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Just over heard my Coworker say: "this says it will take several minutes.. Do they mean Microsoft minutes or Clock minutes?"

i really cant even deal with people.

just got my third "Hey come talk to us about a job" in the last 2 weeks.

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Waiting on 6pm so I can install the new firewall. All configured and ready to go, but still I wait.

That stinks... You're supposed to do it at the busiest time of day, I thought?

and make sure you reboot everything too - just out of spite?

Installing Chocolatey on my Work Laptop

the company "PCI Expert" is here. and I over heard him telling my Manager and the Grocery department Manager that " You need to have a managed firewall heres a few companies who offer that..."

After their meeting I talked to the grocery manager and told him "you know, there's no such thing as a managed Firewall right? a firewall is a firewall. The only thing that makes it a managed firewall is that it gets annual firmware updates. There's 2 different firewalls, John (not his real name.) , there's Abandoned, and there's not abandoned.. "

He then told me they already hired a company to support a managed firewall :man_facepalming:

Told him I would do it if he wanted and he told me he doesn't trust that I could that... Thats when I told him that I do it for my home network.. and showed him my set up (Modem>EdgeRouter Lite, Switch, UAP)..

This is my year to move forward with my career, and I'm listening to your guys advice - This Place wont be allow me to grow.

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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Fucking over it.

I'll be back later.

Calm down and be rational (as best you can) throwing a shit fit will not work in your favor. Good luck.

That's why I went for a walk and grabbed some food.
Smoked real quick.
It's not professional.

Nor legal. US law says you get paid for time worked. In fact, you get paid for work done even if they don't make you do it - they have to fire you if they don't like paying for that extra time (I don't like that law, but I understand why it exists.) If you were in any way involved with them, whether reading email, avialable for a call, at your desk, thinking about their needs... they HAVE to pay. It's not a discussion, it's not a negotiation. The work has been done, the money is now yours. It is theft to not pay you. There's zero "up to the manager" here. Zero. And they can't fire you for demanding not to be stolen from, that's even more illegal. They can't threaten to hurt you to get you to work for free.

He's literally demanding that you be a slave.

here's the kicker; He doesn't have any say in what I get paid.

So then why is he asking/mentioning it or otherwise discussing your pay?

He's attempting to steal from him and convince him not to call the authorities.

My guess is that someone above this prick knows the law and will throw him out on his ass with one meeting regarding his bully tactics. Have you tried going over his head? By all means, get out of there, but at least take it to HR.

Going to his boss this afternoon

Just Secured an Interview for a Job I'm not sure I actually want but willing to hear them out. We'll See.

Just closed 3 single site deals and 2 multi site (5+ for both sites) since 830 when I got in...

Started realizing (aside from what everyone has told me about my job) how drained I am after working, and how much I don't really enjoy this.

One of my customers called in..
"SO it was doing windows updates..."

• Okay, sucks that it ran this early but windows updates are necessary.

"i shut it off and turned it back on. Now it wont do anything.."

• Wait, was it doing windows updates when you turned it off?

"yes.."

Microsoft edge is rude, to open up like that right off the bat when you log into a PC for the first time after an update .

Just had a call.. I thought it was too funny not to share:

Customer: So My staff dropped my Kitchen printer. I need you to bring me a new one ASAP.
Me: Okay, yeah, that's billable. Damage to that degree is not covered under any of our contracts.
Customer: oh there is no damage, it's just not working.
Me: but you dropped it, then it stopped working right? you need to buy a new printer. you're also 3 hours away from us, and we will ship you the printer.
Customer: Well I can't say they dropped it, they were moving the cooler and 'something happened' according to the cook.
Me: well, Sounds like 'Something happened'=it was dropped or smashed. can you send a picture of it?
Customer: we're really busy
Boss: tell her to try shaking it over a trashcan and see if it starts working again. if so, Then we'll just leave it with her, and If they want to buy another one as a backup incase this happens again. They can.
me : repeats what my boss told me to tell her
Customer: okay, i'll try that. My staff broke a blender, fryer, and now a damn printer this weekend. I'm PISSED. I'll call you back.
Boss: So, how many times did she said someone broke it this time?

LOL.

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Getting more and more excited - 2 days away from Signing for my house - and 2 weeks away from moving in.

Just bought Amplify Instant Mesh System (thanks @JaredBusch for recommendation)

Today is my Son's Birthday - But it's also my Best Friends Birthday. So Celebrating that with the kiddo all day while I work until about 3 before the real party starts.

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

The Head of IT at hooters just messaged me on Linkedin - Guess they're looking for someone with knowledge in Aloha and in Brink (which are my 2 current bread and butter systems)

Job is in Florida, and he needs someone in the corporate office with the lab, etc.
said he'll be in touch later if something remote opens.

Had my interview this morning - it was an interesting interview.
I was interviewed by the Sys admin and a Level 1 tech.
they asked some troubleshooting questions, asked about why I got into IT and what made me choose them. Things seem pretty relaxed there, a its a lot like what I currently do but with the ability to move up. Though I feel like it's another entry level position - I wouldn't be starting at entry level , more intermediate help desk/ Jr Sys Admin.

Considering taking this one - if the stuff aligns.

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Had my interview this morning - it was an interesting interview.
I was interviewed by the Sys admin and a Level 1 tech.
they asked some troubleshooting questions, asked about why I got into IT and what made me choose them. Things seem pretty relaxed there, a its a lot like what I currently do but with the ability to move up. Though I feel like it's another entry level position - I wouldn't be starting at entry level , more intermediate help desk/ Jr Sys Admin.

Considering taking this one - if the stuff aligns.

What kind of pay raise or cut are you looking at? Being relaxed at a job you spend most of your waking hours at counts for a lot, too.

pay raise - close to 10k more a year + benefits are much better.

Conversation with one of the corporate office employees this morning While getting coffee;

Me : on my phone looking at emails from the weekend "oh sorry, catching up on emails, i'll get out of the way.
Her: "you dont check your email over the weekend? "
me: "not since we moved to the clock in clock out system."shrugs " I shut off notifications for my work email.."
Her:"oh, i guess that makes sense.. well have a good day."