1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

That rake looks kinda bulky

 

I just had MS Project tell me that I’m an over-allocated resource.

At least something noticed, I guess.

 

Is that a good thing or did you take on so much that now they're afraid they couldn't replace you

 

Yes?

 

Well the second one is only scary if they introduce someone under you that needs to know the entire scope of your work and how it is all done in detail.

 

I’m spinning quite a few plates, for sure. To the point that we’re standing up an entirely new group to handle my shit, finally.

What that means in the immediate term is that now I have to do a bunch of hiring, career path development, etc. on top of the stuff I’m already doing. I’m definitely in survival mode for the next little bit.

 

What kind of hiring? That's a process that is tedious for all parties involved I find.

 

"Heavy-duty"

 

Thankfully, my company and management rocks. My boss is the director of engineering, and he’s hands down the best manager I’ve ever had.

Despite the bitching coming from me, it’s actually pretty exciting because I get to build my group from scratch. Scary, but still exciting.

 

Hiring me to work remotely from school

every company needs an intern

 

Hiring blows. It’s just another time and energy sink for me, but it’s also absolutely critical to the success of the team I’m trying to build. I just need to give it the attention it needs, be as efficient as possible, and get the new folks in ASAP.

My management wanted me to hire a bunch of engineers first and I made it clear that that was a bad idea. We need good technicians first to offload that sort of work onto. Then I can really reassess what we need in terms of engineering staff. But I’m damn sure not bringing in engineers to run tests and do electrical assembly. That’s really stupid and very inefficient.

 

Shittyprolifetip

Make all your processes so bass-akwards and convoluted, the "replacement" is lost and useless after 2wks of attempted training.


Tribal knowledge BABY!

 

I see you've sat in on some Networking classes. I employ this tactic for phone work

 

You accepting resumes from community college electrical/mechanical engineering dropouts?

 

It's surprisingly effective for specialized blue collar work as well

 

Comedy gold

 

@Wulf

 

This was basically my template for nearly every work email