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Rep Retirement Lodge #170: Fair Weather

Rep Retirement Lodge #170: Fair Weather

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Good evening... Next week we become the first federal agency to itemize all our weekly tasks... Developed in house... Which will undoubtedly give some toolbox a shiny award... Because scientific innovation on an incredibly tight time frame with all the blame for failure is worth jack ****. Bitter, me no...

So yeah, we have to list all hours to sponsored projects and all kinds of inanities. As another coworker mentioned, in environments where this (billing) is done people get massive bonuses for doing a good job... Me, I get told I get to keep mine... Just like everybody else.

And people wonder why I'm annoyed
 
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Patman said:
Good evening... Next week we become the first federal agency to itemize all our weekly tasks... Developed in house... Which will undoubtedly give some toolbox a shiny award... Because scientific innovation on an incredibly tight time frame with all the blame for failure is worth jack ****. Bitter, me no...

So yeah, we have to list all hours to sponsored projects and all kinds of inanities. As another coworker mentioned, in environments where this (billing) is done people get massive bonuses for doing a good job... Me, I get told I get to keep mine... Just like everybody else.

And people wonder why I'm annoyed
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I have to do that as a business analyst - no bonus. The developers and project managers in my area of the company all have to do that - no bonuses for them either. Enough pity party, buck up and enjoy the inanity of Corporate America living.
 
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the force..... mookie felt something earlier driving home from work
 
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Chris Kluwe better make the Raiders team (actually, any team will do); otherwise I won't be able to buy his jersey, and will have to find something else to treat myself for working all this OT.

At least the humidity seems to be breaking tonight. That's good.

soh: Are you sure it isn't lupus?
 
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Patman said:
Good evening... Next week we become the first federal agency to itemize all our weekly tasks... Developed in house... Which will undoubtedly give some toolbox a shiny award... Because scientific innovation on an incredibly tight time frame with all the blame for failure is worth jack ****. Bitter, me no...

So yeah, we have to list all hours to sponsored projects and all kinds of inanities. As another coworker mentioned, in environments where this (billing) is done people get massive bonuses for doing a good job... Me, I get told I get to keep mine... Just like everybody else.

And people wonder why I'm annoyed
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This sounds like it has Six Sigma written all over it.
 
Greyeagle said:
Stand Up Frank's.....where a bottle of mix (tonic, 7-Up, sour, ect.) lasted for decades. :D
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Stand Up Frank's. I went there a couple times back in the mid 1990's. The drinks were all gas. A good place to go for one and that's about it.

Sounds like a couple Lodgers are fed up with their jobs. I am close to joining that group. Might start looking to see if the grass is greener somewhere else. I have a good gig currently but it can't hurt to look.
 
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gmann said:
Stand Up Frank's. I went there a couple times back in the mid 1990's. The drinks were all gas. A good place to go for one and that's about it.

Sounds like a couple Lodgers are fed up with their jobs. I am close to joining that group. Might start looking to see if the grass is greener somewhere else. I have a good gig currently but it can't hurt to look.
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I'm not near that point yet. Overall, I have a good gig, and the retirement stuff (although that's decades away) is pretty dang awesome. Plus, if I even consider changing jobs, moving to CO would be in the mix, if the gig is good enough. Would be keeping the options open and all that jazz.
 
Brenthoven said:
I'm not near that point yet. Overall, I have a good gig, and the retirement stuff (although that's decades away) is pretty dang awesome. Plus, if I even consider changing jobs, moving to CO would be in the mix, if the gig is good enough. Would be keeping the options open and all that jazz.
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I have a better than decent situation. However, I'm interested in a change. Might try to kick a few tires and see what happens. However, moving is not an option and I need to be smart and avoid small town politics if you know what I mean.
 
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gmann said:
Stand Up Frank's. I went there a couple times back in the mid 1990's. The drinks were all gas. A good place to go for one and that's about it.

Sounds like a couple Lodgers are fed up with their jobs. I am close to joining that group. Might start looking to see if the grass is greener somewhere else. I have a good gig currently but it can't hurt to look.
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I've been that way for a while. After watching this guy, I could lecture at Harvard on how not to run a business.
 
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gmann said:
I have a better than decent situation. However, I'm interested in a change. Might try to kick a few tires and see what happens. However, moving is not an option and I need to be smart and avoid small town politics if you know what I mean.
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Oh, I know what you mean. Most of my ex-gfs were small-towners. I know the looks and such of those people. ;)

If I ever considered a change, moving wouldn't be my first choice. CO is about the only place I've been to that I could see myself living there. Add the bonus of people I know there (due to the board and otherwise), it wouldn't be that tough of a move.
 
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St. Clown said:
I have to do that as a business analyst - no bonus. The developers and project managers in my area of the company all have to do that - no bonuses for them either. Enough pity party, buck up and enjoy the inanity of Corporate America living.
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Fellow BA here. We do the same "track your hours to specific project tasks" stuff as of six months ago, because the CFO we hired last year is a micro-manager who demanded we implement an ERP solution so he can drill down to how much each and every one of our 450-ish employees costs on a per-project basis. There will certainly be no bonuses for it either, outside of the annual company "excellence" awards where they call you up on stage at the end-of-year party and hand you a certificate and a $500 tax-free check (I've won one - other than the money, they're mostly a joke).

Oh how quickly I've learned that having a Master's degree really means nothing in today's corporate world, at least not without requisite experience.

EDIT: I "looked around" about this time last year. I was a finalist three times after interviewing at four companies, and was ultimately passed over for each position. I'm starting to think about reworking the resume and pushing it out there again. I just got a new boss, and while I don't dislike him, I'm still unsure about him and what he intends to do.
 
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While I work for a corp, I do not have a corp position. I do enjoy that part.
 
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mookie1995 said:
the force..... mookie felt something earlier driving home from work
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Thai, athletic, graceful and flexible. Just had some issues with an iliacus that was about hard as a rock. That jive with what you felt mookie??
 
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Good Morning?, Monster! :)


Good Morning to the rest of tLodge! :)
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Good Morning?, Monster! :)

! :)
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Still evening...... **** insomnia.

Should probably go pop my head out in the barn. Our old brood mare wasn't feeling well today Mom said, she wanted me to check on her again before I crashed.
 
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