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Its absolutely amazing how different it feels coming in to work when the boss isn't here.We had that with one of the VPs in our company (she's now retired). Everyone under her simply worked better when she wasn't around. They simply weren't as stressed out.indeed.
I'm still mentally dealing with what work is going to look like with two people leaving, and a third looking at the door. Said third is going on vacation tomorrow. I dont know if she will be coming back.
A couple years ago I had every IT technician in the healthcare division either get promoted or quit for other jobs all in the same week.
I almost quit without any backup plan at all due to the stress. I had a few weeks where I was handling all the issues and dealing with the projects, but I lined up an interview with a guy who was already an employee of the company. He had been working part time for us (not in IT) and going to school remotely (for IT) while raising a baby. He had no job experience in IT at all, but after his interview I thought we could take a flyer on him. He turned into my best technician. Also another two weeks after that one of the people who left for another job found out that the greener pasture actually was greener because there was more manure to step around than what we deal with.
Eventually the team was rebuilt, and I think it's actually better than it was before.
You have a different situation since it's your direct higher up that's the cause of the issues in the first place. You probably are not in a "fixable" situation.
In fact...the only way it might get fixed is if you leave and make it widely known as to why. That might be the tipping point to get changes made. I know the very idea of that goes against your nature, but I'm looking at it as forest fires and pinecones.
And maybe my nudity will enhance my argument.
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Indeed, this is wise nudity.
I have encouraged one of the people who is leaving to speak to my boss boss about why- in fact yesterday I told all of my staff to please speak to my boss boss if they have any concerns in this time- I would not take it negatively if they went over my head in any way. I dont know if they will, but I have encouraged them to do so. The night that things were going insane and I reached out to my boss boss she was surprised that I was upset to the point that she wanted to meet with me and my boss immediately- I am sure she would listen to my staff just as readily.
A good friend of mine said a mass walkout would send a powerful message, and I think that is true. I just hope my staff informs people during exit interviews as to why they are leaving.
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OK, on the one hand, I understand that I'm a senior technical lead. I know things, Lilly.
On the other hand, working with PM and docs to try to get them to fix the documentation for one of our product features has shown me that neither the docs team nor the PM have any idea how the feature works. And said feature has been around for NEARLY TWO YEARS NOW.
This morning's conversation (which spurred this tirade):
Docs: You're obviously wrong, NobodysHome! I changed a bunch of settings on this configuration page and nothing happened!
NH: As written in your own documentation, you need to set which pages the configuration will apply to first. Here's the link to the doc that shows you how to do it. And be sure to deselect the Default checkbox because otherwise you can't edit the list of pages.
Docs: You're wrong! I can't edit the list of pages!
NH:
We'll be going from 68 degrees yesterday to a high of 48 today.
The one constant is the unceasing wind.
We'll take that and double it!
Albany's supposed to hit 93°F today. Considering how hot it is already, I don't think 96°F is out of the question...
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OK, on the one hand, I understand that I'm a senior technical lead. I know things, Lilly.
On the other hand, working with PM and docs to try to get them to fix the documentation for one of our product features has shown me that neither the docs team nor the PM have any idea how the feature works. And said feature has been around for NEARLY TWO YEARS NOW.
This morning's conversation (which spurred this tirade):
Docs: You're obviously wrong, NobodysHome! I changed a bunch of settings on this configuration page and nothing happened!
NH: As written in your own documentation, you need to set which pages the configuration will apply to first. Here's the link to the doc that shows you how to do it. And be sure to deselect the Default checkbox because otherwise you can't edit the list of pages.
Docs: You're wrong! I can't edit the list of pages!
NH:
Variations of this are my general every day existence. Actual issues (what I consider to be actual issues, to be fair) maybe take up 5-10% of my team's time.
We'll be going from 68 degrees yesterday to a high of 48 today.
The one constant is the unceasing wind.
We'll take that and double it!
Albany's supposed to hit 93°F today. Considering how hot it is already, I don't think 96°F is out of the question...
I would gladly trade if I could.
Indeed, this is wise nudity.
I have encouraged one of the people who is leaving to speak to my boss boss about why- in fact yesterday I told all of my staff to please speak to my boss boss if they have any concerns in this time- I would not take it negatively if they went over my head in any way. I dont know if they will, but I have encouraged them to do so. The night that things were going insane and I reached out to my boss boss she was surprised that I was upset to the point that she wanted to meet with me and my boss immediately- I am sure she would listen to my staff just as readily.
A good friend of mine said a mass walkout would send a powerful message, and I think that is true. I just hope my staff informs people during exit interviews as to why they are leaving.
Exit interviews are fine, but they sometimes get buried. Or they don't happen at all.
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I would gladly trade if I could.We'll be going from 68 degrees yesterday to a high of 48 today.
The one constant is the unceasing wind.
We'll take that and double it!
Albany's supposed to hit 93°F today. Considering how hot it is already, I don't think 96°F is out of the question...
Deal!
The difference between working outside and inside.
Working inside, I can always turn on the heat, no matter how cold it gets. Working outside, you have to bundle up in a stupid amount of clothing, making movement and bathroom breaks all the more annoying.
On the other hand, I've got no AC, so once it breaks 90°F outside it just gets unpleasantly distracting trying to work. Working outside you've got air flow and you can dump water over yourself and it's really not so bad. (I still remember my "bicycle rule" in Davis: "If it's over 106°F, don't drive the car. Take the bicycle because it's much more comfortable!" The combination of the air flow and the evaporation from perspiration made it quite tolerable.)
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Exit interviews are fine, but they sometimes get buried. Or they don't happen at all.Indeed, this is wise nudity.
I have encouraged one of the people who is leaving to speak to my boss boss about why- in fact yesterday I told all of my staff to please speak to my boss boss if they have any concerns in this time- I would not take it negatively if they went over my head in any way. I dont know if they will, but I have encouraged them to do so. The night that things were going insane and I reached out to my boss boss she was surprised that I was upset to the point that she wanted to meet with me and my boss immediately- I am sure she would listen to my staff just as readily.
A good friend of mine said a mass walkout would send a powerful message, and I think that is true. I just hope my staff informs people during exit interviews as to why they are leaving.
I've never known anyone who had an exit interview. I don't know that they happen in tech.
He had been working part time for us (not in IT) and going to school remotely (for IT) while raising a baby. He had no job experience in IT at all, but after his interview I thought we could take a flyer on him. He turned into my best technician.
Which means he had no bad habits nor had he know better than to seek that line of work...
Exit what?
I had a moment of panic today, when I thought that I might had lost sense of taste (which is one of moderately common COVID infection symptoms). Thankfully, two pieces of chocolate later I confirmed that I was wrong.
It seems that the issue is that because of all that constant washing hands my skin became even blander in taste than usual losing its vestigial saltines.
I've never known anyone who had an exit interview. I don't know that they happen in tech.Exit interviews are fine, but they sometimes get buried. Or they don't happen at all.Indeed, this is wise nudity.
I have encouraged one of the people who is leaving to speak to my boss boss about why- in fact yesterday I told all of my staff to please speak to my boss boss if they have any concerns in this time- I would not take it negatively if they went over my head in any way. I dont know if they will, but I have encouraged them to do so. The night that things were going insane and I reached out to my boss boss she was surprised that I was upset to the point that she wanted to meet with me and my boss immediately- I am sure she would listen to my staff just as readily.
A good friend of mine said a mass walkout would send a powerful message, and I think that is true. I just hope my staff informs people during exit interviews as to why they are leaving.
Never had one either.
So I'm going to take the plunge and start up that pbp idea I had a few pages ago, some time this weekend probably. For those who missed it: It'll be based on the CastleVania video games (and the animated show on Netflix, which likewise was based on the games), though familiarity with them isnt necessarily required to play along.
Any FAWTLfolk interested? Want to give you guys and people in Cal's thread first crack at participation before I open it to the general public.
I dropped you a message on Discord, Orthos.
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Diswhat?!
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As much as I liked that Castlevania show on Netflix, I just can't commit to a PbP. Every time I've tried PbP I've ultimately been unable to keep up with it.
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Wedding 2020 style. At the county jail since magistrates at courthouse are sequestered.
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Wedding 2020 style. At the county jail since magistrates at courthouse are sequestered.
uh...
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OK, on the one hand, I understand that I'm a senior technical lead. I know things, Lilly.
On the other hand, working with PM and docs to try to get them to fix the documentation for one of our product features has shown me that neither the docs team nor the PM have any idea how the feature works. And said feature has been around for NEARLY TWO YEARS NOW.
This morning's conversation (which spurred this tirade):
Docs: You're obviously wrong, NobodysHome! I changed a bunch of settings on this configuration page and nothing happened!
NH: As written in your own documentation, you need to set which pages the configuration will apply to first. Here's the link to the doc that shows you how to do it. And be sure to deselect the Default checkbox because otherwise you can't edit the list of pages.
Docs: You're wrong! I can't edit the list of pages!
NH:
I usually just reply with a screenshot of the screenshot and then that one item circled and a big arrow in red.
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So I'm going to take the plunge and start up that pbp idea I had a few pages ago, some time this weekend probably. For those who missed it: It'll be based on the CastleVania video games (and the animated show on Netflix, which likewise was based on the games), though familiarity with them isnt necessarily required to play along.
Any FAWTLfolk interested? Want to give you guys and people in Cal's thread first crack at participation before I open it to the general public.
Interested, but I'm not in the right headspace right now :(
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Interested, but I'm not in the right headspace right now :(So I'm going to take the plunge and start up that pbp idea I had a few pages ago, some time this weekend probably. For those who missed it: It'll be based on the CastleVania video games (and the animated show on Netflix, which likewise was based on the games), though familiarity with them isnt necessarily required to play along.
Any FAWTLfolk interested? Want to give you guys and people in Cal's thread first crack at participation before I open it to the general public.
Sympathies. I can hold a reservation for you, and you can jump in whenever you're feeling more up to it, if you like =)
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I love pronouns.
I'm trying to do my weekly status report.
"A student tried to do one of the, 'Please do not do this' practices. I had them flagged for removal for the next release."
And I realized I'd just flagged the student for removal...
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Sympathies. I can hold a reservation for you, and you can jump in whenever you're feeling more up to it, if you like =)Interested, but I'm not in the right headspace right now :(So I'm going to take the plunge and start up that pbp idea I had a few pages ago, some time this weekend probably. For those who missed it: It'll be based on the CastleVania video games (and the animated show on Netflix, which likewise was based on the games), though familiarity with them isnt necessarily required to play along.
Any FAWTLfolk interested? Want to give you guys and people in Cal's thread first crack at participation before I open it to the general public.
What system will you be using? Pathfinder/2e?
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I love pronouns.
I'm trying to do my weekly status report.
"A student tried to do one of the, 'Please do not do this' practices. I had them flagged for removal for the next release."
And I realized I'd just flagged the student for removal...
Antecedent basis is a b$#*&.
But I would argue that absent relatively recent pronoun trends, this was at worst ambiguous and not a definitive flagging of the student for removal.
at least as far as I know, them is still permitted to refer to things.
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What system will you be using? Pathfinder/2e?Sympathies. I can hold a reservation for you, and you can jump in whenever you're feeling more up to it, if you like =)Interested, but I'm not in the right headspace right now :(So I'm going to take the plunge and start up that pbp idea I had a few pages ago, some time this weekend probably. For those who missed it: It'll be based on the CastleVania video games (and the animated show on Netflix, which likewise was based on the games), though familiarity with them isnt necessarily required to play along.
Any FAWTLfolk interested? Want to give you guys and people in Cal's thread first crack at participation before I open it to the general public.
Orthos will ride or die with Pathfinder Classic.
I will not pbp, because of my brothers, that's as far as I'd like to say about that.
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Wedding 2020 style. At the county jail since magistrates at courthouse are sequestered.
That's the start of a Country and Western song, and you know it.
OK, Cap'n! We hit 98°F! Did you break 49°F?
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Aaaand... after all that Global Megacorporation just announced that any time taken off on Election Day to vote is paid time, and will not count against your vacation nor sick leave.
D'oh!
Could have taken some paid time off to hang around in the blistering sun with a bunch of complete possibly disease-ridden strangers!
Oh, wait...
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OK, Cap'n! We hit 98°F! Did you break 49°F?
52! And the wind dialed back a bit. It was so nice!!
Orthos will ride or die with Pathfinder Classic.What system will you be using? Pathfinder/2e?Sympathies. I can hold a reservation for you, and you can jump in whenever you're feeling more up to it, if you like =)Interested, but I'm not in the right headspace right now :(So I'm going to take the plunge and start up that pbp idea I had a few pages ago, some time this weekend probably. For those who missed it: It'll be based on the CastleVania video games (and the animated show on Netflix, which likewise was based on the games), though familiarity with them isnt necessarily required to play along.
Any FAWTLfolk interested? Want to give you guys and people in Cal's thread first crack at participation before I open it to the general public.
Not inaccurate heh. But yeah, it'll be PF1, possibly with some 3.5 content allowed (I know definitely I like to use Magic Item Compendium and Spell Compendium at a minimum, probably Tome of Magic and Book of Nine Swords as well).
For the record, there's nothing wrong with that, I love Pathfinder Classic myself.
I also really like Pathfinder 2nd edition, but that's a different game.
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TWINKIES ARE MORTAL!!!!!!!!!
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In the wake of my episode last week, Eve sent me a bracelet with "Keep F***ing Going" inscribed inside it.
I'm not taking it off any time soon.
Also Freehold fell for my bikini trap and now has to suffer cat pics.
I will willingly fall for the bikini trap. Any cat pics will be reciprocated.
I've seen them. I've seen far more disturbing things than that.
Isn't that an episode of Steven Universe.
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I love pronouns.
I'm trying to do my weekly status report.
"A student tried to do one of the, 'Please do not do this' practices. I had them flagged for removal for the next release."
And I realized I'd just flagged the student for removal...
That would solve the problem, wouldn't it?
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I love pronouns.
I'm trying to do my weekly status report.
"A student tried to do one of the, 'Please do not do this' practices. I had them flagged for removal for the next release."
And I realized I'd just flagged the student for removal...
Good job! That's worth 5 course credits - 15 if you finish the job using a stuffed minotaur head.
Far Cry 3 crashed again. Funny, that much more resource-hogging Far Cry 4 was more stable on my laptop.
Shopping after taking over an outpost seems to be the repeated culprit.