3 posts tagged “work”
At work, we often use short-form text communication to relay requests and status updates for different parts of the network when not on a computer in the applicable domain. For instance, I was on a Navy computer today needing to process changes on the Marine Corps side.
When in an open communication channel as such, we preface messages with the initials of the individual toward which the message is directed. One of my colleagues, Brian Kotmel (who shall remain nameless), was thus being queried as BK. Seeing this, I couldn't help but think of Burger King, and I thought, ha-ha, you remind people of fast food, and I wondered what it would be like to have your initials invoke the image of junk food.
Then I remembered that mine are A&W.
I saw Captain Kirk riding a motorcycle on my way to work, yesterday. He followed me for a while, but turned away down Irving.
I guess we all have a starship to get to.
I need to update more often.
Anyway, I got my new computer yesterday, crazy dual-core processor, dual-channel memory, PS3 graphic card, and all. All I've done so far is download, update, patch, and configure the settings and whatnot. It should get a formal test when I pick up Oblivion today after the dentist (finally get to play it, all right!). Seems to be pretty nice, though.
I have the next week off from work, which is always a plus. Hotter weather tends to make it more irritating in there. And, they're wanting to get rid of the shift I work, which means I'd have to work on Saturday. So, yeah...no. Their supposed justification was that there was a one percent less turnover rate for this other shift-set in FAB4 (an R&D area) than in FAB1 (where I work).
Now, there are a few things about that which smell like bullshit. First of all, there is a much bigger difference between working in FAB4 or FAB1, than there is between working one shift or the other. They're attributing a difference to a comparitively small variable when there's also a much larger one present. More importantly, we're in a hiring freeze, because we lost money this last quarter, and we have too many employees. You don't make a change to improve attrition when you actually need to get rid of people.
Furthermore, this type of change is incredibly likely to cause more employees to leave than it could possibly keep from supposed improved turnover rates. So, either our management is amazingly stupid, or this is a maliciously underhanded way to make a necessary thinning of the workforce without having to deal with layoffs and severence packages. Wonderful world out there, isn't it?
Ah, well. I'm not sure I could take another summer in there, anyway.
In other news...um...dentist time.
