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Here at “The Automotive Supplier™” where I work there are several charity events put on by various departments throughout the year. The next one takes place on February 29th and is being set up and run by the IT department in my building (a whole whopping three people including myself). My pseudo-boss — in that . . . → Read More: Adventures in charity fund raising in the IT department. 
One of the challenges of working at a company that has locations around the world, and that deals with suppliers similarly spread out, is the one of communicating with people who literally speak a different language. Trying to communicate back and forth can be a real trial as idioms that all people tend to use . . . → Read More: The most awesome error message ever. Normally I enjoy getting birthday cards because it’s a sign that someone thought of me and took the time an effort to find a card and put it in an envelope and deliver it to me. This card didn’t inspire those feelings for a number of reasons. First and foremost it was given to . . . → Read More: My company gave me a birthday card today. This SEB mailbag entry is a little different from the norm as it comes from an SEB reader who we’ll call Dave and it is not a profane attempt at convincing me Jesus exists and loves me even though I’m a fucking idiot. Instead it asks a simple question about beards and employment. I thought . . . → Read More: SEB Mailbag: Atheist Beard edition. … it can be hard to take it seriously. The contract house that employs me to work at Big Dot Com company also employs the 250 or so operators who work the the stations I support. Once a month they hold a meeting for both shifts of operators wherein they make announcements, give attaboys to . . . → Read More: When your job feels more like being back in high school… It’s amazing the havoc a brownout can cause. Just before noon on Monday our building had a brownout that lasted all of a second—the lights never made it completely off before they were back on again—but it was enough to stop all work since then. We have just over 100 workstations, but each workstation is . . . → Read More: Unplanned day off from work today. At most of the companies I’ve worked at the day before a holiday break is usually one of the most laid back days of the year. That’s not true today. I’ve been on my feet a good chunk of the day doing station conversions and basically running around as though there was no tomorrow. Which . . . → Read More: Busier than I should be… I got a phone call from the contracting house I work for about my job today. In summary they said, “Hey, remember how Big.com Company you’re contracted to said they were changing your job to an in-house position and you’d have to reapply and probably wouldn’t get it because you don’t have a college degree? . . . → Read More: Latest news on my job provokes a mixed reaction. EMPLOYMENT LAW Is booting up a computer work, or a work break? The National Law Journal Tresa Baldas / Staff reporter November 17, 2008 Is booting up a computer work, or a work break? More companies fending off suits on the issue. It seems just about anything in the workplace can find its way . . . → Read More: EMPLOYMENT LAW … gone mad? It’s déjà vu all over again as I may soon find myself unemployed once more. Word came down at work that they are redefining my job from being a contracted position to an internal position. The job itself will be the same, but who I directly work for won’t be. As a result I need . . . → Read More: Not having a degree is about to bite me in the ass once again. |
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