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1. You sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for 8 different managers.

2. Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.

3. Someone asks you what you do for a living and you lie.

4. You get really excited about a 2% pay increase.

5. Your biggest loss from a system crash, is that you lose your best jokes.

6. You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet.

7. It´s dark on your drive to and from work.

8. Fun is when "projects" are assigned to someone else.

9. Communication is something your "group" is having problems with.

10. You see a good-looking person and know it's a visitor.

11. Free food left over from a meeting is your main staple.

12. All art involves a white board.

13. All real work is done prior to 9:00am and after 5:00pm.

14. You´re already late on the assignment you just received.

15. Dilbert is your favorite cartoon.

16. Your boss´s favorite lines are ... _ "When you get a few minutes ... " "In your spare time ... "_ "I have an opportunity for you ... "

17. 99% of the people in your company do not know what you do.

18. 99% of the people in your company do not care what you do.

19. Vacation is something you rollover to next year or a check you get every January.

20. Change is the norm.

21. Nepotism is encouraged.

22. Your company announces no pay increase because it is investing money in a new aircraft development.

23. Your company announces no pay increase because the airline industry is in a downturn.

24. Your fear to fly is becoming even worse.

25. Everyone at the company says that without his work there would be no aircraft.

26. An ordinary secretary has more power than an old engineer.

27. You read this entire list and understand it.
 
#27

Trouble being I am not in the aircraft industry!!! What's wrong with this picture, someone help me,... . QUICK!!!!!!:{
 
LOL! That was good! And yes, when you work for the big "B", you fully understand each and every one on the list!



OBTW, I like #5 the best! (#3 runs a close second though!)



:D
 
Take lines 22, 23 & 25, substitute the word "computer" for "aircraft" and you have the same list for the computer industry.



I have worked as a Unix systems Admin for the past 11 years for one of the largest computer companies in the world, and back in the late 1990's, we went on an absolutely insane buying spree. The company employee base went from <30K to 88K in less than 4 years because of mass hirings and buying every little mom and pop tech company they posibly could. Then in Sept. 2000, the bottom fell out, and since then, they have been wondering how to reduce costs.



The euphemism for firing people is "re-deployment". I know the legalities of the term "firing" are different than "re-deployment", but to me, there are two ways employment is terminated: voluntarily and involuntarily. So basically, either you quit or get fired. Gotta love political correctness :-{} And as with any large company, the worthless upper management will never get rid of themselves, they can employees who actually do the work that makes the product that puts the paychecks in everyone's pockets.
 
Originally posted by TomGolden

The euphemism for firing people is "re-deployment".

How about the British terminology: "I regret to inform you that you have been made redundant. " :(



Rusty
 
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