Rat, Mud is on call every other weekend!

[mudworm]

As soon as we found out that La Honda got Verizon coverage (thanks to F4), Mud fessed up to his boss. As soon as his boss heard about it, he ordered Mud a work cellphone.

Mud will be on call every other weekend for a while (and then maybe every third weekend). When on call, no Pinns, no Yos, no Coe, no fun.

Yesterday, he rode the two laps on Sierra Road (FYI steep) with his laptop on his back because he needed to be able to get online (with the help of an air card) the moment he gets called. Crazy!

[Brad Young]

Ouch! Corporate America has some serious downsides. Doesn't Munge get caught up in the same thing?

[mungeclimber]

Not anymore.

I see big plans in my future this year.

[F4?]

As soon as we found out that La Honda got Verizon coverage (thanks to F4), Mud fessed up to his boss. As soon as his boss heard about it, he ordered Mud a work cellphone.

Glad to help!

I'm sure the cats are happy to have you two around.

[squiddo]

oh man...that SUCKS. Well, I'm hoping you get extra "on-call" pay for that. Does Alice's get reception. With a cell and wireless card, you could saddle up to the taps with a frosty one, two or three.

[F4?]

oh man...that SUCKS. Well, I'm hoping you get extra "on-call" pay for that. Does Alice's get reception. With a cell and wireless card, you could saddle up to the taps with a frosty one, two or three.

Nice! I'm sure they have Bud Lite Lime on tap.

So, I guess he'll be climbing more at the high peaks where he can get cell reception.

Sounds like Mr Mud is being domesticated. Next thing you know he'll start gardening.

[mungeclimber]

Cell reception at High Peaks was dodgy last time I investigated using an air card down there.


BLL on sale at Safeway, dollar off.

[mudworm]

So, I guess he'll be climbing more at the high peaks where he can get cell reception.

Only if every step leading up there is covered.

Sounds like Mr Mud is being domesticated. Next thing you know he'll start gardening.

I wish. He is domesticated all right. Yesterday, he worked his @$$ off in front of his computer non-stop until 11pm.

[F4?]

Cell reception at High Peaks was dodgy last time I investigated using an air card down there.

Verizon worked fine for me. He'd just have to do laps on photographer's delight.

I wish. He is domesticated all right. Yesterday, he worked his @$$ off in front of his computer non-stop until 11pm.

I did my best to distract him with a trip to the gym.

[mungeclimber]

what kind of response time is really required?

[squiddo]

On-call at my job requires a response immediately (ideal) and a VM left followed up within 5 mins. One of my pals here is a big surfer...he crafted a waterproof arm sleeve for his phone that when surfing he can feel the vibrations and paddle to shore.

Take up ping pong?

[mynameismud]

20 Minute response time.  The clock starts ticking when the call goes in not when the page is sent.  So in reality about 15 minutes.  The Company puts enough junk and the PC that it takes about 5 minutes to get to the point where I can actually open the app that is used to do the acknowledge.  Most folks find it difficult to get the acknowledge in before the second page if thier PC isn't up and running.

This is how it works:  First page, 10 minutes later 2nd page, 10 minutes later escalates, SLA takes a hit and a backup person gets paged,  10 minutes later escalates again and goes to the Director.

Back in the day people did not have air cards so when all call they basically did not leave the house.

Riding Sierra Road twice with the Laptop was a good workout.  I cracked the first time up, heart rate went over the top and ran out of gas.  Second time up I paced myself at the bottom and took 3 minutes of the previous lap.

Yeah, work is nuts right now.  At a critical part of a project and have ran into a few snags.

[squiddo]

Need some of that "dole" the Brits always go on about:-)

[mynameismud]

CEO announced layoffs, across the board, at the last all hands.  They did not say when or how many, but most likely end of March or April.

This guy would run Google or Apple into the ground if they put him in charge.  The good thing is, this is the last year of his 5 year contract, he is supposed to retire at the end of the year and it was actually announced a few months back. 

So what folks are wondering and what people are taking money on is whether or not we survive his last year in charge.

An email is going around that has a copy of an article from 5 years ago talking about how this site was an industry leader.  About the quality and standards of our products.

[mungeclimber]

Goofy.

Should be like below for '20 minute SLA' anything else requires absorbing timing that is beyond user control and is not objectively based.

Two way ack via email.  Requestor (some sort of service ops center) makes call to on call person. When person answers and accepts (i.e. not dead in a car accident), then ack email goes out.  Responder sends reply ack within 20 minutes from Smartphone. 

Online and starting to work issue within next 30 minutes.

Failure to get into VPN requires new 2 way ack from requestor (ops) to next in rotation.

[F4?]

Sorry I didn't stick with Globalstar, then you'd have a stat data-link. That'd be the way to go.

Ping-Pong...nice

[squiddo]

what...if you are good at the pong, you can win bucks. F4, take up stripping. You could live in Vegas and climb at the Red daily.

[mynameismud]

Rob,

Your idea involves cost, phones that do email and someone to answer phones.  I am not a direct employee of this site.  I actually like the group that I am in and the site I cover.  It is just the CEO is a nut case.  The Company is a bit draconian.  On positive side of it all I am learning a lot.  The worst part is The Company does not really like the nix OS's.

There is no cost with their current solution, my salary is covered and texting is pretty much free.  The air card is shared.  There has been talk of other solutions but just about anything that people could agree upon involved some sort of cost.