Topic: Your Job: The Movie (Read 177932 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #1580 on:** April 10, 2011, 02:49:54 AM »

Accounting is a profession with a decent demand and pretty good average pay. By most accounts it is also incredibly boring and requires you to be quite carefully meticulous.

Your mileage may vary.

Brentai · « **Reply #1581 on:** April 10, 2011, 06:20:13 AM »

Congratulations, R^2!

...sort of?

Mongrel · « **Reply #1582 on:** April 10, 2011, 03:42:42 PM »

Today at work was... interesting. Among various other unrelated episodes, the following happened at least once:

- Somebody played Deutschland Uber Alles
- Various acid trips were discussed
- The child molester dude from Family Guy was quoted several times
- A discussion on the relative merits of throwing each other under the bus to curry favour with management
- Tirade against gypsies
- The masons reared their heads again (there's a fellow there who is a big MASONIC NUTJOB)
- Someone spent a solid hour searching for "sexist TV commercials" on YouTube and watching the search results

I think I like the weekend shift, but it seems a tad... hazardous.

Classic · « **Reply #1583 on:** April 10, 2011, 05:29:23 PM »

Beware of the masons. They will use "THE KRAFT" on you. I'm pretty sure you can do better for yourself.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1584 on:** April 10, 2011, 06:19:36 PM »

In fairness, about half that stuff was done by only one guy. A big loud Romanian we have, nicknamed Sea Bass.

In addition to being a Mason (hardcore: he has the giant ring and everything. It's like a scene out of The Man Who Would Be King), he also gets daily reports on solar radiation and atmospheric strength though his ipad, so he knows when to protect his thoughts from damaging rays.

R^2 · « **Reply #1585 on:** April 10, 2011, 06:41:21 PM »

First day at work. I'm exhausted, but: income!

Mongrel · « **Reply #1586 on:** April 12, 2011, 05:16:06 PM »

Made it past the 90-day mark today.

Now if they fire me for the usual blithering incompetence, I'll get two weeks severance at least!

McDohl · « **Reply #1587 on:** April 12, 2011, 07:57:25 PM »

As opposed to egregious blithering incompetence?

Mongrel · « **Reply #1588 on:** April 13, 2011, 03:45:29 AM »

I am capable of that too. We're professionals here, man! We offer failure suitable for everyone's budget.

McDohl · « **Reply #1589 on:** April 13, 2011, 04:33:49 AM »

...send me your resume, sir!

Brentai · « **Reply #1590 on:** April 14, 2011, 03:14:29 PM »

I just gave one of my unofficial-lackeys (I am unofficial-lead of two teams) a bunch of makework bullshit to do in order to just keep him out of my hair for the next two weeks and I'm sort of left here wondering when exactly I managed to become this guy.

...

And on that note, my other unofficial lackey just moved to another department, so there's an opening for Software Test Lackey again if anybody's interested. Also three openings for web developer if you want a real job.

Thad · « **Reply #1591 on:** April 14, 2011, 04:10:23 PM »

I could take another crack at the app. I'd have to move to LA, though, right?

Mongrel · « **Reply #1592 on:** April 14, 2011, 04:16:52 PM »

Technically he's in the greater LA sprawl, but I think Brent's further south - San Diego or roundabouts, right?

Sundae · « **Reply #1593 on:** April 14, 2011, 05:28:03 PM »

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is A Bitch

Brentai · « **Reply #1594 on:** April 14, 2011, 06:28:37 PM »

This is South Orange County. Not at all like LA; most of the burgs down here usually show up in the various lists of the country's safest cities.

For example, I don't know how official this Neighborhood Scout one is, but the city the job is in, Lake Forest, is #52. The next city south is Mission Viejo at #53 (and north is Irvine, which is not listed but fairly clean, and notably is home to Blizzard Entertainment).

It's also pretty fuckspensive, but probably not as much as the areas of LA where you don't need to sleep with a knife under your pillow.

Thad · « **Reply #1595 on:** April 14, 2011, 11:58:54 PM »

If the salary's enough for the cost of living I'm down, though in my experience nobody in California wants an out-of-state applicant.

Classic · « **Reply #1596 on:** April 15, 2011, 08:06:13 AM »

I wonder why that would be?

Brentai · « **Reply #1597 on:** April 15, 2011, 07:53:02 PM »

'cause livin' in SoCal ain't like dusting crops, kid. It's kind of hard to stabilize yourself when you first move here unless you've got a network, otherwise you'll find that what you thought you could afford for rent will only get you a box. A box made of asbestos.

McDohl · « **Reply #1598 on:** April 16, 2011, 06:21:20 AM »

What's that flashing?!

Büge · « **Reply #1599 on:** April 29, 2011, 05:22:26 AM »

Work is going to be fun. My shift was cancelled yesterday because the power was knocked out, so I have to do a double-shift today.

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