Random Rants
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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.”
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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.
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Damn @Alex . May they get what's coming to them.
One of my buddies just had his motorcycle stolen right out of his front yard.
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that's mad. that's proper fucked up. I'd key the cunt with a knife if I ever found out who did it.
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this is also why dash cams are becoming such a norm.
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these are poor idiots who do that @Alex. Sorry for that.
Sorry 
