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tricky
2 May 2023
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    Russ
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    26 Jan 2026, 1:46 p.m. 26 Jan 2026, 1:46 p.m.
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    The Nokia Communicator, the first device to ever be used to look at donkey bongo in the Larwood. Probably.

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    BrettWilliams
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    28 Jan 2026, 12:44 p.m. 28 Jan 2026, 12:44 p.m.
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    There's a special place reserved in hell for people who use microwaves at work to heat food containing fish.

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    Russ
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    28 Jan 2026, 1:07 p.m. 28 Jan 2026, 1:07 p.m.
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    Leadership team is in a 3 day off site. We've already seen some very significant changes to other parts of the business with a lot of layoffs happen. Bit worried that it's coming to us next.

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    tricky
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    28 Jan 2026, 1:13 p.m. 28 Jan 2026, 1:13 p.m.
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    I can remember the days when you could sack people and it didn't require a three day retreat at an ashram.

    (good luck, obviously)

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    Jake
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    28 Jan 2026, 1:24 p.m. 28 Jan 2026, 1:24 p.m.
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    We've had our Chatbot colleague launched this morning. I no longer need to ask for support, I can just as my new chum. Not considered reliable enough to be customer facing, but they're happy for me to learn from it. I guess it's easier for it to be my fault when I go with what the bot says, rather than the customer's fault.

    My new chum is, thankfully, shit at Maths. I'm still in a job for a while yet.

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    Russ
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    28 Jan 2026, 3:30 p.m. 28 Jan 2026, 3:30 p.m.
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    @tricky has written:

    I can remember the days when you could sack people and it didn't require a three day retreat at an ashram.

    (good luck, obviously)

    The edict comes down to make $2M in open savings or whatever, the ashram is for the leadership team to horse trade over who has to give up what and who. Presumably none of them will be volunteering themselves to be part of the savings program, the turkeys are at Xmas dinner planning deciding which pigs will be the ham.

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    Russ
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    30 Jan 2026, 7:14 p.m. 30 Jan 2026, 7:14 p.m.
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    @Russ has written:

    Leadership team is in a 3 day off site. We've already seen some very significant changes to other parts of the business with a lot of layoffs happen. Bit worried that it's coming to us next.

    Still tbc, but it seems like it might have worked out well for me. Sounds like I'm getting the promotion I was pitching for before Xmas, and I get to keep working for the same boss who is awesome.

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