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Antiwork 2: No One Is Getting A Pay Raise

Currently dealing with a PM who spent 25 years working in IT for Disney. We're going need to add The Mouse House to the list of organizations that tend to produce alumni who can only think in terms of their time there and feel the need to namedrop it whenever possible.

-Harvard
-Yale
-UMich
-Disney
-NASA
-USMC
-?

Wouldn't shock me in the slightest if it's the same with Meta and Google.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Currently dealing with a PM who spent 25 years working in IT for Disney. We're going need to add The Mouse House to the list of organizations that tend to produce alumni who can only think in terms of their time there and feel the need to namedrop it whenever possible.

-Harvard
-Yale
-UMich
-Disney
-NASA
-USMC
-?

Wouldn't shock me in the slightest if it's the same with Meta and Google.
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as someone working in manufacturing, but not automotive....the amount of times I hear how things were done at GM
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Currently dealing with a PM who spent 25 years working in IT for Disney. We're going need to add The Mouse House to the list of organizations that tend to produce alumni who can only think in terms of their time there and feel the need to namedrop it whenever possible.

-Harvard
-Yale
-UMich
-Disney
-NASA
-USMC
-?

Wouldn't shock me in the slightest if it's the same with Meta and Google.
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Yale doesn't belong on the list. It is an outward-looking place. Exactly the opposite of Harvard.

I would add the St. Louis Cardinals and the Hoover Institute as producing people unable to leave the originally installed mindset even after journeying to the antipodes.
 
Dropping my wife off at her nail appointment yesterday, I got an idea for my exit from IT.

Brass Knuckles Nail Bar - It's a mani/pedi joint, but toxically male.
"Get polished without getting soft!"

Black leather lounge chairs, dark wood paneling, brushed steel accents, and TVs will be wall-to-wall with sports. All services will include your choice of whiskey pour or cocktail, and a girlie mag to browse. Your nail tech will bro it up and talk sports shop with you while they push your cuticles or scrub your calluses.

Signature Services

-The Brass Knuckle - Our basic MANicure and an Old Fashioned or Manhattan, $59
-The Executive Alpha - Deluxe MANi/pedi and a neat, two-finger pour of Woodford Double Oaked, $179
-The Full Bro-zillian - Not explained until after payment, $499
 
So, here's kind of a weird one. The woman who is the head of our team that used to be my direct manager and is now my manager's manager, she and I are actually friends. We've known each other for a long time. She had reached out to me a while back about gauging my interest in going to the Olympics in LA in 2028. We had seriously looked into going to both Tokyo and Paris but didn't. So, I registered for the ticket lottery and can buy, or try to buy, tickets this Sunday. We talked about in the office today. Then she had to jump on a call with my direct manager right after we chatted. They are very close.

Twenty minutes later I get an IM from her - my direct manager wants to join us. So maybe try to get three tickets to events? Like, does my manager know it's going to be at least a week? She has two kids. Will she actually go? If the process is I actually will be buying and paying, she will be paying me because I'm not going to be on the hook for Olympics tickets and then she says Oh, I can't go, that's when I go on family vacation. Or something, How do I respond? Ticket window opens Sunday. I've traveled with the woman who is my manager's manager before. We get along well. I really like my direct manager but to vacation with her? I don't know. And if she comes, I could wind up being a third wheel with the two of them. I will definitely wind up being a chauffeur. Which, fine. But that makes hotels harder, Now we would need two rooms. That stuff we have time to deal with. And who knows if we will all be working with each other at that point. But still....what do I do?
 
Son #2 secured his 1st career role after graduating in May with Abbott Labs. Really happy for him - lot of stress off his shoulders. Next decision is when to start earning his masters.
 
TBF, then somebody else has to clean up after the second group. Just because you work on the line doesn't mean you aren't also an eejit.

Calloused hands belongs to fuckwits just as often as soft hands.
 
To be fair, it’s fair likely to be “How We Actually Do Things Because It Gets Things Done Faster And Lower Management Insists Upon Doing It This Way So The Bean Counters Think Lower Management Is Incredibly Productive And The Workers Really Don’t Give A Shit Until There’s A Labor Dispute.”
 
Jimjamesak said:
To be fair, it’s fair likely to be “How We Actually Do Things Because It Gets Things Done Faster And Lower Management Insists Upon Doing It This Way So The Bean Counters Think Lower Management Is Incredibly Productive And The Workers Really Don’t Give A Shit Until There’s A Labor Dispute.”
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When I worked in residential care, no manual prepared me for the possibility of going from "peaceful" to "violent" in 1.7 seconds.
 
psych said:
Amen, sister.
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While Administration thinks physical management training done at half-speed once a year is adequate.

When I worked for DA Blodgett-St John's, my supervisors were very good about showing us how to prioritize residents. For example, they told us "if a resident has a vape, you're not getting it back. Prioritize the milieu first."
 
MissThundercat said:
While Administration thinks physical management training done at half-speed once a year is adequate.

When I worked for DA Blodgett-St John's, my supervisors were very good about showing us how to prioritize residents. For example, they told us "if a resident has a vape, you're not getting it back. Prioritize the milieu first."
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We're required to do one one-hour training per month. Half the time the trainer doesn't show up and I have to go find an admin to at least find the schedule of who is supposed to be leading it.

As for your second one, we were required to get the vapes back, but at the end of the day, it was our fault that the patient ended up with it in the first place. We search them upon admission, and our searches miss shit. So, the child is eventually going to have to give it back, but "Tie them down and break their arm until they return it" is never the right answer.
 
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