Recently there was a severe weather alert (level 3 emergency) in the county where I work.
Company policy states that if there is a level 3 emergency declared, the day will be unpaid with no disciplinary consequences for not showing up (no point, no pay).
Because the level 3 emergency was droppe...
Warning: graph- and speculation-heavy post follows.
I don't know what happened, but that trend has been reversed:
After a low of ~1.9 votes/post in March of 2011, the rate has settled into a range between 2.6 and 2.8.
That got me thinking about the network as a whole. For instance, I lo...
@waxeagle: The graphs aren't working properly, but here is the spreadsheet data. I used the "Bubble chart" to graph the data. I could try zooming in on the cluster of sites in the middle to make them easier to separate, but I'm not sure I'll do that today. — Jon Ericson10 hours ago
@gnat close but no cigar. The data only gives us the result, and not variation (like standard deviation or the like). I have a feeling our 'average' doesn't match the average post on the site, but is rather a cross between good home-cooked questions and hot network question flavoring.
the op question is: "How can we tactfully bring this up to management to negotiate their decision?"
the answer is... "
I would suggest that if you are in the US, your best bet it to take your questions to your state Department of Labor. "
and what i got from it is "Don't take that to your management to negotiate. Bring the question, if you are in the US, to your state Department of labor."
and from what i got from that too, is that the state department of labor can bring in more light on the topic, so he could negotiate this with his management later in a better position... no?
I work for a small company, where we recently had a change of managers. The new manager has no experience managing developers, and the old manager has moved into a development role to fill in gaps left by senior developers leaving the company and being unable to find replacements.
I was recently...
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@jmort, if you're around, could you please protect the hot question linked above? It already has 1k views and I feel it will get busier as America wakes up...
@jmac Yes. I reddited this yesterday, and it got 10K+ views in a couple of hours, without a single non answer. I was hoping it would be the same with the WP question, but...
@YannisRizos TWP is a bit 'softer' than programmers, and we're still working the kinks out. We do appreciate the promotion, but a quick heads up would be nice so that we can at least go about trying to make sure someone is around to protect it if it takes off
Yeah Yannis, I let him know in the Tavern for the sake of not having our regulars have a heart attack when they pop in over the next couple hours
It really could use some friendly comments to new users, stuff like, "The best answers here are longer rather than short, and not only give the answer to the question, but explain why it is the best question preferably backed up with personal experience or references" with some links to the meta
@CMW Thanks! We used to have @RhysW around at this time, and he was a diligent worker, but we made the poor mistake of helping him find a better job that takes away from his SE time!
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@YannisRizos Very true, still not a fan, but I'm extremely biased against programming questions compared to most of our other senior members. They probably kept it open, I'll guess it'll have a +5 upvote answer, but only +2 on the question or somesuch. We'll see.
@YannisRizos (and thanks for this tip by the way, I had never bothered as I thought it was just a link to the question on the site, didn't realize revisions showed migration info)
@CMW Up to you, but I don't think it answers the question personally. Telling someone to hand their manager a book ain't exactly going to solve the issue being asked (how to let the boss know that he can go #%$! himself in a polite manner)
@YannisRizos I was totally wrong. Forgot about the traffic from reddit. The programmers are now getting in to that question too, and it will likely need protection soon as well if it continues at this pace and hits the hot network questions.
@enderland, @joe, it's so busy here today, thank goodness you showed up! Mind doing a bit of cleanup on the huge influx of traffic we're experiencing? Thanks!
I work for a small company, where we recently had a change of managers. The new manager has no experience managing developers, and the old manager has moved into a development role to fill in gaps left by senior developers leaving the company and being unable to find replacements.
I was recently...
remember to be nice to new users! It's 11:30pm here, so I am winding down, but a few comments pointing people to relevant back-it-up posts in meta, as well as our help center on what answers are, and maybe a few more pointing to about pages would be good
it's funny because I literally have a convo with my boss yesterday about working fewer hours
When a company is focused on how long your butt is in a chair rather than the quality of work you produce, it's time to polish the resume. — DA.9 hours ago
this is one o my #1 concerns with my current company
we are by far at the top of the Hot Network Questions list
so as the West Coast wakes up, we are going to get absolutely flooded
if I didn't care about being able to moderate our own site, I would have left the question unprotected as a giant warning to the entire SE network, "This is what happens to community moderation when something from a smaller site gets on the hot list"
The day started off so well too. A few light edits to closed questions to get them reopened, a few answers to meatball questions that didn't have great answers, watching upvotes roll in on old answers, and then this when nobody was around.
(plus data.se went down, and it made me sad)
Anyway, good luck with the new users folks, fight the good fight, win some people over to our community, and make sure that the tourists don't litter all over our beautiful landscape!
The reality is that any of our senior developers can walk out the door and have a new job with as much as 30-40% higher pay within a week. Most of us are only staying here for the casual environment, and being able to mix personal time into our work days.
How can I let this manager know t...
I would love to see upvotes/downvotes by month, for instance.
(along with number of questions)
But SQL? No idea. I just can't figure out how the heck the language works with complex stuff. Simple query? Okay. Creating new tables that consist of manufactured data items? Not a chance.
I think the problem with this answer is that the manager has no genuine feedback system. When the developer does quit, and he will, the manager will be left guessing what caused it. — itcouldevenbeaboat3 mins ago
So confused by this comment.
The problem with my answer about how to tell the boss to sod off is that it doesn't explain how to implement a feedback system for the manager?
Actually, I'm referring specifically to the line, "Thank you very much, I look forward to working with you." Clearly, you should say this if your happy. But if you're not, and you say this, your boss will think he did a good job! How is that fair to him? It is much more fair and professional to say, "I understand what you're saying, but I can't agree. It is unacceptable for reasons X,Y,Z, and we need to reach a different agreement or I must respectfully resign." — itcouldevenbeaboat3 mins ago
@jmac I think your too humble. @HugoRocha here's a different take on that... :)
@jmac Glen said that version based on your edit was much better than original one. :) To me, your points (A), (B) and (C) were even more valuable than that (Glen couldn't tell because these points were integrated in both versions I asked him to compare) — gnatyesterday
OP, this is a good question.
Eight hours in a day is an arbitrary number. It may be stated explicitly in your contract (which, I'm sure, your employer will conveniently forget about when he would like you to work more than that much,) but this is still arbitrary. Eight is just a number. It could...
I don't mean in terms of getting a good job, i mean in terms of knowledge.
Did you read a lot of books?
Youtube tutorials?
Internet tutorials?
Trying on your own?
I just graduated from college and i feel like i know nothing compared to everyone else, causing me to be insecure when going to an i...
Recently there was a severe weather alert (level 3 emergency) in the county where I work.
Company policy states that if there is a level 3 emergency declared, the day will be unpaid with no disciplinary consequences for not showing up (no point, no pay).
Because the level 3 emergency was droppe...
Warning: graph- and speculation-heavy post follows.
I don't know what happened, but that trend has been reversed:
After a low of ~1.9 votes/post in March of 2011, the rate has settled into a range between 2.6 and 2.8.
That got me thinking about the network as a whole. For instance, I lo...
Executive Summary
The 100 questions are selected for the "Hot Network Questions" list displayed in the sidebar of each site. These questions are designed to showcase other sites in the Stack Exchange network.
Those questions should act as ambassadors from that site to the Stack Exchange Network...
The reality is that any of our senior developers can walk out the door and have a new job with as much as 30-40% higher pay within a week. Most of us are only staying here for the casual environment, and being able to mix personal time into our work days.
How can I let this manager know t...
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