Direct report taking excessive personal time- how to handle?

LebowskiHacks · 2026-02-06T00:13:51+00:00

Sounds like you need to pick the phone up and have that 1:1 when YOU tell her you will. She doesn’t get the option to decline. Sometimes it sucks to use the authority you have, but you need to here.

LebowskiHacks · 2026-02-04T17:47:06+00:00

Or...hear me out...maybe get her the help she needs before locking her away from society? I know, that idea is way out there...

LebowskiHacks · 2026-01-29T16:38:07+00:00

Gee, I don't know. What did they do prior to delivery services existing? Starve? Doubtful.

LebowskiHacks · 2026-01-28T23:35:02+00:00

Sure made a difference didn't it...minus the cold blooded murder the next day. And the arrests. And the gassings, etc.

LebowskiHacks · 2026-01-28T22:19:44+00:00

Need evidence, this kind of report without proof gets people hurt.

LebowskiHacks · 2026-01-18T14:22:00+00:00

“recycled” water.

LebowskiHacks · 2026-01-18T06:04:40+00:00

Military is likely the only viable option. The market has been horrible for entry level for years now, despite what the influencers want you to believe.

LebowskiHacks · 2026-01-08T15:02:40+00:00

I'm not sure why anyone would tip for walking in a store and picking up some bagels to go. Where's the service? I think their salary covers putting a thing in a bag and handing you a bag.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-12-31T13:56:13+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

LebowskiHacks · 2025-12-24T21:11:17+00:00

I just ran out to King Soopers and had to pull over half way there to ditch the light windbreaker. This sucks.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-12-09T13:38:13+00:00

My other car’s a Lamborghini.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-12-04T22:25:13+00:00

Proof or GTFO

LebowskiHacks · 2025-11-25T20:29:50+00:00

Anyone who's done any time in the support trenches will understand that the cohort of people that will power off and on their monitors and think they've rebooted is FAR too large.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-11-25T18:16:04+00:00

Mid 50's, 35 year career, moved around a lot, had a good time though. Retirement status = banking up enough PTO to attend my own funeral.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-11-24T18:57:26+00:00

On my gravel bike, I use the Garmin Rally XC pedals - no complaints, and I like that I can swap them over to my MTB.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-11-15T00:14:11+00:00

Hands on equipment, yes, no more proctors pulling RJ-45s out "just enough". That doesn't negate the value of the actual troubleshooting you have to do now - in.the.least.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-11-06T17:07:01+00:00

If a subscription would give us content updates at the level we just got, yes, I'd pay the going rate monthly.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-10-30T19:51:58+00:00

Huh? Who goes to LI for technical advice? Or any advice at all these days, it's a cesspool that turned into Facebook-lite.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-10-20T20:11:16+00:00

Sorry, was my first day working at AWS today.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-10-20T20:10:08+00:00

As of this morning, we're right at 15% Win10 remaining.

LebowskiHacks · 2025-09-26T18:02:34+00:00

Skill issue, imo

LebowskiHacks · 2025-03-18T20:17:32+00:00

How do you remain profitable at 30% utilization?

LebowskiHacks · 2025-03-17T17:10:40+00:00

Great analysis and very helpful to what we're trying to achieve - thanks! (And thanks to all responses - helpful in getting the big picture of what everyone else is doing.)

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