+1 to whoever said pizza delivery
Very low stress. I initially drove like a maniac, but later learned to
beat road rage and gave up aggressive driving.
On 5/1/2016 11:19 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
Holy cow, Chuck said shit
On May 1, 2016 10:09 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com
<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:
Hyperloyalty pays shit when things go sideways. I will never give
anyone hyperloyalty again unless I am their DNA donor.
*From:* That One Guy /sarcasm <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Sunday, May 01, 2016 8:10 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: applying to walmart
Thats where i hit the "grey area" our other component is contract
services, general IT, one component of which is security cameras,
we arent cost effective, same with smb ptp, residential IT, all
that. I technically dont have a no compete with my employer, i
signed a restrictive one with my previous employer, it technically
did not come with the transition when we split, and I made a point
of not doing any contract work in my name with the previous
partner for the duration of the no compete for that very reason.
but, like the previous partner told me when i signed it, in
Illinois, all a no compete really does is add however much hes
willing to spend in court to the cost of my startup
Ive turned down alot of side work to avoid conflict, just because
i need steady income.
(Im doing some bragging here) Heres a funny thing that recently
happened, we had a contract with a healthcare customer that ended
up dissolving into two separate entities, i handled the closeout,
one entity didn't care, just started from scratch, the other
migrated. i worked with them closing out, making sure systems
moved, applicable data wasn't lost, licenses were replaced, ended
up being a really clean and smooth transition for the customer
(they literally closed out on a friday as one agency, opened on a
monday as another, with no IT glitch). I met with the owner of the
IT company that took IT over for a closeout lunch, it ended up
being a 3 hour job interview, he wanted to hire me on the spot. It
ended up I had to decline because of my personal commitments to my
house ( I bought the one across from my parents, so i could help
them age out until they die)
Another of our customers who has always been a pseudo support
contract I could never get closed because every time I handed it
off to our customer service, they would screw it up has always
asked me to handle their IT off the cuff. I always had to decline
because of my stupid loyalty to my company.
We recently lost that client to the same IT outfit that took over
that split contract. The client called me one day to do some
closeout, then all of a sudden told me he had a message from the
other IT outfit telling me they would cover my relocation if id
come over to them. Made me feel kind of tall.
This is where that grey area screws me, I have no issue ITing out
for anyone, my only rule is I wont outsource to anyone my employer
has touched in any way. I screw myself because I have a good
reputation and the majority of what would be my target market has
come to us, for me, but declined because of the final details by
ownership. I figure my hyper loyalty is karma for what i did to
fathers daughters in my younger years.
that was quite a rant, damn booze... I should probably go finish
that walmart app
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Colin Stanners
<cstann...@gmail.com <mailto:cstann...@gmail.com>> wrote:
You should really look at doing security camera installs. I
did some when I had less WISP work and the wiring/networking
aspects are really similar. A number of businesses are OK with
getting it done outside of standard work hours to not affect
their operations.
You could do it by yourself or as a subcontractor to another
outfit, but you'd need to do at least a bit of the latter to
learn some fine details of the business. Some one or two man
shops are pretty friendly and open to occasional work.
If you asked your WISP boss to let you put in the monthly bill
"hey one of our guys is starting this part-time business" etc.
I bet you'd get lots of inquiries already.
As a bonus the camera service calls usually aren't as urgent
as Internet or pc repair service calls. Companies are often ok
with a camera being down a few days while never their internet
or server.
On May 1, 2016 6:23 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm"
<thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>>
wrote:
Ive been looking for a brain dead part time gig to keep me
busy during what would normally be my designated drinking
time, so i figured id go apply at walmart, stock some
shelves or something overnight. holy cow, jail intake is
less invasive. I ended up giving up, I just dont have the
patience for that much effort for a minimum wage gig.
what happened to the days when applying for mope work took
mope effort?
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If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't
see your team as part of yourself you have already failed
as part of the team.
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If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see
your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of
the team.
