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All of my soon-to-be-former coworkers have been super kind and complimentary ahead of my departure. - znufrii Jun 13, 17:41 7
- One of them slipped me a note that read “TELL OUR STORY” -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 18:05
- Also, my department head indirectly asked, again, whether I had changed my mind about leaving - znufrii Jun 13, 17:45 5
  - It's fascinating that you're actually getting to work the notice out. Unless I'm misunderstanding. Every time I've given notice, they've been... - Qale Jun 13, 17:57 4
    - I'm really bad at delegating stuff so there's a lot of knowledge transfer happening. (see above about fooling all my coworkers) -- nm - znufrii Jun 13, 18:06
    - 4/5 I've worked the notice period, but one of those was prett much a one week handover then I screwed around for two weeks. - mafic Jun 13, 18:06 2
      - I'm not getting paid out for any of my vacay, so I'm sprinkling that throughout. I've got one in-flight deliverable left that will be done early next week. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 13, 18:08 1
        
        3 weeks is minimum, 4 weeks is about the norm here, up to probably 60 days for C-suite, and vacation is untouchable. - mafic Jun 13, 18:11
Atlanta's ALcica Gray collided with a teammate and got crushed. Ugly collision. Hope she is ok -- nm* - Remlik Jun 13, 17:20
Mel Brooks has won a Peabody and is now a PEGOT winner -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 16:58 2
- well done! -- nm - loosilu Jun 13, 17:43
- excellent -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 17:06
Fever stomping Atlanta -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 16:56 1
- Fever fell out of rhythm and Atlanta making a play for the lead. -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 17:41
"working" from home -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 16:54 9
- I’m deeply suspicious of some of my WFH colleagues, to the point that I believe they’re working 2 jobs. - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 18:10 1
  - I read it was possible to have 2 or 3 jobs in say engineering, contract with some Mumbai workers, send them assignments and receive in the morning -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 19:23
- my job is mostly fine from home. I'm essentially a team of one and like 75% of what I do requires no input from anyone in Perth. there are also lots - mafic Jun 13, 17:31
- Did they not have expected output that someone noticed wasn’t being completed? -- nm - Dano Jun 13, 17:31 3
  - And if they were shirking from home what are the chances they'd be highly productive in the office? A dud employee is a dud wherever they work. - Max Jun 13, 18:08
  - yeah. wtf do you care what my hours are if I'm performing above expectation? - mafic Jun 13, 17:31 1
    - Says a lot about the corporate culture that they felt the need to monitor it like that in the first place. - znufrii Jun 13, 17:33
- Look here's the thing. I would happily take a job like that (for six months). But the vast majority of WFH jobs are nothing like that. -- nm - amandaphone Jun 13, 17:20
- Thank god Charlie Scharf (current Wells Fargo CEO) left my employer when he did. Would probably have ended up leaving far sooner if he had stayed and was in charge of RTO. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 13, 17:14
NHL's new team based in Salt Lake City will be known as Utah Hockey Club -- nm - budice Jun 13, 16:48 14
- THIS ISN’T FUCKING SOCCER. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 18:05
- (It's just for the year, probably) -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 16:59
- because Irsay's a dick, the Baltimore football team's poll options were: Ravens, Marauders, Americans (but not Bombers) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 16:59 1
  - Heh. Phone in poll. -- nm - Dano Jun 13, 17:00
- I reiterate my previous position. They should lose their franchise. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 16:57
- Is that a placeholder or are they just awful? - Will Hunting Jun 13, 16:54 4
  - yes? -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 17:32
  - Placeholder. Although it's in the running for the permanent name. -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 16:58
  - I can't wait to see their mascot. I'm guessing a blank piece of paper. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 16:58 1
    - Peter Puck is already taken. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 17:33
- Meh. -- nm - znufrii Jun 13, 16:50
- congratulations on picking the dumbest option. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 16:50 2
  - fucking this -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 17:05
  - The least ballsy option. The mayonnaise option. - Beryllium Jun 13, 16:54
MLB-AL: Yanks have scored the most runs while giving up the least. -- nm* - budice Jun 13, 16:41 1
- That’s how you win. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 18:07
ACAB: Houston park ranger targets gay men for robbery. - Qale Jun 13, 16:36
David should have posted his good health news during West Coast Hour since we always need more activity then. -- nm - Qale Jun 13, 16:16
Nashville Police officer arrested for participating in OF video while on duty -- (link) - budice Jun 13, 16:14 1
- back to pizza delivery for him...sure are a lot of OF makers getting outed by neighbors etc. too bad school teachers need a 2nd job -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 19:36
Superman (1978) Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 16:06 [youtube] 1
- "Did he put himself in a love triangle where two of the people are him?" -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 16:09
Jags: TrevLaw gets 5/275 with $200mil gtd, $142M at signing -- nm - budice Jun 13, 15:50 4
- A Jaguars Fan Reaction to Trevor Lawrence's New Contract -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 16:39 [youtube]
- Going to say it again—Cowboys and Dolphins are going to suffer for waiting to sign their QBs to extensions -- nm - Trending Jun 13, 16:28 2
  - i think they'll suffer regardless -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 16:32 1
    - Yep—they still have to pay: Dak/Lamb/Parsons it ain’t going yo be pretty -- nm - Trending Jun 13, 16:43
Law folks, a question from my daughter - How should she express her class rank on her resume? - Fuzzy Jun 13, 15:49 9
- Resume? Do not mention it unless she gave a speech at graduation. -- nm* - loosilu Jun 13, 17:44
- Kind Of A Big Deal -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 15:59
- Can I ask what school she is at and what she's looking to apply to? -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 15:52 6
  - Duquesne University (well known in our area, less so outside of it). Applying for next summer internships. -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 13, 15:55 5
    - DO not mention rank, do mention honors. If there are no honors, gloss over. -- nm - loosilu Jun 13, 17:46
    - Is there any special recognition she gets for where she's ranked (like the equivalent of Dean's List)? - pmb Jun 13, 16:03 1
      - If you are not in top 2 percentile, do not mention. -- nm - loosilu Jun 13, 17:47
    - maybe just drop it strategically somewhere in the cover letter? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 16:00 1
      - No one reads cover letters now. -- nm - loosilu Jun 13, 17:48
Oof, I’m guessing Dynamite got killed by basketball, 681k is one of their worst numbers ever. -- nm - Tim Jun 13, 15:44 2
- It's basketball for sure. -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 16:56
- Celts are at -5000 to win the Finals -- nm - budice Jun 13, 15:48
well, this doesnt sound good ..(maybe it's BS) -- (pic) - mud Jun 13, 15:43 [Attachment]
I guess this is one way to deal with festival traffic - JD Jun 13, 15:13 7
- Getting there, would be cool in a helicopter—I can’t imagine the ride and line for a ride, back. -- nm - Trending Jun 13, 15:18
- looking at that lineup i see exactly one House Music DJ Legend -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 15:14 5
  - Is it Green Velvet? Kaskade is more tribal. Armand Van Helden more trance. Boys Noize is more, um, random? -- nm - Qale Jun 13, 15:36 3
    - GV is definitely a legend but I didn't seem him under that name. AVH is always house in my house -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 16:00
    - I don't know what these words mean -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 13, 15:57 1
      - The first words you don't know are the artist, the second is the genre of music. -- nm - Qale Jun 13, 16:31
  - I recognize only two of the names 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - JD Jun 13, 15:18
work chat transcripts (my boss has been on my case for working after hours) - Max Jun 13, 15:02 1
- Only Earmuffs In the Teams Chat -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 15:13
Fall Guy flopped so hard that Emily Blunt is left scrounging for lead roles in Spielberg's next big tentpole -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 14:53 2
- oh wow -- nm - loosilu Jun 13, 17:48
- It was all Ryan's fault. -- nm - LFG Jun 13, 16:12
the Big 12 has entered the portal lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 14:44 6
- 12 DollarTree -- nm - budice Jun 13, 15:57
- The 12 Hungry Man Dinners -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 15:55
- The Poulan Weed-Eater 12 -- nm - Dano Jun 13, 14:58
- Ooooo...so we could get the Prize Picks 12? Or NVIDIA 12? Andreessen Horowitz 12? -- nm - JD Jun 13, 14:58 2
  - The Big Lots 12 -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 15:02 1
    - Oh! 7-11 12 -- nm - JD Jun 13, 15:05
of course they finally lose today - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 14:41
okay Farage, you made your point. now pull back -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 14:36 3
- That's such a wild spread with the percentages of votes to seats. -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 14:39 2
  - not sure what the final distribution will end up being but as someone on twitter noted, good chance that Reform makes a pro-EU party the opposition -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 14:42 1
    - I mean it's legit based on what I know of UK Politics. It's just funny that it's within the realm of possibility that Reform gets more votes than - Reagen Jun 13, 14:44
I should drive to Lititz to see the Director's Cut of Midsommar on IMAX next week, right? -- nm - Dano Jun 13, 14:25 4
- Hell. No. -- nm - Pippy Jun 13, 16:21
- Without spoiling, I need to let you know this is not an indie romcom. -- nm - psilotum Jun 13, 14:58 1
  - Of course it is. Check out the trailer. -- (link) - Dano Jun 13, 14:59 [youtube]
- Asbolutely - Jovian Jun 13, 14:26
Jim Bowden researched this with baseball-reference. Atlanta's the first team ever to lose a reigning MVP and 20-game winner for more than 100 games. - David Jun 13, 14:22
I'm working on a quote for a company named SLFE -- (link) - JD Jun 13, 14:07 [youtube] 1
- Ah yes, the debut single from Chainsmokers. -- nm - Qale Jun 13, 15:48
Budice, did you sign up for this? -- (link) - David Jun 13, 14:05 2
- 9.5M for potentially 100k people? After the lawyers take theirs he'll be luck to get 10 bucks -- nm - decline Jun 13, 14:08 1
  - Board sometime earlier West Coast morning -- (link) - JD Jun 13, 15:23 [Backboard]
behold the power of judiciary committee investigations…. -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 13:58 2
- ….and? -- nm - John Roberts, et al., probably Jun 13, 14:05 1
  - and let them eat cake. -- nm - Thomas Jun 13, 14:14
A truck just drove past and its brakes sounded like someone was strangling a sad wolf. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 13:54 7
- The cicadas near work are so loud I can hear them in my office that has no exterior windows -- nm - oblique Jun 13, 13:55 5
  - Still none here. - LFG Jun 13, 13:57 4
    - Yeah, we've got nothing -- nm - decline Jun 13, 14:04
    - Same here. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 13:58 2
      - go to Homewood -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 14:32 1
        
        go to their Homeworld?! -- nm - mud Jun 13, 15:47
- Back off! -- nm - sad elephant aka trombone Jun 13, 13:55
don't forget to go out and prove how much of a dope the Two Bobs turned out to be about Pixar this weekend -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 13:39 5
- Was going to try and take A for Father’s Day, but I think we’ll be down the shore instead. -- nm - znufrii Jun 13, 14:06
- I am not planning to see it in theatres. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 13:54 2
  - Two words too many. -- nm - LFG Jun 13, 13:56 1
    - Hey, I watched Wish last night. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 14:22
- The US opening should be at least $110 million. Probably more. -- nm - Inigo Jun 13, 13:44
Threads is kaput - Jovian Jun 13, 13:37 9
- from what I can see threads is not failed -- nm - loosilu Jun 13, 17:50 1
  - I'll revise that. I can't tell. -- nm - loosilu Jun 13, 17:51
- I like it. -- nm - David Jun 13, 14:07
- as with every social media platform, it’s what you make of it. it’s not dead for me at all, and their numbers have continued to grow. (still needs - i.b.! Jun 13, 13:44 1
  - And, they haven't even opened up external APIs yet for any types of apps and tools. - JaxSean Jun 13, 13:50
- I'm on it constantly every day. More than ST, actually. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 13, 13:40 3
  - Well, threads has POTUS. What does ST have that can compare to that? - Beryllium Jun 13, 13:51 2
    - If we could only block pixies and spawns. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 13, 13:55 1
      - I feel like we've had pixies and spawns for too long. Devs need to change up the biomes at least. -- nm - Qale Jun 13, 15:51
USOpen: *drops club *kicks club *ball ends up 8 feet from the pin -- (link) - budice Jun 13, 13:30
I really like the town as well but do get that belloni is higher on himself than he is on anything else. I've been listening since pretty much - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 13, 13:08 6
- I can only stand to listen to him when he's got either a really important topic or guest. He's obscenely LA obnoxious. -- nm - Qale Jun 13, 15:52 1
  - i think it's a prerequisite to getting hired at Puck -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 16:01
- I just saw your post about the show in January, not sure how I missed it. Agreed this is right up the alley of ST -- nm - MDH Jun 13, 13:30 2
  - I love when he and lucas draft and give each other bombs. I wish we would do that crap. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 13, 13:38 1
    - I mean we could try it?! -- nm - MDH Jun 13, 13:42
- the competition was stiff last year but his strike coverage was uniquely awful - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 13:29
forgot that yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Nicole Brown Simpson leaving her sunglasses at Mezzaluna -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 13:00
good zinger -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 12:58 3
- check your wallet, phone, keys and watch -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 13:33
- precisely -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 13, 13:10
- L6! -- nm - LFG Jun 13, 13:00
"With two dads over 40 pretending they're not too arthritic to pull off a superhero movie" -- nm - David Jun 13, 12:56 3
- *LOVE IT* -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 12:59 1
  - Let's fucking go. -- nm - LFG Jun 13, 13:01
- And there you go. -- nm - LFG Jun 13, 12:59
i guess this is why Seth had to fire his band -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 12:45
meanwhile in rural Wisconsin… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 12:36
My first digital movie was probably the Veronica Mars Kickstarter. - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 12:35
landscapers are gone and the old leaky water drip system has been replaced. they were about 3 hours faster installing it than I estimated. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 12:35 4
- they didn't want to be digging in the 111' sun...gitterdone -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 12:43 3
  - it's only 101 now -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 13:15 1
    - and there's a world of hurt difference between 111 and 101 -- nm - JD Jun 13, 13:17
  - I am sure the corners they cut were not important. - LFG Jun 13, 12:45
Easy for you to say. -- nm - LFG Jun 13, 12:28 1
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllanty siliogogogoch -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 15:23

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