MomsDuster
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I was referring to the one at Fort Point in San Francisco.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Ddaddy
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Oops, you mean the truck? The bridge is a reverse but the truck isn’t. It’s how TJ posted it.
MomsDuster
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Ok, thought so.
MomsDuster
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Fort Point is a great place to hang out, stay cool and watch the boat and ship traffic. One of my favorite SF stops.
Ddaddy
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Today’s report writing was a load of fun...not.
A report required by the Brazil Regulatory authority was requested over a month ago. Since then a team of 3 Ph.D.s have been working on it. One is a VP and the other two are Senior directors. Between them, they have 70 years of combined experience.
Today, out of desperation, they screamed for my help. I reviewed what they had produced and it was a total mess. I threw it all away and drafted a new report that is on target and provides the information that is being requested in full detail. Concise and to the point.
I had to pull all the data from 5 other reports and put it all together. In about 4 hours, I did alone what they couldn’t accomplish in a month between the 3 of them.
A report required by the Brazil Regulatory authority was requested over a month ago. Since then a team of 3 Ph.D.s have been working on it. One is a VP and the other two are Senior directors. Between them, they have 70 years of combined experience.
Today, out of desperation, they screamed for my help. I reviewed what they had produced and it was a total mess. I threw it all away and drafted a new report that is on target and provides the information that is being requested in full detail. Concise and to the point.
I had to pull all the data from 5 other reports and put it all together. In about 4 hours, I did alone what they couldn’t accomplish in a month between the 3 of them.
I am going to print the photos of customers cars and put them up in the shop. Except for one, im printing Dave’s version.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
PM me your email and I will send you the High resolution file for printing.
straightlinespeed
Sometimes I pretend to be normal
Thats really sad, and Im sure they will get all the credit for it..Today’s report writing was a load of fun...not.
A report required by the Brazil Regulatory authority was requested over a month ago. Since then a team of 3 Ph.D.s have been working on it. One is a VP and the other two are Senior directors. Between them, they have 70 years of combined experience.
Today, out of desperation, they screamed for my help. I reviewed what they had produced and it was a total mess. I threw it all away and drafted a new report that is on target and provides the information that is being requested in full detail. Concise and to the point.
I had to pull all the data from 5 other reports and put it all together. In about 4 hours, I did alone what they couldn’t accomplish in a month between the 3 of them.
straightlinespeed
Sometimes I pretend to be normal
Im at the point that I've had it with my job.. I need something new, but the thought of starting over with 18+ years under my belt at the same place is not what I want to do.. Really its the fact, that all around my area, prior coworkers, are now running most of the depts. and no matter where I go its the "good-ol-boys club". I need to move out state, but that is tough because those jobs rarely come available.
Thanks Dave!
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Not this time, I am sending it to the Regulatory authority myself and mine is the only signature on it. Copies will be sent to senior management.
Fluck them. This one is mine.
straightlinespeed
Sometimes I pretend to be normal
Good Man!
When it comes to a “job”
I have had many. Too many.
I have a hard time taking crap from people. Or perhaps thats how i deal with depression. I move on when i hit a dead end.
The one time i had a great job oppurtunity, Boss talked me into staying. I’d be ready for retirement about now.
I got royally screwed. So after i walked out,i never stopped looking for a better job.
This self employed thing, i enjoy it, as i have control of what happens. For the most part.
Today, a customer wasted a lot of my time,if i put a dollar amount, $150 would be it.
I moved on,and told customer to do the same.
Run me around, thats it. We done.
No backsies.
Small town is so much different than the big cities, no matter how crappy the service, theres 10 customers waiting.
Im busy, by reputation only. Not getting rich, but im not pissed off all day long..well most days.
straightlinespeed
Sometimes I pretend to be normal
I think you touched on some of it.. The older I get (43) now, the less patience I have for crap. Working in the college now has tested that and its harder and harder to bite my tongue with all of the entitlement going on around me.. On top of it, my boss, who I used to work with many years ago, does not let me be the supervisor and he as the director still wants to supervise the employees. That in itself is enough to have me keep looking, which I have never stopped looking.
I would love to be self employed, but I dont myself getting a business started (no idea what I would do) let alone it being financially good for the family. Ive been feeling trapped for some time now. I know what me and the wife want to do, but that is a huge risk and could lose everything, if it didnt work out.
I would love to be self employed, but I dont myself getting a business started (no idea what I would do) let alone it being financially good for the family. Ive been feeling trapped for some time now. I know what me and the wife want to do, but that is a huge risk and could lose everything, if it didnt work out.
Come to Indiana. Wages going way daily, unemployment is less than national average. Taxes and property are low (competitively speaking) Other than that, it's just corn fields.
What exactly do you do?
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
My experience has been the opposite..we’ll sort of.
I left art school and started my own Auto Upholstery business back in the 80s. Built it from scratch and eventually had a shop with 6 guys working for me. Unfortunately, the seasonal nature of it plus being overexposed to fumes in body shops forced me to shut it all down and go into science instead.
I can’t complain too much, I have done quite well at it and some jobs have been far better than others. The bad ones were total disasters and most of those companies don’t exist anymore having failed massively.
My skills make me valuable and few in this business have them with 30 years of experience to back it up like I do.
I just don’t like working for arrogant fools that think they somehow know more than me because they either read a book, or talked to someone they think is an expert.
When I speak to the FDA, everyone in the room shuts up and listens...right up the the Director of the Division of the FDA. I have even seen her taking notes while I am speaking....and watched her chastise her own people for attempting to challenge me.
It doesn’t get any more expert than that.
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Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Fixed it!
straightlinespeed
Sometimes I pretend to be normal
Building Maintenance Supervisor. I used to be the lead plant engineer (boiler operator/HVAC), but got promoted to Supervisor. Now I oversee all the licensed trades (engineers, plumbers, electricians). Basically, its my job to keep the college running. At least that is what the state has hired me to do, that is where the frustration begins for me. Road blocks and no support
So many people love to micro-manage. Right down to telling someone how to put a fresh roll in the toilet paper holder.
So boss micro manages every aspect right to the bottom,so what is the point of chain of command?
My supervisor used to “look over my shoulder”
And say something along the line
Of “that not how i would have done it”
Then one day i asked “why the hell am i here?
If you think yours is the better way, should have mentioned it before i started.
He never said that again. To me anyway.
So boss micro manages every aspect right to the bottom,so what is the point of chain of command?
My supervisor used to “look over my shoulder”
And say something along the line
Of “that not how i would have done it”
Then one day i asked “why the hell am i here?
If you think yours is the better way, should have mentioned it before i started.
He never said that again. To me anyway.
Lots of job openings here for those skills haha.
I'm lucky. I really like my job, my bosses and my coworkers. Sure things get stressful, but everyone gets along. Everyone has a big sense of humor, and no one back stabs. Truly a rare combination. My top boss is a retired Army Col, taught at West Point at the end of his career. But he's not a typical Colonel, more like that cool but knowledgeable First Sergeant. Rare for an officer. He's the one who pushed me to my MBA and talked the company into paying for it. I turned down an over making more than double my current salary just last month partially because of my current environment at work.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
More than double? Not a wise choice for someone so early in their career and pursuing an MBA to get ahead. What would you think “business” would think about that choice?
Evening everyone. Tae Kwon Do testing is finished for this round. Another long day. Sore and tired but all went well. It is great seeing everyone trying their best.
I did it for several reasons. One of which was the 90 percent travel. I have two young kids. I'm not gonna take a job where I'm home just three - six days a month. There were several things that factored into that decision, but to be honest, the travel requirement was the biggest part.
The second part is, knowing my boss, I trust him when he says he's got a role for me in place once I get my MBA. My company is actually really good about promoting and such from within. So I'm gonna sit tight for the next ten months
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