The "Fuck my life" thread

[Gasman]

The higher management at work has tightened some rules involving quality today. The percent of errors every employee in the department can make weekly before getting on the slow track to termination is going to be reduced. This sounds good in practice, except that the percent is incredibly low already and we're expected to put out a high volume of information every day. I'm currently sitting lower than the error rate, but with the new change I'll be just over it. If I work more slowly than I normally do, I'll likely stay under the new rate, but in addition to this upper management also expects everyone to work even harder and put out impossible numbers because of circumstances they caused, yet seemingly can't see the consequences of.

Long story short, I may be out of a job in three to six months. Oh, and I have a cold.

[Didzo]

The higher management at work has tightened some rules involving quality today. The percent of errors every employee in the department can make weekly before getting on the slow track to termination is going to be reduced. This sounds good in practice, except that the percent is incredibly low already and we're expected to put out a high volume of information every day. I'm currently sitting lower than the error rate, but with the new change I'll be just over it. If I work more slowly than I normally do, I'll likely stay under the new rate, but in addition to this upper management also expects everyone to work even harder and put out impossible numbers because of circumstances they caused, yet seemingly can't see the consequences of.

Long story short, I may be out of a job in three to six months. Oh, and I have a cold.

Doubt it. Middle management bullshit like this is good for lowering worker morale and kissing up to other morons and not much else. You should be fine so long as you are consistent in your work.

[Gasman]

[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256536#msg256536 date=1352417499]
The higher management at work has tightened some rules involving quality today. The percent of errors every employee in the department can make weekly before getting on the slow track to termination is going to be reduced. This sounds good in practice, except that the percent is incredibly low already and we're expected to put out a high volume of information every day. I'm currently sitting lower than the error rate, but with the new change I'll be just over it. If I work more slowly than I normally do, I'll likely stay under the new rate, but in addition to this upper management also expects everyone to work even harder and put out impossible numbers because of circumstances they caused, yet seemingly can't see the consequences of.

Long story short, I may be out of a job in three to six months. Oh, and I have a cold.

Doubt it. Middle management bullshit like this is good for lowering worker morale and kissing up to other morons and not much else. You should be fine so long as you are consistent in your work.
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In a lot of other businesses, yes. However, where I work, there have been a number of terminations recently for employees not producing enough and making a couple too many errors for the past (part of the reason why the department is expected to work even harder). I should be ok just so long as I maintain my production goal and slow down enough to catch my mistakes, but I also fear for the entire department, who is currently sitting at a little over the current error rate. If they can't make it now, what will happen when they need to make even less?

[A. Crow]

[quote author=Didzo link=topic=3709.msg256539#msg256539 date=1352419811]
[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256536#msg256536 date=1352417499]
The higher management at work has tightened some rules involving quality today. The percent of errors every employee in the department can make weekly before getting on the slow track to termination is going to be reduced. This sounds good in practice, except that the percent is incredibly low already and we're expected to put out a high volume of information every day. I'm currently sitting lower than the error rate, but with the new change I'll be just over it. If I work more slowly than I normally do, I'll likely stay under the new rate, but in addition to this upper management also expects everyone to work even harder and put out impossible numbers because of circumstances they caused, yet seemingly can't see the consequences of.

Long story short, I may be out of a job in three to six months. Oh, and I have a cold.

Doubt it. Middle management bullshit like this is good for lowering worker morale and kissing up to other morons and not much else. You should be fine so long as you are consistent in your work.
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In a lot of other businesses, yes. However, where I work, there have been a number of terminations recently for employees not producing enough and making a couple too many errors for the past (part of the reason why the department is expected to work even harder). I should be ok just so long as I maintain my production goal and slow down enough to catch my mistakes, but I also fear for the entire department, who is currently sitting at a little over the current error rate. If they can't make it now, what will happen when they need to make even less?
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sounds like someone read the wiki article on six sigma...

to clarify, I meant the management.

[Didzo]

[quote author=Didzo link=topic=3709.msg256539#msg256539 date=1352419811]
[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256536#msg256536 date=1352417499]
The higher management at work has tightened some rules involving quality today. The percent of errors every employee in the department can make weekly before getting on the slow track to termination is going to be reduced. This sounds good in practice, except that the percent is incredibly low already and we're expected to put out a high volume of information every day. I'm currently sitting lower than the error rate, but with the new change I'll be just over it. If I work more slowly than I normally do, I'll likely stay under the new rate, but in addition to this upper management also expects everyone to work even harder and put out impossible numbers because of circumstances they caused, yet seemingly can't see the consequences of.

Long story short, I may be out of a job in three to six months. Oh, and I have a cold.

Doubt it. Middle management bullshit like this is good for lowering worker morale and kissing up to other morons and not much else. You should be fine so long as you are consistent in your work.
[/quote]

In a lot of other businesses, yes. However, where I work, there have been a number of terminations recently for employees not producing enough and making a couple too many errors for the past (part of the reason why the department is expected to work even harder). I should be ok just so long as I maintain my production goal and slow down enough to catch my mistakes, but I also fear for the entire department, who is currently sitting at a little over the current error rate. If they can't make it now, what will happen when they need to make even less?
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That does make it a little scarier, but still... If they raise the standards so much that most of the department doesn't meet them, what are they gonna do? Fire the department? Don't think so.

[Dtrain323i]

[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256540#msg256540 date=1352421231]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=3709.msg256539#msg256539 date=1352419811]
[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256536#msg256536 date=1352417499]
The higher management at work has tightened some rules involving quality today. The percent of errors every employee in the department can make weekly before getting on the slow track to termination is going to be reduced. This sounds good in practice, except that the percent is incredibly low already and we're expected to put out a high volume of information every day. I'm currently sitting lower than the error rate, but with the new change I'll be just over it. If I work more slowly than I normally do, I'll likely stay under the new rate, but in addition to this upper management also expects everyone to work even harder and put out impossible numbers because of circumstances they caused, yet seemingly can't see the consequences of.

Long story short, I may be out of a job in three to six months. Oh, and I have a cold.

Doubt it. Middle management bullshit like this is good for lowering worker morale and kissing up to other morons and not much else. You should be fine so long as you are consistent in your work.
[/quote]

In a lot of other businesses, yes. However, where I work, there have been a number of terminations recently for employees not producing enough and making a couple too many errors for the past (part of the reason why the department is expected to work even harder). I should be ok just so long as I maintain my production goal and slow down enough to catch my mistakes, but I also fear for the entire department, who is currently sitting at a little over the current error rate. If they can't make it now, what will happen when they need to make even less?
[/quote]

sounds like someone read the wiki article on six sigma...

to clarify, I meant the management.
[/quote]

whenever i hear of six sigma i remember this cartoon

[Gasman]

[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256540#msg256540 date=1352421231]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=3709.msg256539#msg256539 date=1352419811]
[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256536#msg256536 date=1352417499]
The higher management at work has tightened some rules involving quality today. The percent of errors every employee in the department can make weekly before getting on the slow track to termination is going to be reduced. This sounds good in practice, except that the percent is incredibly low already and we're expected to put out a high volume of information every day. I'm currently sitting lower than the error rate, but with the new change I'll be just over it. If I work more slowly than I normally do, I'll likely stay under the new rate, but in addition to this upper management also expects everyone to work even harder and put out impossible numbers because of circumstances they caused, yet seemingly can't see the consequences of.

Long story short, I may be out of a job in three to six months. Oh, and I have a cold.

Doubt it. Middle management bullshit like this is good for lowering worker morale and kissing up to other morons and not much else. You should be fine so long as you are consistent in your work.
[/quote]

In a lot of other businesses, yes. However, where I work, there have been a number of terminations recently for employees not producing enough and making a couple too many errors for the past (part of the reason why the department is expected to work even harder). I should be ok just so long as I maintain my production goal and slow down enough to catch my mistakes, but I also fear for the entire department, who is currently sitting at a little over the current error rate. If they can't make it now, what will happen when they need to make even less?
[/quote]

sounds like someone read the wiki article on six sigma...

to clarify, I meant the management.
[/quote]

Ding ding, the company's been a fervent follower of six sigma for a while now. It's just that something set off management to cause them to do this now. No idea what.

Didzo: I do hope that management has enough sense to not fire a lot of us in a short period of time.

This won't be the end of the world if I'm fired, since the job was supposed to be a stepping stone for job experience and income. Maybe I should take this as a sign to start looking for a better job in a few months.

[A. Crow]

[quote author=LT Crow link=topic=3709.msg256605#msg256605 date=1352516801]
[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256540#msg256540 date=1352421231]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=3709.msg256539#msg256539 date=1352419811]
[quote author=Gasman link=topic=3709.msg256536#msg256536 date=1352417499]
The higher management at work has tightened some rules involving quality today. The percent of errors every employee in the department can make weekly before getting on the slow track to termination is going to be reduced. This sounds good in practice, except that the percent is incredibly low already and we're expected to put out a high volume of information every day. I'm currently sitting lower than the error rate, but with the new change I'll be just over it. If I work more slowly than I normally do, I'll likely stay under the new rate, but in addition to this upper management also expects everyone to work even harder and put out impossible numbers because of circumstances they caused, yet seemingly can't see the consequences of.

Long story short, I may be out of a job in three to six months. Oh, and I have a cold.

Doubt it. Middle management bullshit like this is good for lowering worker morale and kissing up to other morons and not much else. You should be fine so long as you are consistent in your work.
[/quote]

In a lot of other businesses, yes. However, where I work, there have been a number of terminations recently for employees not producing enough and making a couple too many errors for the past (part of the reason why the department is expected to work even harder). I should be ok just so long as I maintain my production goal and slow down enough to catch my mistakes, but I also fear for the entire department, who is currently sitting at a little over the current error rate. If they can't make it now, what will happen when they need to make even less?
[/quote]

sounds like someone read the wiki article on six sigma...

to clarify, I meant the management.
[/quote]

Ding ding, the company's been a fervent follower of six sigma for a while now. It's just that something set off management to cause them to do this now. No idea what.

Didzo: I do hope that management has enough sense to not fire a lot of us in a short period of time.

This won't be the end of the world if I'm fired, since the job was supposed to be a stepping stone for job experience and income. Maybe I should take this as a sign to start looking for a better job in a few months.
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I was having a conversation just this week about six sigma having no place outside a manufacturing environment, and even then, firing people for not getting to six sigma is not going to go well. 

You managers are bad, they should feel bad, and you should tell them so. 

[Evil Cheese]

[sarcasm] Agile is the way of the future. [/sarcasm]

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[CaffeinePowered]

[sarcasm] Agile is the way of the future. [/sarcasm]

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Buzzwords is the new management style, get with the program

[A. Crow]

[quote author=Evil Cheese link=topic=3709.msg256657#msg256657 date=1352642622]
[sarcasm] Agile is the way of the future. [/sarcasm]

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Buzzwords is the new management style, get with the program
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the rollout I'm doing right now is a product of an Agile dev cycle... from an operational point of view, "Agile" means "won't work for the first 2 months of usage." 

[The Generic Name]

Probably just failed my Linear Algebra course.  Now one of three things could happen:
1.  Get put on academic suspension
2.  Get pulled out of the school entirely(probably will happen if first happens).
3. The professor will let me retake the exam( least likely to happen)

[CaffeinePowered]

Probably just failed my Linear Algebra course.  Now one of three things could happen:
1.  Get put on academic suspension
2.  Get pulled out of the school entirely(probably will happen if first happens).
3. The professor will let me retake the exam( least likely to happen)

Why would you get put on suspension or pulled if you failed one course?

Whats your GPA and history like? Look into your school's policies about dropping the course, I believe Atom did this a few times in classes when he was trying to work something like 20 hours a week and do engineering stuff, was able to pull out with no credit and not have it mar the GPA or be put on probation.

[The Generic Name]

[quote author=The Generic Name link=topic=3709.msg256687#msg256687 date=1352740468]
Probably just failed my Linear Algebra course.  Now one of three things could happen:
1.  Get put on academic suspension
2.  Get pulled out of the school entirely(probably will happen if first happens).
3. The professor will let me retake the exam( least likely to happen)

Why would you get put on suspension or pulled if you failed one course?

Whats your GPA and history like? Look into your school's policies about dropping the course, I believe Atom did this a few times in classes when he was trying to work something like 20 hours a week and do engineering stuff, was able to pull out with no credit and not have it mar the GPA or be put on probation.
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Drop deadline was two weeks ago.  If I were to have dropped it, I would have had only 7 credits.  I was doing alright in the course.  My parents both agreed that if I failed a course they would make sure I get out of the school.  I am on academic probation as is with a GPA under 2.0.  right now, my cumulative GPA is a 1.94

Edit 1: Just got an email back from the Prof.  I cannot retake or get a second chance on the exam.  God Damnit.

[Coelit]

I swear to god it said i started at 1:00 PM... not got off at. Fucking christ.

[at0m]

I swear to god it said i started at 1:00 PM... not got off at. Fucking christ.

From now on, photograph the schedule

[Dtrain323i]

I found a stray kitten outside my house earlier today. I just got back from dropping it off at the humane society.

[Saxxy]

[quote author=Squishy link=topic=3709.msg256469#msg256469 date=1352333927]
[quote author=Dr. Zaius link=topic=3709.msg256468#msg256468 date=1352330405]
Obama's reelection in the fml thread

Let's not even talk about romney lol k thx

i don't think anybody actually liked romney so he was probably rooting for "RON FREE MARKET FIXES ALL PAUL"
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Saxxy was livid. 
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for the record that no one cares about, those posts were jokes

[A. Crow]

BRB, planning how I will destroy Kansas City. 

[Dtrain323i]

BRB, planning how I will destroy Kansas City. 

I didn't know you were a chiefs fan