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Post by The Real FCOD on Oct 13, 2009 8:23:18 GMT -5
Damn, that sucks, Cookies!
--FCOD
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 13, 2009 10:14:09 GMT -5
It seems to be a reduction of the team by 1, at least so far. The circumstances seem weird. The severance package is really good and no one else on my team saw it coming either. It may be tied to a larger restructuring from higher up, but that was not how it was presented. They may be trying to avoid a panic. Who knows. But I didn't work with oblivious types and they already had their hands full with displeasure at the news from other members of the team when I left. I'm sure I won't be too scarce.
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Post by Merestil Haye on Oct 13, 2009 10:23:07 GMT -5
I'm glad you got a good severance package.
I can't say I'm surprised that you were asked to leave immediately though. I've seen it happen to a friend. (The company treated him fairly.)
Good luck with the jobsearch.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 13, 2009 12:12:15 GMT -5
The immediacy was totally expected as I had access to a lot. It was the decision to cut me loose vs reassign me to the any of the other piles of things that need to be done that I could have worked on with that access that has left the bad taste in my mouth. I seem to have been collateral damage in an attempt to disengage from the (really bad) engineering and ops group that they had me working with who all report up to a different area to the organization. I will definitely be thinking twice before agreeing to any fuzzily dotted line areas of responsibility and authority in the future.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 16, 2009 19:33:21 GMT -5
My grandma passed away today. This week has now reached a black hole level of suck.
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Post by The Real FCOD on Oct 16, 2009 21:11:39 GMT -5
Oh no I'm so sorry ::hug:: --FCOD
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Post by Merestil Haye on Oct 17, 2009 6:42:48 GMT -5
My grandma passed away today. This week has now reached a black hole level of suck. Damn, that's a nasty blow when you're already down. So sorry.
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Post by sinjin on Oct 17, 2009 8:03:16 GMT -5
Oh, man I just saw this thread was active again. You are having a very very bad week Cookies. Hope things get better soon.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 17, 2009 12:40:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words. She was 91, and though she had lived on her own in her own house (her wishes) until shortly after her 90th birthday, she had been a shell of her formal self, slipping into dementia at a nursing home. It is a bittersweet mixture of relief and grief. My uncle who had been chosen as executor, her oldest son, has been having a really hard time with those duties and things have gotten strained between he and my other uncle and my mom. I hope now they can take some time and just be siblings again.
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Post by The Real FCOD on Oct 17, 2009 12:49:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words. She was 91, and though she had lived on her own in her own house (her wishes) until shortly after her 90th birthday, she had been a shell of her formal self, slipping into dementia at a nursing home. It is a bittersweet mixture of relief and grief. My uncle who had been chosen as executor, her oldest son, has been having a really hard time with those duties and things have gotten strained between he and my other uncle and my mom. I hope now they can take some time and just be siblings again. I think that sort of thing is very common. My mom and her sisters had some terrible fights around the time my grandmother died, but after a few weeks they were all ok again. It make sense really, people tend to be more confrontational when they are upset. --FCOD
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 17, 2009 13:02:27 GMT -5
I think it was the financial planning that stressed him out the most. The funeral arrangements and such have (so far) been a cakewalk compared to moving her in and out of care homes, distributing the stuff from her house so we could rent it out after she could no longer be there, and trying to anticipate how long her money would have to be stretched for long-term care.
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Post by Death By Irony on Oct 19, 2009 9:51:26 GMT -5
(In light of the above, my gripe is kind of petty, but I still want to get it off my chest.)
Goddamn there's a lot of jerks on the Steam community. I'm happily trying out Team Fortress 2, the first FPS I don't completely suck at, and I figure I should be polite and greet my teammates, letting them know that I'm a n00b who still hasn't quite figured out the controls yet.
I wasn't expecting a warm welcome or anything, but comments along the lines of "lol your a girl you suck"?
Ugh ugh ugh. Yeah, I need to develop a thicker skin, but I'd really prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt, y'know? Approaching any conversation assuming there's a fuckwad on the other end is not good for my temper.
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Post by The Real FCOD on Oct 19, 2009 10:02:23 GMT -5
If you're a girl playing an online FPS you can expect either misogynistic insults if you lose or disgusting explicit sexual advances if you win.
Actually, maybe it's better if you do assume they're all fuckwads, because really they probably are, lol. I stopped playing online FPSes for that reason, and I'm not even a girl.
--FCOD
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Post by PrecambrianMollusc on Oct 19, 2009 10:20:38 GMT -5
Cookies sorry to hear that - hope things pick up soon - I'd buy you a virtual beer or two if it helps. PCM
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Oct 19, 2009 14:44:34 GMT -5
and I'm not even a girl. --FCOD Your board handle implies otherwise. Oh, and condolences on your black hole intensity level of suckitude, Cookies.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 19, 2009 15:45:51 GMT -5
My favorite people to play in FPS parties with are gay boys, especially really good ones.
"Leatherbear, you suck!"
"Why yes, yes I do."
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Post by Merestil Haye on Nov 30, 2009 10:36:20 GMT -5
Assumin that my connection doesn't die while writing this, A Rant.
Sometime yesterday, my telephone stopped working. Hit the button? Silence. I discovered this about 7pm yesterday (Sunday) when I went to call Yattara.
Now, because of the arrangement here, I have my own telephone line into my rooms; my landlady's line is physically separate (at least from the point where they leave the pole and swing over the road). A quick question revealed that her line was not working either.
At the same time, my internet connection went decidedly unstable; without warning I would lose either the connection to the network, the modem signal, or both. The connection speed is generally between one-third and two-thirds the advertised speed.
This afternoon, it has generally taken a little over 5 minutes to drop the connection. I then have to wait until the connection restarts, then dial into the network. I risk losing what I have written, spend ages trying to reconnect (I may have to try three times before it works). I also can't make the calls to potential employers I was going to make today.
It might be fixed tomorrow.
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Post by Merestil Haye on Nov 30, 2009 14:33:45 GMT -5
... or it might get fixed at 4:40, die again then fix itself just before 6.
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Post by Total Ullz on Feb 19, 2010 11:04:04 GMT -5
I lost my job My heart is broken and I still go to work every day and smile and pretend I'm okay. But I'm not - not at all. Got a week left and then I might end up a professional mafia-player...
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Post by The Real FCOD on Feb 19, 2010 11:28:11 GMT -5
I lost my job My heart is broken and I still go to work every day and smile and pretend I'm okay. But I'm not - not at all. Got a week left and then I might end up a professional mafia-player... OH NO! Sorry to hear this. What happened? --FCOD
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Post by Total Ullz on Feb 19, 2010 11:32:58 GMT -5
A new guy came it - doesn't know anything about websites - but he talks more than I do. So now all the sites will be "under" his administration (he can't maintain them - all the work is done by a company that has to be paid). And with 400 PC-users the new IT-boss "couldn't really see the use in me working on the intranet". Since I'm the only one who knows about SharePoint I guess the intranet will become useless. But they believe they can save money this way I believe new guys and new boss's should stop and think before acting!
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Post by sinjin on Feb 19, 2010 12:53:59 GMT -5
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Post by NAF1138 on Feb 19, 2010 13:13:23 GMT -5
That's horrible TL! I'm sure you will be able to find something else quickly.
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Post by Total Ullz on Feb 19, 2010 13:33:25 GMT -5
At least there paying me until June. So I got some time to look for new work. It's not so much the money - but I'm going to miss working there and I feel so sad.
But it will be nice having more time for mafia.
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Post by Merestil Haye on Feb 20, 2010 5:21:54 GMT -5
Damn, TL. That's horrible.
Hope you find something quickly. Or that your soon-to-be-ex boss comes to his senses.
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Post by Total Ullz on Apr 12, 2010 7:25:55 GMT -5
I got two interviews Not sure if they'll give me the jobs - but just getting the interviews seems like a giant thing right now. I know this isn't a griping/grumbling-post - still, to me it made sense to put it in this thread.
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Post by Merestil Haye on Apr 12, 2010 12:07:04 GMT -5
Two interviews is good. Hope one of them works out or you - the one you'd prefer, naturally.
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Post by Total Ullz on Apr 13, 2010 1:03:37 GMT -5
Two interviews is good. Hope one of them works out or you - the one you'd prefer, naturally. Thank you! I had no idea how hard it can be, not having a job.
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Post by special on Apr 13, 2010 16:18:15 GMT -5
Two interviews is good. Hope one of them works out or you - the one you'd prefer, naturally. Thank you! I had no idea how hard it can be, not having a job. I still need an indoor goatherd
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Apr 13, 2010 18:10:15 GMT -5
Thank you! I had no idea how hard it can be, not having a job. I still need an indoor goatherd Yeah, but think of all the yodeling you'd have to put up with if you have an indoor goatherd.
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