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Re: Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corporate

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Post by pbronez »

MortyWaves wrote: post #33

Unsure if this is either meant to be funny and cringe or a cry for help. I can see it being either. There is something awful about corpogarbage speak.

Its content marking for a metrics tracker / project management tool https://objectivetrackr.com/?utm_source=corporatewatch&utm_m...

Re: Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corporate

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Post by collingreen »

lokimedes wrote: post #36
lokimedes wrote: post #35

Our corpo year starts May 1. Please add an offset functionality to your free solution immediately, as it has now become a core component of our operation, or we will be forced to take legal action. Also, we appreciate if you could sign a retroactive NDA with our legal team ASAP.

My boss tells me we need it in Comic Sans for the next meeting with our board of directors. Thank you.

Hello!? No response yet is this project dead or something it has been 30 minutes since the last question. This is very important to a major customer project of ours please get on this.

Re: Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corporate

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Post by collingreen »

corytheboyd wrote: post #26
yapyap wrote: post #15

Rating this website, it’s perfect. I give it a perfect 5/7

Which is exactly the number of days a week you plebs will work, and that is final.

Only if the project is ahead of the "copy of pm-projQ1-gantchart.v2.final.xls", otherwise gear up for crunch time!

Re: Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corporate

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Post by OptionOfT »

collingreen wrote: post #43
ecolonsmak wrote: post #32

Should add how many working hours are left in the given quarter.

Translated to story points

Paired with a burn rate, assuming people work 20 hours per day, don't take PTO and don't get sick.

Management approved of the solution, and based on our data your can have it done by ... next week. Can you show the MVP?

Re: Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corporate

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Post by jrockway »

codingdave wrote: post #10
iancmceachern wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've always been curious about folks who use this phrasing and tone. "Are you aware" always seems condescending to me. It's a weird assumption to make that because someone made a choice, that they weren't aware that there were other choices. It's like walking up to someone who drives a Honda and saying "are you aware you could have bought a Ford?" Please help me, us there another interpretation of this kind of phrasi…

You could take it at face value. I have no idea if this was a 15 minute off-the-cuff effort, or a larger researched project. Rather than assume they either did or did not know, I asked. If they knew, they can explain their choice more. If they did not, they have something new to look into. If you are taking it as condescending, that is on you. It was simply a question.

The best way to look at it is that "are you aware" is always condescending. There are two answers; yes and no. If they say yes, they have to apologize for not adding your feature. If they say no, you're calling them ignorant. There isn't an out that deescalates and reduces the toxicity, so you're forcing everyone to now be as rude as you.

Phrasing your statement like "my corporate year starts on November 15th; is there any way to offset the start of the year?" would sound nicer. If the author was aware of that and didn't add the feature, then they can say so. Or if they weren't aware, they can say "good idea". Now nobody has to get defensive and the heat of the conversation can generally decrease, keeping everyone happy and polite.

Re: Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corporate

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Post by jrockway »

nottorp wrote: post #40
codingdave wrote: post #2

Are you aware that not all corporations follow the calendar year?

For advanced features the enterprise edition of this site is available. Call our sales team to discuss a solution that will meet your needs.

I would like to integrate with 30 bespoke SSO providers; is that something that I could be charged $100/user/month for after spending 8 hours of my time in some Zoom calls with people that aren't sure?
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