Just like that. Sure, I guess if I was reading the tea leaves I could have suspected something with all those new procedures they’ve been shoving at us since the end of 2020. But to get through all of 2020,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It felt good to have a fully functional laptop back. Even though I never really needed the sound in order to get any of my graphics done, still, it’ll be so much easier to sit through our Teams meetings by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been known to be critical and dismissive of meetings in the past, especially corporate meetings, but this was different. It was as if all the graphic designers were in the same room discussing everything that works with our project[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At Siemens we don’t use Zoom for our meetings, we use Teams. So on our screens we just see everyone’s avatar’s along with their name. We do hear everyone’s voices though (and my audio still, for some reason, doesn’t work[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For years and years American professional football fans were used to settling in on a Sunday afternoon to watch (or listen to) the game. Then they added Monday nights. Then, after the college season was over, the occasional Saturday afternoon.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got this laptop a little over a year ago, so I guess over a year with no problems should be a good thing, right? Using the App is a little bit annoying, but if it allows me to overcome[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually, this new office building, in Robinson Township, isn’t really that much further away, milage-wise. BUT, unlike the Bridgeville location, where I was able to take back and side roads and avoid the parkways, with this new location I’d have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Even though we have an incredibly large backlog of work and all of those millions of hours on our schedule, I’m still a bit concerned about my job. It’s not because of my work, everyone from Siemens to the customers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, back in the “ancient” days of the late 1980’s, if you wanted something from a foreign country you had to either search for someone who sells items through a third market or actually travel to the damn country itself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve worked for enough companies, (especially large companies), that when decisions are made like this one, making employees use vacation days within a specific time, you get a sick feeling in your stomach. Is the company having financial problems? After[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…