Talk About Work Thread

gaijinmark wrote:From our company newsletter:

AT&T to invest $18 in global network and services for multinational customers in 2008

[/list:u] It's supposed to be a "B" as in billion instead of an "8" but somebody made a typo. :rofl: [/list:u]

:lol: Very funny!

bmwracer wrote:
Are you sure it's a typo or a Freudian slip? :beaten: :hehe: :rofl:

You've got a good point. From what I understand, the price of tin cans and string has skyrocketed!!! [/list:u]

i think my boss is losing it. he doesn't handle pressure very well and then he takes it out on others. i have to remind myself though that he is younger than me. :grumble:

gaijinmark wrote: You've got a good point. From what I understand, the price of tin cans and string has skyrocketed!!! [/list:u]

Those two things are commodity items. :beaten:

I started a new job last Thursday!

I was on holiday in Mauritius for 2 weeks I came back on the Sunday. Went into an agency on the Monday sent in my CV Tuesday, Wednesday afternoon they phoned me saying they had a job! Could I come in? And did I want it?
I really needed money so I said yeah!
Next day I started work ><

My first day well and truly sucked! I hate being the new girl, but after a few days I'm enjoying it a bit more, the works not rivoting but it's only to get mes some monies til I head off to Uni in September. I have some cool friends there now so yay <3
Basically I'm doing some simple Data Entry job for a stationery company.
Work 915 - 545 -.- but I've learned to deal with it... last day before the weekend yay! (Is heading off to London =D)

ScrappedShinigami wrote:I started a new job last Thursday!

I was on holiday in Mauritius for 2 weeks I came back on the Sunday. Went into an agency on the Monday sent in my CV Tuesday, Wednesday afternoon they phoned me saying they had a job! Could I come in? And did I want it?
I really needed money so I said yeah!
Next day I started work ><

My first day well and truly sucked! I hate being the new girl, but after a few days I'm enjoying it a bit more, the works not rivoting but it's only to get mes some monies til I head off to Uni in September. I have some cool friends there now so yay <3
Basically I'm doing some simple Data Entry job for a stationery company.
Work 915 - 545 -.- but I've learned to deal with it... last day before the weekend yay! (Is heading off to London =D)

Cool... Ganbatte yo! :victory:

ScrappedShinigami wrote:I started a new job last Thursday!

I was on holiday in Mauritius for 2 weeks I came back on the Sunday. Went into an agency on the Monday sent in my CV Tuesday, Wednesday afternoon they phoned me saying they had a job! Could I come in? And did I want it?
I really needed money so I said yeah!
Next day I started work ><

My first day well and truly sucked! I hate being the new girl, but after a few days I'm enjoying it a bit more, the works not rivoting but it's only to get mes some monies til I head off to Uni in September. I have some cool friends there now so yay <3
Basically I'm doing some simple Data Entry job for a stationery company.
Work 915 - 545 -.- but I've learned to deal with it... last day before the weekend yay! (Is heading off to London =D)

Congrats - that was fast! :applaud:
ItLs never nice to start over again - but hey itLs only a job anyway and itLs Friday and itLs only for a short time. And it pays ... :mrgreen:

The Queen gave everyone the tired ol' "Teamwork" speech again... :shakehead:

"How about hiring more people to help out?" I asked... She tried to deflect the question with some BS about being more organized and efficient.

Apparently those guidelines don't apply to her or any of the other managers.

Dumbass. :grumble:

To quote Call of Duty 4: "Team work is important. It gives them other people to shoot at." :hehe:

Let's be more efficient by making pointless meeting. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:The Queen gave everyone the tired ol' "Teamwork" speech again... :shakehead:

"How about hiring more people to help out?" I asked... She tried to deflect the question with some BS about being more organized and efficient.

Apparently those guidelines don't apply to her or any of the other managers.

Hmmm, must be the phase of the moon, today we got a corporate email about too much redundancy, we need to re-organize (that would assume we're organized to begin with, ne?) etc. Maybe if they got rid of tech support in India, we wouldn't have to repeat everything, but that hasn't occurred to anybody in management. :beatyou: [/list:u]

tabana wrote:Let's be more efficient by making pointless meeting. :beaten:

That's pretty much what it was... I have never seen a boss who is so in love with their own voice... :shakehead:

If there was a garbage can nearby, I would've started puking into it. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:The Queen gave everyone the tired ol' "Teamwork" speech again... :shakehead:

there's no I in team you know. :mrgreen:

kenjilina wrote: there's no I in team you know. :mrgreen:

I shoulda pointed that out to her.

bmwracer wrote:
I shoulda pointed that out to her.

at my company at christmas they organise a party for office based staff and site managers only. us grunts in the field get nothing. that's what i call teamwork or appreciation of it. they make you laugh don't they?

kenjilina wrote: at my company at christmas they organise a party for office based staff and site managers only. us grunts in the field get nothing. that's what i call teamwork or appreciation of it. they make you laugh don't they?

Yup.

All this talk about teamwork, until it comes to sharing information, profits, etc... :shakehead:

I've decided "teamwork" is management talk for "I want you to do more work so I don't have to."

kenjilina wrote:

at my company at christmas they organise a party for office based staff and site managers only. us grunts in the field get nothing. that's what i call teamwork or appreciation of it. they make you laugh don't they?

ThatLs just awful! Either itLs for all staff or none or delocalised per site.

One of my companyLs values is winning together! LOL I am lucky to work in the marketing department where we actually apply this but the rest of the company is pretty much at war against each other! :sweat:

From an anthropological point of view itLs interesting to see what people are willing to do for recognition or power. :shocked:

EstherM wrote:

From an anthropological point of view itLs interesting to see what people are willing to do for recognition or power. :shocked:

known as 'brown nosing' here. :hehe:

kenjilina wrote:

known as 'brown nosing' here. :hehe:

:lol:

Definition:

Entropy is a measure of the unavailability of a systemfs energy to do work.




Right now, I'm at 100%. :beaten: