Oddly they haven't really outsourced, they merely applied the same mistakes internally, with cost (and staff) cutting exacerbated by a cost-driven refusal to update internal IT systems (which won't work effectively over RAS) and an inability to cope with the boom in remote working.
Ah the memories of my brief time working for Microsoft as a developer (remember "Windows NT5"?).
A reasonable policy, though for my own IT needs I can generally access L2/L3 directly. This however was a favour for a friend that should have been done in twenty minutes so I wasn't feeling patient. Also he ran out of coffee cake.
So whose job are you going to be given to do as well as the one you do now? Because they can then stay at home most of the week, and when you stress out and make mistakes, they can deflect the blame to you.So. As a public servant, I am required to submit a Performance Plan and have an interview with management every six months to monitor and provide feedback. In past jobs, I have found this to be super stressful and anxiety-inducing, especially since in one job I had a problem with my supervisor which was eventually taken to arbitration, and performance monitoring interviews made up a big part of that. I don't know if anyone remembers me talking about Boss of Doom about five or six years ago, but that was it.
I just had my six-monthly interview - my first since I got my permanency - and...
So. As a public servant, I am required to submit a Performance Plan and have an interview with management every six months to monitor and provide feedback. In past jobs, I have found this to be super stressful and anxiety-inducing, especially since in one job I had a problem with my supervisor which was eventually taken to arbitration, and performance monitoring interviews made up a big part of that. I don't know if anyone remembers me talking about Boss of Doom about five or six years ago, but that was it.
I just had my six-monthly interview - my first since I got my permanency - and...
Recently, ATT was having major cell tower problems in our area, which I wasn't aware of at first. All company-issued phones are from ATT. Plus, we're on the river, so there's probably not a lot of redundancy to pick up when one tower goes down.
One of the staff comes to see me, complaining that the Wifi is killing his cell service, and it started the day before. I begin by pointing out that the two systems use very different frequencies, so it's very unlikely Wifi is causing interference. I add that I hadn't made any changes to the wireless system in weeks, and the phones were working fine all that time.
"But right now I have no service and can't even text, so how come it works when I go to my car, but not here?" Most of the buildings are metal, plus my office is in the middle of a building notorious for killing cell signals. I'm with Verizon, which has much better coverage around here. I grab my phone and text my sister, who immediately responds. "If the Wifi was causing the problem, I shouldn't have been able to do that."
"I'm not trying to argue with you, but why does mine work everywhere else except here?" I go through a few more tests with him, including disconnecting the access point in my office, which of course does not result in his service coming back. Even after we run into another guy who says, "Cell problems? ATT is having trouble. Probably a tower is down," he continues to say, "I'm not trying to argue with you, but...." Finally, after checking ATT's site and confirming that the service is out in the area, he stops trying to argue with me. Though I don't think he accepted that it was not the wireless signal doing it. And he probably thinks I'm an ******* for arguing with him.
I'm actually not minding VoIP. I'm getting the hang of the routine stuff, so I can knock that out easily, and it has the occasional puzzler that I need to work out. It's cool. The tool sucks, but I've learned to drive it for the most part.Maybe on the heels of a positive review, you should ask to not do VoIP.
My diary is Google and it is offline. Seems someone's wifi is interfering with the cell coverage. Let me chase it down first, then we can sync diaries or do Zoom or something.
...and you didn't tell us about this until Friday because..?
