The company I’m working for is in the final stages of the acquisition of a division of a bankrupt Canadian telecom company. So far 96% or around 6,000 employees of the bankrupt division have agreed to follow their jobs to my company. I’m sure the company saw a cheap way to get rid [...]
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It’s Only A Matter Of Time
Posted in work on December 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I Work With Idiots
Posted in work on December 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I attended a conference call today to iron out some issues with products that are only sold in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. A colleague on the call inquired as to why New Zealand was on the list when it is one of Australia’s states. I was dumbfounded. Thankfully, [...]
What Did You Say?
Posted in work on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning my manager told me that she has been unable to find suitable candidates in India to replace the test team. The job add has been posted for a month and she is not getting many qualified applicants. She has interviewed several people but their English was so poor she could not [...]
Root Cause Analysis
Posted in work on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Work has been a bitch this week. The new delivery has many problems. Corrected code is being rushed to the users. More mistakes are being made. Why do they have to find to root cause of every problem? Why waste time discussing the issues when the developer should be writing code [...]
Another Cluster Fuck
Posted in work on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Things are screwed up at work today. There was a server migration that started on Friday night that is still going on today. The new servers have less memory than the old servers so people are scrambling to come up with work around. I was logged into the test environment this morning [...]
Chatty Cathy Can’t Be Wrong!
Posted in work on November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Chatty Cathy is at it again. I rejected some of his code yesterday afternoon. This morning I get an email stating: “I’m not sure we actually have a rework here”. WTF!!! If I run a design and ask for part X and I don’t get part X there is a problem [...]
Dad Jeans
Posted in work on November 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There’s been a lot of talk in the last few years about the mom jean. My workplace is filled with a relative of the mom jean – the dad jean. There are also dad chinos and dad dress pants. A large percentage of the male population in this building consists of PhD scientists. [...]
Under The Gun
Posted in work on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m testing some of Chatty Cathy’s (CC) code today. I’ve already found two major mistakes. The engineer is not happy since the load needs to be locked down today for delivery on Saturday. The whole team is under the gun to get this load out. I wonder if I will have [...]
Looking For A Job Again
Posted in work on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I was informed that my job is moving to India. My contract will end on March 30th, 2010. There is a possibility that my contract may be extended after March 30th if the new team in India is not up to speed. I’m not counting on an extension and I have [...]
Contract Extension
Posted in work on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My contract has been extended until November 3rd, 2009. It expired yesterday. I’ve been told that I’ll be needed after November 3rd but they are putting the contractors under a Statement of Work (SOW). The SOW will allow this department to use contractors as long as there is money to fund the [...]
