Random Rants
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Yea don't get me started. I even called them to confirm the info, but the person I was speaking with got the same erroneous info from the accounting department, so we were both verifying that two wrong numbers matched. How is this the default way to transfer money in 2021?!
Now, I was always pretty sure that I wouldn't have any problems reversing the transaction in the end, but it's best to have a vast sum of $$ missing in the ether for as little time as possible.
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Last week I posted a few items for sale on GRAILED, most items got accepted (some got refused because I needed to add more pictures) and by Sunday I had a couple people interested.
When I checked my account on Monday (26/04) I found out that it got frozen because of a "conduct violation", I have no idea why or what I did wrong. I contacted grailed support through all possible channels (FB - Instagram - Customer support Email - even called twice but got a voicemail)
No reply from grailed yet, no explanation or anything… Starting to get seriously pissed...
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What we thought there'd be: replicants! space battles! pandemic disease! unlivable climate!
What there turned out to be: nonexistent customer service! automated messages that go nowhere! pandemic disease! unlivable climate!
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We had the pest control guys come out to the house to spray for bugs this week. In the process, the pest guy manages to hit our porch fan and shatter the blade. Replacement blades are not sold by the manufacturer, the only option is to buy a new unit. Comparable replacement outdoor rated fan is $1500 from said company. Pest control company says they're willing to offer us $200 for the replacement.
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How did he manage to do that?
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@Clint_D I'd take the $200 in check form as an admission of guilt, then take them to small claims court for the rest. You know Judge Judy would rule in your favor…
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I noticed some discoloration on the pits of my IHT-1600 and so did a rinse in the sink and then put it out in the sun to dry. I just checked on it only to find that a bird had shit on it. Now more rinsing's needed…
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So my company is being bought by a larger company. Today we had a "information on the buy-out" meeting. Prior to today, all communication was:
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We expect this to happen mid-year sometime
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We will let you know more later
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Until then we are separate companies, it's business as usual
Well this "information meeting" was basically this:
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The buy-out is happening next week
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The other company has different work from home policies
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Starting next Monday, we expect everyone to be back in the office full time
So, they're asking us to unwind 1 year of lifestyle change in three business days. The person delivering this edict did not acknowledge how insane of a request this was, given that this person has no idea of who was coming in when, or what anyone's life situation had become. There are people who come in daily as it is, and there are people who haven't been there in 6 months, for example. To say nothing of the people with school-age kids, for whom the summer break looms.
Of course, this person made sure to remind people coming into the office to make sure and social distance, and reiterated the mask policy, as well as the skin temp sensor to get in the building. You know, all those things necessary to be safe in the place that they don't need to be but for the policy telling them to be there.
Luckily my immediate supervisor, being a reasonable human, just said: "no idea what's driving this, do what you can." But policies of this nature, delivered in a manner that betrays either an ignorance or an indifference to the human costs of enacting them, does not bode well for this buy-out.
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Don't think so, we're pretty crazy understaffed, and our division is the most profitable and growing the fastest.
I actually just talked to a coworker whose brother works for the acquiring company, and he (the brother) hasn't been called back to work full time in-office at the acquiring company. So it seems like there's something else going on other than the "company policy" of the new company. Maybe the execs at our company want the office to look bustling and busy when their brass comes in to visit? Also, strangely we were not instructed to do anything with our remote work workstations, which seems like the first thing you'd have your employees do if you had millions of dollars of computer equipment floating around out there.
So maybe this isn't a long-term bad sign if it was just our management and not the future management? Still just a total flub from an employee relations standpoint. People are freaking out, and just so you have good backdrop while you swoon around the office? Do like a sports game and pipe some hustle and bustle sounds in there or some crap. Play Boiler Room on the conference TV. Be better at this!
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Thanks for the well-wishes @sabergirl @goosehd I'm sure it'll work out fine. I like a good rant, but this stuff actually doesn't stress me out much. If it goes better than the last 2 acquisitions I've been a part of–which involved getting laid off, and a pay-cut respectively--then I'll count it as a win. Two literary quotes that have always make things like this seem not so bad:
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck saved you from."
-Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses"Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it. Be amused by what you see and suspect. Just because someone you work with is a miserable, treacherous, self-serving, capricious and corrupt asshole shouldn't prevent you from enjoying their company, working with them or finding them entertaining.”
-Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential -
F-ing hell. My previous car was keyed in Baltimore and I've attempted to mentally prepare myself for it happening to my new one. I don't get bothered by the incidental wear and tear on things, but intentional destruction by others makes me livid.
May they fall into the next wood-chipper. Feet first.
