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uziq wrote:

you've never been in an environment with people who have taken cocaine? i think you are either naive or sheltered.

Sure I have, I've been offered cocaine a few times, I just dispute the idea that everyone queuing for the lavatory is lining up to do coke, could it be they need to use the lavatory, you know like 100% of people do?

Jay wrote:

3 more interviews this week, two I would consider dream positions in construction management for big firms. Fingers crossed!

Nice! Good luck. With the number of interviews coming down the pipeline it's only a matter of time until you snag one.

I've worked a few places where managers take some perverse pleasure in putting people in the wrong role, putting suitable people down and pouring resources into bringing the wrong people up. Its not just my bitterness talking either, although it has affected me.

We had a visit from one of the techies at one of our defence customers. He independently volunteered that he agreed with me that developing a major weapons defence system which depended absolutely on the reliability of the cheapest shitty chinese components (the first batch literally fell apart when we opened the box) was probably not a smart thing but management had decided and that was that.

I think my company is melting down. The CEO has hired management consultants to tell him what to do, my manager is looking super-stressed, he can't even address himself to getting the AC to work. Management seems to be hands off now.

Also, we have a crèche on site. Now people think its OK to walk around during work hours showing off the cuteness of their damn kid and spreading nappy-shit smell throughout the office. The HR manager goes to the crèche to play with other people's kids whenever she feels like it, as does the production supervisor and various other staff. Meantime the whole place is out of control.

Thirdly, if we're hiring telesales girls could we hire some that aren't morbidly obese? I guess the first step would be to replace the telesales supervisor with someone who isn't herself several orders of magnitude beyond morbid obesity, she's like an elephant. I'd say she has a chip on her shoulder but then she has no defined shoulders so probably not. This dumb fat bitch fired the most personable of them all and replaced her with an even fatter one. I feel sorry for these girls, it would be a whole lot easier to bear if they could stop smiling at me.

I think I might be in luck though, someone got made redundant so I could probably make a pitch for his office. I recently moved a bit further away from the shop floor and closer to the finance girls so maybe its a bit early to go for another move. Then again, who dares wins.

I have a few jobs to apply for, which I don't especially want but they could be useful leverage on pay and working environment.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2017-02-25 17:29:08)

I work for a good company. There's quite a bit of pressure on the top performers when revenue is down for the day/week, but we all get treated well and some people are on some seriously good money for what is essentially experience and certification.

Jay wrote:

If he could produce all the work himself he would stay in the office 24/7 and do it.

Me too. I don't like dealing with people, its really tiring explaining what you want in detail, documenting it, having people go away and do the wrong thing, then them being upset and butt-hurt when they have to do it again because they didn't pay attention or have some mental illness.

A good example was last week, instructions were written down very clearly.

- Use part set A and carry out test 1 using a limit of 90% of 5200
- Use part set B and carry out test 2 using a limit of 6600
Don't fuck it up because these are the only parts we have and it'll be weeks to get new ones.

"I used part set B and carried out test 1 and a limit of 90% of 6600! Part set A and carried out test 2 using a limit of 5200+6600 = 11800 ! Here are the results! Didn't I do well!"

Then there are low-level egotists who think they know best. I've run into a good number of mechanics and technicians who substitute their own numbers for no clear reason other than to make themselves feel big.

"The manual says torque to 100Nm then continue 20 degrees, but I don't do that, I torque to 80Nm then continue 30 degrees. I've like torqued loads of nuts so I know what I'm talking about OK?"

"Thanks, I'll get someone else, or just do it myself"

"Oh, think you're better than me do ya? Because you've got a degree and shit? Well I'm the expert on nuts so fuck you"
Its wearing.

Problem is he's the worst manager I've ever worked for.

Maybe so. And it takes a bloody long time to earn my trust.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2017-02-26 19:15:22)

Management is awesome. I've pretty well given up trying to inject any sense into anything.

The general manager still writes everything down in his notebook longhand.
The production supervisor manages production with a heap of papers which are more Tippex than paper.

We have computers people....

Jay wrote:

Got a job offer! $15k pay bump over previous job, but with slightly worse benefits. Two more interviews next week

whats the net increase minus bennies.

I would much rather work closer to home lol.

It's just the nature of where I live to have long commutes. The railroad today is roughly the same that it was 150 years ago.

Cybargs wrote:

I would much rather work closer to home lol.

Same.

Mine is about a ten minute bus ride and 12 or so minutes walk all up. I'm pretty happy with that. And I live in a good part of the city's inner west.

Don't knock it till you've tried it. My commute has cut in half and I live in a better house on a street right near Parramatta Rd.

It's convenient with the bus lane all the way to work. And then times I drive aren't always very busy (evenings, etc).

This is turning into a FWP thread.