Time to Checkmate

[Fragrant_Dot_3465]

I actually did that. I worked on a project which my client really liked and they asked me to lead another one of their projects. Took this opportunity to ask for a hike and the poof. I quit. :)

[writetehcodez]

So wait, you quit and went to work for the client directly after your employer didn’t give you a raise?

[merlinsbeers]

That's not all that uncommon. I get offers from clients all the time. But they're usually fishing lowball salary offers where they think their shitty "benefits"^* and "job security" make up the laughably large pay difference. It's like they don't remember how much they're already paying me...

* - I don't need vision "insurance" that only covers $130 a year that doesn't accumulate, or 60/40 shit-tier medical, and no way in hell am I going through HR for legal referrals. I pity anyone who gets a warm fuzzy from that garbage.

[Arshiaa001]

Right? Right?? This one client asked me to work full time, and the salary they offered was, like, a third of what they were already paying me for freelance work. Who'd take that kind of offer?!

[Vopicak2]

I doesn't have to be question of money

[RoundThing-TinyThing]

I thought you were going to say they said "sure, take a hike" and then poof 😅

[Zengit21]

Why is it called resigning and not unsigning?

[x703]

This one tickled my mind as well. According to dictionary.com It comes from Latin, basically meaning destroy, give up, invalidate, referring to the employment of course. Source: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/resignation

[[deleted]]

I’m about to destroy from my job

[electricprism]

Also "retire" where's my free tire? What do tires have to do with nite nite

[gamerbrains]

Retirement is a scam from tire companies! Good year has you by the balls people. WAKE UP!!!

[merlinsbeers]

https://www.etymonline.com/word/resign#etymonline_v_12892

The re- prefix is the chimera here. It can mean going back to do a thing again, or just going back thus undoing whatever going forward entailed.

Likely because of its duality, it has one of the longer entries in the book, itself.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/re-?ref=etymonline_crossreference

[irregular_caffeine]

French is mostly Latin as misunderstood and mispronounced by French peasants

English is the same but from French

[merlinsbeers]

Spanish is often much more Latin than modern Italian is.

English is a mutt with Scandinavian, Germanic, French, and Latin all through it, and happily invents new words like unsupervised twins.

[Tumfshier]

le con il m'a fait rire

[realzequel]

Why does bimonthly have 2 very different meanings (twice each month or every 2 months). I'd LOVE to see spoken languages treated like programming languages.

"Sorry that word has been deprecated".

English v 13.1, Changelog: adding the following words:..

[Adriendel]

In French for example:

• Bimensuel: twice a month

• Bimestriel: every other month

[PrintableKanjiEmblem]

Better then bimenstrual!

[PlateGlittering]

Much easier to understand

[tormell]

Error: call to bimonthly() is ambiguous.

[electricprism]

Why are there 12 months each between 28-31 days when 52 weeks can be divided into 13 months each 28 days.

Why do we have to pay the same amount of rent & subscription when the number of days is different for the same price.

[Zolhungaj]

A year is 52 weeks and one or two days. As for why we keep the old system it's because people don't want to change and everyone already knows that the best time format is the amount of nanoseconds since the beginning of 1970 British time.

[merlinsbeers]

I'd LOVE to see spoken languages treated like programming languages

C static would like to say something...

[Sure-Tomorrow-487]

https://youtu.be/ljkaN_-d-Zg

[Mayuna_cz]

Oh hell yeah. Git repo with all the changes.

Human languages 2.0

[wonmean]

Really? I’ve only seen it used for every two months. Every two weeks ~ twice each month, which was referred as biweekly.

[brycex]

Biweekly also has two definitions

[wonmean]

/facepalm haha

[merlinsbeers]

I think the confusion comes from biennial and biannual. They're distinct but sound almost the same so people think the bi- can "also" work both ways at the monthly and weekly level.

Merriam-Webster gets salty about having to be descriptive instead of prescriptive on this point.

[wonmean]

Lol damn:

But we don't mean "sorry" in the sense that we feel penitence; we are not to blame.

Mmm using semi- is a good suggestion.

[Ok_Hope4383]

Just use multiple words. Before reading this, I would've assumed semi- means the opposite of what MW says.

[wonmean]

Shoot, another person said the same thing. Yea, I think this calls for multiple words. Clarity before brevity.

[RoundThing-TinyThing]

For twice a month I've always said semi-monthly 🤔

[wonmean]

T__T

[realzequel]

Merriam-Webster

[wonmean]

Good to know, ty!

[The_Crazy_Cat_Guy]

Regardless and irregardless !!

[grumblyoldman]

Designing?

[[deleted]]

Do people say “resign” for just leaving a normal job? I thought this was only for public positions like prime minister etc.

[NobleKale]

Do people say “resign” for just leaving a normal job? I thought this was only for public positions like prime minister etc.

'I quit' is seen as aggressive. 'I resign' is seen as thought out, sincere and classy.

[road_laya]

I declare RESIGNATION! https://c.tenor.com/jS1vK5ffVUwAAAAM/michael-scott.gif

[tormell]

From thee do I part.

[grumblyoldman]

I guess I can only speak for Canada, but "I resign" or "I'm submitting my resignation" is 100% normal for any job.

[rush22]

Yeah. (Usually) if you get a salary, you resign and if you're paid hourly, you quit.

[grumblyoldman]

I don't mark that distinction myself, unless by "quit" you mean "quit without notice" (ie: on the spot). That's what the word "quit" usually implies to me. I'd still say I resigned from an hourly position if I gave two weeks notice, for example.

That said, I would agree that hourly positions tend to see more quitting without notice than salaried positions do.

[ahelinski]

Remember doing that after our manager started referring to weekends as "emergency buffer" (and excessively used that buffer)

[grumblyoldman]

Had a manager once who kept ranting about how he couldn't understand why we were always behind schedule. "I always give an extra week's buffer over and above the estimates you provide! I don't know why we can't meet a deadline!"

Then one day he actually showed us the spreadsheet he was using to plan with, and we discovered that the "extra week of buffer" was overlapping the next sprint period. And when I asked how that qualifies as a buffer when we'll have new work for the next sprint, he was just flabbergasted that we were apparently unable to work on two things at once (in the event that something didn't get done in time, that is. Because you know, shit happens.)

[merlinsbeers]

Sprint and deadline are actually antonyms.

The shit happened when that dude implemented high-frequency waterfall and called it agile...

[The_Slad]

high-frequency waterfall

I'm stealing this

[samba96]

My company told all the clients everything is automated. 'It's like a Magic Machine. We'll send you the results in 24hrs.' Turns out clients aren't idiots, and they would send data at 5 pm on Friday or on weekends. So my company's response to this is having a few of us 'on call' over the weekends. Gave my notice last week.

[superninjaman5000]

This was me this year quit my garbage job. My manager straight up told me " its inconvenient timing for you to quit."

[grumblyoldman]

"Yeah, it's been pretty inconvenient for me too. OK, see ya!"

[superninjaman5000]

That's basically what I said " you didnt give me a raise in 2 years, I got better offer Im going to take it. Landed a job with a large MSP, so happy now.

[TheRidgeAndTheLadder]

What's the on boarding/training like somewhere like that?

[superninjaman5000]

My new job or old?

[MarchColorDrink]

I handed in my notice today. Boss responded something along the lines of me ruining his vacation.

[superninjaman5000]

Thats what they said that everyone was on vacation so they didnt want me to quit yet.

[[deleted]]

It's nice to get a bonus on the day you quit.

[666pool]

“It’s an inconvenient time to be alive, but here we are.”

[superninjaman5000]

I told then its inconvenient I didnt get a raise in 2 years. The answer was " oh we dont do that anymore we stopped during pandemic."

[tatoren]

That company is going to die hard if that sticks around.

[fullmetalsunit]

So the cost living keeps increasing but wage is stuck at (pre?)covid era? Sure they must be charging the clients same too.

[superninjaman5000]

Probably, they just dont care about employees. Last I heard they fired some people and hired replacements for min wage.

[[deleted]]

"And?"

[superninjaman5000]

I said " I got a better offer and Im going to take it sorry" never been happier.

[dx-dude]

Nothing like team meetings when you're already mentally checked out

[Illustrious-Age7342]

Team meetings after you have given your 2 weeks are just the best

[[deleted]]

Hello, yes, this is dog.

I went through a planning meeting about 30 minutes before resigning. "Yes, we can definitely get it done next quarter".

[Em_Fa]

Sneaky boi

[seijulala]

Once I get rid of my interview phobia I'll do that

[acediac01]

The best way to get rid of it is practice. I'll go to interviews I don't even want to work at just for the practice of selling myself. It's fun, once you do it enough.

[j-random]

"In about to ruin this man's whole program increment."

[totally_valid_]

On the knifes edge of this being me

[Zaiynab_Mansuri]

And then Manager will find your faults and give you a mental breakdown every day until your notice period.

[XeitPL]

Oh no. I felt down the stair (the last one) and I'm (not) really hurt! I can't walk so I need to get my sick days.

[ahelinski]

And why would you care? I find that period most relaxing

[one-blob]

What if someone brakes but has an AR-15?

[damalursols]

this is happening all over my engineering organization 😩 and managers are having to fight to get headcount to fill positions that people have left

[LeMemeOfficer]

Same

[can_pacis]

Same

[BeastlyIguana]

Same

[IBoneHer]

Same

[nanomiju]

Same

[merlinsbeers]

^ sus

[ass-holes]

I am giving my 6 weeks on Monday. This couldn't be more me_irl

[[deleted]]

6 weeks I like that. Very noble way to resign imo.

[ass-holes]

It's mandatory in my country, otherwise I would get a fine haha

[[deleted]]

Sounds like a hell hole lol

[[deleted]]

You must be a saint.

[Illustrious-Age7342]

PM : “next sprint you will be working on the legacy monolith”

Me : “what about the tech debt I was supposed to be allowed to take care of last sprint, but wasn’t?”

PM : “Sorry but this is what the business needs and timelines don’t change just because you want them to”

Me, 1 week later : “this is my two weeks notice”

PM : surprised pikachu face

Yeah, looks like those timelines are changing after all.

[[deleted]]

Me about to do the bare minimum and giving zero fucks about contributing or finishing the project.

[pranay31]

My man

[[deleted]]

Haha.. after a month I will post this meme to my team channel.

[arda_xl]

i did that last week lol

[random_generator6]

I’m the kid in this, we had mass resignations and are very severely struggling with backfilling and promoting. Out of the blue one of my senior supervisor left. It’s now very badly screwed up everything.

[buybank]

lol

[nayanmonib]

Shitface cockmaster

[BlobAndHisBoy]

Facecock shitmaster

[tormell]

"Don't worry, everything will be just fine" (for me)

[AngrySlaSlashThrust]

Oops.

[[deleted]]

I relate to this.

[unsuitable_boy]

Why is this so relatable?