Working at Matrox

[SCompRacer]

Come on guys, give the kid a little break. Is there no compassion for this brave young enlistee to the workforce? After all, this is his first real job and all.

The pattern of go to school, learn and be off for summer break is broken. Self inflicted too. Instead, there he is, toiling away in the strange new land of the full workday.

Just offer him a little cheese to go along with it for now, slowly tapering off so as to avoid sudden withdrawl.

[-Chapel-]

Hey,

No I think he is tired because his Mom has to wake him up real early to drive him to the bus stop

[SwAmPy]

Give the rookie a break. He's probably working somewhere in production or else he would have know about it



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SwAmPy

[Sisyfos]

Fixing time.

[somedude]

fixing time? what does that mean...

oh yeah, and how did you know exactely where I worked anyway? I'm just curios. (I mean, I never tried to hide who I am or anything, but I'd still like to know... )

well, my first week here went fine. I'm starting to get into the "work rythm". It started out slow (getting used to everything) but now it's good, and my program's coming along nicely. I find it's actually not that hard to do my 8 hours a day (I was wondering if I'd be able). Time goes by fast in the morning, slower in the afternoon, but if I get there at 7:30 I can be out at 3:30 which is not bad

[SCompRacer]

You got flex hours already?

Actually you need a job like Haig's, come in when you want and leave when you can.....

[Oboy]

somedude,
I just started working at Intel In Jan.. Doing the shift thing. I work 3 12hr days the off for 4 days then back for 4 12's then off for 3 days. For a 44 year old man its kinda hard making it on the 4th 12 hr day, but the time off is REAL nice. Just wished I had every other Sunday off!

Good luck to you! Haig and the rest of the ppl at Matrox have always been cool!

Oboy

[cbman]

Hey Oboy... where I work (Large Printing Company) We are on 12 Hour Shifts... I thought it sucked but after a while you get used to it and the way its scheduled goes as follows..

4 Nights
3 Off
3 Days
1 Off
3 Nights
3 Off
4 Days
7 Off

Let me tell you that whole week off is sweet..

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"Wouldn't it simplify things if Hettar, Mandorallen, and I go pick a fight with them? Five dead Murgos aren't going to follow anybody."
"I don't know if that would set to well with the Tolnedran legionnaires who police the fair," Silk drawled. "Policemen seem to worry about unexplained bodies. It upsets their sense of neatness."

From Book Two of the Belgariad, David Eddings

[SwAmPy]

'oh yeah, and how did you know exactely where I worked anyway? I'm just curios.'

You said you were doing vb and sql stuff. Drivers and bios are usually in assembler and C++.

Asic design is out of the question.

That leaves you either in some kind of database department or in production. Seeing what you went to school for, I took a guess at production.

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SwAmPy

[somedude]

hey, sorry about that

I wasn't bitching at anyone, it was just a remark. I know it's because of Win2k. I know you're all hard working people, I didn't mean to offend anyone.

anyway, back to work now

[SwAmPy]

Don't sweat it. We're just teasin you

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SwAmPy