[geeks] The Bastards

[Ryn]

Which company did you work for in Birmingham? That city kinda scares me ;)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kris Kirby" <kris at catonic.net>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] The Bastards


> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > Didn't you *just* start there?  WTF happened?
> 
> Yeah -- my one month anniversery was this week. They got me on a
> mixed-bag. Broke machines I hadn't explicitly been order to, set others
> up. Installed unauthorized software. Also `divulged' `priveledged'
> information about The Network to someone outside of the company (in
> abstract terms) whom I trust implicitly (my padawan learner). Wrote me up
> as having coached someone about how to get around thier firewall -- it was
> my brother, trying to IM me a picture of the HV cabinet of the transmitter
> he maintains. He emailed me the picture. They also got me for surfing and
> IMing when explictly told not to. I wasn't doing anything the other
> members of my shift weren't doing. Also got me for `taking $COMPANY or
> other employee's property' -- a trolling battery that sat outside for
> *three* *weeks* by an underground service transformer, in the sun, rain,
> and ants. $OFFICE was a facility located in a rural area -- one of the
> techs nicknamed one of the inhabitants of the *trailers* *across from the
> building* `Cammo'(1). Basically, they reaped the benefits of someone with
> knowledge to rebuild machines then kicked me to the curb.
> 
> I tired, I'm through, I've got to move out of this town (I'm in b'ham and
> no longer have money for rent), etc. I'll move on to something else, but I
> don't know what I'm going to do in the mean time to get myself back on
> top (of my debt).
> 
> The guy I feel sorriest for is the manager that recommended me. But then
> again, his reputation seems pretty soiled from the inside. So much for
> finding employees that don't suck. $COMPANY is destined to kill itself.
> They keep raising prices and fscking service up, etc., etc.
> 
> When I went into the company lobby, I saw not one but *three* disgruntled
> customers. And that building isn't even there for dealing with customers
> (well, not in person anyway). One got billed after he told them to cut it
> loose. Another was `on the fence' trying to decide if he wanted to deal
> with them and overpriced services or switch to a digital satellite
> provider. The other two simply couldn't get them to roll a truck to
> install it after *three* *months*.
> 
> *sigh* Me and corporate america just don't mix. That's what I get for
> getting used to being left to my own devices (conslutting for free or
> working for a start-up).
> 
> I hate learning experiences. They always suck, but reinforce the old
> mantra -- that which does not kill me makes me stronger. I just hope I can
> keep the hate from consuming me. Karma. (2)
> 
> (1) I never saw him, but he was discribed to me as always wearing no
> shirt, his beeg ol' belly hanging out, always in camoflage pants, and his
> dog is always howling when he's out.
> 
> (2) For someone who's just had his life fscked with in a very not-cool
> way, I'm remarkably calm about the whole deal. At least I am when not
> figuring out where I'm going to put all the stuff I packed into my
> appartment from $HOME 90 miles north.
> 
> --
> Kris Kirby, KE4AHR          | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
> <kris at nospam.catonic.net>   | IM: KrisBSD | HSV, AL.
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