hope it is named something like “revenue_yearend-2024_draft12302024-final01022025-FINAL01032025”
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It’s somehow worse, they just maintain one live file. So things get changed on a near-daily basis but unless you want to wade through the Google version control thing, it’s never clear what all moved.
Still a bunch of Sheet, izzit??? 
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i only like once had to be concerned with SOX controls, but what you describe doesn’t match the fuzzy memory I have
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As part of data security, the tabs should have code names. Animal names would be good: horse, bull, chicken, dog, whale, camel, elephant, etc.
No, no need to thank me!!! 
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LOL. As it stands about half are just ‘Sheet 43,’ it’s just madness. It’s secure in the sense nobody knows how to find whatever they might want to mess with.
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And part of the reason I left head office. What I like to call artificial deadlines. Has to be done my month end? Why? Because the project manager decided that was launch date, and also miscalculated how many hours were needed? So move the launch date.
I got called in for overtime once, and told I had to miss my daughter’s dance recital. The very same manager who told me this then showed up late…because they were at their daughter’s dance recital. All over a project that could’ve been launched anytime, no urgency.
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Are there good project managers out there? I feel like most planning meetings I have with my pm just end up me telling them how to rearrange and organize their spreadsheet, and then any team meetings just involve them pulling up the slightly more organized file and asking the team for comments.
I hate doing all this stuff so the fact that meetings end up on my calendar means it gets done, but I think I could be annoyed into doing it plenty of other ways.
I have never been a project manager formally (now that I’m in insurance there are people with actual titles of PMs, and I’m not one of those), but I did a lot of project management when I was in consulting (and still find myself doing a lot of it still) and I was pretty good at it. I find it a lot more enjoyable and natural than people management, anyway. I don’t think I would want for it to be my whole job, though.
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I’m already annoyed at the thought of getting back into the grind next week, plus the upcoming political shitshow.
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At places I’ve worked, PMs tended to be the people trying to hold you to a schedule that you said you disagreed with from the start. It’s the disconnect between the “this must be done by…” level and the “there’s no way this can be done by…” level. I’d hate that job.
People on marketplace can be idiots. I dunno if they think theyre master negotiators or something, but theyre not.
Selling a brand new item worth 350 plus tax, listed at 115. I.figure that tells anyone looking that ill take 100, and its a steal.
Buddy offers me 75. Seriously? I.respond at 100 and figure we are done. Nope, he says 80 is the highest he can go. I almost replied that i guess you cant afford it, but just deleted the chat.
He keeps.coming with all the reasons he will only pay 80. Im to far away (im not). Its 8 in the evening. Like i care?
You cant make someone sell something at whatever price you want. Thought that was obvious.
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I had this sort of crap happen sometimes in consulting, but had even worse with corporate work at times. I had a few absolutely outrageous demands. A few off the top of my head:
- was called at around 7pm while at a dinner with reinsurers. Underwriter wanted a loss pick for an important client meeting at 9am tomorrow. Sent me the data then, after he had been sitting on it for 2 weeks. Told him to explain to the client that he had poor planning. Nothing happened to me.
- I had a colonoscopy scheduled, and management new about it. Finished my work well in advance. Got called immediately after the procedure in the recovery room, and asked to change my loss picks. Told them no, was not doing it recovering from sedation without any access to files. Chief actuary did it and put his name to it, which is what should have happened in the first place.
- Attended the Superbowl, taking PTO on Monday. High level executive knew I was there, and likely out until very late. He called me at 6am Monday on my cell, and was apparently annoyed that he only got a call back at 7am.
- Spent my first couple hours on vacation in Kauai every day working. This was least annoying, as I was up anyway but still would have rather been out and about.
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i’m old and can retire today if need be.
I like the work and my work life balance and the income. People know not to piss me off.
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My younger son is difficult to shop for. He wants to train for track over the winter, so I wanted to get him some running pants instead of regular sweatpants for winter training, which can mean running in the rain. I guessed on a couple different pants, which he didn’t like for assorted reasons. Fine, let’s go shopping together for pants.
We go to a running store, and then to the mall. Nike was a bust, but he sees some he likes at lululemon, although not in his size. He’s cheap, regardless of who’s paying. I look online and see there’s a 15% code when signing up for emails, so while they’re still stupid expensive, they’re less stupid expensive.
There’s also a Fabletics store, so we look there. There’s a pair he likes, but he likes the lululemon ones a bit better. I don’t know much about Fabletics, other than their annoying business model of having to make an account even to look around on their website. I know lululemon is well made, and I figure there’s only a $20 difference with the 15% off.
I’ve tried to get him to go look at pants at REI and another running store without success. I put in my email address last night to sign up for lululemon’s mailing list. Still no discount code. Jerks.
I picked up a pair of running pants from REI today, and if he doesn’t like them (he’s been struggling to find ones that are long enough that aren’t too tight or too baggy), I’m going to suck it up to pay full price for lululemon, assuming they’re not sold out.
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ok, not much on brands, but never knew lululemon had stuff for guys
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I grew up needing to find deals. My kids less so. They do not know how to shop. Its them looking for one thing.
Ive been a runner since i was 9. You get decent enough gear at sierra (or tj maxx or marshalls) or thr clearance rack at the running store. Only the ckearance rack at the specialty store. Once you learn what the fabrics are you just find them at cheaper places. No one notices how cool the garment looks on you while you wre training snd pouring sweat into it
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Dishwasher is acting up again. Might go shopping for a replacement soon.
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I’d only been into lululemon once with my old college roommate who’s a runner and attested to the quality of their products (still uses pants bought 25 years ago). I think the only reason my son knew about them was from a cross country teammate.
He’s not particularly brand conscious. The problem is he’s slender (29-30” waist), and it seems like joggers are cut high (just above the ankle bone), which he doesn’t like how it feels when it pulls up when he bends his knee. His favorite running shorts are from Old Navy, and for the joggers in the same material, size small is too short, size medium is too loose. The claim is they have the same inseam, but there is a difference in length. Old Navy makes tall sizes, but those start at medium. I think the same situation with the Nike pants he tried.
He’d inadvertently grabbed a medium tall when trying on pants at lululemon. When he told the salesperson that he liked the length of the medium, but the small fit better otherwise, she pointed out that the medium was tall.
tl;dr, size small tall are what’s comfortable for him, and lululemon is the only brand we’ve encountered with that size.
He’s very frugal, and I’m sure he was surprised I was willing to spend that much on running pants. It is very difficult getting new clothes for him, with him usually saying he doesn’t need any. For example, he has only one pair of everyday shoes, which he got at the beginning of last school year. (I tried to get him to choose a second pair, because this is the Pacific Northwest, and it sucks to wear wet shoes, but he said he only wanted one pair.) He’s worn away the inside liner of one of the heels so the stiffener material is exposed. “They’re fine,” he said. I tried giving him a new pair for Christmas, but no, into the returns pile they went.
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