The Workplace

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

EQ, congrats man.

Thanks man, I appreciate it

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Thank You!!!!!!!!

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by mredskins

OK in layman terms if you work in finance and don't know where cell A1 is in excel it be like being an auto mechanic and not knowing a philips head from a flat head.

If you own an insurance company I would think you have some working knowledge of excel; apparently not kind of scary.

Insurance company not using excel? Very ineffective.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by hooskins

Insurance company not using excel? Very ineffective.

Firstdown just uses graph paper and a pencil. He can draw a hell of a bar graph you should see it!

He can even do Pivot Charts on graph paper!

[MTK]

The pony express probably still picks up at his office.

lol

[SmootSmack]

You can't be Excellent with Excel....<<crickets>>

Seriously though, I use Excel all the time. Although I have been trying to make a push for us to use Access more frequently in certain cases

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You can't be Excellent with Excel....<<crickets>>

Seriously though, I use Excel all the time. Although I have been trying to make a push for us to use Access more frequently in certain cases

Unless you are using a obscene amount of data Excel would be the better choice especially if you utilize pivot charts/tables.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Unless you are using a obscene amount of data Excel would be the better choice especially if you utilize pivot charts/tables.

Well, like I said "certain cases" and those cases would be obscene amounts of data

[Chico23231]

I could f*ck with text box issues in f*cking powerpoint all f*cking day long and some slides would still not match up

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

I could f*ck with text box issues in f*cking powerpoint all f*cking day long and some slides would still not match up

I hate power point especially 07 power point. Sometimes it is best to do the text boxes in excel and then paste them in as pictures into PowerPoint. That has been my go around at times.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by mredskins

I hate power point especially 07 power point. Sometimes it is best to do the text boxes in excel and then paste them in as pictures into PowerPoint. That has been my go around at times.

word ill have to look into that...does microsoft undertand that adding additional sh*t, options and controls doesnt neccessarily make their product better? i wish i was a software jedi master sometimes, but not feeling like im being consistently kicked in nuts when working with this stuff

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

word ill have to look into that...does microsoft undertand that adding additional sh*t, options and controls doesnt neccessarily make their product better? i wish i was a software jedi master sometimes, but not feeling like im being consistently kicked in nuts when working with this stuff

In excel if you learn VBA you can write a lot of your own shit, it comes in handy.


The worst thing to work with in PowerPoint IMO are master slides, god I hate them and the Army makes us use them.

[hooskins]

Our office we have to log our time accurately, but don't see a dime extra for any more hours. Last month was 220 hour, have done almost 300 before

[Schneed10]

And my last of three consecutive posts. This week HR made it mandatory for everyone in the office to attend a seminar: Violence in the Workplace.

They showed a video explaining the "continuum of flashpoint responses". They've got a damn term for everything these days.

So in the video they show these little skits of certain employee interactions that eventually lead up to conflict, and then stop it to talk about at what point is best to intervene and try to cool the situation down. This one skit starts with this shady looking guy in the office constantly making eyes at the pretty, meek receptionist. Then some time passes and she receives flowers with a note, which she then reads, and makes a horrified face. But they never let you - the audience - see what the note said.

At that point I mentally checked out. I turned to my colleague and said "this is just poor directing, naturally once she made that face the audience is going to want to know what the note said. I can't take this video seriously now."

Anybody here work in HR? How do you sleep at night knowing everyone hates you and thinks your entire career is a waste?

[firstdown]

Talking about work I just found out I won a trip to this place on the Chesapeake Bay but I'm not sure if I will go or not.

Cambridge Maryland Hotels, Eastern Shore- Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay- Cambridge MD Hotel