SteveW
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didnt get to bed until nearly 4am and had to be up for work at 7am
main site we support had their hyper drive fail last night.. got first call out at 12:30am then again at 1:45am and last one at 3:20am !!
on friday i got a call at 3am by some twat who decided to re-install windows because he got a virus on his "server" poxy XP work station made into a makeshift server
IM SO FUCKING TIRED !!
already got a can on Monster Blue on the go.. probably one of many today
(if you didnt already guess i dont do well with lack of sleep.. i need 8hrs minimum)
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mwg
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I need my sleep too. I thought being awake with a kid crying from 2am till 4am was bad enough last night  
[Edited on 24-03-2010 by mwg]
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SteveW
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yeah i have that to look forward to.. few years yet though lol.. (im 28 by the way, just in case you thought i was a young 'un)
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Dom
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Hyperdrive? Is that one of those DDR drives?
But yeah, i need atleast 7/8hrs min otherwise i end up getting huge migraines by mid afternoon and no amount of red bull or relentless sorts it 
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mwg
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I bet you get paid nicely for working those hours though!
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Behr
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i know the feeling we lost our datacentre on saturday whilst me bing oncall was an absolute nightmare
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SteveW
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Hyperdrive? Is that one of those DDR drives?
But yeah, i need atleast 7/8hrs min otherwise i end up getting huge migraines by mid afternoon and no amount of red bull or relentless sorts it
yes indeed it is mate.. they are our largest site and require some serious fire power.. most sites we support are tiny places with just 2-3 PCs on the network. This company "DB Schenker" are massive.
and yeah get paid just enough dosh to support driving the beasty 90% of wages goes on petrol (ok not quite that bad)
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ed
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Does Monster make your wee change color?
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C2RL R
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do you do all this from home then or do you actually do site call outs?
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C2RL R
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scrap that just read your last post again. when i'm called out in the early hours i get time off the next morning. do you not get that?
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SteveW
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ed - if i have enough of it my pee looks like Mountain Dew
C2RL - only the most extreme circumstances would need us to actually go out on site. most calls can be done remotely
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SteveW
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
scrap that just read your last post again. when i'm called out in the early hours i get time off the next morning. do you not get that?
i wish.. the company i work for a bastards ! pay well but utter bastards !
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Ojc
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Hyperdrive? Are you capable of interstella travel?
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
ed - if i have enough of it my pee looks like Mountain Dew
Off to the shops, BRB...
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C2RL R
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we get 3 hours pay/day that we are on call. if we get called out we get 6 hours pay no matter if its a 10 minute job or an 8 hour job. any call out after midnight entitles you to time off the following morning. if i get home from a call out at 2am i wont have to go into work until 10 instead of 8. it's quite good here if you don't mind giving up your social life every other week.
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SteveW
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Hyperdrive? Are you capable of interstella travel?
only if its used in conjunction with a flux capacitor.. then those babies can really shift !
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SteveW
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
we get 3 hours pay/day that we are on call. if we get called out we get 6 hours pay no matter if its a 10 minute job or an 8 hour job. any call out after midnight entitles you to time off the following morning. if i get home from a call out at 2am i wont have to go into work until 10 instead of 8. it's quite good here if you don't mind giving up your social life every other week.
that does sound pretty good actually.
thankfully im only on call once every 2 months. last on call was over NYE.. only got 1 call at 9am on New Years Day
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C2RL R
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i'm a maintenance sparkie so it's a bit different. there are only 2 of us here atm and our places runs 24/7 so we share it every other week. i like a drink so it does piss me off a bit. we're staring another spark in April so i'll be on one week out of 3 then which is much better.
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