I work at a fairly large company, and the cafeterias will let employee put money on their badges to be used for later purchases. I don’t usually do that, but I suppose it’s convenient for people that don’t want to carry cash, since the cafeteria doesn’t accept debit cards. (I think accepting debit [...]

In the building in which I work, there are three elevators, two passenger and one freight, all in a row.  There is a set of  up and down call buttons next to the freight elevator, and another set between the passenger elevators.  Sometimes the buttons by the freight elevator work for all three, and other [...]

This weekend, my employer moved to a new location. This evening I was setting up my computer in my new cube, and started smelling smoke.

Today there was an article on slashdot titled “Pay vs. Happiness”. I posted the following response:
[The secret to enjoying your job] is to work in a field that you’re personally interested in, for a company that is small enough that they do care about the employees. You’ll rarely, if ever, find that in a [...]