Sometimes you just need to scream!!!

[knight1fox3]

The greatest thing EVAR!

lusone:

 

[knight1fox3]

I'm screamed out (on the inside), but will post here anyway. Was just informed that 2015 merit increases are indefinitely on hold. We don't know if / when we'll see it this year or, if we do, whether the raise will include prior months that were missed. This really, really sucks. Fuck those middle east assholes. Fuck them right in the ass, sideways, and with a chainsaw. Shit shit shit motherfucking shit. Personally I had a great 2014 performance wise including saving the company over $3 million... but it doesn't matter. Globally, everyone gets a pineapple up the ass because of those fuck sticks drifting on the highways in sand land. Assholes.

Well just don't go to this extreme MS...

 

[Supe]

Time to bail on the utilities, MS...

 

[Master slacker]

I'm not in utilities. I make refrigerants and super acids. Another corporate branch services the oil and energy businesses. Since we're all under the same corporate name, we all get a piece of the ole dry pokey-poke.

 

[Supe]

I'm not in utilities. I make refrigerants and super acids. Another corporate branch services the oil and energy businesses. Since we're all under the same corporate name, we all get a piece of the ole dry pokey-poke.

I don't know why I was mixing you up with someone who was spending eternity at a sub-station it seemed. Sucks either way.

That's part of why I have stayed out of O&G. While the Power industry is somewhat cyclical, it never dies. When fuel price goes up, efficiency retrofits go up. When the cost of natural gas goes down, HRSGs go up by the dozen. When the cost of gas goes up, you snag an occasional high efficiency coal burner or a nuke gets a green light. Then there's all the outage and D&D work...

 

[Master slacker]

Now, I was in utilities... for five dreadful years (in hindsight). Whoever thrives in and wants to be in the company I left is not someone I want to drink beers with.

 

[mudpuppy]

Why are you blaming the mideast? Isn't fracking the culprit?

 

[Master slacker]

Mideast floods market with cheap oil and turns fracking (and further exploratory ventures for that matter) into an unprofitable business.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

I can't stand using the phone for work. I tried to call a client 3 days ago, missed him, left a message...no problem. He tried to call me back, missed me, left a message, no problem. I tried no less than 15 times over the last 2 days to get in contact with that guy, to no avail. I didn't leave another message since we were just playing phone tag. Today, he calls me back, misses me, and leaves an angry message saying that I never called him back. Five minutes later, I get an email from my boss that this guy has called and thrown me under the bus for not returning his call. I call him back (29 minutes after he left me the 2nd message), and he doesn't answer.

While I was calling the first guy back, another client calls. As soon as I hang up the phone from leaving the message, I call the 2nd client back (2 minutes after he left a message), and he doesn't answer.

I've also been trying to contact a 3rd client for over a week, having left 3 messages, and she NEVER answers her phone when I call.

Why can't people just use email? Asynchronous communication is so much easier.

 

[knight1fox3]

Or you could try scheduling a conf. call for an agreed upon day/time? Or would that involve more internet tube email black magic?

 

[engineergurl]

I can't stand using the phone for work. I tried to call a client 3 days ago, missed him, left a message...no problem. He tried to call me back, missed me, left a message, no problem. I tried no less than 15 times over the last 2 days to get in contact with that guy, to no avail. I didn't leave another message since we were just playing phone tag. Today, he calls me back, misses me, and leaves an angry message saying that I never called him back. Five minutes later, I get an email from my boss that this guy has called and thrown me under the bus for not returning his call. I call him back (29 minutes after he left me the 2nd message), and he doesn't answer.

While I was calling the first guy back, another client calls. As soon as I hang up the phone from leaving the message, I call the 2nd client back (2 minutes after he left a message), and he doesn't answer.

I've also been trying to contact a 3rd client for over a week, having left 3 messages, and she NEVER answers her phone when I call.

Why can't people just use email? Asynchronous communication is so much easier.

I usually send an email saying "I got your message and tried calling at xxx time but did not get an answer so thought an email would be more effective than a voice mail." Then type what I need or provide a time for a conference call.

 

[NJmike PE]

What a fucking day! My wife is sick with the flu and my goddam MIL gave me shit all morning for not staying home to help with the kids instead of going to work. I wrote my father off and told him to lose my jumper, and that I want nothing to do with him any longer. I fought with my boss over his shitty management of his projects, and lastly, I ran out of home heating oil. Fuck this day in the ass with a big rubber dick.

 

[matt267 PE]

And I hope the wife feels better.

 

[MA_PE]

Mike: Yikes. Give the wife some NyQuil feed the kids and put them to bed and have a few shots. Tomorrow is another day. Hope things are better then

 

[NJmike PE]

I've been staring at the bottle of vodka. This may end badly

 

[engineergurl]

Smile. (I don't really blame you for my rash... it could have been that other dude.)

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Can't even scream, all I can say is UGH!!!

 

[Ken PE 3.1]

Why does tapatalk keep showing the same flippin threads as unread???

I read the thread in December and no one has added to it since then.

 

[FLBuff PE]

Does the thread in question have a poll? If someone votes in the poll, but doesn't post a new comment, the thread will still show as unread.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

And this ^^^ seems to be the primary source of resurrection for 10-year old threads...