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Executing a Mass Departmental Exodus in the Workplace?
rerunn asks: "The recent story about the consultants from JBOSS walking out couldn't have had better timing. I'll save the drama and cut to the scenario: You and a few close co-workers make up the core grunts of 'the department'. The company relies heavily on your department for many services, some of which, other departments cannot provide. You like your job, it provides great satisfaction. Suddenly, the company realizes its in deep financial shit, and starts making cut backs. This impacts the department. You suddenly find yourself working 50-60 hour weeks, put on call with no compensation, given unreasonable amounts of work and generally treated like dirt. You get the feeling that the company is just going to take advantage of you no matter how and what happens. You get together with the rest of the department for a 'fsck this company' meeting and decide to walk out. Have you ever done this?? (We are so close!) What was the outcome?"
Six months of unemployment...
Was getting together with a guy from the cold line (I was a dishwasher) and walking out of a Mexican restaurant after telling the manager we were going in search of the perfect taco...
Trouble making decisions? Just flip for it.
Europa Endlos
You work for EDS?
discarded Pizza boxes are an inexpensive source of Cheese.
What are you going to suggest next, labor unions? Do you think that you and your buddies are entitled to be treated like human beings?
If you were a real man, you'd volunteer to work 80 hour weeks and come up with a plan to replace all of your colleagues with contract developers from India and Romania.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
now i read slashdot all day.
this sig steers like a cow. and i can prove it
Just start claiming company property for "compensation" cuz you'll be at the bottom of the list when bankruptcy time comes.
the company will just replace you with people that are hungry for work.
And the new guys will look at your code (or whatever you do) and say, "Man this is a mess. Where do I begin refactoring? I'm going to have to re-write this whole thing! How did you people ever put up with those losers? [language1]? Who uses [language1] anymore? We'll rewrite the whole thing in [language2]. You guys are so lucky those wankers quit!".
I had an idea like that once.
Really? What was it, Tom?
Well, alright. It was a jump to conclusions mat!
*puzzled looks*
You see, there'd be this mat that you'd lay on the floor and it would have different "conclusions" on it that you could jump to...
Never mind....
Yes, where and when is this going to happen? To whom should I send my resume...
At my last company, I admit it wasn't until upper management said, "Well, how would you guys feel about working for stock."
Same thing happened to me. So I said "Screw you, Mr. Gates. This company is never going to be succesful. Microsoft will be a forgotten name with worthless stock in a year."
Wow, I really want to meet their investors :-)
Using HTML in email is like putting sound effects on your phone calls. Just say <strong>no</strong>.
Ahh...obviously you're an insider, so perhaps you can tell us; when will Duke Nukem Forever be released?
Igor Presnyakov stole my hat
where's the humour in these threads?!?
You know what I'd do? I'd get up on the back of a truck, and do a Presidential Speech a la the one done in Independence Day: "Today... we celebrate... INDEPENDENCE DAY"
-- james
ps Am I the only one that thinks that speech was the only decent part of that movie?
Homer Simpson
"In a hierarchy every employee will rise to his level of incompetence". The Peter Principle
Bob #1: We're trying to get a feel for what people do around here.. so, could you just walk us through a typical day for you?
Peter: Well, sure Bob. I generally come in at least 15 minutes late. I use the side door; that way Lumbergh can't see me, and after that I just sorta space out for about an hour--
Bob #2: Ah wait--space out?
Peter: Yeah. I just stare at my desk. But it looks like I'm working. I do that for, uh.. probably another hour after lunch too. I'd say, in a given week, I probably only do about 15 minutes of real, actual.. work.
worked for me for about a year and a half. Then we got a new director who didn't suck ass, and she got new managers in place that didn't suck ass and now we're all happily doing more than 15 minutes of work. Though I still find time to search slashdot and post office space quotes. That can't be considered good. But fuck it, I'm salary.
Peter: We don't have a lot of time on this earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day... filling out useless forms... and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements.
Michael: I told those fudge packers that I liked Michael Bolton's music.
Peter: Oh that is not right, Michael.
Peter: So I was sitting is my cubicle today, and I realized.. ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me.. that's on the worst day of my life.
Therapist: What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?
Peter: Yeah.
Therapist: Wow, that's messed up.
because I have been enjoined by this Holy Office to abandon the false opinion which maintains that the Sun is the centre
...but then Reagan fired us all. Bastard.
Other common sounds might be 1) scratching sounds as you write checks to your lawyer defending yourself in court and b) the click of the phone hanging up after you're told you weren't hired, due to a terrible reference.
Good luck!
Galileo: "The Earth revolves around the Sun!"
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I'd love to, but they'd realize that it's been over 12 months and just replace the team again if I did.
1. Quote Office Space
2. ???????
3. KARMA!!!!!