Job and General Employment Thread

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:36 pm

Yeah... seems more or less just a piece of paper to me, but was curious.
imo if you didn't take any business classes during your 12394872039587 years of schooling, there might be some value to an MBA. not a ton of value, but if you are an awkward, Columbia hiking shoe/short sleave button down wearing nerd, you might benefit from an MBA.

I don't see the value of getting an mba right out of college.

speaking of value, I know everyone is saying "it depends on the mba' but c2i would be getting an MBA from UPS so we all know the value of anything ups related is somewhere between trump university and swaggin university.

The first part of this is why I went for an MBA. My undergrad was in education and I wasn’t going to get a 2nd bachelors. Honestly it’s just a money hole for students, gets the college recognition because they have a robust population of students in the program and all around is just a resume padding option. Graduate programs in general are typically jokes. It doesn’t behoove the college to fail grad students and the students typically know they’ll have to do some work.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 9:33 am

guy in the cube next to mine keeps fidgeting with a staple remover and it is driving me insane

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 9:37 am

also, today i'm keeping track of how many times the other guy next to me burps and yawns. so far, 4 yawns and 1 burp in roughly 1 hour of work

aweopaietiou

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 9:38 am

make that 5 yawns and 1 burp

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:41 am

Cubicle life sucks.

Postby **Factorial** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:49 am

Take up smoking. That will piss everyone off near you when you come back in from a smoke break.

Postby **Kane** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:51 am

I had to send about two dozen small reports to someone, so I zipped them up for an easy email attachment. About an hour later, I get a response that says "how do I open this file?".

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:58 am

I had to send about two dozen small reports to someone, so I zipped them up for an easy email attachment. About an hour later, I get a response that says "how do I open this file?".

Next time, save them to a zip disk and see if their head explodes

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:09 pm

I had to send about two dozen small reports to someone, so I zipped them up for an easy email attachment. About an hour later, I get a response that says "how do I open this file?".
Next time, save them to a zip disk and see if their head explodes

I still have a Zip drive, and disks with data on them...

Postby **MR25** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:19 pm

I had to send about two dozen small reports to someone, so I zipped them up for an easy email attachment. About an hour later, I get a response that says "how do I open this file?".

WinRAR

Postby **Kane** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:21 pm

Been a while since I used that one.

I always install 7-Zip these days.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:24 pm

One of my big annoyances when I was working in Patch Management was tracking down the handful of people that were still using WinRAR and making them update.

I prefer 7-Zip at home.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:29 pm

WinRAR to rule them all.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:38 pm

Is WinZip still a thing? I too, use 7Zip most of the time.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:45 pm

I had to send about two dozen small reports to someone, so I zipped them up for an easy email attachment. About an hour later, I get a response that says "how do I open this file?".
Next time, save them to a zip disk and see if their head explodes
I still have a Zip drive, and disks with data on them...

you old school

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:06 pm

I just realized that I haven't thought about unzipping programs in years.

Postby **skullman80** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:49 am

When you see your first paycheck after you got promoted and switched roles it makes Wednesday feel like Friday.....that 25k a year salary difference makes a nice jump in the paycheck even after all the taxes taken out.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:58 am

impressive skullman, kudos

Postby **MR25** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:01 am

We're being forced to work a Saturday for FYE. They said they'd pay us time and a half for when we go over 40 hours (normal week is 37.5), so guess who is working 8 hour days this week to get their money's worth when they have to work on a weekend?

Postby **Factorial** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:11 am

We're being forced to work a Saturday for FYE. They said they'd pay us time and a half for when we go over 40 hours (normal week is 37.5), so guess who is working 8 hour days this week to get their money's worth when they have to work on a weekend?

Paid lunch? That's a cushy job.

Postby **MR25** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:21 am

Nope. My normal schedule is 8:30 to 5, which is 8.5 hours. We get an hour for lunch. Therefore, 7.5.

Postby **Factorial** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:24 am

7.5 hour work day? That's a cushy job.

Postby **MR25** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:12 am

It really isn't. I don't get paid anywhere close to what my position is actually worth, in terms of both workload and job knowledge.

Postby **Joegap** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:54 am

Trying to focus after putting in your 2 weeks notice. Sheesh! it is going to be a looong 2 weeks.

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 1:34 pm

It really isn't. I don't get paid anywhere close to what my position is actually worth, in terms of both workload and job knowledge.

Welcome to the real world, kid.