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Title: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: dallaswareagle on June 13, 2014, 12:26:23 PM
People-There are more people here that don’t have any real meaning and I have no idea what the hell there contribution is. I would say it is 80-20 female to male and the back stabbing and sniping about each other is ungodly.
You have the hourly folks who drudge in right at 8:00am clock in and slowly make it to their desk, at 5:00pm it is a stampede to the clock. The true masses have no connection or care about this place.  It truly is “Office Space” around here, I get the same E-mail from 5 different people who CC each other in that E-mail (including me) and I get it from all 5 of them with them CCing each other. The salary folks, most upper management but you have one real corporate douche who comes in every morning hollering “GOOD MORNING LADIES” and on Friday its GOOD MORNING LADIES IT’S A GREAT FRIDAY every fucking week. This dude has meeting about having meetings. I see people walking to his office like they are walking to the gallows. He has come in and taken people off the clock and put them on salary, but he has done so by reducing their pay, two people have already quit.


The Company- This place is losing money like nobody’s business, but it also makes a shit ton. People have told me to go in do your job and work with blinders on, I didn’t listen, tried to help reduce cost, I found an office supply place that was about 5 to 7% cheaper than who they were using, took it to the higher up’s and was told what a good job and they would get right on it. Which meant don’t every do that shit again because it would take too much work on our part and we know who we are dealing with.  I don’t think anybody has ever really worked hard here, now that I know my job it only takes about 4 hours on some days, payroll days are much more hectic.  They have a sensor’s on the company E-mail that I guess picks up derogatory words, I think it is set to stupid, I’ll mailed one the guys I went to hot springs with some pictures of us playing golf  and the subject matter was Jack and Arnie. It kicked it back because of the word “Jack” .

My work area- I have an office and then there is a bull pen outside of it. It is a morgue out there, always quite. I set up my office and turned on my Pandora. Someone came to me about that because they had never been allowed to have music at their desk, I keep it low and they seem to have accepted it. There is a lady who runs the accounting dept, she is the owners sister, she’s knows a shit ton about the company and her job (been here 15 years) but she has no ability to think independent. Any decision that requires something be done outside the norm she will not do without approval. She gave me  a 90 day review, I told her what I would do to stay here and she said that I would have to talk to her sister.


Me- The only part that I am having problem with is the lady (the sister), I am salary and therefore can come and go, everybody else is on the clock. I leave early other Friday (to go play golf) but I am here between 6 and 7 every morning so my hours are there in not more cause I stay to 6 some nights. Well a couple of days ago I told her I was leaving for about 30 minutes to go get something done and she asked if that was going to be part of my lunch. I told her no. The following morning we had a sit down and I explained to her the way I saw my hours ( I also worked till 6 that previous night). I give her credit, she apologized about the way it came across.  I am trying to get into the corporate part, we get profit bonuses and such.


In conclusion I have decided that working in corporate America sucks. But being out of work sucks even more. 


And yes this is a cool story.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Kaos on June 13, 2014, 12:29:31 PM
Drunk posting on a Friday isn't cool. 
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Godfather on June 13, 2014, 12:36:06 PM
Someone has a case of the Monday's
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: CCTAU on June 13, 2014, 12:38:38 PM
If you worked for me, I would fire you for posting on company time.



Oh shit. never mind.


Just hang in there. You will get the hang of it...
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on June 13, 2014, 12:39:29 PM
I know someone that tells similar stories to this.  He works in a high rise downtown.  Said he does 3-4 hours of office work and the rest is chit chatting with coworkers, his "hour" lunch, and surfing the net. 

I asked him how does he stay sane...he said his $84k paycheck and annual bonus keeps him sane.  Said he also likes getting to work at 830 and leaving at 5 on the dot every day.  Never works weekends. 

I couldn't do it.  I have never had a corporate office job in my life.  Even though I disliked teaching, it provided so much more of a lifestyle suited to my interests than the high paying accountant or lawyer. 
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Snaggletiger on June 13, 2014, 12:44:11 PM
Switch to Fed Ex
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: dallaswareagle on June 13, 2014, 12:51:29 PM
Drunk posting on a Friday isn't cool.


That is what I miss most about my last job, we would always have cold brews starting around 2:00pm on Friday's.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Snaggletiger on June 13, 2014, 12:53:04 PM

That is what I miss most about my last job, we would always have cold brews starting around 2:00pm on Friday's.

You worked with Wes?
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: AWK on June 13, 2014, 01:09:01 PM
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Well a couple of days ago I told her I was leaving for about 30 minutes to go get something done and she asked if that was going to be part of my lunch. I told her no. The following morning we had a sit down and I explained to her the way I saw my hours ( I also worked till 6 that previous night). I give her credit, she apologized about the way it came across.  I am trying to get into the corporate part, we get profit bonuses and such.

50 years ago, you wouldn't have had to tell her anything.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: dallaswareagle on June 13, 2014, 01:14:07 PM
50 years ago, you wouldn't have had to tell her anything.

She was something before electricity.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: WiregrassTiger on June 13, 2014, 01:57:49 PM
I thought about reading this. Is it keen?
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: GH2001 on June 13, 2014, 02:06:05 PM
I thought about reading this. Is it keen?

Does a bear get the squirts near a pine tree?

Of course its keen. Its dallas.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: dallaswareagle on June 13, 2014, 02:52:27 PM
Does a bear get the squirts near a pine tree?

Of course its keen. Its dallas.


And dare I say: I dare;  Educational. 
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Tiger Wench on June 13, 2014, 04:33:28 PM
I couldn't do it.  I have never had a corporate office job in my life.  Even though I disliked teaching, it provided so much more of a lifestyle suited to my interests than the high paying accountant or lawyer.

It must be so nice to be so casual about life, but I couldn't stand to have your lifestyle either.  I like paying my own way, using my actually useful degree to earn a good living, being valued for my skills and abilities  and helping my company grow and be profitable.  I like being able to take nice vacations and provide my kids with a good life in a nice house. We have no debt beyond our affordable mortgage, and are saving for retirement so one day I will be able to afford not having to do a damn thing while still living a good lifestyle.  By any measure, I am successful and I can take complete credit for that, because I work my ass off - and I'm glad I do. Work my ass off now to enjoy my life on my terms later.  Obviously being successful means different things to different people, but don't knock it until you try it. 
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: dallaswareagle on June 13, 2014, 05:26:21 PM
It must be so nice to be so casual about life, but I couldn't stand to have your lifestyle either.  I like paying my own way, using my actually useful degree to earn a good living, being valued for my skills and abilities  and helping my company grow and be profitable.  I like being able to take nice vacations and provide my kids with a good life in a nice house. We have no debt beyond our affordable mortgage, and are saving for retirement so one day I will be able to afford not having to do a damn thing while still living a good lifestyle.  By any measure, I am successful and I can take complete credit for that, because I work my ass off - and I'm glad I do. Work my ass off now to enjoy my life on my terms later.  Obviously being successful means different things to different people, but don't knock it until you try it.


Maybe its the "Get off my lawn" or the fact that I pumped in 11 years at a place and walked away with nothing, but I made the decision to start enjoying the life part more now and keep working on the "later" part.

I

Work to live

not

live to work.

We all have our game plan to get to where we want to be. ( I have Mrs. Dallas working as hard as ever)
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on June 13, 2014, 06:46:41 PM
It must be so nice to be so casual about life, but I couldn't stand to have your lifestyle either.  I like paying my own way, using my actually useful degree to earn a good living, being valued for my skills and abilities  and helping my company grow and be profitable.  I like being able to take nice vacations and provide my kids with a good life in a nice house. We have no debt beyond our affordable mortgage, and are saving for retirement so one day I will be able to afford not having to do a damn thing while still living a good lifestyle.  By any measure, I am successful and I can take complete credit for that, because I work my ass off - and I'm glad I do. Work my ass off now to enjoy my life on my terms later.  Obviously being successful means different things to different people, but don't knock it until you try it.

I don't understand any of this.  You're saying being a teacher isn't useful?  Education isn't valuable? 

We take nice vacations and we don't have any debt.  Retirement is a bit lackluster, but I couldn't live and work for the end.  I like living in the now even if it means a bite in the ass later.

Though that might not happen as being the village bard paid more money than the village English teacher. 

And that useless degree and as you implied "laziness" has lead to a fellowship at Auburn University to study something I'm interested in while being paid for it. 

I guess I'm saying that I'm sorry that you're working 60 hours a week in an office so you can live in the safety net of the suburbs. 
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Godfather on June 13, 2014, 06:57:07 PM
I don't understand any of this.  You're saying being a teacher isn't useful?  Education isn't valuable? 

We take nice vacations and we don't have any debt.  Retirement is a bit lackluster, but I couldn't live and work for the end.  I like living in the now even if it means a bite in the ass later.

Though that might not happen as being the village bard paid more money than the village English teacher. 

And that useless degree and as you implied "laziness" has lead to a fellowship at Auburn University to study something I'm interested in while being paid for it. 

I guess I'm saying that I'm sorry that you're working 60 hours a week in an office so you can live in the safety net of the suburbs.
She's very successful and has many leather bound books.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Jumbo on June 13, 2014, 07:22:11 PM
I might be the least successful person on this board.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Buzz Killington on June 13, 2014, 10:38:48 PM
I started out in my job as Dilbert.  Over the years, I have become Wally.  Pays the same in the world of the gubmints.  I fucking hate it, but the paycheck is nice.  I'm kind of a big deal too.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Tiger Wench on June 13, 2014, 11:16:06 PM
I don't understand any of this.  You're saying being a teacher isn't useful?  Education isn't valuable? 

We take nice vacations and we don't have any debt.  Retirement is a bit lackluster, but I couldn't live and work for the end.  I like living in the now even if it means a bite in the ass later.

Though that might not happen as being the village bard paid more money than the village English teacher. 

And that useless degree and as you implied "laziness" has lead to a fellowship at Auburn University to study something I'm interested in while being paid for it. 

I guess I'm saying that I'm sorry that you're working 60 hours a week in an office so you can live in the safety net of the suburbs.

I never implied you were lazy.  I wasn't even doing a comparison. I was making a point about my own choices and the benefits they provide.  Things that mean something to me.  My own measure of success for MYSELF.  The choices YOU were dismissing. And take your false sympathy elsewhere.  Don't knock something you've never tried.

I don't live in the safety net of the suburbs. I live in a very rural area. Town of 10,000 people. But where I live has nothing to do with what I do.  Yes, I work hard but enjoy what I do because I find it interesting and stimulating. And if someone wants to pay me well to do it, even if it means sitting in an office, then what's wrong with that?  I work where I do because because I find it to be challenging. I work because I like it.  It satisfies me. It obviously doesn't do it for you. Good luck with that.   

I find teaching to be a wonderful profession - I've done it, at Auburn, and might even do it again once I retire some day.

But... didn't you quit your teaching job?
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Kaos on June 14, 2014, 03:09:04 AM
Hell with all y'all. 

I eat only what I kill. I work for myself and what I provide, I create.  I provided myself a new car last month.  And I paid the cash for it.  I provided myself a new house six months ago.  Don't owe nern on it.  I played golf today because I wanted to.  The people who work for me don't have that option.  going to take two weeks off because I can. 

I couldn't ever work for anybody else.  My ceiling is only limited by my willingness to bust through it.  And then  bust through the next ceiling. 

Wouldn't wish this life on anybody. It's not for everybody. It's a good life but it comes with a price of its own.  Nothing is guaranteed. Some people couldn't sleep with that pressure looming.  Come to think of it, I don't sleep much but it isn't because I'm worried about it. 

I had a conversation with a friend who works at a college.  Got tenure. He said he could never be me because he would always be afraid that things would collapse and he'd end up with nothing.  And I could never be him because somebody else decides how high I can fly.  He's never going to make any more than somebody above him determines he can.  Sure, I could end up in a bind.  But I could also make fat stacks. 

What were we talking about again?
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on June 14, 2014, 09:17:44 AM
I never implied you were lazy.  I wasn't even doing a comparison. I was making a point about my own choices and the benefits they provide.  Things that mean something to me.  My own measure of success for MYSELF.  The choices YOU were dismissing. And take your false sympathy elsewhere.  Don't knock something you've never tried.

I don't live in the safety net of the suburbs. I live in a very rural area. Town of 10,000 people. But where I live has nothing to do with what I do.  Yes, I work hard but enjoy what I do because I find it interesting and stimulating. And if someone wants to pay me well to do it, even if it means sitting in an office, then what's wrong with that?  I work where I do because because I find it to be challenging. I work because I like it.  It satisfies me. It obviously doesn't do it for you. Good luck with that.   

I find teaching to be a wonderful profession - I've done it, at Auburn, and might even do it again once I retire some day.

But... didn't you quit your teaching job?

You really don't see how this:

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It must be so nice to be so casual about life, but I couldn't stand to have your lifestyle either.  I like paying my own way, using my actually useful degree to earn a good living, being valued for my skills and abilities  and helping my company grow and be profitable.

and this:

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By any measure, I am successful and I can take complete credit for that, because I work my ass off - and I'm glad I do.

in direct response to me implied that my lifestyle is lazy and without value? 

I've worked my ass off too the past year and did so as a teacher for six years.  I've greatly enjoyed having flexible hours and not having a supervisor or boss to answer to.  It's been a nice way to live, and I don't see how I could enjoy the office environment.  I'm glad you do, and I'm glad it works for some people. 

I quit teaching because I didn't feel like I was a good fit for teaching teenagers especially teenagers with learning disabilities or hindrances.  I also hated the "be at work at 7am and you cannot leave until 3pm unless we schedule a meeting then you cannot leave until 430" rule.  I like delving into a subject completely when teaching and not having to hold everything back until it's just a teaspoon full of easily regurgitated trivia facts.  I also like the idea of advancing a field through research and contributing to a better life for people. 

I thought you lived in Houston?
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Godfather on June 14, 2014, 09:29:00 AM
You really don't see how this:

and this:

in direct response to me implied that my lifestyle is lazy and without value? 

I've worked my ass off too the past year and did so as a teacher for six years.  I've greatly enjoyed having flexible hours and not having a supervisor or boss to answer to.  It's been a nice way to live, and I don't see how I could enjoy the office environment.  I'm glad you do, and I'm glad it works for some people. 

I quit teaching because I didn't feel like I was a good fit for teaching teenagers especially teenagers with learning disabilities or hindrances.  I also hated the "be at work at 7am and you cannot leave until 3pm unless we schedule a meeting then you cannot leave until 430" rule.  I like delving into a subject completely when teaching and not having to hold everything back until it's just a teaspoon full of easily regurgitated trivia facts.  I also like the idea of advancing a field through research and contributing to a better life for people. 

I thought you lived in Houston?

You suck...deal with it.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: WiregrassTiger on June 14, 2014, 09:49:47 AM
You really don't see how this:

and this:

in direct response to me implied that my lifestyle is lazy and without value? 

I've worked my ass off too the past year and did so as a teacher for six years.  I've greatly enjoyed having flexible hours and not having a supervisor or boss to answer to.  It's been a nice way to live, and I don't see how I could enjoy the office environment.  I'm glad you do, and I'm glad it works for some people. 

I quit teaching because I didn't feel like I was a good fit for teaching teenagers especially teenagers with learning disabilities or hindrances.  I also hated the "be at work at 7am and you cannot leave until 3pm unless we schedule a meeting then you cannot leave until 430" rule.  I like delving into a subject completely when teaching and not having to hold everything back until it's just a teaspoon full of easily regurgitated trivia facts.  I also like the idea of advancing a field through research and contributing to a better life for people. 

I thought you lived in Houston?
You can do what you want with your life, son, but I think it's time that you got a haircut, spit shined your shoes and go out and find a meaningful job. Surely you don't want to be a nobody for the rest of your life. And stop hanging out with the queer bigot so much. That, alone, would do wonders for you.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Tiger Wench on June 14, 2014, 09:50:23 PM
You really don't see how this:

and this:

in direct response to me implied that my lifestyle is lazy and without value? 

I've worked my ass off too the past year and did so as a teacher for six years.  I've greatly enjoyed having flexible hours and not having a supervisor or boss to answer to.  It's been a nice way to live, and I don't see how I could enjoy the office environment.  I'm glad you do, and I'm glad it works for some people. 

I quit teaching because I didn't feel like I was a good fit for teaching teenagers especially teenagers with learning disabilities or hindrances.  I also hated the "be at work at 7am and you cannot leave until 3pm unless we schedule a meeting then you cannot leave until 430" rule.  I like delving into a subject completely when teaching and not having to hold everything back until it's just a teaspoon full of easily regurgitated trivia facts.  I also like the idea of advancing a field through research and contributing to a better life for people. 

I thought you lived in Houston?

I live north of Houston.

And you can read into my post anything you like. But all of those things apply to me. And I'm happy. So shudder about corporate life all you like. But it works for most of us.  And if that's how you feel, then we are glad you aren't sharing an office with us.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: jmar on June 14, 2014, 09:56:39 PM
So you both have totally different situations where one can thrive under good circumstances while the other is virtually stagnant with little hope to progress.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: GH2001 on June 14, 2014, 10:41:13 PM
It must be so nice to be so casual about life, but I couldn't stand to have your lifestyle either.  I like paying my own way, using my actually useful degree to earn a good living, being valued for my skills and abilities  and helping my company grow and be profitable.  I like being able to take nice vacations and provide my kids with a good life in a nice house. We have no debt beyond our affordable mortgage, and are saving for retirement so one day I will be able to afford not having to do a damn thing while still living a good lifestyle.  By any measure, I am successful and I can take complete credit for that, because I work my ass off - and I'm glad I do. Work my ass off now to enjoy my life on my terms later.  Obviously being successful means different things to different people, but don't knock it until you try it.

And don't forget, without a private sector there is no public sector.

Agree with all that you said.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Kaos on June 15, 2014, 01:51:11 AM
I live north of Houston.

And you can read into my post anything you like. But all of those things apply to me. And I'm happy. So shudder about corporate life all you like. But it works for most of us.  And if that's how you feel, then we are glad you aren't sharing an office with us.

Could be seen as condescending.  Not a stretch. 

I'm glad I don't share an office with any of you.  I'd never be happy being a wonk.  As long as you work for somebody else, you don't control your own future.  You can be fired. Laid off. Demoted. Left to rot while jobs are given to the boss' girlfriend/son/nephew/sister-in-law/cousin/pal/mother (none of whom are remotely as qualified as you may be). 

No matter what any boss tells you (myself included) there comes a point where an employee is just a number.  Profits down?  Pick a number, somebody's got to go.  Business getting bought out?  Pick a handful of numbers, boss said let 'em go!  Company gets sued?  See ya!  Say the wrong thing to the wrong person at the wrong time?  Get out!!

True stories from my once upon a time corporate life:

1)  Attractive girl in the office is getting a boob job.  She tells everybody.  At one point she simul-humps my doorframe as she tells me she's going up to a full D.  She's got a calendar on her cubicle marking down the days.  She gets the boob job, is out for two weeks and comes back to the office.  First day back she's wearing a shirt cut down to there and a skimpy sweater that didn't have a button until well past her midriff.  They're sticking out there like lighthouse beacons.  Married guy whose wife just had a baby passes her in the hall and says "nice.  your surgeon did a great job."  Just a random comment to somebody who loudly publicized her impending expansion.  She sued for sexual harassment. He was fired. 

2) Company hires a consulting firm. It's the first ever job for the firm which just happens to be headed up by the nephew of the boss' wife.  They attack the IT department first.  None of them have any IT experience whatsoever.  Don't even know what to ask.  It's like a bad scene out of Office Space.  "What would you say you do here?"  After a six-week evaluation they make a recommendation to cut the department by 60%.   Their plan eliminates everyone who actually does any work and retains "analysts" and "project managers."  Essentially they leave a staff in place to manage work that cannot be accomplished because there is no one who can do it.  Word leaks out and the suits organize a Friday afternoon catfish dinner to reassure everyone that there will be no changes, everyone is safe.  Sighs of relief all around.  On Monday I'm in the CFO's office looking at a chart on the wall with every employee's name.  Me, the lead DBA, and a couple of other people are presented with the very plan we had been told on Friday had been scrapped.  We were told if we didn't like the plan the consultants had devised, come up with one of our own to cut 60% out.  Certain people were "protected" and couldn't be touched regardless of their complete lack of contribution.  When one of the people in the meeting had to give up his secretary, he retaliated by insisting that one of my people be fired. Didn't matter which one, just pick one.  We essentially played cards with people's lives.  The following Friday, during the annual company picnic, those we selected for ouster were essentially given a severance folder with their potato salad.  (In truth, they simply called everyone into a common area and if you were directed to the left, you were safe and kept your job.  If you went right you were handed your walking papers).  People had ridden to the event together and had to depart together with some still employed and others no longer on the staff. It was awkward.  Those of us on the inside were taken to another area of the park for horse dorves and cocktails while the massacre took place. So we didn't have to see it. 

3) Bonus:  At great expense and effort the company implements a tracking system to monitor where the employees are going online.  The program is first implemented only on staff at a certain level or below.  Bosses are exempt.   Uh oh!  A guy whose name you'd recognize is straight up busted for perusing some pretty kinky stuff in his office. Multiple paid sites.  Fired to great fanfare.  Two weeks later, a lower level employee inadvertently turned off the blocking mechanism and exposed the activity of the bosses to the tracking system.  One VP was spending more than 60% of his time downloading stuff from sites that featured farm animals.  The tracking report was destroyed, the tracking program was abolished and the lower level employee was transferred to an even lower paying job.  He quit.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: AWK on June 15, 2014, 07:35:59 PM
I masturbate a lot.  Some days it is hard to walk. 
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: chinook on June 15, 2014, 09:04:27 PM
Could be seen as condescending.  Not a stretch. 



pfffft...

Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: GH2001 on June 16, 2014, 09:34:16 AM
Could be seen as condescending.  Not a stretch. 

I'm glad I don't share an office with any of you.  I'd never be happy being a wonk.  As long as you work for somebody else, you don't control your own future.  You can be fired. Laid off. Demoted. Left to rot while jobs are given to the boss' girlfriend/son/nephew/sister-in-law/cousin/pal/mother (none of whom are remotely as qualified as you may be). 

No matter what any boss tells you (myself included) there comes a point where an employee is just a number.  Profits down?  Pick a number, somebody's got to go.  Business getting bought out?  Pick a handful of numbers, boss said let 'em go!  Company gets sued?  See ya!  Say the wrong thing to the wrong person at the wrong time?  Get out!!

True stories from my once upon a time corporate life:

1)  Attractive girl in the office is getting a boob job.  She tells everybody.  At one point she simul-humps my doorframe as she tells me she's going up to a full D.  She's got a calendar on her cubicle marking down the days.  She gets the boob job, is out for two weeks and comes back to the office.  First day back she's wearing a shirt cut down to there and a skimpy sweater that didn't have a button until well past her midriff.  They're sticking out there like lighthouse beacons.  Married guy whose wife just had a baby passes her in the hall and says "nice.  your surgeon did a great job."  Just a random comment to somebody who loudly publicized her impending expansion.  She sued for sexual harassment. He was fired. 

2) Company hires a consulting firm. It's the first ever job for the firm which just happens to be headed up by the nephew of the boss' wife.  They attack the IT department first.  None of them have any IT experience whatsoever.  Don't even know what to ask.  It's like a bad scene out of Office Space.  "What would you say you do here?"  After a six-week evaluation they make a recommendation to cut the department by 60%.   Their plan eliminates everyone who actually does any work and retains "analysts" and "project managers."  Essentially they leave a staff in place to manage work that cannot be accomplished because there is no one who can do it.  Word leaks out and the suits organize a Friday afternoon catfish dinner to reassure everyone that there will be no changes, everyone is safe.  Sighs of relief all around.  On Monday I'm in the CFO's office looking at a chart on the wall with every employee's name.  Me, the lead DBA, and a couple of other people are presented with the very plan we had been told on Friday had been scrapped.  We were told if we didn't like the plan the consultants had devised, come up with one of our own to cut 60% out.  Certain people were "protected" and couldn't be touched regardless of their complete lack of contribution.  When one of the people in the meeting had to give up his secretary, he retaliated by insisting that one of my people be fired. Didn't matter which one, just pick one.  We essentially played cards with people's lives.  The following Friday, during the annual company picnic, those we selected for ouster were essentially given a severance folder with their potato salad.  (In truth, they simply called everyone into a common area and if you were directed to the left, you were safe and kept your job.  If you went right you were handed your walking papers).  People had ridden to the event together and had to depart together with some still employed and others no longer on the staff. It was awkward.  Those of us on the inside were taken to another area of the park for horse dorves and cocktails while the massacre took place. So we didn't have to see it. 

3) Bonus:  At great expense and effort the company implements a tracking system to monitor where the employees are going online.  The program is first implemented only on staff at a certain level or below.  Bosses are exempt.   Uh oh!  A guy whose name you'd recognize is straight up busted for perusing some pretty kinky stuff in his office. Multiple paid sites.  Fired to great fanfare.  Two weeks later, a lower level employee inadvertently turned off the blocking mechanism and exposed the activity of the bosses to the tracking system.  One VP was spending more than 60% of his time downloading stuff from sites that featured farm animals.  The tracking report was destroyed, the tracking program was abolished and the lower level employee was transferred to an even lower paying job.  He quit.

Everyone works for someone else. Just in different ways.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Buzz Killington on June 16, 2014, 09:58:02 AM
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Godfather on June 16, 2014, 09:58:56 AM

pfffft...

She didn't mention anything about her house smelling of rich mahogany.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Godfather on June 16, 2014, 09:59:57 AM
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.

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Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: AUTiger1 on June 16, 2014, 10:15:58 AM
Meh, it could be worse.  You could be in the boat that I am in.  They could come in and tell you that the funding you had secured through 2017 is now being taken away and you are out the door in Feb.  Silver lining is that I have 8 months to find another job.  Not so silver lining is that there are not too many Linux admin jobs opening up in this town. 
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: WiregrassTiger on June 16, 2014, 10:51:05 AM
It is interesting to read of the varying degrees of self-perceived success on here.  I have obviously been extremely successful in various career and business endeavors. Corporate structure, entrepreneurial, whatever. It just comes natural to me.

One of the first things that I tell people when I do career coaching is that they shouldn't try to be me. Money, power and influence are not for everyone.

Realistically, most of you do not have the intellect or looks to make it as far as I have. I still think that you should try to become the best that YOU can.

Although I don't know most of you personally, and do not care to, I can tell that some of you have the potential to make it to a low to mid level supervisory position. Maybe even get a company Taurus. My advice is to not set your goals too high. That way, you won't be disappointed when you reach as high as you are realistically capable of achieving. Which, I can tell you, is not very damn high.

There are innate traits in winners that one can immolate that can help. I would encourage those of you who are striving to improve yourself, to look to me and copy some of these traits. Obviously, you won't be able to replicate them but you may be able to better yourself to some degree. I would be glad to help if I had the time but I stay pretty busy. Good luck with your career. I have to get back to work. Hard work, work. Hard, work, work. I like to sing the Gatorade commercial as I work and it helps me stay focused.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: AUJarhead on June 16, 2014, 11:12:20 AM
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.

Maybe you should start selling magazines door to door?
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Godfather on June 16, 2014, 11:21:40 AM
Maybe you should start selling magazines door to door?
What would you do with 1 million dollars?
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Jumbo on June 16, 2014, 11:22:42 AM
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
We need to talk about your TPS reports.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Buzz Killington on June 16, 2014, 11:44:54 AM
Maybe you should start selling magazines door to door?

Good evening Sir, my name is Steve. I come from a rough area. I used to be addicted to crack but now I am off it and trying to stay clean.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: WiregrassTiger on June 16, 2014, 11:52:56 AM
What would you do with 1 million dollars?
I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on June 16, 2014, 01:38:30 PM

There are innate traits in winners that one can immolate that can help.

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Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: WiregrassTiger on June 16, 2014, 01:51:35 PM
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Just get back to your dead end career. Bum.
Title: Re: My life in the corporate world.
Post by: CCTAU on June 17, 2014, 08:25:20 AM
For every person, it is about balance. If you are young and do not realize this, you'll wake up old and bitter.


Now screw you all. I have to work.