What are You Working on Wednesday
from shellsharks@infosec.pub to cybersecurity@infosec.pub on 28 Feb 2024 13:02
https://infosec.pub/post/9010715

Weekly thread to discuss whatever you’re working on, big or small, at work or in your free time.

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PaddleMaster@beehaw.org on 28 Feb 2024 15:10 next collapse

Can I complain about work instead? My workplace instituted a “quality review process”. Now anything that is sent external must be reviewed by middle management.

My entire job is external facing. Have fun reviewing every email and document I produce.

Here’s to hoping many others do the same, and totally DoS middle management back into the previous review process.

shellsharks@infosec.pub on 28 Feb 2024 19:55 collapse

Complaints are more than welcome. and omg yes I’ve seen this happen before. Typically a result from ONE bad interaction with ONE engineer/analyst who messed something up and now everyone has to be babied 🙄.

PaddleMaster@beehaw.org on 28 Feb 2024 22:25 collapse

I work at a place that brags on %30 of applicants are hired, and it’s associated with a higher education system whose ego is larger than it should be for a non-ivy. And of course this trickles down to the people who work there. Lucky for me, non of my coworkers or bosses are like this.

Whoever fucked up, must have really fallen hard. The managers made a spreadsheet to track these items now. We are generally give copious amounts of leeway. Seniors on the team are expected to be thought leaders who work autonomously from leadership.

I will continue to maliciously comply. And track every piece of email on this excel spreadsheet, even if it’s a “understood” or “have a great weekend”.

I laughed when my coworker said it’s demotivating. I said wow, if anything, this will motivate me to produce worthless information to break the system. I get paid regardless of my actual productivity.

alex_02@infosec.pub on 29 Feb 2024 03:01 collapse

Lockpicking. Scripting so I can automate a bunch of stuff. Not much. Been procrastinating and taking it easy lately.