Author: Olivia

Hello all, I been reading articles recently about how excited Executives and Management are about their workforce returning to offices. It makes my blood boil. But rather than lash out, I think its time to explain to them the huge difference in what so many of us people do vs what they do, and how many of the “Great Ideas” of the past have been tortuous to us First, what do us IT types do. Or, how our Work differs form yours. You are leaders, you lead, you often know little about the in’s and outs of the systems in which we control and develop and support. But you are all big picture type people. You communicate, dictate direction, decide on strategy based on information given to you, and measure your success based upon all those below you. This is all great, a company works best when working toward a…

I just watched Ray Dailo’s video on Changing World Orders. I can’t share it because someone shared it before. Anyway the moral of the story is the rich have the mission of maintaining the current world order and we have the mission of making the current world order crumble so a new one can emerge. It’s a huge opportunity for someone on the side of the Left because it’s in this stage that names are made. So fight the power and you may be one of the names that goes down in history as someone who made the current world prefer crumble and brought a new one. It’s funny, I’m trying to motivate anti work people to work to bring down the current world order.

Gas is hitting record numbers and covid currently worse than last year when we were told to not meet with groups of people, but companies are asking people to come into the office like nothing is happening. How is the great resignation looking? Gas will be $5-6 soon where I am and having to drive to work I’ll lose a few hundred dollars a month that I could be saving when I’m already spread thin. How long till we hit a boiling point and people hold their ground about going in? If there was a time to give people fully remote if you’re capable I think this is it. Commercial real estate prices and micromanagement is more important for many though. How’s it looking for everyone else out there?

I have an office job and sometimes I have absolutely nothing to do. What am I supposed to be doing when this happens? I've already reached out to my supervisor for things I can help with and generally they have some, but not always. My recurring projects are not coming up yet and my in-process projects I'm waiting for people to get back to me. When working in the office I have to fight the urge not to fall asleep at my desk sometimes, and working from home I can at least do the dishes or something but I feel weird. Thoughts?

Like the title says, my boss and his wife are routinely showing up sick and getting us all sick. They are salaried so they get the time off, paid. We get shit and have to catch up our work when we get back if we get time off at all. I just don't know how to approach this. It's a small town and my job is decent, pay is… better than some I guess and hard to beat around here. I can't quit or threaten to quit but I gotta do something. I just want to brain storm with you guys for a minute.