Venting about work
I think it might be time to look for a new job.
They're going to cut off my team from accessing:
• Slack
• Skype
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• Google Docs
• Gmail
• Telegram
• Trello
• Assembla (our ticketing system and wiki)
and others
They insist they provide everything we need with:
• MS Teams (bad UI & fewer features)
• Skype for Business (company policy doesn't allow chat history or external contacts)
• MS OneDrive (Eh.)
• Company Email
• ServiceNow (…)
• MS Sharepoint
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On top of this, they're replatforming to a system based in Java.
I don't know Java. They're offering to teach me which is cool, but... I dunno. Python? Awesome. Ruby? I'm there. ...but Java? ...In 2017??
I mean, all that plus the parent company is heavily invested in the military industrial complex... And so they keep cutting budgets to make up for their losses in sales in that sector and...
I'm not sure I'll ever really be happy at this company, and that sucks. 😞
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Today I found out that the company blocks access to Microsoft Teams -- which was the suggested alternative to Slack when my request to unblock Slack was denied.
Also I found out when talking to the helpdesk that they don't use the company provided tools for security reasons(!!!) and guess what they use?
That's right! Slack!
I almost literally cried in frustration today. I started tearing up and got up and made tea and watched stupid shit on YouTube for a while instead
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@mawr *support hugs* >.< Can your manager not help if you push back that it's impacting your ability to work?
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@zetasyanthis He's already in the loop, and so completely overwhelmed by all of the things being forced down his throat...
Our whole team has been making a lot of noise about how shitty the company policies are, and my boss has already pissed off the higher ups by trying to stop them from shooting us all in the foot
This really feels like the beginning of the end of our department
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@zetasyanthis Yes, for now we can. I got my IP whitelisted so I can stay off the VPN, thus enabling me to stay in communication with my team and get some work done at the same time
But when they put these rules into effect at their office early next year, I'm pretty much fucked unless they fix a bunch of things in a hurry
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@mawr Well, that gives some time to hopefully fix some of this insanity. >.< Might help to set up a VM at home for the VPN, and keep your machine otherwise on your home internet?
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@mawr I know I'm grasping at straws, but I'm trying to help. ^^;
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@zetasyanthis I sincerely appreciate it, hon. Right now, I'm going to try to get my mind off of this for a while so I can de-stres some. This has taken a huge toll on my reserve of spoons, and I have to start work super early tomorrow for a full day of meetings.. so I'm gonna need a lot of spoons by then
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@mawr *overnights an industrial dishwasher, and provides many, many hugs and dragon snuggles* <3
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@mawr Oh hell. >.< *more and more hugs* I honestly don't know how to help with that. Is there no way your team can utterly ignore the reqs and just do what you need to?