life suxx but here's something funny
My dh, who does not have a weblog and will go unnamed until he does and can speak for himself, works for a high-tech company which will also go unnamed. Let's just say both are really cool (dh and the company, no it's not microsoft) and if not for the next words I'm about to write, I'd love to name them both. The reason why I'm writing about his company, is they are having a major push for a deadline right now. As far as I understand it, the major push consists of the following:
* Actually setting criteria for being "done" on the deadline, rather than just looking at the calendar and using the build for that day and calling it done. Although I didn't agree with this practice, it did make me laugh when they did it in the past, and it certainly relaxed the pressure on cram weeks quite a bit. But no more. This time they mean business. Also -
* Recognizing that they don't have enough resources to finish by the stated deadline, and they couldn't possible hire and train new resources, so there is a need for increased time from existing staff. On with the plan to get water from the stones:
* First, there was a lovely meeting where everyone said nice things about each other.
* Then, there was an e-mail stating you had your choice on how to do a 60-hour week: either work 5 12-hour days, or work 6 10-hour days. This needs to go on for 6 weeks for project A. If you're on projects B, C, and D, these dates are conveniently scheduled to not overlap with project A.
* My dh is on projects A, B, C, and D, all of which could conceivably have these mandatory 60 hour weeks each for six weeks occurring in a series.
* Everyone on project A has their name on a board, and are keeping track of how many hours they put in in a public way.
* Oh, and we're moving.
* Oh, and we have an infant.
* Oh, and I need to do my own cram-week somewhere in there.
The only thing I can think of is to have him put a cot in his office every other week, and just pretend he's on a business trip. Every other OTHER week would be regular schedule. Make sure a regular week coincides with moving day, and my cram-week. But I'm open to ideas, especially since I doubt we could sustain this through projects B, C, and D without me looking into state employment rules and regulations in a spare moment and putting my lawyer on speed dial.
If that predicament doesn't have you laughing, this will. It's a pragmatic comparison between cassette tapes and the iPod.