Our bonuses are based on sales performance, so we don't get them until after the end of the financial year, which is in April. So no Christmas bonus for me!
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Dec 14, 2005 9:20:44 am PST #1986 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Gudanov - Dec 14, 2005 9:22:42 am PST #1987 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
It's not that I'm paranoid, but I can't help wondering if the phrase "If Tom would get a bonus, there must be something wrong with the formula." was ever uttered in a smoke-filled room...
That's just paranoid. There's no smoke-filled room, the whole plan is completely public and available at www.nobonusfortom.org.
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2005 9:23:50 am PST #1988 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
the whole plan is completely public and available at www.nobonusfortom.org.
I hate that site.
(But I do get a bonus - one week's pay, which I've heard is pretty standard.)
TomW - Dec 14, 2005 9:25:24 am PST #1989 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Yeah, to be fair. Our bonus scheme used to be based on sales targets, which doesn't really motivate those of us in the development team.
Our development schedules aren't regular or formalized enough for a "ship it and win a prize" kind of bonus (other than a frosty beverage or two).
Fred Pete - Dec 14, 2005 9:25:36 am PST #1990 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I can't help wondering if the phrase "If Tom would get a bonus, there must be something wrong with the formula." was ever uttered in a smoke-filled room...
Replace "Tom" and "bonus" with "Fred" and "window office," and I can relate.
sarameg - Dec 14, 2005 9:27:47 am PST #1991 of 10002
Today's snowstorm-that-didn't provoked a fun description in the Tribune of the "dibs" system of keeping your shoveled out parking spot on the Chicago residential streets, and the consequences of ignoring said calling of "dibs":
Oh my god, that's brilliant!
A lot of work, but....
Only a matter of time before Baltimorons try this, if they haven't already.
sumi - Dec 14, 2005 9:28:41 am PST #1992 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
So, it's not snowing at ALL in Chicago?
Interesting.
ChiKat - Dec 14, 2005 9:29:38 am PST #1993 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My bonus is based on a performance plan that was set in March. Since part of it is sales, it won't be figured until mid- to late-Jan. I should get it in February.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2005 9:30:00 am PST #1994 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Our bonus scheme used to be based on sales targets, which doesn't really motivate those of us in the development team.
Yeah, I remember trying to explain that to upper management in my last job--it sucks when your bonus is held hostage by other people with other priorities.
I want a milk steamer.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2005 9:30:04 am PST #1995 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Nope. South of here, I think, but not loop and northside. It's pretty windy, though.