Re: What did you do at work today?
 

let's see, currently stuck at Atlanta International waiting for a delayed connection. Living the dream.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

One more hour to go

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;863739]One more hour to go[/quote]

Wow. Onward and upward! They throwing you a big going away bash or what?

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=GMScud;863742]Wow. Onward and upward! They throwing you a big going away bash or what?[/quote]

Yup. It's been an all day bash

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

I guess I missed something ... Where are you going to now SS? Still with ESPN or moving on?

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;863743]Yup. It's been an all day bash[/quote]

Nice. Still feeling buyer's remorse, or are you getting psyched?

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

My friend had a good point the other day. Some companies are going "lean" and having people work longer hours because it's necessary to stay afloat. Others are doing it because they love the savings and could easily afford more workers but would rather be cheap. What they don't realize is that this will bite them in the ass if the economy ever turns around and their top talent leaves in droves for companies that treat them the way they deserve to be treated.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=JoeRedskin;863744]I guess I missed something ... Where are you going to now SS? Still with ESPN or moving on?[/quote]

Moving on. Tough decision. But decided to take on a new challenge

Scud, it's such a weird feeling. Feels like only yesterday I began

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=Dirtbag59;863750]My friend had a good point the other day. Some companies are going "lean" and having people work longer hours because it's necessary to stay afloat. Others are doing it because they love the savings and could easily afford more workers but would rather be cheap. What they don't realize is that this will bite them in the ass if the economy ever turns around and their top talent leaves in droves for companies that treat them the way they deserve to be treated.[/quote]

Yeah, lean is code for "get rid of all redundancy, even that which is healthy/necessary." Seeing a lot of people burn themselves out trying to wear multiple hats.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;863751]Moving on. Tough decision. But decided to take on a new challenge

Scud, it's such a weird feeling. Feels like only yesterday I began[/quote]


Moving onto where? Same job different network?

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=BleedBurgundy;863753]Yeah, lean is code for "get rid of all redundancy, even that which is healthy/necessary." Seeing a lot of people burn themselves out trying to wear multiple hats.[/quote]

My brother is doing that at his current company. In a normal economy he would be working a normal 40 hour work week at Cisco. In this economy he has to do the work of 2 or 3 people working 50 hours a week at another company which will remain nameless. Before he didn't have a problem with it because they were paying him on an hourly basis which meant overtime but then they switched him to salary. He's still a good solider but I have a hard time believing that he won't get better offers if/when the economy picks up.

This "you should be thankful you have a job" crap is getting old.
[url=http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/report-employers-used-recession-excus]Study: Employers Used Recession As Excuse To Cut Even Deeper And Increase Profits. Why Is No One Talking About This? | Crooks and Liars[/url]

[QUOTE=NC_Skins;863763]Moving onto where? Same job different network?[/QUOTE]

Different job different company

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=Dirtbag59;863765]My brother is doing that at his current company. In a normal economy he would be working a normal 40 hour work week at Cisco. In this economy he has to do the work of 2 or 3 people working 50 hours a week at another company which will remain nameless. Before he didn't have a problem with it because they were paying him on an hourly basis which meant overtime but then they switched him to salary. He's still a good solider but I have a hard time believing that he won't get better offers if/when the economy picks up.

This "you should be thankful you have a job" crap is getting old.
[url=http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/report-employers-used-recession-excus]Study: Employers Used Recession As Excuse To Cut Even Deeper And Increase Profits. Why Is No One Talking About This? | Crooks and Liars[/url][/quote]

yep, we see a lot of this at my co. It hits the hourly folks hardest, with a lot of work that has traditionally belonged to management being pushed down to them. and... like you say, we then pressure them to limit their overtime. The impact on morale is tangible.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=Dirtbag59;863765]

This "you should be thankful you have a job" crap is getting old.
[url=http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/report-employers-used-recession-excus]Study: Employers Used Recession As Excuse To Cut Even Deeper And Increase Profits. Why Is No One Talking About This? | Crooks and Liars[/url][/quote]

and to your link:

[quote=someguythatdirtbaglinkedto]

This was so frustrating, talking to the Tea Partiers at their rally the other day: When I brought up this report, they defended the employers. They said employers were too afraid to spend money because of Obama's unpredictable anti-business policies. Oy.

[/quote]

just reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." - Steinbeck

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=Dirtbag59;863765]My brother is doing that at his current company. In a normal economy he would be working a normal 40 hour work week at Cisco. In this economy he has to do the work of 2 or 3 people working 50 hours a week at another company which will remain nameless. Before he didn't have a problem with it because they were paying him on an hourly basis which meant overtime but then they switched him to salary. He's still a good solider but I have a hard time believing that he won't get better offers if/when the economy picks up.

This "you should be thankful you have a job" crap is getting old.
[URL="http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/report-employers-used-recession-excus"]Study: Employers Used Recession As Excuse To Cut Even Deeper And Increase Profits. Why Is No One Talking About This? | Crooks and Liars[/URL][/quote]

My company has always run lean with staffing, but right now it's so bad it's a joke. There's really no incentive to work hard, because you only get more work piled on you if you're a top performer. It's sad when everyone's goal is to just do enough to slide by. What's amazing is the company can't see or understand that this is the culture they have created and continue to perpetuate.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;863794]Different job different company[/quote]

mind sharing what exactly youre doing now? If not, are you still going to be "connected?"

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

I will maintain the connections I had but I'm not going to be sitting in on meetings so info from some people won't be as quickly or directly received at times.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;864580]I will maintain the connections I had but I'm not going to be sitting in on meetings so info from some people won't be as quickly or directly received at times.[/quote]

Are you going to SB Nation?

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

You been following a trail of subtle clues have you?

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;864592]You been following a trail of subtle clues have you?[/quote]

:D. Yes, subtle. So subtle only the most aware of persons would notice.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=mooby;864596]:D. Yes, subtle. So subtle only the most aware of persons would notice.[/quote]

LOL. Well yeah you're partially right. It's part of, a big part, what I'm currently working on. There's more, it just doesn't exist yet. Working on creating it

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=mooby;864591]Are you going to SB Nation?[/quote]

u jelly?

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=Mattyk;863921]My company has always run lean with staffing, but right now it's so bad it's a joke. There's really no incentive to work hard, because you only get more work piled on you if you're a top performer. It's sad when everyone's goal is to just do enough to slide by. What's amazing is the company can't see or understand that this is the culture they have created and continue to perpetuate.[/quote]

This is us right now. i'm an IT proj mgr and as of today have 5 different projects going at once, plus several other collateral duties thrown in. The more you show you can handle, the more they pile on.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

Today I emailed an associate in China telling him that we had finally satisfied a customer in St. Louis.
After four attempts.
And this is because Chinese manufacturing suxxorz at basic quality manufacturing processes.
But I didn't mention that because I know they dont give a flying fox.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;863794]Different job different company[/quote]

Congrats. My workplace has been nuts lately. In my small department, 3 of us including myself have just been moved to a new reports out of buffalo ny, they flying for a meet and greet in 2 weeks. more stress, more opportunity which is positive i guess, better than being laid off these days

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=Dirtbag59;864611]u jelly?[/quote]

Oh hell yeah I'm jealous. Since I can't play contact sports I feel like a job involving professional sports in some capacity would be excellent. Of course I'd need to go back to school to do that, and blah blah blah excuses excuses. Maybe someday though.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

Why would you need to go back to school? What's your current skillet? This is such a crazy change for me. I'm like Marty Schottenheimer agreeing to coach a UFL team. But it's exciting.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;864665]Why would you need to go back to school? What's your current [B]skillet[/B]? This is such a crazy change for me. I'm like Marty Schottenheimer agreeing to coach a UFL team. But it's exciting.[/quote]

I don't know about Mooby's, but I like the country fried steak with sausage gravy and biscuits.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

LOL. Stupid auto correct

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=mooby;864649]Oh hell yeah I'm jealous. Since I can't play contact sports I feel like a job involving professional sports in some capacity would be excellent. Of course I'd need to go back to school to do that, and blah blah blah excuses excuses. Maybe someday though.[/quote]

There's a company here in Atlanta that has advertised "Sports Marketing" for kids out of college. What they didn't tell you in the interview was they drop you off at some neighborhood far away from your home and have you go door to door selling coupons they may or may not involve the Atlanta Falcons and your pay is 100% commission. Lucky for me the internet reviews flag such jobs for you.


[quote]I went for a sports marketing position whilst I was still in uni (casual? part-time? can't remember...). Turned out that sports marketing == selling raffle tickets in shopping centres. They actually took me to a shopping centre to show me how to sell them too...
[/quote]

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=Dirtbag59;864611]u jelly?[/quote]

Only if you are peanut butter.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;864665]Why would you need to go back to school? What's your current skillet? This is such a crazy change for me. I'm like Marty Schottenheimer agreeing to coach a UFL team. But it's exciting.[/quote]

Well actually I use a griddle instead of a skillet, since the only thing I really use it for is to make eggs in the morning. But that's beside the point.

As far as sports/media behind-the-scenes jobs go, I know not much if anything. I took sports marketing and advanced sports marketing back in high school, but all we really focused on was the marketing aspect of it, i.e. learning about ways to attract new customers, focusing on your target market, etc. Real basic stuff. I'm pretty much assuming from this point if you would like to get a job working with a professional sports team, or working in the media aspect of sports coverage, you'd need to have a college degree of some sorts. I think most professional sports teams have basic marketing departments, sales departments, finance departments, etc. and they all probably hire interns with a degree, or interns who are working towards a degree.

And I'm sure media is the same way. Most people who work behind the scenes on radio or tv went to school and got a job as an intern, and that's how they got started out in the business. And the ones that work the technical side of it probably received training at a trade school. But as of right now, I really can't think of any position where they would hire someone with no experience and only a high school education. And honestly I'm not even sure where my skillset is, idl sales positions, and technical aspects, like computer programming/etc. aren't my thing either. I'm sure I have a niche somewhere, but I have yet to find it. Most of my knowledge comes from the classes I took back in high school .

[quote=Dirtbag]
There's a company here in Atlanta that has advertised "Sports Marketing" for kids out of college. What they didn't tell you in the interview was they drop you off at some neighborhood far away from your home and have you go door to door selling coupons they may or may not involve the Atlanta Falcons and your pay is 100% commission. Lucky for me the internet reviews flag such jobs for you.
[/quote]

I've seen ads similar to those, and actually went and interviewed and got offered a position. Basically the ad looks similar to [URL="http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/csr/2728077665.html"]this[/URL], only it mentions professional sports teams in some capacity, so you go to their interview in Tysons Corner (and get pulled over for speeding on the way there :doh:), they tell you you'd be working in Home Depot trying to sell roofing estimates, and you get paid according to how many estimates you sign people up for, and you don't get paid if they cancel the estimate for any reason. And maybe down the line if you do good selling estimates at Home Depot, then they give you the opportunity to sell something sports related at a convention or w/e.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

So where is SS working now?

SS I went from working with Marriott for 10 years out of college then to a smaller company, there were ups and downs but the freedom of being out of the handcuffs of a large corporation felt awesome! God just to do my management review at Marriott was a unbelievably ordeal.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[quote=Schneed10;864670]I don't know about Mooby's, but I like the country fried steak with sausage gravy and biscuits.[/quote]

mmmmm

thats some mad skillet right there

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

I started a new job about 2 months ago at a property restoration company its been a pretty shaky start so far but not too bad. I am a project manager which means I am basically the general contractor that keeps the project moving. They recently changed me over to all of the major jobs all of which have all been mismanaged so far, by that I mean a jobs that should have been completed in the summer still being open and no where near being finished. And the majority of them are million dollar homes so its going to be a nightmare getting them on track and completed asap and keeping the customers happy as they are rightfully upset with the company I work for. Yesterday I meet one of the homeowners of a project in DC that I am just getting my hands dirty on, that homeowner happens to be one Mr. Bobby Mitchell. It was pretty awesome when he pulled up and I got t finally meet him. I didn't talk any football with him just to keep it professional but he seemed like a really awesome guy and very approachable. Other people in the company have told me his has given them footballs with multiple HOFers signatures on them but want to wait to ask for any thing like that. But the redskins patriots ticket has Bobby Mitchell on it since the did the whole HOF redskins on the tickets this year and I definitely want ti try and get that baby signed. Anyway that's what I did at work yesterday, and it was pretty sweet.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

Definiltely pretty sweet.

So that football i have with Bobby Mitchells autograph also has like 4 other HOFers on it. I cant remember who else signed it but i think there was at least 1 or 2 other Redskins. My brother was the one who got it and used to work with a lot of contractors so maybe the ball came through someone in your company? I need to do some more research and figure out where he got the thing.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

I need a job. I wanna work.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

Today I thought about ordering new business cards.
I really couldnt decide about what to put on there as a job desription.
I wear about seven different hats where I work.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

[url=http://www.my168hours.com/main/2011/05/what-do-ceos-do-with-their-time/]What Do CEOs Do With Their Time? | 168 Hours[/url]
[QUOTE]So that’s what the CEO Time Use Project is doing. I interviewed Prof. Raffaella Sadun this morning for an upcoming Fortune.com piece, which I’ll write more about in the future. You can see some results from Italian CEOs here. One interesting finding? Look at table 2A in the appendix for the distribution of number of hours worked per week.[B] It’s a normal distribution around… 40 hours per week. It doesn’t go over 60. The average was around 47.[/B] Now, this doesn’t take into account work hours that the assistant was not aware of, such as if the CEO answered emails at night from home, or did some reading on the weekend. But the assistant knows if there’s a phone call booked, a dinner booked, etc. Maybe this is just an Italian thing.[B] Or maybe CEOs don’t actually work 80 hours a week either. [/B]We shall see as more data comes out![/QUOTE]

I knew most CEO's were full of shit when they said they slept 4 hours a night. That little sleep over a long period of time is the equivalent of walking around drunk.

Re: What did you do at work today?
 

Italians don't work. Except Mario.