Topic: Your Job: The Movie (Read 178105 times)

McDohl · « **Reply #1220 on:** November 08, 2010, 07:23:26 PM »

god, kabbage, you need to do more of this stuff, seriously.

Here, pretend we're back at MAGFest, and you're about to Brofist with Constantine while I'm taping it.

Only instead of Constantine, you're Brofisting ---XXXXXXX---REMAINDER OF POST DELETED DUE TO THE TERRIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF WORD CHOICE. THE AUTHOR APOLOGIZES FOR HIS FAILURE AND PROMISES TO DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE

Joxam · « **Reply #1221 on:** November 09, 2010, 06:32:09 AM »

All this brofisting going on... I hope ya'll are wearing gloves.

TA · « **Reply #1222 on:** November 10, 2010, 06:39:58 AM »

Do you know what Reliability-Centered Maintenance is? Because I'm starting to and I hate it and everybody involved in it.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1223 on:** November 10, 2010, 07:53:37 AM »

I have a distant awareness of it (never worked for anyone who used it and have no direct experience with it). It seemed like a good idea (albeit complicated) when it was described. I thought only highly technical industries were using it?

What kind of trouble is it giving you?

TA · « **Reply #1224 on:** November 10, 2010, 08:08:28 AM »

I'm temping, doing data entry for a company that arranges conferences. They did a conference for the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals. I'm transcribing evaluation forms.

"Check shit before it breaks so you can have some idea when it's going to" is a good (albeit blindingly obvious) idea, but these fuckers spun out an entire corporate management philosophy from that. Based on the seminars offered, the comments given, and a little research, this is coming off as the most inane, bullshit, buzzwordy nonsense since Six Sigma. Which hey, there are a lot of suggestions that they do a seminar combining the principles of RCM with the principles of Six Sigma, or instruction in Lean RCM, or merging RCM with Lean Six Sigma into some kind of lovecraftian clusterfuck. There were very highly rated seminars called "Back to the Future: Refocus on the Basics to Achieve Maintenance Excellence" and "Total Process Reliability - A Philosophy For Sustainable Market Leadership" and "Launching Maintenance Communities of Practice for Reliability Excellence".

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #1225 on:** November 10, 2010, 09:42:15 AM »

I've apparently completely forgotten how to sell myself when going for a job. Which is something I need to relearn fast if I want to stand a chance of getting a job out here, since the town basically shuts down in winter and no one wants to hire.

Mothra · « **Reply #1226 on:** November 10, 2010, 12:42:51 PM »

Dammit man be POSITIVE

POSITIVE

MadMAxJr · « **Reply #1227 on:** November 10, 2010, 05:24:43 PM »

Phone screening on Thursday. I am so ready to never work in education again.

MadMAxJr · « **Reply #1228 on:** November 11, 2010, 08:28:45 AM »

Sweet. Round 1 phone screening done. Technical exam tomorrow.

Phone Interview for Cerner tomorrow. Super.

Possible callback from a prestigious international megacorp for a position in Canada where friends inside the company said 'apply and get a passport /now/' is next week.

But you know, no matter what I do, there are still wasps in the world. And that is like living every day in a race riot where the target is the race of living things that are not other wasps.

Miss Cat Ears · « **Reply #1229 on:** November 11, 2010, 08:21:29 PM »

Ughhh my supercrush on Jason Duane just got like 4 times more intense

Miss Cat Ears · « **Reply #1230 on:** November 11, 2010, 08:33:34 PM »

Also this week we're being audited which is weird

Büge · « **Reply #1231 on:** November 11, 2010, 08:37:50 PM »

Get Don to work on it.

Miss Cat Ears · « **Reply #1232 on:** November 11, 2010, 09:01:38 PM »

what the

Aintaer · « **Reply #1233 on:** November 11, 2010, 10:20:43 PM »

Give me some sugar

Niku · « **Reply #1234 on:** November 12, 2010, 12:37:24 AM »

So I am kinda wondering if four actual work days on my real schedule is too early for me to have decided that I actually absolutely loathe this job and don't want to go back ever again.

François · « **Reply #1235 on:** November 12, 2010, 02:50:39 AM »

My brother once had a job handling packaging at a dog food factory. On his first break of his first day, he literally ran away. From what he told me of the work conditions, I found it was a reasonable response. So four days is a lot, in my book.

Classic · « **Reply #1236 on:** November 12, 2010, 06:19:14 AM »

Quote from: Niku on November 12, 2010, 12:37:24 AM

So I am kinda wondering if four actual work days on my real schedule is too early for me to have decided that I actually absolutely loathe this job and don't want to go back ever again.

I lie to myself saying it gets better later until Stockholm sets in.

I will take your mind numbing, shitty job if you really want, though.

Miss Cat Ears · « **Reply #1237 on:** November 12, 2010, 07:17:11 AM »

Once my dad got a job at Microsoft so we moved to Washington and then he came home for lunch on the third day, said "I've got to get out of here," and packed up all our stuff and we drove back to Texas.

MadMAxJr · « **Reply #1238 on:** November 12, 2010, 07:34:11 AM »

I'm curious MCE, what was the fallback plan there once you got to Texas?

Büge · « **Reply #1239 on:** November 12, 2010, 07:43:43 AM »

Dig for oil, of course.

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