RANT: All the Issues are My Fault and You Won't Answer My Questions
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@PSX_Defector said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
And yes, they could get someone who could meet the qualifications to do my job, but they cannot replace me at that store.
Bad way to think right there.
What if I strolled in over there? Not only can I run technical circles around you, my customer service skills are second to none. My bosses give me all the calls to make to customers because of my ability to "make them run around in the parking lot naked if I said that it would fix their issue".
There is always someone better than you at anything you do. I'm good, but I have plenty to learn still.
And I'm aware of that. But also consider the position. I know that technically you could run circles around me, and I haven't seen your CS skills, nor you mine, so we can't really comment on that. However, while I know there are plenty of people who could no doubt outperform me at that job, none of those people would work that job. Even if you were totally desperate for work, you could get something that pays WAY better than what I make, which means, effectively, you would never work there. It's the combination of my skill and the fact I'm willing to work there that makes me unique.
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@tonyshowoff said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@tonyshowoff said:
Staples relies on you to make them money, they're leasing your labour, so if they think you're saying or doing anything to ever...
Or what about trying to take there business: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/346177-what-to-do
We have a non-compete clause and I'm betting Staples probably does too.
Or at least an NDA on customer Data.
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My point is, the USSR went on without Stalin and a single Staples store can go on without you.
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@tonyshowoff said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@tonyshowoff said:
Staples relies on you to make them money, they're leasing your labour, so if they think you're saying or doing anything to ever...
Or what about trying to take there business: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/346177-what-to-do
We have a non-compete clause and I'm betting Staples probably does too.
Not for someone at my level. They wouldn't give a damn if tomorrow I quit to go work at GeekSquad. One advantage of being a pee-on in retail. All those professional restrictions most people deal with don't funnel down that far.
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And I'm not trying to be rude or make fun of you with any of what I've said, I know some people sometimes do that with you on here, but I'm not, I'm just being honest, and it may cause some existential angst, but that's life. I want to help you so you don't end up being one of those 40 year old jackasses who still works at Staples talking about how the store would shut down if he got hit by a bus. You don't want to be that guy.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@tonyshowoff said:
Staples relies on you to make them money, they're leasing your labour, so if they think you're saying or doing anything to ever...
Or what about trying to take there business: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/346177-what-to-do
We have a non-compete clause and I'm betting Staples probably does too.
Not for someone at my level. They wouldn't give a damn if tomorrow I quit to go work at GeekSquad. One advantage of being a pee-on in retail. All those professional restrictions most people deal with don't funnel down that far.
Then I say use it to your advantage then, but I'm sure there's some sort of ad hoc firing clause where they could get rid of you anyway if they didn't like it.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
And I'm aware of that. But also consider the position. I know that technically you could run circles around me, and I haven't seen your CS skills, nor you mine, so we can't really comment on that. However, while I know there are plenty of people who could no doubt outperform me at that job, none of those people would work that job. Even if you were totally desperate for work, you could get something that pays WAY better than what I make, which means, effectively, you would never work there. It's the combination of my skill and the fact I'm willing to work there that makes me unique.
Again, bad way to think. I might need some part time work to supplement my income, like I used to do at the beer store. Do you think they needed a highly skilled Windows engineer slinging beer that would get you drunk for $10 an hour? I might want to live out my dream position of smoking pot and playing Xbox all day but still need something to bring in beer and Doritos money. I could win a bunch of money and want something to fill the time between dips in my Scrooge McDuck vault.
I worked these kinds of jobs back when I was young. But I also moved up. You are about to become a lifer, and being a lifer at a low paying job sucks.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Not for someone at my level. They wouldn't give a damn if tomorrow I quit to go work at GeekSquad. One advantage of being a pee-on in retail. All those professional restrictions most people deal with don't funnel down that far.
That's different. In many states they can't stop you after you've quit or been fired from working there. (but they sure can from using customer contacts from past jobs). and they can fire you for working at a competitor.
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@tonyshowoff said:
And I'm not trying to be rude or make fun of you with any of what I've said, I know some people sometimes do that with you on here, but I'm not, I'm just being honest, and it may cause some existential angst, but that's life. I want to help you so you don't end up being one of those 40 year old jackasses who still works at Staples talking about how the store would shut down if he got hit by a bus. You don't want to be that guy.
This is true. I appreciate the sincerity and honesty. Truly I do.
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@tonyshowoff said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@tonyshowoff said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@tonyshowoff said:
Staples relies on you to make them money, they're leasing your labour, so if they think you're saying or doing anything to ever...
Or what about trying to take there business: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/346177-what-to-do
We have a non-compete clause and I'm betting Staples probably does too.
Not for someone at my level. They wouldn't give a damn if tomorrow I quit to go work at GeekSquad. One advantage of being a pee-on in retail. All those professional restrictions most people deal with don't funnel down that far.
Then I say use it to your advantage then, but I'm sure there's some sort of ad hoc firing clause where they could get rid of you anyway if they didn't like it.
New York is an at-will state, so technically they could fire me tomorrow or today and not even give me a reason. It could just be "you're done" and that's it.
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@PSX_Defector said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
And I'm aware of that. But also consider the position. I know that technically you could run circles around me, and I haven't seen your CS skills, nor you mine, so we can't really comment on that. However, while I know there are plenty of people who could no doubt outperform me at that job, none of those people would work that job. Even if you were totally desperate for work, you could get something that pays WAY better than what I make, which means, effectively, you would never work there. It's the combination of my skill and the fact I'm willing to work there that makes me unique.
Again, bad way to think. I might need some part time work to supplement my income, like I used to do at the beer store. Do you think they needed a highly skilled Windows engineer slinging beer that would get you drunk for $10 an hour? I might want to live out my dream position of smoking pot and playing Xbox all day but still need something to bring in beer and Doritos money. I could win a bunch of money and want something to fill the time between dips in my Scrooge McDuck vault.
I worked these kinds of jobs back when I was young. But I also moved up. You are about to become a lifer, and being a lifer at a low paying job sucks.
Yeah, I don't want to work barely-above-minimum-wage jobs for much longer. I had gotten away from those for awhile, but the problem became that I moved back to an area where the jobs that pay well are in VERY short supply, and there are basically two technical companies in the area...one I currently work at, and another I wouldn't work at EVER due to their reputation. If you're not working retail and you're technical, in my current area, you're basically at one of those two companies or working IT for a private company. That's just how it is.
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There are other companies besides MSPs.
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SME is the sweet spot for me. I'm curious and stupid enough to look at working for a startup as well.
I have a deep allergy to red tape and bureaucracy.
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@MattSpeller said:
SME is the sweet spot for me. I'm curious and stupid enough to look at working for a startup as well.
I have a deep allergy to red tape and bureaucracy.
Super small (non startup's) seem to have more red tape, mainly because people who don't know anything get to control everything.
And you'd love some of the government job's I've had in the past.. There's no red tape or bureaucracy /Sarcasm
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@MattSpeller said:
SME is the sweet spot for me. I'm curious and stupid enough to look at working for a startup as well.
I have a deep allergy to red tape and bureaucracy.
SME is Small/Medium Enterprise, right? And yes, totally agree with the latter.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
There are other companies besides MSPs.
The problem is that I need to either be at an MSP or a company where my hand gets to play with all the different cookie jars.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@MattSpeller said:
SME is the sweet spot for me. I'm curious and stupid enough to look at working for a startup as well.
I have a deep allergy to red tape and bureaucracy.
Super small (non startup's) seem to have more red tape, mainly because people who don't know anything get to control everything.
And you'd love some of the government job's I've had in the past.. There's no red tape or bureaucracy /Sarcasm
Nope. No red tape here. What's that? You need a new pen? Fill out form 768B in triplicate, The brown sheet, but I need 5 copies of that for 3 other departments, and sign your soul away on this line here.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@dafyre said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
It was open like that for 12 hours tops. Everything was fine.That's just what the hacker would say! O.o
My point is that even if they did try to brute force it because someone happened to stumble across an open WAN telnet connection, they'd run out of time before they'd get in. I'm guessing but being fully complex and 17 characters, they'd have a tough time doing that in 12 hours.
Complexity ads no time to attacking a password. That's one of the myths that creates insecurity in passwords. People think human complexity is a factor in an attack. It is not. Being long is, of course. But never make the mistake of thinking that a computer sees a & as harder to "type" than an H.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@tonyshowoff said:
You sure bitch about everything a lot
FTFY
I complain about a lot of things, sure. However I also have made many comments about how much I enjoy working there, how much I care about my job, some of the great people I work with, and so on. I don't deal well with people who are lazy or apathetic at the store, because that job is very personal to me. It's the reason I'm good at my job and why people come back to see ME and ONLY me. So yes, I complain. But it's because I'm frustrated by things that I can't fix, and I'm the kind of person who likes to fix things.
This doesn't really matter. Staples might be okay with you saying positive things about them (I've had people attempt to fire me for the same, however) but ANY negative makes all that moot. Any. Period. That's all there is to it.
Remember, when quoting you or linking you or referencing you, someone making a bit deal about how much Staples sucks won't look to see if you are happy there at other times. Nor does anyone care if you are happy with your job - that's irrelevant when you are bashing the company. I could love my job because they pay be a billion a year but still hate that they kill puppies all day - the two are not necessarily related. Liking your job is a reflection of liking what YOU do or how you are compensated for it. Telling the world how dumb and awful Staples is, is a completely different thing.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
It's the reason I'm good at my job and why people come back to see ME and ONLY me
So the store would close down if you left? Was it not open before you started?
That a few people come to see AJ doesn't mean that any profit is made because of that. I know people used to come to one employee of NTG - because he did all the work for free without recording the hours. So customers learned to look for that one person because they would never be billed for work. Sometimes being the "go to" guy for customers means you are the worst person for the business. Not saying that that is the case here, but AJ having customers who love him does not indicate that Staples likes his work or is happy with the situation. They probably are, but one does not imply the other.
