work: did I just screw myself over?

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: LoKe
I can hardly browse the internet and listen to music on a P3

Why not? I was doing Cinema4D/3D Studio Max, Photoshop CS and Dreamweaver on my old P3 machine which I just replaced 2 weeks ago. I didn't have them all open at the same time but maybe 1 or 2 and of course internet, music. P3 600.

 

[erikistired]

most serious (large? smart?) companies wouldn't let you put your own machine on the network, security risk. heck my wife's work laptop is locked down, can't install programs on it or anything. it has what she needs to do her work and that's it. actually so is my brother's now that i think of it. of course they both work for large international companies, not some local 5 man operation.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
I wouldn't be pissy, but this day in time a PII-233 is barely more acceptable than pencil/paper. You've GOT to have that changes, if it means buying your own laptop.

QFT

 

[Tbirdkid]

make him get ya an xps... that would rock! hahahaha

really though, take the time to spec out a machine at dell or somewhere like that and show him discounts and stuff. make it appealing. not a costly problem to hurdle. if you do it that way, he will probably give in.

take the work from his hands... that will get you further than anything else.

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: fisher
most serious (large? smart?) companies wouldn't let you put your own machine on the network, security risk. heck my wife's work laptop is locked down, can't install programs on it or anything. it has what she needs to do her work and that's it. actually so is my brother's now that i think of it. of course they both work for large international companies, not some local 5 man operation.

Yup, I'm an admin and would never allow a personal machine on the network.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Post email

make your post longer so people notice it

 

[slackerinabox]

The pissy email:

Hi XXXX,

It?s almost 6:00 and I just got out of a meeting that I didn?t even know I was going to have. I have a stack of work sitting in front of me that needs to be done and this is turning out to becoming a repeat event. I personally thrive under pressure and am not stressed by this situation, I am a little frustrated, however, because I feel that I do not have the tools required to do my job. I wanted to go paperless not because of the whiz-bang factor but because I know it?s the best way to be totally efficient. I find myself fighting against the tools that are supposed to be assisting me. John warned me about this months ago ? ?your computer?s not set up for digital archiving/imaging.? Scanning takes around 6 minutes per page. Our filemaker database, originally intended to elevate us from excel sheet presentations into a easy to use and organized system, is now so large and my computer so old that it?s crashing constantly. OUTLOOK even crashes on me. I believe that I honestly have the most archaic system here and, other than Cathy and Debbie, am trying to do the most processor intensive activities. It?s frustrating and is honestly why I gave up trying to go paperless.


My solution? Either a new desktop or a laptop. A laptop and the wireless network access available here would allow us to streamline immensely. Instead of scribbling notes at drill down meetings I can just edit the list at the meeting. Speaking of notes, secretaries do a great job transcribing meetings because they?re trained in short hand. I?m not. I can type 100 wpm but I?m afraid that my handwriting skills are not up to snuff, I apologize but I?m just not an efficient hand writer. If I did have access to a computer, however, my accuracy and speed would increase dramatically and, best of all, notes can be typed and saved directly into your MSeligman folder. Also, if Bud asks for some data from months ago that we?re not prepared for, we can just pull it up and not shuffle for papers. This all will save me time and allow for far less errors in the long run. Preventing one screw up alone would make the investment worthwhile in my opinion.


I?m sorry if this sounds like I?m whining. I don?t mean to be. I just want us to be as efficient as possible. I can deal with the current situation since I have been dealing with it for quite a while. But steps can be taken and our process can be streamlined.


Thanks,
Sam

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: blazert40
I NEVER send an form of electronic communication or voice mails that can bite me in the ass, all things like that are done in person only.


BTW I don't see why you should worry about your message, seems like you have a valid point, I was in a similar situation at my last job and also was asking for a laptop for all the meetings I had to do.


Good luck.

:thumbsup:
If that doesn't work, go Office Space on his @$$

"PC Load Letter, WTF does that mean?!?!?!"

 

[gsaldivar]

Monster.com :thumbsup:

 

[Gunslinger08]

Ever get a reply?

 

[imported_Kensai]

Send and pray.

 

[CRXican]

I think you're completly justified. We had P4 systems with 256mb ram and those things freaking crawled.

I'd be crying if I were you.

 

[Patt]

You should be all right with that letter. That's not pissy enough to get you in trouble. Follow up with a face-to-face, expressing your frustration, and perhaps spec out a machine you would need to satisfy your needs to back up claims that it won't break the bank. Gool duck. Whoops I mean Good luck with it OP.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
I've been working with this company for 8 months now and have been doing a good job. I got a raise recently and a great 6 month evaluation, so that's not the issue. Recently my workload has tripled because we took over two other divisions. I never complained but 2 months ago I asked my boss for a laptop or a faster desktop. I explained to him that a lot of time is wasted by me writing notes in a meeting and then having to type them out. we go over financial data as well at these meetings and often make changes to multi-paged excel documents. we mark them up and then I have to make the changes. It would be MUCH more efficient to work directly in excel.. But that's a minor quibble.

Now, this would be fine if the workload was minor. But I have an average of 2, 2 hour meetings a day and I have to prepare presentations for all of them. These presentations include creating powerpoint work, editing a filemaker database with pictures and pdf linkage, scanning documents and making pdfs, and lots of other stuff that causes the PII-233 that I'm forced to use to basically crash every 15 minutes. I can't be productive, it's that simple - I spend most of my time waiting for programs to load.

My point is, I have to do a lot of work on a computer that's woefully underpowered. I spoke to him 2 months ago and, being computer illiterate, he thought that he's able to do everything he has to do with his computer so I should be able to as well. Now, as the work piles on and I face computer crash after computer crash, I sent him a long email saying (without getting angry, of course) that I simply don't have the tools to do my job properly. I said that it's hurting my productivity and it's frustrating me because I'm working as fast as I can but the computer is not keeping up. Will this get me in trouble? He left early so he hasn't replied, now I'm all anxious and think that I made a mistake in sendding that letter.

DID you send it using Outlook?

you may be able to unsend it.

 

[Cal166]

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[Kev]

you use a p2? i just threw up in my mouth

 

[maziwanka]

ppl need to learn to grow testicles.

be happy with the email you sent. with all the work you're doing, you should have a faster computer

 

[Kev]

why do people keep saying to unsend it? there is nothing wrong with that email

 

[mcvickj]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Just start getting paid fat overtime cheques. Eventually he'll figure out that cost of new rig for you < cost of paying you OT every day.

- M4H

I'm not on the clock... I wish I was, I'd be making quite a bit!

Bad move. This will bite you in the ass later down the road. As soon as your shift ends you should be out the door.

 

[Ramma2]

Well its a new day, update?

 

[Hammer]

just charge the new system to your cost center.

its better to ask for forgiveness than permission

 

[Scarpozzi]

Yeah....never send anything via Email that could be taken the wrong way. You might want to address him about it and be humble. Explain up-front that you didn't want to seem too forward with the request and that you really need something to help your productivity... If you run away from the Email or don't explain what you mean, he could easily take it the wrong way.

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: Patt
You should be all right with that letter. That's not pissy enough to get you in trouble. Follow up with a face-to-face, expressing your frustration, and perhaps spec out a machine you would need to satisfy your needs to back up claims that it won't break the bank. Gool duck. Whoops I mean Good luck with it OP.

Agreed.

 

[Freejack2]

Seems like most jobs never give their employees decent computers. Last job I have a p3-500 laptop with 128mb ram. Now I have a p3 1ghz desktop with 384mb ram. I can probably scrounge around for more ram but I doubt it'll make much difference. It's actually fairly decent running Linux on it.
Still I pretty much use my personal laptop most of the time. More screen resolution, more ram, and much faster.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Well its a new day, update?

YEah.. sigh.. He had a meeting with me and told me that he understood my frustration and that we'd revisit this in a month, due the the company's current cashflow issues. He said he'd talk to our tech guy about upgrading my current computer. In other words, it didn't really accomplish anything.