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weederr33 · 10-29-2021, 05:33 PM

TIL, or better yet I am reminded, how lazy civilian contractors can be. One of my fellow strength coaches is constantly rambling on about how other contractors are being paid more and that he won't do more than the bare minimum (which is very, very little mind you) of work, and how he's trying to figure out how he can transfer to other companies.

Spuds · 10-29-2021, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by weederr33

TIL, or better yet I am reminded, how lazy civilian contractors can be. One of my fellow strength coaches is constantly rambling on about how other contractors are being paid more and that he won't do more than the bare minimum (which is very, very little mind you) of work, and how he's trying to figure out how he can transfer to other companies.

Some government/DOD employees aren't any better tho...

weederr33 · 10-29-2021, 06:26 PM

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Some government/DOD employees aren't any better tho...

Agreed. Maybe I'm just extra motivated with this job since it's a path towards 'the dream job'

cjd · 10-29-2021, 06:56 PM

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Why do you say that? I'm not really worried about my career, and the new company is going to lose a lot of immediate profit if they piss me or the 6 others off enough to leave.

I agree with hum. And I did *before* I read that the new folks are a public company. There's a chance that they'll want the PEOPLE, but unless there is someone making the transition who was part of the negotiation and made it clear that y'all are the value... expect the unexpected and be prepared.
Shareholders > upper management > customers > the product > the people who actually make it happen.
Hopefully your situation is one of the rare ones where the talent is what they were after as much as anything else.

Spuds · 10-29-2021, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cjd

I agree with hum. And I did *before* I read that the new folks are a public company. There's a chance that they'll want the PEOPLE, but unless there is someone making the transition who was part of the negotiation and made it clear that y'all are the value... expect the unexpected and be prepared.
Shareholders > upper management > customers > the product > the people who actually make it happen.
Hopefully your situation is one of the rare ones where the talent is what they were after as much as anything else.

Yeah, I'd be a bit more concerned if the value was in some product or patent license. My division is mainly a services business, and this is a new market for the new company, so our jobs are pretty safe.

Spuds · 10-30-2021, 12:29 AM

TIL that Worf appears in more episodes than any other Star Trek character, followed by Chief O'Brien.

Ultramaroon · 10-30-2021, 01:38 AM

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TIL that Worf appears in more episodes than any other Star Trek character, followed by Chief O'Brien.

More than Picard? No way! *googling intensifies*

Captain Snooze · 10-30-2021, 02:24 AM

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More than Picard? No way! *googling intensifies*

"Duckduckgoing" doesn't seem to have quite the same ring as "googling".

FR-S2GT86 · 10-30-2021, 02:35 AM

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TIL that Worf appears in more episodes than any other Star Trek character, followed by Chief O'Brien.

Yeah, because Worf was on both TNG and DS9 as was O'Brien.

Ultramaroon · 10-30-2021, 02:36 AM

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"Duckduckgoing" doesn't seem to have quite the same ring as "googling".

Unfortunately, no. I keep giving them a chance but they never make the cut. Hope springs eternal.

Ultramaroon · 10-30-2021, 02:38 AM

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Yeah, because Worf was on both TNG and DS9 as was O'Brien.

Ah. DS9 sucked. That was the end of the road for me.

Captain Snooze · 10-30-2021, 04:21 AM

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I keep giving them a chance but they never make the cut.

This guy does.
(I have no idea how my word associations work.)

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Spuds · 10-30-2021, 10:17 AM

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Ah. DS9 sucked. That was the end of the road for me.

Actually I am starting to watch DS9 now, that's how I learned of this.

I really enjoyed Voyager if you never watched that, I forget if that came after DS9.

Tcoat · 10-30-2021, 10:28 AM

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Ah. DS9 sucked. That was the end of the road for me.

The whole premise of the ST series was traveling and discovering new things.
DS9 takes that whole process and throws it out the window resulting in a very expensive soap opera.

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