So, it's Monday night, and I'm being a good little geek at home - the last thing I want to hear is about how the Perth office have fucked things up again.
*ring ring*
*cry*
Today, we have a new player: The BigBoss's wife, who works in the office as the Office Admin, and also controls all the money to the other offices. It's a recipe for disaster, but no-one can say anything, because she's TheWife.
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BigBoss: "I need the password to log into the server so we can do stuff!"
Me: *alarm bells instantly going off in my head* "Er...why do you need the password?"
BigBoss: "We need to log in to restart the server so we can access the shared files and do other stuff, we haven't been online all day!"
Me: *no server access all day, and you're calling me at 7 fucking pm?!* "Why, that's unusual!"
BigBoss: "So, whats the password?"
Me: *Can't really say no to the guy that pays the bills, so I give it to him* "So, why do you need to restart again? Why did it restart in the first place?"
BigBoss: "Dunno, just did. Restarting now anyway, who knows."
Me: *internal rage levels rising* "Um, let me log in remotely when it comes up, I'll get it up and running"
BigBoss: "Yup, whatever, it's working now right?"
Me: *logs in* "Yeaaaaa.....someone shut the server down at Friday 5:45. Any ideas?"
*silence*
BigBoss: "....Anyway, my laptop...."
Me: "......yes?" *ok, I guess we've moved on*
BigBoss: "....yea just click...."
Me: *obviously he's talking to someone in the background, I guess I'll just wait*
BigBoss: "....mumble mumble...."
Me: "Sorry?"
BigBoss: "....ss....ss........ss....."
Me: "?!?!?!"
TheWife: "IS THE SERVER UP YET IT SHOULD BE UP BY NOW IVE GOT WORK TO DO"
Me: "...."
BigBoss: "...."
Me: "...."
BigBoss: "ARE YOU STILL THERE!?"
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There's more to the story - BigBoss believes that there's no anti-virus installed, because Windows can't find it - but honestly, it's too painful.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Still here....
....just.
It's been an interesting couple of months. First things first - the company is holding on, barely, but it's not healthy. People are leaving (or being pushed) non-stop - most interstate offices are down to 2 people, with my office down to about 10 (on a good day, some people just don't bother showing up). There's projects in the pipelines that will apparently save the company ("Trust me" is the new catch cry), but we can all see the writing on the wall.
IT, in the meantime, is suffering. With the on-going effort to redirect money so employees can actually get paid (it's a struggle every fortnight), other services get the "We'll pay you, eventually" line. This, unfortunately, means PonyGirl, being an outside contractor, is waiting and waiting for money that has been owed for months. It all came to a head about a month ago with PonyGirl essentially quitting (my post in September was going to about that), but somehow the BigBoss had managed to pull money out of nowhere and keep PonyGirl on. iOrgasm has been on the verge of complete meltdowns more than once.
I've still got a job, but I've been told to update my resume and look for other work. I don't think it gets much clearer than that.
I'll continue to update the blog with horror stories (I had one tonight, which inspired me to get off my ass and update the blog), but it looks like the end might be sooner, rather than later.
And then it'll start all over again at another job. Hell is eternal ;)
P.S. Farewell, MidgetGirl! One of the many who have suffered from the company shrinking, but probably the least annoying user in the company (ok, maybe a little annoying, but she gave me a paper notebook with 5"1/4' floppy covers, she can't be that bad).
It's been an interesting couple of months. First things first - the company is holding on, barely, but it's not healthy. People are leaving (or being pushed) non-stop - most interstate offices are down to 2 people, with my office down to about 10 (on a good day, some people just don't bother showing up). There's projects in the pipelines that will apparently save the company ("Trust me" is the new catch cry), but we can all see the writing on the wall.
IT, in the meantime, is suffering. With the on-going effort to redirect money so employees can actually get paid (it's a struggle every fortnight), other services get the "We'll pay you, eventually" line. This, unfortunately, means PonyGirl, being an outside contractor, is waiting and waiting for money that has been owed for months. It all came to a head about a month ago with PonyGirl essentially quitting (my post in September was going to about that), but somehow the BigBoss had managed to pull money out of nowhere and keep PonyGirl on. iOrgasm has been on the verge of complete meltdowns more than once.
I've still got a job, but I've been told to update my resume and look for other work. I don't think it gets much clearer than that.
I'll continue to update the blog with horror stories (I had one tonight, which inspired me to get off my ass and update the blog), but it looks like the end might be sooner, rather than later.
And then it'll start all over again at another job. Hell is eternal ;)
P.S. Farewell, MidgetGirl! One of the many who have suffered from the company shrinking, but probably the least annoying user in the company (ok, maybe a little annoying, but she gave me a paper notebook with 5"1/4' floppy covers, she can't be that bad).
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