Almost 15 years ago. Not my MC, but I worked at the same company for several years leading into it. None of the glory is mine, and I am not any of the named or fired characters in this story....
Wheatley wanted everyone to know that he had this doctorate, as evidenced by his insistence in correcting any employee who did not address him as “Dr. Wheatley”. He will be henceforth referred to in this post as Mr. Wheatley.
Automation brings speed and consistency, but there’s a significant difference between consistency and accuracy.
I deal with automation vs manual input a fair bit also, this is really accurate.
As a rule of thumb, when one or two cases go wrong, it's usually human error. If hundreds of cases go wrong at once, it's probably automation run amok.
[REPOST] Years ago, I was the CTO of a software company that was perhaps the worst run company I've ever seen. It was run by a "chairman" who used to be a flight engineer, and who had no experience at all in the software industry. One day, in his expansive wisdom, Mr. Chairman decided that we were going to give his friend (a...
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Can't sell water? Ok, here's some free water with your peanut purchase (i.imgur.com)
Reddit: open /r/pics or else. Mods: OK but you didn't say how (old.reddit.com)
I honestly don't know if this is allowed here but I thought this is malicious compliance at its finest....
You really need to think about what is more important...
Almost 15 years ago. Not my MC, but I worked at the same company for several years leading into it. None of the glory is mine, and I am not any of the named or fired characters in this story....
Admin work matters!
To understand the context: this happened around 15 years ago, when automation was still somewhat new....
How to close down Production 101
A few years ago I was working as an international buyer for a manufacturing company....
[REPOST] "I don’t care if he is dead, put him on the phone.”
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[REPOST] You can't continue working from home because you go idle in chat too often
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[REPOST] Get rid of my vacation? Have fun replacing me.
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[REPOST] Customer had a "reservation" for the 4th floor at a 3-storey hotel so I took her to the roof
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[REPOST] You might like to back up that decision...
[REPOST] Years ago, I was the CTO of a software company that was perhaps the worst run company I've ever seen. It was run by a "chairman" who used to be a flight engineer, and who had no experience at all in the software industry. One day, in his expansive wisdom, Mr. Chairman decided that we were going to give his friend (a...
That time the boys team had our back against sexist uniforms
This story sort of fits here, just trying to add content....
[REPOST] You want me to only do what you've assigned me and not help anyone else? Okay then.
[REPOST] I used to be an assistant golf course superintendent. One day my boss had me spraying chemicals on the fairways....
[REPOST] Malicious software code review
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