Knights among toner cartridges ( infosec.pub )

(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)

ranoss ,

Much rather wake up, eat a coffee cake.

bstix ,

Answering the phone:

“Yes, this is Glenn from very important global company, how may I help you? Okay, thank you for calling. I will need to check that with our local team in Barcelona. Oh, you know Anthony? Terrific guy. I’ll get right back to you on that. If you have any more specific enquiries for our Barcelona team, you can contact them by logging into the web portal. Remember to check your email for the verification of your user registration which you will need to logon to our excellent online support service. Can I help you with anything else today, sir? Have a pleasant day.”

Turning to manager.

“We need to fire Anthony. Yes some dude called Anthony in Barcelona is causing customer contact. How am I supposed to make the daily EBITDA reports on time when my phone is ringing constantly?!”

cybervseas ,

Even low cube walls would be great compared to all the “open floorplans” I’ve been in the last few years.

CubitOom OP ,

It’s not like everyone is having virtual meetings all day in an open floor plan office with terrible reverb on their day pass desks…right?

pufferfischerpulver ,

Nah bro we’ll fix it software. Like virtual backgrounds but for sound bro!

henfredemars ,

Panopticon

xmunk ,

Yea, but that picture doesn’t convey the thumping techno your cubeighbor has running constantly because I’ve got ADHD and that shit is serenity for me.

isles ,

My first full-time job, I had the Creative Zen MP3 player, boasting 14 hours of playback and a gigabytes of storage. Looking back, the only way I made it through successfully was that device. And Napster et al. I’m sure. Long live thumping beats! (Thank you for listening to my talk).

bobs_monkey ,

Damn they gave you two monitors? The break room must have a pinball machine.

xmunk ,

Maybe even a panini press?!

oce ,
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Damn, I’m adding that to my next job hunt requirements.

CubitOom OP ,

They said I was a power caller

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thisisnotgoingwell ,

LOL, those are reserved for important people when they come in. They’re not for the people that work in the building.

Last place I worked had a ping pong table that never got used by the people that worked there, as well as an Xbox I never saw on

CodingCarpenter ,

Wait they got monitors? I always had to salvage what I could for my own private junk pile or steal it from somebody when they left the company. And a desktop PC? Never in my life it’s always fucking laptops because they want to make sure I can work from anywhere

const_void ,

Yeah but they’re both 1080s

bobs_monkey ,

Meh, for basic tasking it’s better than a single one

udon ,

Tbh, two monitors don’t help me at all. I set up a cool home office during covid with all upgrades I could think of. Hardly ever used the second monitor. I even had difficulties filling my laptop screen with meaningful additional content. Also, neck pain of constantly working with a turned head is real.

The most important upgrade IMHO is a good chair, followed by a USB-C docking station and maybe a robotic arm for the display to adjust height and free some space on the desk

bobs_monkey ,

100% on the chair, I’m waiting for work to pick back up and that’ll probably be my first good purchase cause my old piece of crap makes sitting at my computer for the minimal hours I do terrible.

But I live by my multiple monitors. When I’m sorting through receipts, doing payroll, data entry, anything, not having to alt-tab is a godsend. I grabbed 2 28" monitors, a keyboard/mouse, and a laptop dock, and it completely changed my workflow from my 14" laptop screen that I just plug my laptop in and close the lid. I need the laptop for portability, but having my landing setup makes all of my mundane office work so much easier.

hydrospanner ,

Depends heavily on what exactly you’re doing.

The chair, absolutely. But I’ll take the second monitor over a docking station any day (what are you even using it for? Connecting a laptop?).

2 monitors, full size keyboard with the numpad, comfortable mouse, and no interruptions.

dustyData ,

The fast-paced unpredictable high-energy part refers to HR hiring and layoff practices.

zurohki ,

I thought it was unpaid overtime and abusive management.

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