Sounds about the same. We heard "record profits" every year during the pandemic when everyone was home. Suddenly it's "we're better together" and "culture."
A coworker in another city going into the office the company has floors in, who is also the only one from our team there: "nothing is different. I'm still on zoom all day."
Sounds a lot like what my company did. They made going in on Mon, Tue, Wed mandatory for everyone not designated as "Remote" beginning the day after Labor Day. The dumb thing here is that people don't have a desk to go to.
They announced a construction project on one of the buildings a few months ago, and have since closed that building completely, moving those people into the main building, and announced at the same time the closure of 2 more buildings for "reasons." This forced the need for "Flex Desks" as well as the installation of "bench desks" in what used to be common areas, just to fit people in. Further stupidity was introduced when they said that teams would have designated "neighborhoods" to sit together in, which is anything but. It's really a floor or part of a floor for an entire organization - "figure it out." So now when we arrive after our shitty commute, we have to wander around for a place to sit.
Then there's parking, which, if you didn't get into one of the 2 parking garages that are company owned and paid for by pre-tax deductions, then you have to find your own parking with your post-tax pay, because the agreement with the local garages wasn't renewed during the pandemic.
All dictated to us by someone who regularly joins video conferences from his car, home, or Yacht.
I appreciate posting this follow-up, and I'm happy the slot is sticking around if this news holds. As I said in the linked context above, it's still a bit too rough relying on the carriers to be helpful in transferring eSim.
Here ya go! It's nothing truly prophetic, but it's music I enjoy and find easy to run to. https://tidal.com/playlist/dfa4fe7c-8192-470b-9e39-62319424d9f8
This song is so epic to me. I have it in a playlist I listen to while running, and the beat matches my cadence. When it comes on, I get chills, extra motivated, and end up pushing even harder.
Exactly. Despite making it incredibly frustrating for existing customers who want/need to manage their sim cards, they continue to have these sim swap attacks.
I enjoy seeing these. I still have the HBO Max "Integration Test Email #1" from 6/17/2021. It's one of the oldest emails in my inbox, and its presence there motivates me to clear my inbox just to have a giggle.
After years of eSim, wanting eSim, asking for nothing but eSim, I'm done with eSim. Having an argument with a T-Mobile rep in store on whether or not my Pixel 7 has an eSim made me no longer want eSim. I want my phone and its service to be as self service as possible, and managing my own sim seems to be my best option.
Last I played, the arc was humans attempted firing a weapon targeting Thargoids and it failed. Thargoids got mad and attacked human systems in the bubble.
There was also some unhappiness around their spacelegs expansion and the subsequent end of development for console versions. I stopped playing since then not because of any problems but because I got into other games.