Ugh. The weather has turned ugly again in this part of the land where the sun always shines. Grey clouds, rain and nothing else. I guess, we need every drop of water we can get. That is perhaps the one redeeming feature of working in cubicle city; you're safe from the weather and most acts of God.
But not acts of man. You've seen the cubicles in the Dilbert cartoons. They really do exist. Before I my current job, I didn't think Dilbert was funny. What load of stupid rubbish. Now, it's still not funny, because it's all too true.
I'll save my rant about corporate management for another day, save to say that they must be a different species. Every species on earth serves a function. Surely then, Homo Corpus Exec Moronus exists purely to torment code monkeys like me. Darwin, give us a break will ya...
A version of russian roulette is being played where I work. They call it redundancy. It's time for my 'Redudancy' rant. Hold on.
There's two types of redudancy. Type 'A' and type 'B'.
Type "A" redudancy is something good. Type "A" redudancy is when you have an oversupply of something but everyone agrees that this is a good thing. This is like a safety margin, for when things go wrong. For example, you have two computers configured so that one can take over if the other should explode in a ball of fire. The system as a whole keeps on working and the user is none the wiser (in theory). Yay! I like this type of redundancy, because you've got spare capacity to do other important work, like ripping DVDs, sharing music files, playing games and downloading pics from everyone's favourite pornsite.
Unfortunately, where I work, type "A" redudancy is non existant.
Type "B" redundancy is... less pleasant. Type "B" reduandancy is when management decides that there is an oversupply of something that they can do without and therefore should be eliminated to reduce costs. Often the opinion of management bears little resemblance to reality. Type "B" redundancy usually affects people at the lower end of the organisational spectrum. Out of the blue, you'll get a letter stating that your services are no longer required and then you have 4 weeks (1 week for contractors
) to pack up your shit and move on.
Unfortunately, where I work, type "B" reduandancy is rampant.
There is a good chance that the redundancy bullet will hit me at the end of this year. Well, in that case I'll pack up my shit and move somewhere else. I've been in the job for five years, it's time to move on anyway. So there.
Well, EyesOnly, it takes you two pages to say something that a normal person can say in two sentences.
Thank, you. Thank you. ** Bows to the crowd **
I hope you're all having an interesting day.
~ EyesOnly ~
But not acts of man. You've seen the cubicles in the Dilbert cartoons. They really do exist. Before I my current job, I didn't think Dilbert was funny. What load of stupid rubbish. Now, it's still not funny, because it's all too true.
I'll save my rant about corporate management for another day, save to say that they must be a different species. Every species on earth serves a function. Surely then, Homo Corpus Exec Moronus exists purely to torment code monkeys like me. Darwin, give us a break will ya...
A version of russian roulette is being played where I work. They call it redundancy. It's time for my 'Redudancy' rant. Hold on.
There's two types of redudancy. Type 'A' and type 'B'.
Type "A" redudancy is something good. Type "A" redudancy is when you have an oversupply of something but everyone agrees that this is a good thing. This is like a safety margin, for when things go wrong. For example, you have two computers configured so that one can take over if the other should explode in a ball of fire. The system as a whole keeps on working and the user is none the wiser (in theory). Yay! I like this type of redundancy, because you've got spare capacity to do other important work, like ripping DVDs, sharing music files, playing games and downloading pics from everyone's favourite pornsite.
Unfortunately, where I work, type "A" redudancy is non existant.
Type "B" redundancy is... less pleasant. Type "B" reduandancy is when management decides that there is an oversupply of something that they can do without and therefore should be eliminated to reduce costs. Often the opinion of management bears little resemblance to reality. Type "B" redundancy usually affects people at the lower end of the organisational spectrum. Out of the blue, you'll get a letter stating that your services are no longer required and then you have 4 weeks (1 week for contractors
) to pack up your shit and move on.
Unfortunately, where I work, type "B" reduandancy is rampant.
There is a good chance that the redundancy bullet will hit me at the end of this year. Well, in that case I'll pack up my shit and move somewhere else. I've been in the job for five years, it's time to move on anyway. So there.
Well, EyesOnly, it takes you two pages to say something that a normal person can say in two sentences.
Thank, you. Thank you. ** Bows to the crowd **
I hope you're all having an interesting day.
~ EyesOnly ~