Oh boy oh boy

[flexagon]

I got a ride to yoga today with a little bird from the QA group, and the little bird told me that tomorrow an email is coming out announcing my group's placement under a new manager, the same person who oversees the QA group. He and I also got to talking about the programs that Colubrid is requiring we all install on our computers, which I haven't done yet, and it turns out that one of them (Colubrid MyDesktop) sits there and monitors browser activity, among other things. Oh, excellent! By which I mean fuck me sideways with a cheese grater!

(As for the manager, the news isn't especially bad, as we knew we'd be placed under him eventually; it's just a shock to hear that it's happening now. The guy is something of a silver fox, the sort who's in his 50s but still is athletic, has the fashionable glasses and drives a red sports car. So I will call him Silver Fox. Today is actually the first time I've heard anything bad about thim, and the little bird is actually a bit of a whiner, so we'll see. It'll probably be just fine. There's something sudden and strange about randomly knowing it's going to happen tomorrow, though.)

To add to the future shock, our email system is going to disappear after Friday, to be replaced entirely by the crappy, I might add online Colubrid system. Aggh! I was so productive today! And you know why... it's because I was ignoring all this Colubrid-foo, and enjoying doing my work. It was soured slightly by an amazingly arrogant/mean comment from someone I mercifully don't work closely with, who hasn't yet realized that the point of being smart is not to look down on other people... but nonetheless it was pretty good. But now -- fewmets. All the constant change -- change your insurance, change your 401(k) withholdings, don't take vacation, change your manager, change your time reporting, change your email, install all this crap, get a photo taken for your new Colubrid badge -- is starting to make things feel very slippery indeed.

Also, my bug isn't here. I forgot to ask where he'd be tonight -- presumably out musicalling it up. Whatever.

I'd like to go to sleep with a giant crash, as if slamming the door on the day. But unfortunately my bed isn't wired to simply knock me unconscious. I'll have to go to sleep the old-fashioned, quiet, relaxed way. :b

Comments

[webrat.livejournal.com]

bleh. :[

[hiddenbear.livejournal.com]

My company runs tons of stuff in the background of all the systems. A lot of it makes sure your computer is up to date, but a lot of it is pure monitoring. At times it slows my dual 2.4GHz processor system to crawl. What a freakin' waste. And the IT department has been slashed so hard by cuts, they don't even have anyone to look at what is being monitored.

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was just going to say, we've got a shocking amount of monitoring stuff for such a small company, but we all know there's no real danger. I would be irritated if I were you too though.

In 6 months you'll be sitting there wondering how you got so comfily settled at Colubrid. :)

[hiddenbear.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of it has to do with covering their asses now-a-days. They aren't actively monitoring, but if they have to fire you, they can go back and find cause. Plus, if there is some sort of legal investigation, they have everything recorded that they might have to submit. I still LJ, I still maxx, and I still IM/email. If the rest of my work isn't good enough, so be it.

[flexagon]

Honestly, I don't care to let them find cause. I don't want to get fired and I don't want to play I bet you're not watching me type games. Does that make me chickenshit? I guess it probably does. As I said to blue, I've never been monitored before. I do think they have every right to do it, but it makes me feel untrusted.

[flexagon]

Yeah... it won't be that bad to get used to, it's just one more thing. But I've never been monitored before, so it does feel very odd. I'm surprised to hear that both you and hiddenbear are in the same situation -- I don't know if I'll share your comfort level with it. We'll see.

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say I'm happy about, it does make me feel untrusted too. I was kind of paranoid at first, but eventually that wore off.