
I’m quitting my job.
I’ve had this unwritten rule that I don’t blog about work, but it was mostly due to the technical nature of it and the fact that I don’t want to write about work when I get home. But the following is more about how this change is affecting me and less about [...]
I find writing to be relaxing and therapeutic, but lately I just haven’t been able. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. It doesn’t help that the makeup of one my team (at work) is changing and it’s leaving me feeling stretched a little thin.
Six Flags is fun. Too much, perhaps. It took several [...]
We loaded in for the Battle of the Bands on Thursday night but I neglected to bring my camera. I remembered it last night and took a few pictures which I was able to post after fighting with the computer for what seemed like an hour. Many of them are more tech-like, but there are [...]
Posted in complaints, office, plans on Nov 12th, 2007
It irritates me that I don’t have Veteran’s Day off. Technically it was yesterday, but it is being observed by the federal government today. In my mind today is a day to honor and respect those soldiers who have gone before us. Considering that my company provides solutions and support to a great number of [...]
Amazon.com WidgetsFor the most part, trips to the bathroom are uneventful. That is, people go in and take care of their personal business and leave, hopefully washing their hands on the way out. Today was a bang up day for restroom weirdness at the office. I observed two uncommon behaviors while taking care [...]
I’m done.
It took four weeks of effort and the added pressure of an upcoming social engagement where I’ll be entertaining to get this project completed, but it’s finally done.
There’s still a lot of boxes stacked, but they are in order and I had a good idea of what’s in them. I might venture to [...]
I am making progress in my office cleaning project. I tackled three boxes yesterday over a period of two hours. They were filled with a lot of loose items so it was slow going. Most of the things I’m finding now fall into the recycle or throwaway pile, although some of the bigger items are [...]
Posted in books, life in general, office, plans on Jul 28th, 2007
It’s actually been a month since I started my office cleaning project. It is only the second weekend that I’ve put any real time into it. It looked like it was going to be hot and humid out this afternoon so I decided to take another couple hours at it. I’m proud to say that [...]
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