• ReleasedTeleporter (unregistered)

    The only solution I see is launching the boss into space at relativistic velocity so he only experiences 20 minutes passing until Jackie returns from vacation, pushes her changes, and the build runs. (bringing him back to Earth optional)

  • xorium (unregistered) in reply to ReleasedTeleporter

    He needs to take the Initech people with him then. A nice excursion.

  • (nodebb)

    Do like Scotty didn't do to the tribbles: transport them all directly into space and be done with the problem.

  • Roby McAndrew (unregistered)

    I'd be slightly miffed that Jackie had gone on vacation without pushing the work in progress to a branch. Let's hope she doesn't get burgled while she's on holiday.

  • Officer Johnny Holzkopf (unregistered)

    "Matt checked the Github to see if something went wrong with the automated build." - The Github? THE Github? Why? Did the Google order this? Are there dishwashers in the cloud? Can Scotty beam a fax machine to an island? And do people still answer work-related phone calls or check work email while on vacation? What a futuristic world...

  • xorium (unregistered) in reply to Roby McAndrew

    He was very lucky that she did not push her work. If she had, Matt should have built the stuff within 20 minutes and push to production. Unapproved and untested and unreviewed.

  • (nodebb)

    Well, this was an anticlimactic ending. I was expecting Matt to pull off some miracle.

  • (nodebb) in reply to xorium

    It should at least have been pushed to a separate branch to make sure her work could not be lost.

  • 516052 (unregistered) in reply to Maia-Everett

    I was expecting him to get fired.

  • (nodebb) in reply to Officer Johnny Holzkopf

    And do people still answer work-related phone calls or check work email while on vacation?

    I don't, because (a) anyone calling me for a work-related reason (except for if I'm late for a meeting and nobody knows where I am so my manager calls me to see if I'm OK) gets short shrift, whether I'm on vacation or not, and (b) my contract forbids me to connect to the company's servers while I'm on vacation.(1)

    (1) The reasons for this are definitely unobvious, but related to me having signed an (optional(2)) avenant (modification to a contract or other similar document) that changes me from being paid for X hours per week to being paid for (exactly) Y days worked per calendar year. If I connect to the company's servers, I count for that day as being at work, so if I'm really on vacation or at least congés == time off, including ordinary weekends, there's a conflict, so I'm not allowed to do it.

    (2) Really. When this change was proposed, because it involves a change in working patterns, the company cannot legally require existing employees in that kind of job (e.g. your correspondent) to accept it.

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