OT - NO POLITICS Off Topic 2020 part XX - Neil Peart, drummer and primary lyricist for Rush, dead at 67

[Kate08]

Thanks for the case, Kate. I can now see certain situations where this might be a possible issue. I know I'm making inferences based on what was shared with the twitter picture, but this doesn't seem to fall into one of those. But, based on your hypothetical HR person's thought process, I can see how someone might think this an "innocuous" way of opening a discussion about the employee's financial situation. Wrong-headed, but I can see how someone might think it a way to open the door.

Where it goes off the rails for me, is where they direct the employees to "address the situation as soon as possible", basically telling him to buy a new car. In the article you posted (I'm guessing, in direct response to this viral story), it was noted that it was not illegal, just a really dumb idea. That they went to this step, tells me they are not interested in discussing finances, but simply want the employee to drive a better car.

In any event, appreciate your professional take on it. I hope answering a question on a message board is the closest you ever have to come to dealing with something like this in real life!

That wasn’t an article I posted. It’s a case study I wrote up to try and illustrate how there may be more to it than what you’re seeing in the viral post.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Kovi]

Speaking of HR.....we do not have an HR department. My boss, who is suppose to be the Office Manager, is away.
3 of my coworkers were fighting today and going at it for half the day.

I got involved to do some conflict resolution (because I have training in it). I think I might have helped...but oh man. It was "he said that she said..." and "if he doesnt like me, he can just say so"
I was all...."When there's a gap in communication, conflict happens. This is not yours to own."

Kindergarten.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Fenway]

 

[Bruinaura]

4:30, please come quickly.....

 

[BMC]

Speaking of HR.....we do not have an HR department. My boss, who is suppose to be the Office Manager, is away.
3 of my coworkers were fighting today and going at it for half the day.

I got involved to do some conflict resolution (because I have training in it). I think I might have helped...but oh man. It was "he said that she said..." and "if he doesnt like me, he can just say so"
I was all...."When there's a gap in communication, conflict happens. This is not yours to own."

Kindergarten.

This shit is why I no longer have employees in addition to not being able to afford them lol. Doing everything myself is very challenging but so is managing employees. Of the two I prefer the former- while it isn't less stress it is a different kind of stress, one that I handle much better.

 

[Kate08]

Is today a full f***ing moon or something?

Everyone is insane today.

IN-SANE.

 

[ODAAT]

Is today a full ****ing moon or something?

Everyone is insane today.

IN-SANE.

 

[Bruinaura]

Is today a full ****ing moon or something?

Everyone is insane today.

IN-SANE.

Yes.

Everything and everyone is driving me nuts.

I NEED COOKIES

 

[Fenway]

This **** is why I no longer have employees in addition to not being able to afford them lol. Doing everything myself is very challenging but so is managing employees. Of the two I prefer the former- while it isn't less stress it is a different kind of stress, one that I handle much better.

I work in an industry that has automated just about everything.

This is a live shot of the new studio at NBC 10 in Needham and the only 2 humans in the studio are the anchors. Even a stage manager is no longer needed.

Compare this to the industry in the late 70's



I have survived only because I can follow a hockey puck in a small viewfinder

 

[Bruinaura]

I work in an industry that has automated just about everything.

This is a live shot of the new studio at NBC 10 in Needham and the only 2 humans in the studio are the anchors. Even a stage manager is no longer needed.

Compare this to the industry in the late 70's



I have survived only because I can follow a hockey puck in a small viewfinder

Documentary footage of Fenway at work:

 

[Smitty93]

I work in an industry that has automated just about everything.

This is a live shot of the new studio at NBC 10 in Needham and the only 2 humans in the studio are the anchors. Even a stage manager is no longer needed.

Compare this to the industry in the late 70's



I have survived only because I can follow a hockey puck in a small viewfinder

This feels like it would be more difficult to do in situations where you're not just looking for a static shot, so you can't just set up a bunch of cameras pointed in a certain direction. Is the technology really to the point where the cameras can follow movement accurately? It makes sense that sports still needs real life people working the cameras, since there's so much movement.

 

[Fenway]

 

[LSCII]

Speaking of HR.....we do not have an HR department. My boss, who is suppose to be the Office Manager, is away.
3 of my coworkers were fighting today and going at it for half the day.

I got involved to do some conflict resolution (because I have training in it). I think I might have helped...but oh man. It was "he said that she said..." and "if he doesnt like me, he can just say so"
I was all...."When there's a gap in communication, conflict happens. This is not yours to own."

Kindergarten.

Ah, the human element. So small minded and silly.

 

[LouJersey]

Is today a full ****ing moon or something?

Everyone is insane today.

IN-SANE.

Agreed, one of the bosses sisters just pretended to sit on my lap asking if this seat was taken. I need to leave asap.

 

[DKH]

Agreed, one of the bosses sisters just pretended to sit on my lap asking if this seat was taken. I need to leave asap.

Didn’t you say Friday is shorts and commando day ?

 

[LouJersey]

Didn’t you say Friday is shorts and commando day ?

No, I said we can talk about the first thing that pops up.

 

[Banded Peak]

No that is St Martin

I made it

My dad was born there. There was an Esso refinery on Aruba way back and when my grandfather graduated from university in Toronto, he took the opportunity to live in the Caribbean over snowy TO in a heart beat.

Never been myself, but seeing the pictures compared with the -40 temperatures in Alberta the last week I find myself very jealous.

 

[Bruinaura]

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Don Quixote, is that you?

 

[BNHL]

I work in an industry that has automated just about everything.

This is a live shot of the new studio at NBC 10 in Needham and the only 2 humans in the studio are the anchors. Even a stage manager is no longer needed.

Compare this to the industry in the late 70's



I have survived only because I can follow a hockey puck in a small viewfinder

As a former Maintenance Foreman for United Airlines in Boston,I can tell you that everything has some form of digital control. Mechanics are issued Ipads that contain everything. Maintenance Manuals,scheduled work,crew rosters,sick calls,vacation requests,aircraft problems,training,deferral requests,scheduling,gates and much much more all goes through the Ipads. 777s have a form of Ipad that controls all aircraft systems and is sensitive to hacking. It's insane the changes in 5 years.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Terrier]

Good god.


Venerable BU watering hole could be replaced by Korean place specializing in entrails

Try the coronavirus special!

 

[Over the volcano]

Good god.


Venerable BU watering hole could be replaced by Korean place specializing in entrails

Try the coronavirus special!

"Venerable" isn't the first word that comes to mind when someone mentions T's Pub.


I mean it's no TC's Lounge.

 

[Kate08]

Good god.


Venerable BU watering hole could be replaced by Korean place specializing in entrails

Try the coronavirus special!

This is a tragedy.