EB Mafia

[RBHeadge PE]

IT'D BE FOR FUNSIES

*edit* - WAIT.  WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A GAME GOING NOW.  HOW COULD IT BE SUSPICIOUS.

Are we going to try to do a game this week. I can play or mod this week. I can't do next week or the week after.

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

I’m game.

 

[tj_PE]

in

 

[txjennah PE]

Leaving early is nice, especially since my 'wakeup' time is similar to what I was doing at home in NY (just a much shorter commute).  I just need to get back on a normal schedule so I'm not waffling when I go home.  I think that's one of the reasons why I'm still really, really, tired, even though I think I'm getting enough sleep.  Joined a gym (technically 2), so I'm hoping that'll keep me going and get me back on a semi-normal schedule

Earned comp time for working late (i.e., I wanted to try and get a bunch of trainings done before I started getting involved with projects, but I was like, "I don't want to stay too late"?).  I think me doing 'non-bill' items, but not getting in trouble for doing it, is def throwing me off.  My plan is to try and get as much comp time this year to help with a vacation next year in June 2020 that is around 2.5 weeks long, and then switch over to OT billing if possible since I've been told that comp/vacation time is slow when you first start but then all of a sudden it can spiral out of control and then you have way too much all of a sudden and you need to use it or lose it.

It's not that I left a toxic employer (that my first job that I left in 2017), but it's just...a regional thing?  Like, NYers would not be this nice/this sharing of random info?  I'm not sure if we'll become 'friend-friends' in the office, but, like...they threw me a birthday party with cake and I'm like, 'what is this nonsense?  There is business to be done!' (which is more cranky NYer than anything else).  I def think the Meetup app is going to be my saving grace for socializing (except @txjennah PE is going to be semi-forced into hanging with me).  Agreed that making adult friends is going to be hard, but I'm mostly just looking for socializing/checking out new areas in the city.  THE FOOD AND DRINKS ARE SO CHEAP HERE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT.  Like, beer is under $9?  And I can get a cocktail for like $7?  This is the Twilight Zone!!!

As for me PE...I might attempt to get the reciprocity for Indiana just to have it, but my supervisor said I would not need it?  Eh.  I might as well get it so I can get the NCEES account up and running in case I leave government after 3-years but am then stuck in Indiana.

I am very happy to hang out with you Other than my husband and coworkers, I don't know anyone here! 

 

[RBHeadge PE]

Who else is in this week?

@Ranger1316 @vhab49_PE @tj_PE @RBHeadge PE @blybrook PE @chart94 @jean15paul @Roarbark @leggo PE @ChebyshevII PE

@NikR @Audi driver, P.E. others?

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

@txjennah PE is invited since she posted in this thread now

 

[txjennah PE]

@txjennah PE is invited since she posted in this thread now

Ok cool. I'm in.

I don't know what I'm doing.

 

[tj_PE]

yes

@Audi driver, P.E. make sure you respond in a timely fashion okay  

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

Ok cool. I'm in.

I don't know what I'm doing.

Neither do we. Or at least, i’m Speaking for @Audi driver, P.E. since he’s always so vocal about it.

 

[RBHeadge PE]

I don't know what I'm doing.

Neither doesn't anyone else, you'll fit right in!

 

[tj_PE]

I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm sitting at my desk and typing on eb.

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

I'm in.

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

In

And clearly I have more idea how this game works than most all y'all... and I don't have clue 1 WTF I am doing.

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

In

And clearly I have more idea how this game works than most all y'all... and I don't have clue 1 WTF I am doing.

Yes...clearly.

 

[JayKay PE]

I'm in.  Again.  Will most likely be killed in the first round, even though I am always an innocent, non-mafia, farmer.

 

[JayKay PE]

Federal service is nice like that. Very rarely are there "charge codes", so everything gets charged to the same pot of money.If/when there are special codes, it's usually an declared emergency and they are shy about reminding you which one to use.

Build up the comp time where you can. It will help get into the use/lose faster. Use/lose is problem you want to have. I like keeping things around for emergencies, or just taking off most of December.

Can you do OT billing? I used to have to take comp time, then wait a year to cash it out.

BTW, you may be at a grade where OT is just 100% and not 150%.

It's not regional. I'm from the Northeast too and what you describes how I've always seen people operate. I think it's just fed culture. There's less internal competition, more comradely, and interest in the success of the mission. Even when I visit field offices, or other agencies, we try to help each other out with the admin stuff.

So if you don't need it for your job, then it's really only more money you've got to spend. The only advantage is that you can ethically put PE after your name with a straight face. But most states let govt employees do that anyway regardless of where they are liscenced since as govt employees they by definition can't misrepresent their services as engineers to the public for business purposes.

It's the between-wait-period spam thread. Who cares about double posting?

Yes!  I've very excited to get into the use or lose situation!  I tend to take fairly long vacations with family (i.e.; I'm missing the annual family vacation to Hawaii this January that is running my dad 26 days), so I'd like to try and max out my vacation as soon as possible.  I've never been able to do that at my last companies, saving up enough vacation time, since the accumulation rate was so slow.  Also, I am getting way more vacation than I used to at my other job (as well as a separate sick time bucket?  WAhat!?), so I'm very excited to see the number going up!

I don't think I can cash out comp time?  I think it is straight OT (not sure if time or time and a half) and it's whatever I tell my supervisor.  If I ask for OT, he'll give it to me, same for comp.

Yes.  Everyone is nice here because it's fed/less competition, but I'm also in Indiana...Ranked No. 6 as one of the nicest states in the US, versus NY...which was ranked No. 50. :winko:

I think I would be more comfortable only putting PE at the end of my name if I had the specific state license (because I'm a n00b and NY has made me ultra cautious on me saying I am an "Engineer").  Spending money on something that makes me more comfortable is good to me!

 

[Booo]

Who else is in this week?

@Ranger1316 @vhab49_PE @tj_PE @RBHeadge PE @blybrook PE @chart94 @jean15paul @Roarbark @leggo PE @ChebyshevII PE

@NikR @Audi driver, P.E. others?

I will be very busy for couple weeks. So i can play (passive in the field kind) but not mod as that requires me reading all messages and also being available at the right times. 

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

Yes...clearly.

Spot the lie.

 

[RBHeadge PE]

I can mod. We're up to seven players for this round. Need at least two more.

 

[ChaosMuppetPE]

Err body done furgot bout me.