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Antarctic Discussion / Re: Things that have changed since Raytheon took over
« on: July 05, 2009, 06:48:40 AM »
They used to have cash prizes at bingo...now bingo is gambling.
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Antarctic Discussion / Re: Things that have changed since Raytheon took over
« on: July 05, 2009, 06:47:31 AM »
They used to sell booze in the store...now they don't.
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Antarctic Discussion / Wasting Money
« on: May 14, 2009, 04:19:08 AM »
As we struggle to make due with budget cuts, we are told constantly that we are not able to do x, y, or z because of budget cuts. First of all, I think Raytheon hides behind budget cuts and uses them to say no to things that they don't have to. Also, it is increasingly frustrating to be burdened with budget cuts when there are so many examples of wasted money. I thought that we could start listing off examples of money wasted by Raytheon. For example, on my flight down here this season, there was a nice kid who was coming down for the first time. When they had already flown him all the way to Christchurch, they discovered that he was not PQ'd and flew him all the way back to the states. Anyone else have some examples of wasted money by the Incompetent Empire.
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Antarctic Discussion / Re: Things that have changed since Raytheon took over
« on: May 13, 2009, 04:41:09 AM »
So do you think that the problems with the program currently stem from HR's increased stature and/or power? Has HR become too big to be of much good? I know that it is pretty common with big corporations that people generally don't like HR. Is is different or worse with Raytheon?
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Antarctic Discussion / Re: Things that have changed since Raytheon took over
« on: May 10, 2009, 08:21:58 AM »
I very much agree. It seems that HR has become more powerful in the current organization of the company. One of the things that they have done as well, is to take the hiring out of the hands of the managers and now the "recruiters" do it all. So this is how you get a job on the ice now: 1. look at the job description on raycats or rayjobs, 2. "Tailor" your resume (whether your resume is truthful or not doesn't seem to matter), 3. and then it might get through to the hiring manager. No more talking to someone at the job fair (no more job fairs either). No more submitting your resume to the person that is in charge of that department. First you have to pass through the HR gauntlet. It also seems like more people have been fired without the manager's say in the matter. Honestly, it seems like more and more companies are going this route so I don't know if it is specific to Raytheon, but certainly it has gotten much worse since they took over the contract.
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Antarctic Discussion / Things that have changed since Raytheon took over
« on: May 06, 2009, 10:28:16 AM »
So I thought it would be interesting to make a list of things that have changed since Raytheon took over the contract. I know that the Antarctic mindset tends to be a bit negative (myself included) so let's try to make an effort to list things that have changed for the better as well as things that have gone down the tubes. What do you think?
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Antarctic Discussion / Re: BigDeadPlace.com Blocked on the Ice
« on: March 22, 2009, 09:59:55 AM »
The nyud.net Paris sight is blocked and the list of ways around the filter sight (the word "here" in the post) was blocked as well.
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Antarctic Discussion / Shelter 701
« on: March 09, 2009, 02:58:00 AM »
So, apparently, there was a bit of a fire in one of the new metal smoking shacks on station. While there is all sorts of interesting to this story, my favorite part was that, the station manager, when he sent out an email about it, misspelled stupidity. What a great word for him to misspell. Here is the transcript of the email:
All Personnel
The Fire Department just imformed me that last night (Friday 3/6/09) we had a small fire in Shelter 701 next to Southern Bar. The fire was contained in a double stacked waste can that was brought into the shelter. The fire was started in the waste can that had paper in it and the fire was hot enough to burn a ring from the waste can into the floors' non-skid paint surface.
Everyone should understand that this kind of behavior is dangerous to our safety. This is an example of sheer stupity. The oxygen can be depleted and cause someone to passout. Anyone found to be complicit in this kind of behavior will be punished severely. DO NOT BRING FLAMMABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN PROVIDED, YOURSELF AND SMOKING DEVICES INTO THE SMOKE SHELTERS USE COVERED RECEPTACLES PROVIDED TO DISCARD YOUR CIGARETTES & CIGARS
Pictures were included, but I don't know how to attach them on here.
All Personnel
The Fire Department just imformed me that last night (Friday 3/6/09) we had a small fire in Shelter 701 next to Southern Bar. The fire was contained in a double stacked waste can that was brought into the shelter. The fire was started in the waste can that had paper in it and the fire was hot enough to burn a ring from the waste can into the floors' non-skid paint surface.
Everyone should understand that this kind of behavior is dangerous to our safety. This is an example of sheer stupity. The oxygen can be depleted and cause someone to passout. Anyone found to be complicit in this kind of behavior will be punished severely. DO NOT BRING FLAMMABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN PROVIDED, YOURSELF AND SMOKING DEVICES INTO THE SMOKE SHELTERS USE COVERED RECEPTACLES PROVIDED TO DISCARD YOUR CIGARETTES & CIGARS
Pictures were included, but I don't know how to attach them on here.
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Antarctic Discussion / Re: Current State Of Affairs
« on: February 14, 2009, 05:42:37 AM »
No one was hurt, as far as I know, though K did show up a couple of days later with a broken foot. The broken foot came two days later at a seperate event.
He may have pulled the whole thing off, too, were it not for a yearly visit by the US Office of the Inspector General. No confirmation on titles, but it was K's supervisor (not senior) and NSF reps.
K, apparently believing no one would need to enter the garage [no one calls it the garage] supply warehouse on Sunday morning, did not completely clean up after the jello(TM)-wrestling event on Saturday night (Thou shall not operate heavy machinery after imbibing).
His supervisor, who was accompanying the OIG inspector, entered the building, saw half-empty beer bottles and cans everywhere amongst the jello(TM) flingings. He was not pleased. I did not hear any mentions of beer bottles or cans being left in the building at any time this event was mentioned by the aforementioned Supervisor although he did mention the mattresses. He was not happy, but that should not be made into something more than it was. He knew that he would have to write-up K and that he would probably have to ding his bonus. Mind you, not because he was pissed, but because he knew that his bosses would require that. He was certainly not upset enough to go to HR over it or fire K.[/font][/color]
In a wider view, many people in the program feel that a lot of new upper managers are arrogant and unappreciative of their efforts and their often long commitments to the USAP. At the all hands meeting, DD referred repeatedly to the "installation." This shows how far removed he is from the people he is managing. We call it "the community."
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Antarctic Discussion / Re: Current State Of Affairs
« on: February 14, 2009, 05:15:55 AM »...station management called an urgent all-hands meeting and, as I understand it, wagged the corporate finger at everyone for our collective moral failure...
Anyone got video of this meeting?
Oh yeah, there's at least one full length video. There is talk of doing some creative editing and making a movie on what not to do if you are in management. Might be coming soon to a youtube near you...
The plan is to put the entire video on youtube (in sections of course) when the person that has the video is off the ice so that it will not be uploaded with a USAP-owned computer. It should be coming soon.
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