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[–] [email protected] 62 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

When there is both Cisco video conferencing equipment and Skype/Teams-certified devices in the conference rooms because they are managed by two different departments that purchased conference equipment separately.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oddly specific, but totally a red flag.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Specific cause it was exactly the situation with my last employer

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Figured. Commiserations...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

And it’s obvious IT caught in the middle with the CIO having zero clout with the CEO for that to happen.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

3 different messaging platforms... my bad I didnt check fucking teams when everyone else is on slack

[–] nitefox 1 points 7 months ago

Are we coworkers…?

[–] [email protected] 58 points 7 months ago

When the person showing you around starts telling you who to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Secret Teams chats that only the ingroup is part of, yet often at all-staff meetings they mention their inside jokes from the chat and then go β€œoh whoops only some people will understand haha”

[–] Timecircleline 5 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

When people fundamentally change depending on who is in the room.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You walk in on your first day and what do you see there?

Humans

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Remote lighthouse keeping is sounding better and better.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Good news! We got you four coworkers.

Enjoy your five-person dynamic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Is that usually a five-person job? I'm honestly unfamiliar with lighthouse upkeep, lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Traditionally people had to suffer in solitude. But I represent the Extroverted Busybody Network.

We take inhuman lonely conditions and make sure people get constant company.

So far we’re on track to eliminate all non-roommate apartment housing in Boise by 2025!

Spreading the Joy of Togetherness. Universally.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

No documented leadership hierarchy or organisation structure when there's more than maybe 10 people working there. If you have to waste your time fighting out who everyone is and you can't do it in a single meeting where everyone can introduce themselves, then the place is too big to not document roles and responsibilities officially. It leads to closed circles of people who hold the necessary historical knowledge to get anything done.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

mechanical keyboards instead of membranes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

It has half a dozen employees.

[–] Reverendender 2 points 7 months ago

CloudCoach for me, but not for thee

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

"On Friday afternoon people go hang out or do table-tennis."