Monday, April 25, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
spam/virus whatever
| I did not send an email out from this address, please disregard as spam/a virus/malware whatever. I'm looking into where the hell it came from Brenda |
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monday, February 09, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Bloody Wednesday
Ahhhh, nothing like a good blood letting of the company to top out an otherwise wonderful week.
I've been through many Bloody Wednesdays and Black Fridays throughout my life in Corporate America. Aside from the 2 layoffs due to buy outs, I remained unscathed through each one. Just lucky I guess....
Regardless, it doesn't make the day any easier seeing people be escorted out.
What I don't understand is why companies don't do like Unions do and request everyone to take a pay cut before resorting to chopping staff. I know most would take a cut.
Or even have a "voting of the island" process.
Why do I suggest the voting out process? Because a lot of the people that were let go yesterday had many many years with the company and were GOOD employees. How do I know that? Because they were "go to" people. I have under 2 years with this company and I learned very quickly who were the awesome people in IT and who were pains in the ass. These people got the job done and done right.
There are contractors on those goofy ass visas that are still there. There are consultants still there. Yet GOOD people got chopped. I really don't understand that.
I will be curious to see what happens to the contractors and consultants. Aside from layoffs, they are taking away our 401k match and no one is getting a merit increase in 2009. Ok, well I want to see these special visa contractors go away before you start taking MY stuff away.
I've said it before and I say it again, the downfall of the United States is Corporate America, it's greed, deceit and unethical ways of doing business.
It's very unfortunate, as I like my job. I like working for a big company. =(
Monday, December 29, 2008
Israel
Barak: Israel in 'all-out war' with Hamas
Do you think President Elect Obama has his head in his hands about now saying, "Man, I really don't fuckin need this right now....". ?Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Why the excitement???
Because this....
arrives............TODAY!
This is mine and my sons Christmas present this year.
How old am I again?????
I'm SO excited!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Hitting Home
50 percent more US children went hungry in 2007
Children left under Nebraska's safe-haven law
Citigroup to cut more than 50,000 jobs
So by all means...let's help other countries first.
Let's bailout wallstreet because they got greedy and got busted for it.
Let's bailout the big 3 because they are too stupid to figure out how to build quality cars and run a decent business.
Children left under Nebraska's safe-haven law
Citigroup to cut more than 50,000 jobs
So by all means...let's help other countries first.
Let's bailout wallstreet because they got greedy and got busted for it.
Let's bailout the big 3 because they are too stupid to figure out how to build quality cars and run a decent business.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Month From Hell
The Cube Monkey has been MIA. Actually I've been whirling around in the gates of hell for the past 30 some days. Thankfully, things seem to be leveling out.
What a weird year this has been....
- Work goes nutso trying to achieve PCI compliance.
- My Grandfather took to his deathbed.
- My friend gets diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
- Mr. Stomach Flu visited the house.
- A week later I contract the cold from hell. It's been more than 2 weeks and still lingering. The past few years my hubby and son would get the horrible colds and it would pass me by. The Doc said "well, what comes around goes around..". Guess my number was up. lol
- I end up 2 weeks behind in my college course. The prof has been very understanding, but communicated that if I don't catch up and keep up, I will flunk.
- Work has calmed down to an enjoyable pace.
- We buried my Grandfather this past Monday. He was 94 and tired of having to have people wipe his ass. He wanted to go. He had a long and wonderful life, so while it is sad...we were happy he got what he wanted.
- My friend is "ok" for now. Just had her 2nd round of chemo and feels like dog shit which should pass in a few days. Also, her sister is now in town. =)
- Stomach flu has left the building and the cold is getting better.
- I am pretty much caught up with my school work.
What a weird year this has been....
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Early Voting
The hubby and I decided to go early vote last nite since the mucous monster had me bed ridden all weekend with a death grip on a bottle of nyquil.
I tried to go before work yesterday morning, but the line was over a block long 1/2 hour before it opened.
We got there at about 5:45 and again, the line was all the way down the front of the building, which is an old shut down builders square building, so it's pretty huge. We were prepared to wait a few hours.
We "thought" the line outside was the worst of it. hahahaha
Found out that was the easy part.
We were only outside about 15 minutes. Once inside the fun began. 3 hours and 15 minutes of standing and sitting and waiting. Some folks had been there going on 4 hours.
They passed out clipboards to fill out while outside in line, which helped the process. Come to find out they were processing 1000 voters an hour. They had processed over 4000 voters on Sunday and close to 10,000 yesterday.
I didn't like it, but I did it. A small price to pay to attempt to change the world.
My husband, whom is VERY quick to get VERY cranky from lack of food (we left our dinner 1/2 cooked to go vote) and had his knee replaced in May (my knees hurt from standing, so I KNOW his did) didn't complain. He brought up the fact that there are countries where you risk your life to vote and people do it anyhow, because it is THAT important.
We decided it was a pain in the ass to wait that long, but at the same time, it was AWESOME, in every sense of the word, to see that kind of turnout.
We took our 14 year old, so he could experience the process and this historical event. He was less than thrilled with the wait and grumbled a bit. But once we got our ballot and hit the booth, I think he was a little excited. I told him "we did it...we helped to change the world". I think he actually had a look of pride.
I tried to go before work yesterday morning, but the line was over a block long 1/2 hour before it opened.
We got there at about 5:45 and again, the line was all the way down the front of the building, which is an old shut down builders square building, so it's pretty huge. We were prepared to wait a few hours.
We "thought" the line outside was the worst of it. hahahaha
Found out that was the easy part.
We were only outside about 15 minutes. Once inside the fun began. 3 hours and 15 minutes of standing and sitting and waiting. Some folks had been there going on 4 hours.
They passed out clipboards to fill out while outside in line, which helped the process. Come to find out they were processing 1000 voters an hour. They had processed over 4000 voters on Sunday and close to 10,000 yesterday.
I didn't like it, but I did it. A small price to pay to attempt to change the world.
My husband, whom is VERY quick to get VERY cranky from lack of food (we left our dinner 1/2 cooked to go vote) and had his knee replaced in May (my knees hurt from standing, so I KNOW his did) didn't complain. He brought up the fact that there are countries where you risk your life to vote and people do it anyhow, because it is THAT important.
We decided it was a pain in the ass to wait that long, but at the same time, it was AWESOME, in every sense of the word, to see that kind of turnout.
We took our 14 year old, so he could experience the process and this historical event. He was less than thrilled with the wait and grumbled a bit. But once we got our ballot and hit the booth, I think he was a little excited. I told him "we did it...we helped to change the world". I think he actually had a look of pride.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
American Morals
I think what bothers me about everything that is going on is that if American's had morals we wouldn't be in this mess.
no?
no?
WTF?
Is all I have to say.
How do you go from feeling/thinking you are healthy as a horse to being diagnosed stage 4 cancer. Blood, bones, liver....
No, not The Cube Monkey...thank god, but a very good friend, and someone that doesn't deserve this shit...
Please....positive thoughts and prayers to my friend.
I am so done being an adult. I SO want to be a kid again with no worries.
How do you go from feeling/thinking you are healthy as a horse to being diagnosed stage 4 cancer. Blood, bones, liver....
No, not The Cube Monkey...thank god, but a very good friend, and someone that doesn't deserve this shit...
Please....positive thoughts and prayers to my friend.
I am so done being an adult. I SO want to be a kid again with no worries.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Richard Fuld
Usually when I have mindless tasks to do at work, I'll turn on CNN live if there is something interesting to listen to. As of late, there has been ALOT of interesting things to listen to.
Yesterday I listened to Congress back Richard Fuld against the wall. Richard Fuld is/WAS CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings.
What bothered me about this is what has been bothering me about corporate america for a very long time.
Mr. Fuld was trying to justify the millions of dollars that he feels should be paid to executives out of the taxpayers very generous 700 billion dollar bailout while his employees and shareholders walk away holding dick.
People think this only happens occassionally. It happens everyday. It has been happening for years.
Now I really don't care if Executives make billions of dollars a year, but ONLY if their employees are being paid appropriately and the company is strong.
I have been laid off by 2 large corporations over the past 10 years because of corporate buyouts. The executives walked away with millions. The employees got about 2 weeks severence. Check the stats on employment and I think you can do the math at how far 2 weeks severence goes.
Yes I am employed. Yes I am thankful, but every year it gets worse. Executive pay has gone up over 200% in the past 10 years, while employee pay has gone down.
I now make 5000 less than I did at my previous job. Most folks I know are in the same boat.
Companies are on hiring freezes. Bonuses have gone out the window (except for the executives, of course). Pensions are a thing of the past.
Yes, American workers are VERY hard working. Companies spend billions of dollars a year on research groups trying to figure out why moral is so low with the american worker and how they can make it better.
Hello?
Yesterday I listened to Congress back Richard Fuld against the wall. Richard Fuld is/WAS CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings.
What bothered me about this is what has been bothering me about corporate america for a very long time.
Mr. Fuld was trying to justify the millions of dollars that he feels should be paid to executives out of the taxpayers very generous 700 billion dollar bailout while his employees and shareholders walk away holding dick.
People think this only happens occassionally. It happens everyday. It has been happening for years.
Now I really don't care if Executives make billions of dollars a year, but ONLY if their employees are being paid appropriately and the company is strong.
I have been laid off by 2 large corporations over the past 10 years because of corporate buyouts. The executives walked away with millions. The employees got about 2 weeks severence. Check the stats on employment and I think you can do the math at how far 2 weeks severence goes.
Yes I am employed. Yes I am thankful, but every year it gets worse. Executive pay has gone up over 200% in the past 10 years, while employee pay has gone down.
I now make 5000 less than I did at my previous job. Most folks I know are in the same boat.
Companies are on hiring freezes. Bonuses have gone out the window (except for the executives, of course). Pensions are a thing of the past.
Yes, American workers are VERY hard working. Companies spend billions of dollars a year on research groups trying to figure out why moral is so low with the american worker and how they can make it better.
Hello?
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