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Posted: **Fri Nov 05, 2021 4:23 pm**

Good luck!

Thanks and HBD

Posted: **Fri Nov 05, 2021 8:00 pm**

Gave a performance review for someone who is doing just fine (not at risk of low performance). For some reason, he spent half the time being defensive at the "improvement" section and told me he would go talk to my boss about it. Being defensive in a mostly positive review seemed a bad choice. Going to your boss's boss to complain about a mostly good review, is very confusing.

My boss in fact was also confused - "why would I contradict you?"

Posted: **Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:01 am**

Gave a performance review for someone who is doing just fine (not at risk of low performance). For some reason, he spent half the time being defensive at the "improvement" section and told me he would go talk to my boss about it. Being defensive in a mostly positive review seemed a bad choice. Going to your boss's boss to complain about a mostly good review, is very confusing.

My boss in fact was also confused - "why would I contradict you?"

During my reviews, my "room for improvement" discussion is what I focus on the most with my boss since I want to continually improve. Constructive criticism is very good imo.

Posted: **Sat Nov 06, 2021 10:19 am**

Here’s some constructive criticism for you: you suck.

Posted: **Sat Nov 06, 2021 11:02 am**

Here’s some constructive criticism for you: you suck.

Thank you.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:48 am**

My humor is wasted on these frigging nerds I word with.

Meeting with like 10 people
meow: “hey guys I’m here. I’m trying to woof down lunch real quick”
nerd co-worker: “oh what’s for lunch?”
meow: “there are these frozen Chinese food meals that are actually really good. They are for two people, but if I put my mind to it, I can polish it off myself…”

Crickets

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:33 pm**

Found a bad Firefox code/destination address in a system I just got access to, which made it continually open tabs in the browser until we force ended it.

Was pretty hilarious watching the IT guy try to close them as they opened up.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:45 pm**

My company is going to unlimited PTO in 2022. Not sure how to feel about this other than not great.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:09 pm**

My company is going to unlimited PTO in 2022. Not sure how to feel about this other than not great.

Been doing this for 2 years. You have to be even more diligent in taking your vacation days. Otherwise you almost forget you have them.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:22 pm**

My old place had unlimited and the new place has 30 days. I much prefer the latter

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:25 pm**

Unlimted PTO should come with unlimited severance.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:27 pm**

I would most certainly use less PTO if it was unlimited. I get 24 days a year now (up from 18 days last year). I can only carry over 30 days and I need to use 9 days by the end of the year to get there. If it was unlimited, I wouldn't realize how little PTO I take.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:27 pm**

My PTO usage would not change at all if we moved to unlimited. I'll use as much time as I want.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:34 pm**

I need carpal tunnel surgery and the doctor advised a 6 week recovery time, but said since I work from home I could choose less if I want, but he would still suggest 6. Found out that I have 11 weeks of 100% fully paid short term disability available to me. So imma think about that 6 weeks off for a minute or two

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:35 pm**

I've used 13.5 days so far this year. Wanted to use 20. Will probably use 3-4 over Christmas, maybe 1 the Monday after Thanksgiving. Hoping to use another one to go on an interview and gtfo here.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:39 pm**

I currently have 3 weeks of time off scheduled for 2022, and will be adding another week for Christmas when the time comes.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:09 pm**

The only thing that scares me about unlimited PTO, which we've talked about, is getting pressured to not use it. Or being worried that you are taking more than your peers, and it becomes a pissing contest.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:22 pm**

The only thing that scares me about unlimited PTO, which we've talked about, is getting pressured to not use it. Or being worried that you are taking more than your peers, and it becomes a pissing contest.

Yes perhaps it wasn't the system but the environment. The partner I worked for kept a spreadsheet and would make remarks about this person already has 150 hours or whatever.. well, glad I'm gone either way. 30 days is nice, I would have never been able to take 30 at the previous place and the partner in charge told me she takes every minute of hers and I should do the same. So that was awesome to hear

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:41 pm**

Sounds like they probably did that even before an unlimited system, and that the issue was that person and not the system.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:42 pm**

I received an email from my company's new internal social media content editor and she said someone recommended me to be featured. WTF, no thanks. Questions like tell us when you were very proud to be a part of our company. It didn't even have a greeting with my name so I'm not buying that someone recommended me.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:58 pm**

I wouldn’t recommend you for ****. Unless it was a gut punch. You’re welcome

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 6:01 pm**

I wouldn’t recommend you for ****. Unless it was a gut punch. You’re welcome

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:16 pm**

I've taken one day off so far this year.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:15 am**

Speaking of, my wife turned down a management position last year, right before covid. A position that was actually created for her. The Sr. Director told her that he wanted all of his managers to be on site 4 days per week, and she was having none of that. Fast forward 18 months and they have found a total of zero candidates qualified for the role. Her Director just told her that she's retiring at the end of the year, and wanted to know if she'd be interested in that position. I think we nixed that pretty quickly after talking it through; too much political BS, and she'd be reporting directly to the aforementioned doofus.

Anyway, they started talking about that other management position that was created for her, and I think my wife's going to meet with him once more to see if the role could remain 100% WFH, as her current role is. If so, she'd likely accept the offer, and would get a very nice bump out of it.

My wife just met with the Sr. Director, and I listened in on the conversation. He has reversed course on his stance for WFH, and even told her that all of the managers under him now WFH 100% of the time, and his only requirement would be for them to be on site for big go lives as-needed. So, she's moving forward with applying for the position that was created for her more than a year ago.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2021 5:39 pm**

Hah, good for her.

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