Post #88,108
3/13/03 3:59:09 PM
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Re: 3 PM Update
Didn't you watch "National Geographic Explorer's 'Office Space'"? No one ever gets canned on Monday. So you're good 'till next Friday.
Maybe you're getting promoted.
-drl
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Post #88,118
3/13/03 4:25:16 PM
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You forgot your <SARCASM> tag
You meant that as an attempt at humor, right?
lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig" [link|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm|VB/SQL/Tandem resume] [link|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net|contact me]
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Post #88,126
3/13/03 4:30:57 PM
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No
-drl
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Post #88,329
3/14/03 11:13:49 AM
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You gotta be kidding, right?
After what they've said and done, an iceberg has a better chance of leaving Antartica and reaching the equator totally intact than I do of "getting a promotion".
And nobody has ever been laid off on a Monday? Don't you read the papers?
lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig" [link|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm|VB/SQL/Tandem resume] [link|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net|contact me]
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Post #88,338
3/14/03 11:26:35 AM
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He might be exaggerating a bit...
...but the truth is, companies are less likely to lay people off on a Monday for specifically that reason. I asked my HR director. :)
Nice woman. Used to work for Sierra Online as their HR director, and got out when things REALLY started to go down the tubes.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
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Post #88,375
3/14/03 1:44:29 PM
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Re: He might be exaggerating a bit...
I was let go from my last job on Nov 4th, 2002, a Monday. I guess they didn't want me earning another work week and just let me go on Monday instead of Friday. But then it was a small business barely making a profit anyway, so they do things differently than the big businesses out there.
"Bill gates cannot guarantee Windows, so how are you going to guarantee my safety?" -John Crichton to the Emperor of the Scarrans on [link|http://www.farscape.com|FarScape]
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Post #88,340
3/14/03 11:29:39 AM
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Reference is to the movie 'Office Space'
where everyone (but the main character) gets canned on Friday - "statistically speaking it's safer to fire someone on Friday". The main character stops caring about his job - stops coming to work - and gets a promotion.
Saw Office Space for the first time this last weekend. Funny movie because it's soooo damned true for a lot of places where I've worked. My son does a very good imitation of Milton which cracks me up. :-)
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Post #88,341
3/14/03 11:31:38 AM
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Re: Reference is to the movie 'Office Space'
I've never had anything unexpectedly terminate on a non-Friday.
The black hour is Friday after lunch.
-drl
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Post #88,366
3/14/03 1:23:52 PM
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Counter-example
I was laid off on a Monday at 11AM at my previous job.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #88,405
3/14/03 5:52:31 PM
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Then you've missed out
Last month, we had a surprise mass layoff on a Wednesday morning. Unsurprisingly, morale is still in the toilet and I've been working on my resume.
Oh, and they've started a group in India. And have I mentioned our CEO is making a killing while the company is losing money? I just can't image why people at work are so cynical right now.
David "LordBeatnik"
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Post #88,409
3/14/03 6:05:59 PM
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Hrm. Sounds like they're forgetting.
What with the economy in the shitter, They are getting bolder about laying people off willy-nilly, instead of waiting until Friday.
Waiting for the latest round of postals...
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
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Post #88,463
3/14/03 10:18:24 PM
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Or they're just stupid
What was even more surprising was timing and the selection of people. They axed several people who's skills cannot easily be replaced. And they have no real plan on how to cover for many of the losses. It seems like upper management just decreed "thou shalt remove X% of the workforce by this deadline" without any careful thought as to the consequences.
Ah well, if there are bugs in a couples pieces of code, they've screwed themselves by firing the only people who could fix it in a short period of time. Have I mentioned I love upper management?
David "LordBeatnik"
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Post #88,376
3/14/03 1:46:35 PM
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Milton
I've been told that I am sort of a Milton like character. I get moved around to smaller desks, etc; but, I never had been let go and kept on to work for no paycheck.
"Bill gates cannot guarantee Windows, so how are you going to guarantee my safety?" -John Crichton to the Emperor of the Scarrans on [link|http://www.farscape.com|FarScape]
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