AstroNerdBoy bloviates and rambles about different things.
Well, it has been another fun week at The Company with Skinny Project roaring like a giant T-rex looking for prey. That prey, of course, is us employees and one of its weapons is something called “gold plating.” For those who don’t know, “gold plating” is also described as over delivering on your product. So in our case, if we…
OK, so no cheerleader actually dies in this story, which continues the ongoing saga of “Skinny Project” at The Company. This tale is the tale of The Cheerleader (I love these Doctor Who Time Lord-styled names), a manager at The Company who has apparently lost their job as part of Skinny Project. But let me step back a bit first……
For maximum effect, play the “Emperor’s Theme” from Empire Strikes Back while reading this. Well, The Company finally did it. I really have the feeling I got when I worked at WorldCom (and where are they now?) when they were going through all of their cost-cutting measures to include slash-and-burn tactics for jobs. The only difference is that WorldCom’s stock…
As the previous post stated, today was Starfest, and I attended and had a blast…mostly (I’ll blog about the event in the coming days). Unfortunately, shortly after we arrived, my cell phone went off. I really didn’t pay attention to who was calling and thought it might be my brother, since he’d initially talked of coming. However, when my acting…
I want the company I work at (hereafter known as “The Company”) to do well. After all, if The Company does well and I continue to perform well, my job is secure. However, I start having problems with The Company when things are reportedly going well as far as the public knows, but privately, there are desperate measures being taken…