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Me = Pwned @ work

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Originally posted by: codeyf
He responded to my follow up email. He's upset that I didn't let him know sooner / my lack of communication to him.

I mentioned the the things I have over my co-worker. However his plusses are:

- While not perfect, he has been here less time than me, and as such has had less opportunity to mess up.
- He had done a really good job with his SP2 deployment project, and continues to do so.

The combination of him currently being on the "good side" and me on the bad makes it a great opportunity for him. Especially since we're supposed to interview next week.
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I believe if you speak honestly with him about what you did, what you learned from it, and how it will change your approach to communicating with senior leader management (or whatever puff-out-your-chest name he likes to go by) you will be fine. After he cools down he should realize that it was typical of the work environment yet you acknowledged that the status quo was no excuse for your behavior and are willing to modify your behavior.















If all else fails load some bestiality pics on your competitors machine somewhere convenient for another coworker to see :evil:
 
Originally posted by: BlueFlamme
Originally posted by: codeyf
He responded to my follow up email. He's upset that I didn't let him know sooner / my lack of communication to him.

I mentioned the the things I have over my co-worker. However his plusses are:

- While not perfect, he has been here less time than me, and as such has had less opportunity to mess up.
- He had done a really good job with his SP2 deployment project, and continues to do so.

The combination of him currently being on the "good side" and me on the bad makes it a great opportunity for him. Especially since we're supposed to interview next week.
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I believe if you speak honestly with him about what you did, what you learned from it, and how it will change your approach to communicating with senior leader management (or whatever puff-out-your-chest name he likes to go by) you will be fine. After he cools down he should realize that it was typical of the work environment yet you acknowledged that the status quo was no excuse for your behavior and are willing to modify your behavior.















If all else fails load some bestiality pics on your competitors machine somewhere convenient for another coworker to see :evil:
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Funny you should say that last part. Few months ago he had apparently left his laptop on and unlocked at home. His roomie decided to play a joke on him...and changed his wallpaper. Let me just say, the image involved 2 men. And that's all I will say.
 
Here's the kicker. And it's unfortunate I can't say this.

But the only reason I had to do this, is because they didn't think to copy over all the apps they needed before hand. It wasn't till they got in yesterday, started to do what they needed to do, then realized that it would take forever to install the apps over the network like that (install in LA off the Seattle server).

When I went to that office last fall for the previous expansion, it was one of the things I took care of before I even left the (Seattle) office.

The only reason they weren't still there, was several months ago they had to be deleted due to space issues.

So, I try to fix it for them, but don't get that right, and I'm hosed.
 
Originally posted by: codeyf
Here's the kicker. And it's unfortunate I can't say this.

But the only reason I had to do this, is because they didn't think to copy over all the apps they needed before hand. It wasn't till they got in yesterday, started to do what they needed to do, then realized that it would take forever to install the apps over the network like that.

So, I try to fix it for them, but don't get that right, and I'm hosed.
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Now that's putting quite a bit of spin on the story. The way I read it is that your boss asked you to do something to pull his butt out of a tough situation, and although you took care of it in reality, you led him to believe you dropped the ball (though it was in jest), and he spent a whole evening thinking he was going to have a rotten day.

When you come down to it, we all do plenty of things that wouldn't have been necessary if something hadn't gone wrong.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
Originally posted by: codeyf
Here's the kicker. And it's unfortunate I can't say this.

But the only reason I had to do this, is because they didn't think to copy over all the apps they needed before hand. It wasn't till they got in yesterday, started to do what they needed to do, then realized that it would take forever to install the apps over the network like that.

So, I try to fix it for them, but don't get that right, and I'm hosed.
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Now that's putting quite a bit of spin on the story. The way I read it is that your boss asked you to do something to pull his butt out of a tough situation, and although you took care of it in reality, you led him to believe you dropped the ball (though it was in jest), and he spent a whole evening thinking he was going to have a rotten day.

When you come down to it, we all do plenty of things that wouldn't have been necessary if something hadn't gone wrong.
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Well, I'm pretty pissed at myself and at the whole situation in general. I'm pissed I let it get to this point, but at the same time I can't help but be upset that EVERYTHING could have been avoided. In no way am I trying to absolve myself of accountability for what transpired.
 
you can't follow simple instructions from your boss and your communication skills suck. good luck getting that promotion.

p.s. it is weak sauce to reply to a call with an email.
 
Originally posted by: Yossarian
you can't follow simple instructions from your boss and your communication skills suck. good luck getting that promotion.

p.s. it is weak sauce to reply to a call with an email.
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I did not reply to a call with an email. Read it again.

But yeah, I don't think I'll get it.
 
That's a tough situation. Although you may work in an informal atmosphere, it is never a good idea to embarass your boss. In effect that is what ended up happening, since he was probably already upset with himself for not bringing the disk in the first place, and then he misread / didn't finish reading your joke email so he flies off the handle with you (and maybe vents to some of the local office staff).

Lesson to be learned, although it may be fun and ok to joke around the office, everyone needs to be sure that the communication is clear, especially over distance.

Hopefully your boss will have calmed down by next week and this won't hurt your promotion chances. I certainly wouldn't withdraw your name though, it isn't that serious of a blunder.
 
I don't see what the big is





























haha....... just kidding. your coworker may not know as much as you, but they know when to joke and when not to. Enjoy watching them get the promotion.
 
Originally posted by: brandonbull
I don't see what the big is

haha....... just kidding. your coworker may not know as much as you, but they know when to joke and when not to. Enjoy watching them get the promotion.
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heh, he just said that through some slip up under his supervision, 45 mice/mouses were being shipped to the LA office.

There are about 20 people currently working in that office...all of whom already have mice. And they're setting up 12 additional workstations.

He feels retarded. But i told him that in comparison to my fvck up, his is merely hilarious :laugh:
 
Wow, this is a bad day for an IT employee? I envy you guys. I've gotten away with much bigger stuff-ups. I was once undoing a positive battery terminal on an SUV and my spanner hit the steel air con pipe, arced and burned a hole in the pipe. Air con gas spewed out, boss had to pay to have the pipe repaired and air con vacuumed and regassed. And that's not even the worst thing I've done. Sounds like a bad day in IT is a cakewalk.
 
Originally posted by: Falcon39
Wow, this is a bad day for an IT employee? I envy you guys. I've gotten away with much bigger stuff-ups. I was once undoing a positive battery terminal on an SUV and my spanner hit the steel air con pipe, arced and burned a hole in the pipe. Air con gas spewed out, boss had to pay to have the pipe repaired and air con vacuumed and regassed. And that's not even the worst thing I've done. Sounds like a bad day in IT is a cakewalk.
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That isn't such a bad day. A bad day is when you get the sinking feeling that you may have deleted the only copy of some very important data...and the owner of said data is your boss...and is about to ask for said data.
 
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