Grumpy Old Man
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
The best Grunge band wasn’t even from Seattle. They were from San Diego
STP?
You got it. Have had a real period of rediscovering them lately, fuck they are good
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@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones LinkedIn is like Facebook, but less trolls
not sure what your view of LinkedIn is like, but it seems to be turning into over hyped up self-marketing "Metaverse Dreamcaster" "GenAI early career pioneer" etc
I've got two jobs on Linkedin, just not for me but for friends/colleagues.
I quite often get contacted by recruiters or the organisations themselves about jobs. I always respond just in case I need them in the future and will give them the details of people I know who are looking at moving on.
I've never been contacted while I've been looking for work though.
Luckily in my sector of work the wanky stuff isn't too prevalent.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
End of year conversation with the boss yesterday. Some Senior managers - who I barely interact with - saw me having a grumpy day or two, so they wanted to give me an adverse performance review.
My boss said "no" to his credit, as the work I produce is top notch - which nobody disputes. But it came with a warning.
I've figured out I'm just a grumpy old man who has been at the same place for 17 years, and need a change. After all, the top notch work I'm producing to help them drive change is not being used by them to drive change, which is extremely frustrating.
Haven't touched my CV since 2015. Yeesh.
My boss, the CEO, missed out on a hefty part of his bonus due to not meeting KPIs for the smooth running of corporate boards and sub-committees. This was due to the fact the secretariat staff left and the CB wouldn't allow the immediate hiring of a replacement due to EOFY reasons. Every other KPI, especially the ones to do with finance and regulatory compliance were massively exceeded yet they focussed on a slightly late agenda and docs for a meeting.
What was worse was that the main owner was willing to pay the full bonus but the Academic Board chair (I've discussed having issues with her on here) led the charge against it and managed to rope in another board member so it wound up taking 50 minutes to discuss.
Anyway CEO threatened to walk over it and they renegotiated a non bonus contract at a much higher rate to keep him happy.
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@Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
Anyway CEO threatened to walk over it and they renegotiated a non bonus contract at a much higher rate to keep him happy.
Legend.
Another reason I'm considering a move is one of my team resigned recently. Very specialty area he works in, and he's fucking good at it, even if he isn't a raucous self-promoter like some of the useless fucks in the teams around us.
After he accepted he gave me the whole story:
- Trying to get a pay raise for 4 years above the company standard %
- Working his arse off in a niche field to ensure stuff worked
- Wanted more clarity around his role and to move onto stuff outside BAU
- He was on $X in his current job. The new one added 26% on top of $X with more responsibility
Our lot tried to keep him and came back to match the new figure which is more than I'm getting (!), but wouldn't give any more clarity about the role. He couldn't pass up the opportunity (which I'd also pointed out to him don't come along often in his field), so he walked.
I'm not the kind of person to say "pay me this much or I'm out" because you have to follow through on it
and I'm lazy.But AI is the current buzzword, so I'm going to wait until I get my September bonus, do a bunch of AI courses in the meantime, and bullshit my way into the pay bracket I deserve.
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Anyway, I grumpy (again), having a quiet afternoon, been to watch a bit of secondary school rugby, and now just having a relax, wife is doing a walk up Mt Taranaki. Then get a message from wife saying she sitting on mounatain wating for a helicopter to pick her up as she had a fall and done her ankle.
F*** me there goes my quiet afternoon as I waiting to hear if they taking her to New Plymouth hospital and will have to go and get her. Bet she expects me to get bloody tea tonight too!!! -
@Machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
At least she gets a heli ride
That's what I said, just being drama queen so she gets ride. Unfortunately chopper couldn't land because of low cloud, they have got her a bit lower, chopper had to go away and refuel, so still waiting. I guessing now light maybe a problem.
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones LinkedIn is like Facebook, but less
trollscat videosI just had another look and deleted a bunch of connections who used bullshit hyperbolic headlines. Appreciate perception management in an attention economy, but fuck me these people are deluded lying fluffybunnies. I've also noticed a strong correlation between people with actual skills simply listing their current position e.g. engineer, head of risk and compliance, etc. The others say shit like "AI evangelist", "thought leader" or "I help executives deliver"...
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
The others say shit like "AI evangelist", "thought leader" or "I help executives deliver"...
it's because 'I sell bullshit sprayed with vanilla air freshener' doesn't map to LinkedIn
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@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
Anyway, I grumpy (again), having a quiet afternoon, been to watch a bit of secondary school rugby, and now just having a relax, wife is doing a walk up Mt Taranaki. Then get a message from wife saying she sitting on mounatain wating for a helicopter to pick her up as she had a fall and done her ankle.
F*** me there goes my quiet afternoon as I waiting to hear if they taking her to New Plymouth hospital and will have to go and get her. Bet she expects me to get bloody tea tonight too!!!Excuse for takeaways
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
The others say shit like "AI evangelist", "thought leader" or "I help executives deliver"...
it's because 'I sell bullshit sprayed with vanilla air freshener' doesn't map to LinkedIn
Hence why I'm not very good on linkedin
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Yes, the bullshit-ometer is constantly registering high.
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@nzzp fake it till ya make it...or get sacked
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp fake it till ya make it...or get sacked
my career in 9 words
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@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
At least she gets a heli ride
That's what I said, just being drama queen so she gets ride. Unfortunately chopper couldn't land because of low cloud, they have got her a bit lower, chopper had to go away and refuel, so still waiting. I guessing now light maybe a problem.
Well anyway the story still goes on , because the helicopter couldn't pick up mrs becasus of low cloud, she had to walk/limp/ slide for 3 hours down the mountain to where the police had been able to drive up to, and cop drove her back to friends car etc. Anyway decided maybe it was sprained ankle etc. Took her to hospital yesterday as leg was swelling more, and after xrays etc she has ankle broken in 2 bloody places. So now up at New Plymouth hospital waiting for swelling to go down enough so they can pin ankle etc. And seems is a bit of a star up there as well as Hawera hospital, noone can believe she actually walked down mountain on the broken leg, She a fairly tough old bird and has a pretty high pain threshold etc.
Now we have to cross fingers etc as we meant to be doing our trip to Europe/UK in 6 1/2 weeks! And I got to keep cooking the meals by the look! -
@Dan54 Thanks for a succession of such endearing snippets. Love shines brightly through your description of your drama queen old bird
It'll be tough and go whether the ankle will mend in time but even if it has your mrs won't have full mobility for months so get used to cooking and cleaning and (hopefully) carrying all your luggage round Europe. Hope you are avoiding stairs
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@dogmeat Mate, I just got back from seeing her at hospital, and I am somewhat upset. Checking on after the op etc and when she come home. They are very good saying the phisio dept will come around to house and see if she needs anything while recovering. That is all very well, but they also asked her if she had someone to do the cooking and housework?
She said yes, and I asked who the hell it was, and would this person cook etc for me?? -
@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
She said yes, and I asked who the hell it was, and would this person cook etc for me??
