I was really tired when I (remarkably) woke up when my alarm went off at 5:30 AM. As I drove in, I kept thinking that there probably won’t be many people in the office today, so why am I making[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Yes, this is how they do things here. Besides the snacks and drinks and the strongbox that sits there filled with money, parents in the department who have kids that are selling candy or other things for school and scouts,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve had Orientation at several companies in my career. Hasbro, Hallmark, K’NEX, etc… (and even with Tootsee Roll, after they bought Concord Confections where I’d been working at for several years). Most places, if not all, paints a happy picture[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I was working on this comic I had a feeling of deja vu, as if I’d had something like this happen to me before. So, I delved into the archives and damn if my feelings weren’t on the money.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hope I don’t come across as some introvert, or even worse, as a reticent misanthrope! No, I’m not. While it’s true, I don’t have a lot in common with the other employees here, I just find it easier to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure, I had some hours of sitting around again today, not getting anything productive done, but it was all worth it when I finally began working on the new laptop. The speed of the new computer, the ability to utilize[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hate days like this. Drive into work, early, get in by 6:30, ready to work on my projects. Yet, I can’t. No cooperation by my laptop. No cooperation by my monitors. Can’t even commiserate with Christian, my Supervisor. He’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before you ask “Why can’t you just work on the laptop, using its’ screen, until this gets rectified?”, well, I really can’t. The images and the work space would be much too small in order to do a good enough[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now, I know why companies, especially large companies, utilize IT departments overseas. It’s done for cost. It’s cheaper to pay the outsourced departments than to maintain one in the states. But, look at what I’ve gone through the past few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What a wasted day. I got in the office by 6:30 and proceeded to get nothing done. I hooked up the laptop to the Thunderbolt, connected the two extra monitors and could NEVER get all three monitors (the third being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…