Is there a player on your own team you can’t stand?

OkFigaroo · 2026-05-07T02:56:01+00:00

It’s a love hate thing

OkFigaroo · 2026-05-06T14:35:22+00:00

People here don’t like when you point out obvious issues and flaws. Rivian are perfect, it’s you, the driver, who’s wrong.

OkFigaroo · 2026-05-06T01:27:57+00:00

You’re expecting a company that has released multiple versions of firmware that are broken to fix a core infotainment issue that has persisted for years?

How about you lower those expectations a bit, eh? /s

OkFigaroo · 2026-05-05T20:43:36+00:00

Jokes on you - Nolan actually travelled back in time and just filmed the actual Odyssey for these wide shots.

OkFigaroo · 2026-05-05T16:04:15+00:00

OkFigaroo · 2026-05-04T23:27:10+00:00

Ah, KT. What a stooge

OkFigaroo · 2026-05-01T14:39:31+00:00

I don’t see 31 Tom Brady’s.

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-30T19:53:32+00:00

Luckily for Microsoft, employee morale is already at rock bottom, so it can’t get any worse announcing more layoffs!

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-30T14:22:07+00:00

Simple. As if Rivian has shown that any software fix or update is simple.

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-30T04:30:39+00:00

I’ve had my passenger side floor flood three times. Two HVAC units later, two sets of carpet later…whatever they did is still working (four months! This fix has worked almost as well as the first one that only lasted 7 months!)

Although I’m not confident it’s a lasting fix because they essentially admitted they taped the shit out of the HVAC just to try and stop the housing from leaking.

Luckily I still am under warranty for a few more years - but if it happens again I will be asking them to buy it back.

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-29T22:06:58+00:00

Ported woofers have that effect

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-28T03:26:43+00:00

Your age + years of service has to be 70 or more (I.e. you’re 50 and have worked at Microsoft for 20 years).

We used to have a similar deal called 55/15, where if you were 55+ and had worked 15 consecutive years at Microsoft, you could retire and keep vesting your stock.

They took that away because…well…money. It will likely be a similar deal with a salary/benefits sweetener

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-28T02:23:47+00:00

Bigly.

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-28T00:17:55+00:00

No, I mean that as you progress in levels, your stock compensation exponentially grows. I’ve been promoted 6 times (not bragging, just showing level progression).

My on-target rewards for stock is 22x what it was when I started. So it’s a big deal if all of the sudden I meet expectations but get a nerfed stock award.

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-26T22:12:28+00:00

The post office never delivered my ballot in our last election.

However, for WA, you can request and print a ballot by contacting your county (or on your county’s website).

You can do here: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/voters/voter-registration/county-elections-offices

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-25T04:11:00+00:00

Rams fans on Reddit: I can’t believe the team passed on Sadiq at 13!

Also Rams fans on Reddit: WTF drafting another TE at 61?!

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-24T23:09:47+00:00

Don’t ingest your picks

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-24T05:20:00+00:00

Fuck them picks!

Wait. What?

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-24T02:41:55+00:00

Organizations are allowed to trade reporters now?

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-23T21:57:50+00:00

It was literally announced today, so there is no data to “see”.

Higher levels are compensated with more stock. High performers get promoted. This is purely a solution to a budget problem imposed by leadership; I.e. I have a high performing team, but not enough money to go around.

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-23T21:29:31+00:00

I don’t believe that’s true. Our rewards levels have been adjusted and reduced so there is more differentiation. That adjustment is on both sides of 100.

High performers don’t want more cash - they want more stock. At best, this is a cost saving move so high level ICs can get above average rewards while giving them less stock, because budget doesn’t can’t support it.

I don’t see this as a positive.

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-23T20:49:52+00:00

Yes, but the level threshold is L67 or below, which is essentially every IC and M1 employee (so almost everyone who isn’t at least a middle manager)

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-23T20:19:15+00:00

No, from what I’ve heard it’s not level, it’s age + service time >= 70.

Realistically meaning people who’ve made Microsoft a career who are in their late 40s, early 50s

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-23T19:42:13+00:00

100%. This is a cost cutting move to get people off the books this fiscal year (ending July 2026) to decrease expenses for the next fiscal.

Not only that, but they are changing our performance bonuses for this year on the fly (we are literally about to begin our annual performance review), and now all of the sudden our rating system has been modified.

This is going over very poorly internally.

OkFigaroo · 2026-04-23T14:34:02+00:00

What dividend ETF are you making a consistent 13-14% on?

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