by "CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
Published 03/02/2017 at 09:46
by "CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
Published 03/02/2017 at 09:46
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One person goes slightly off topic or off schedule, next thing you know we’re all just spinning out of control.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
03/02/2017 at 09:58, STARS: 1
How long have you been with my company?
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/02/2017 at 09:59, STARS: 4
How conference calls go for me:
“I don’t care about any of this, so I’m going to just buy things that I need from Amazon and hope that by periodically nodding my head no one will direct any questions or comments towards me.”
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 10:00, STARS: 1
Some days it feels like forever......
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/02/2017 at 10:00, STARS: 1
I spent nearly all of yesterday like that via email threads. Try to work on project -> ask question on other project to get it off plate - > other people sidetracked on other project almost all day asking more questions and giving bad answers - > finally take phone call to resolve issues with other project and find out from same guy that yet another project has gone Charlie Foxtrot.
Sigh.
"Seat Safety Switch" (seat-safety-switch)
03/02/2017 at 10:10, STARS: 1
Keep in practice: http://conferencecall.biz/
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 10:11, STARS: 0
There are times I’m afraid to concentrate on one thing because when I finish that thing I’m worried about the mess to clean up when I move on to something else.
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 10:13, STARS: 2
Oh look! It’s a portal to the tenth level of hell.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/02/2017 at 10:14, STARS: 1
I have exactly one Dilbert cartoon at my desk. This one:
It’s for a reason or several.
"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
03/02/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 4
A couple of colleagues and I used to play conference call bingo. When that got boring, we created a game where we had to make someone on the call say a word we identified 5 minutes prior to the call (each of us had a different word). That game was permanently retired when I was able to get one of the senior partners at the firm to say “fluffy.”
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 10:18, STARS: 0
That comic hits a little too close to home.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/02/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 0
The extra special salty reason it does that for me is that every one of those mentioned projects *will* have a due date, none of which will be communicated to me, and they all have a different work interval - i.e. how long they would take to complete in a vacuum - which doesn’t track with “how long will it take to complete this if I’m interrupted by stupid things”. Some projects are more interruption antifragile than others, and it’s not a function of their difficulty as such.
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 10:22, STARS: 0
Sadly my higher-ups just speak in corporate lingo and acronyms.
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 10:29, STARS: 1
I just love due dates when nobody tells me about them, always leads to fun conversations and last minute panic.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
03/02/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 1
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"yamahog" (yamahog)
03/02/2017 at 10:40, STARS: 4
This is why I bring a spray bottle, a rolled up newspaper, and bite size treats to my meetings.
BAD ENGINEER, STAY ON TOPIC AND KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE, BAD
"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
03/02/2017 at 10:43, STARS: 1
Jargon is one of the reasons why we discontinued bingo — it got too easy.
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 1
I love the ending “Beth is going to send an email to recap the meeting that could have taken the place of the meeting”
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 10:56, STARS: 3
One of the time honored traditions of all engineers is the airing of the grievances, even if nobody in the meeting has anything to do with the grievances.
"B/Xmrrmvr" (davidedumass)
03/02/2017 at 11:01, STARS: 1
I’m the blue and neon yellow car that avoids any conversation unless I really need to.
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 0
That’s my normal plan too. Hit the mute button and wait to hear my name.
"NJAnon" (NJAnon)
03/02/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 0
I used to be in a job like that. Didn’t fit my playstyle or stress profile.
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
03/02/2017 at 23:25, STARS: 0
Fortunately I get to take things, fix them, and put them back together too. That and getting to spend a lot of at customer locations and not in an office really help balance things out.