Tundras live: Now with one picture for every 45 paragraphs!

At that point, I'd rather just do the work...

 

Sincerest apologies for not clarifying in the story; unless it was a nice shot of dopamine for you to ask.


no. decidedly not hot.

 

What you describe is a pretty extreme case but this happens a fair amount with government jobs that have union and or civil service protection. It makes it very difficult to get rid of employees. So the troublemakers get put into a corner where they can do the least damage. It's not right and wouldn't fly in private industry.

 

This.

and WE pay for it.

We pay for no-value jobs/humans.

and somehow they are protected by nefarious laws.

that's what we know of...imagine what we don't know.

and - I never got a chance to vote on that crap. (Chevron deference reference)

 

But do they?

 

Sometimes it does. I once worked for a manager who was a complete bitch to everyone and couldn't manage people. She was only promoted to management because when she was an individual contributor, she kept wrecking equipment and messing up the units.

 

I had managers at EDS that had been promoted out of failure. My last one, everyone called stiffy because he walked with his arms angrily straight. The only good to come out of it was that his sanctimonious idiocy was the prod I needed to hit the door. I left that job for this one 20 years ago.

If EDS hadn't been so poorly managed, they'd still be a company.

 

there must be a book or equation of some sort that details how big a biz can get before levels of bullshit get installed.

beer biz (wholesaler) is full of boot-lickers - only the delivery guys truly "work".

healthcare - clinical is awesome___Admin is a wasteful shithole.

 

7am

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce @Azblue

 

Hmm, my company is littered with assholes and worthless employees.

We call it “failing up” as they get promoted

 

9am

 

Here too.
"Fuck up to move up" is a real thing here in management.

 

There are 154 guests watching this thread, at least two are writing their thesis.

 

I liked working from work a lot better than meeting using monitor screens. It was pretty dark in the basement office area where they put me though, and I kept losing my stapler, allegedly. My theory is someone kept taking it.

 

More quotes for the 2nd Gen Love Calendar.

 

Top five movie in my book

 

Snow and cold for the next few days so this is the turkey cooking day. Adding a little Boost. Breaking the rules, or I found a loophole.

 

I hated that movie. Wasn’t a comedy, it was a documentary.

 

Mine identifies as a manifesto…personifesto? Nonifesto?

 

Office Space!?

 

Hey as long as no one gets hurt, I’m in!

 

I would like for you to go sit in the corner and think about what you said.

 

I’ve had this idea, probably already marketed.

voodoo doll kits. You can order one, comes in a few GENERIC flavors. Includes instructions on casting hexes, etc. Dress it up as a neighbor, relative, government worker, or just somebody who’s pissing you off. Start poking, pops the air out of the mental balloon. Or maybe it’s a gateway to becoming a serial killer. Never mind, bad idea. Maybe a truck version

 

They don't work anyway. Just like most things; marketing ruins everything.

ask me how I know.

 

We need a hands over eyes emoji
Was just informed I will be plowing two different site this year
I have been plowing the same two 100+ car lots and road support for a 1/2 mile of roads for the last ten years
for the last four or so years I've been managing the whole site 6 buildings and a warehouse with a 10 acre lot plus 2 miles of road
I basically took care of my lots and made sure everything else was getting done supporting operators, organizing shovelers and dealing with client request/complaints
The two sites I will taking over are about half the size of one of the lots I was taking of
Besides a rant this is an example of f**k off get promoted
The 15+ yr operator couldn't handle the two small sites so they made him road support on my stie not assigned to any specific road just support
I give it one small storm and I'll be back on my site. I really hope our first storm is a big one