How To Demoralize Employees: A DIY Guide for Terrible Companies
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did you dismiss topics from the unread tab?
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Why would I do that in threads I'm reading?
I could see once as an accident, but I've now found several threads in different categories that are muted; how would I have messed that up repeatedly?
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One click would do it if they were all unread at the time
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One click would do it if they were all unread at the time
I did use dismiss topics once or twice, but it was--or so I thought--in a different category.
I guess I need to summon @codinghorrorbot for wanting a "mark all in category as read" like normal, defective forums allow.
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@FrostCat Is Doing It Wrongâ„¢<t2662p523>
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I could see once as an accident, but I've now found several threads in different categories that are muted; how would I have messed that up repeatedly?
Just trust that it is Dicsourse's fault and blame the Atwood.
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That only sets the tracking back to "Regular", not "Muted".
And I've had random topics get Muted well before I ever noticed or used the "Dismiss Topics" button (and raised the bug topic about it).
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His/her original question did say "regular".
Which is a stupid name for a category meaning "never let me know if there's anything new in this thread" but there you go
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His/her original question did say "regular".
Which is a stupid name for a category meaning "never let me know if there's anything new in this thread" but there you go
Accuracy in language is not exactly Discourse's strong suit.
Filed Under: or maybe it actually is?
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That it did. Too busy working to read effectively.
I used the quote in @abarker's post above mine as the context, when I guess I shouldn't have.
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"We need to get down to work, fingers on keyboard, and get started on this project. So we're going to have an all-afternoon meeting to talk about that."
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"We need to get down to work, fingers on keyboard, and get started on this project. So we're going to have an all-afternoon meeting to talk about that."
This sounds rather hasty. Did you just go ahead and do the pre-meeting where this was said, or did you properly plan for it?
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Well duh. Now convince the project manager of this project of that.
It's actually worse than "testing other people's stuff" because we're not, we're testing based on what we reverse-engineered the other people's stuff to do. So we could be testing on an accurate clone of their DB (at least until it changes), or we could be testing on an completely inaccurate copy of it that only behaves the same in the most superficial way.
The worst part, mocking this thing up will take probably at least a week. It's really super-complex, and those 12-or-so sprocs touch maybe 50+ tables. It's a HUGE waste of time on a project that already has a tight schedule.
I really hate working here, I thought I could get through 4 months without burning bridges with either this company or the contracting agency I'm going through, but I don't think I'll be able to make it.
This should be submitted to Scott Adams. He could probably make a week's worth of Dilbert just from this.
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"We need to get down to work, fingers on keyboard, and get started on this project. So we're going to have an all-afternoon meeting to talk about that."
+1
CLASSIC!
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If I didn't know where you worked, I'd ask if you worked where I do.
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This place is super-conscious of security, but they don't have Windows set to lock the desktop when the laptop lid closes.
Which means if I cart my laptop to a meeting, then come back, I slam it down on the dock, then go get water or pee or whatever. About 2 seconds after it hits the dock, the screens light up, completely unlocked, anybody could just come up and screw with it.
I swear everything here is done wrong and stupid. Everything.
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There's always this option:
http://youtu.be/zzf6xN4XaCg?t=3m10s
(skip to 3:10 if it doesn't work embedded)
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This place is super-conscious of security, but they don't have Windows set to lock the desktop when the laptop lid closes.
TRWTF is you, knowing this, don't do it yourself.
Unless you do, in which case never mind.
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I don't do it, because every company laptop I've had in the past would go to lock screen when you closed the lid, so I never got into the habit. None of those companies particularly cared about security.
However, this company is mad about security, and they don't have that option set in the Group Policy. Like I said, it's just another case where nothing here makes any sense.
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This place is super-conscious of security, but they don't have Windows set to lock the desktop when the laptop lid closes.
Which means if I cart my laptop to a meeting, then come back, I slam it down on the dock, then go get water or pee or whatever. About 2 seconds after it hits the dock, the screens light up, completely unlocked, anybody could just come up and screw with it.
I swear everything here is done wrong and stupid. Everything.
So it wakes up from sleep, and is not locked? Are you shitting me?
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@Intercourse said:
So it wakes up from sleep, and is not locked? Are you shitting me?
*adopts Austrian accent* "I am not shitting on you."
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@Intercourse said:
So it wakes up from sleep, and is not locked? Are you shitting me?
Either that, or they have it set so there's an X-minute pause between closing the lid and going to sleep, and X is greater than 10.
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I don't do it, because every company laptop I've had in the past would go to lock screen when you closed the lid, so I never got into the habit. None of those companies particularly cared about security.
However, this company is mad about security, and they don't have that option set in the Group Policy. Like I said, it's just another case where nothing here makes any sense.
Ok, so you are TRWTF here.
Be thankful you never worked for anyone who'd send embarrassing emails from your machine if he found it unlocked.
Dick move it may be but it sharpens your focus so you actually lock it. Now at the place I work people are like "why are you locking your PC?" Because it's a bad habit to get out of. It's not as if you can't just hit Win+L before shutting the lid.
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I agree. As long as I have been in the workforce I have been dealing with sensitive information: accounting info, bid info, HR and salary info, etc. I now mostly work from home with nothing but the dogs to worry about most days and I still have it as a knee-jerk reaction that before my ass leaves the chair I hit Win+L.
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Be thankful you never worked for anyone who'd send embarrassing emails from your machine if he found it unlocked.
I've got a story involving our COO like that.
An employee in a neighboring department left her computer unlocked and unattended for 5+ minutes. During that period, the COO walked by and saw her computer completely open for anyone to use. He fired up outlook and composed an email to her direct manager and boss+1 that went something like this:
I need to take the next 6 weeks off for medical reasons.
Needless to say, she was surprised to see approval emails, CC'd to HR, when she got back to her desk. This has started a trend here where people will do similar things to their neighbors. Here in IT, we don't want to endanger anyone's job, so we just invert monitors when we find unlocked computers.
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Needless to say, she was surprised to see approval emails, CC'd to HR, when she got back to her desk. This has started a trend here where people will do similar things to their neighbors. Here in IT, we don't want to endanger anyone's job, so we just invert monitors when we find unlocked computers.
It is more fun to PrtScn the desktop, move all of the icons and files from the desktop to a folder in Documents, set the taskbar to autohide and then set the PrtScn image as the desktop wallpaper.
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Or change their wallpaper to Dickbutt.
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That is almost exactly what my boss did--except he sent "Eff you guys, I'm quitting this place!" emails...and only to the people in his department.
He stopped doing it after I pulled it on him, though (or maybe just nobody else had done it by the time I caught him.)
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HR might have something to say about that...
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That's the advantage of my ex-boss' formulation: nobody dangerous finds out about it.
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@Intercourse said:
It is more fun to PrtScn the desktop, move all of the icons and files from the desktop to a folder in Documents, set the taskbar to autohide and then set the PrtScn image as the desktop wallpaper.
That generally takes more time. And when you don't know how long the offender will be gone, you want to be quick.
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That generally takes more time. And when you don't know how long the offender will be gone, you generally want to be quick.
Plus, you've now gone from a reminder to lock your screen to simply being a dick.
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I move screwing with the desktop is being less of a dick than sending email in their name.
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I move screwing with the desktop is being less of a dick than sending email in their name.
That's because you're also the kind of person who is too stupid to lock your screen even though you know not doing it is wrong.
Fucking with someone's desktop means now they have to fix it. Sending a prank email to the people in your department, who are all in on the joke and not going to tell HR is only embarrassing.
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Here in IT, we don't want to endanger anyone's job, so we just invert monitors when we find unlocked computers.
Same, except different monitors get rotated different directions. Bonus points for disabling the hot keys.
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Same, except different monitors get rotated different directions. Bonus points for filling their office with rabid otters.
FTFY
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It's sometimes hard to get hold of rabid otters at short notice.
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It's sometimes hard to get hold of rabid otters at short notice.
I'm sad for you that you don't have a supply closed to rabid otters.
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All because they shutdown The Silk Road. Thanks Obama!
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It's sometimes hard to get hold of rabid otters at short notice.
And it's always difficult to confine rabid otters to a cubicle.
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Am I the only one to whom messing with another person's unlocked desktop "to teach them a lesson" seems unreasonable?
So I went to bathroom and left my PC unlocked. I also left my wallet and keys and who knows what else. So what? When I get back, should I expect all my money strewn on the floor and my keys hung from the ceiling? Because I didn't secure my possessions from my colleagues? And if not, why should my computer be an exception?
Just seems childish. That's not how grownup society should work.
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What, you don't want to be like @codinghorror?
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Oh sorry, if Jeff Atwood said it, then it must be the truth.
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I personally do something funny, but nothing to hurt productivity.
Last time this happened, I changed my co-worker's theme to use a bunch of pink.
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I personally do something funny, but nothing to hurt productivity.
Last time this happened, I changed my co-worker's theme to use a bunch of pink.
Oh I did the funny. I'm OK with office pranks.
What I don't understand is why is this considered some kind of mandatory must-use security measure?
Like, the difference between, "Cartman's a jerk, lets prank him... hmm... oh look, he left his PC unlocked!" and "Hey look, Cartman left his PC unlocked! Time for company mandatory prank #162 to 'teach him a lesson' about security".
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If I see a coworker forgot to lock his PC I simply lock it for him. I know, I'm a terrible person.
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Once you're there, you might as well organize things on their desk and separate small bills from large bills in their wallet too. What's the big deal? You're only being helpful.
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What I don't understand is why is this considered some kind of mandatory must-use security measure?
Because the action that should be taken is to get in and modify a bunch of his project files, preferably in a way that will get sent to prod with his name still on them causing the build to break spectacularly.
At least, that's the natural thing to do in those offices where there's a stated policy that you're competing with your co-workers for advancement, recognition and other rewards.
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Because the action that should be taken is to get in and modify a bunch of his project files, preferably in a way that will get sent to prod with his name still on them causing the build to break spectacularly.
At least, that's the natural thing to do in those offices where there's a stated policy that you're competing with your co-workers for advancement, recognition and other rewards.
If this is something you're realistically worried about, you have bigger problems than screen locking. Goes for both the organization and the employees.