I have to walk 2 miles from my assigned parking at work. Uphill both ways. On top of a mountain.You kids don't have it hard. WE had it hard. I had to walk 6 miles in the snow. 6' deep. In Antarctica. In July.
I have to walk 2 miles from my assigned parking at work. Uphill both ways. On top of a mountain.You kids don't have it hard. WE had it hard. I had to walk 6 miles in the snow. 6' deep. In Antarctica. In July.
I have to walk 2 miles from my assigned parking at work. Uphill both ways. On top of a mountain.
Living near the border for half my life, including playing sports in HS against Canadian teams (Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec), they just don't seem all that different to me. Except Toronto drivers are on par with Boston for being some of the worst, but that is probably just because one tends to remember the plates of crappy drivers more than ones who don't piss you off. Sweeping generalizations are what they are: I could say I've had X number of bad experiences with people from New Jersey here are some examples, all people in NJ are like that. It would be fallacious because the specific does not correlate to the general.The reasons I would want to live in Canada is because of how nice the people are and how awesome working for them is. IBWIP works for a Canadian firm right now and his quality of life is way better because of it. It's not like he and I have never worked for American companies before to have some way of comparing. Just the whole philosophy seems to be different.
Here's some examples. He wears jeans and t-shirts to work every day. If he has something else going on that needs attending to, he can work from home as long as he gets his job done. He has never had to keep track of time taken off for illness, or because he had to take care of his grandfather, or go to the doctors with me. Nobody has even questioned it and they didn't hit up his paid leave over it. Vacation time is for holidays in the eyes of this company, not doctors appointments, and he gets 3 weeks (an ever increasing number) of paid leave for vacation. When my mother and his mother died, nobody questioned how much time he took off work. His boss shows genuine concern and interest in his life when appropriate. He doesn't get yelled at for being 10 minutes late for work or leaving 10 minutes early ever. As long as his work gets done nobody cares. He gets 3 weeks paid paternity leave! If I worked for them, I'd get more than that for maternity leave. Here in the states you are hard pressed to get 2 weeks. The people he works for are extremely laid back and recognize that you work to live, not the other way around. Sure they want to make money and thrive as a company, and they are, hand over fist, but they don't seem to want to screw their employees in the process. They manage to do all of this without making anyone be a corporate schmuck and say things like "challenge" instead of "problem". In my experience, very many companies in the US are not this way.
sucks for you guys. i park 30 feet from my cube.
We can't all run hot dog vendor booths.
walking to work >*
Walk! That sounds luxurious. We had to crawl on our bellies over thorn bushes but under barbed wire. In frozen mud. And cow poop.
Wearing a suit, anything over 60 is bleh.Well unless it's a torrential downpour, over 100 degrees or under -10.
Wearing a suit, anything over 60 is bleh.
Well unless it's a torrential downpour, over 100 degrees or under -10.
I think you'd be surprised, many large US based companies are, in fact, that way.Doesn't sound like it is that cold in many places in Canada too though. I get what cold feels like which is, as I already stated, why I wouldn't be willing to move to Canada. The reasons I would want to live in Canada is because of how nice the people are and how awesome working for them is. IBWIP works for a Canadian firm right now and his quality of life is way better because of it. It's not like he and I have never worked for American companies before to have some way of comparing. Just the whole philosophy seems to be different. Here's some examples. He wears jeans and t-shirts to work every day. If he has something else going on that needs attending to, he can work from home as long as he gets his job done. He has never had to keep track of time taken off for illness, or because he had to take care of his grandfather, or go to the doctors with me. Nobody has even questioned it and they didn't hit up his paid leave over it. Vacation time is for holidays in the eyes of this company, not doctors appointments, and he gets 3 weeks (an ever increasing number) of paid leave for vacation. When my mother and his mother died, nobody questioned how much time he took off work. His boss shows genuine concern and interest in his life when appropriate. He doesn't get yelled at for being 10 minutes late for work or leaving 10 minutes early ever. As long as his work gets done nobody cares. He gets 3 weeks paid paternity leave! If I worked for them, I'd get more than that for maternity leave. Here in the states you are hard pressed to get 2 weeks. The people he works for are extremely laid back and recognize that you work to live, not the other way around. Sure they want to make money and thrive as a company, and they are, hand over fist, but they don't seem to want to screw their employees in the process. They manage to do all of this without making anyone be a corporate schmuck and say things like "challenge" instead of "problem". In my experience, very many companies in the US are not this way.
I have a huge golf umbrella and a goretex shell if that alone doesn't cut it. it's also never anywhere near 100f at 9am or 6pm nor is it ever -10 here
Those are still occasions where they aren't better than commuting. Just because they don't happen in Atlanta, doesn't change that fact.
two schools of thought:
everyplace sucks except where you live
or
everyplace is awesome compared to where you live
get over it.
Don't get me wrong, I love where I live. My town is awesome. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, especially not Ohio. I just want to live around people who are more caring about other people. Also, I think jeans are just fine in a workplace. I've never met anyone who didn't perform the duties of their job as well because they were wearing jeans.
it's all about perception. if you aren't willing to take the job seriously enough to dress nice, why should i take you seriously? if normal dress is business casual though, then it's fine to wear a jeans every now and then. i do whenever i'm visiting a job site, as do all of my coworkers, its accepted and normal. if normal dress is suit & tie, it's never ok to wear jeans unless it's like, wear jeans friday or something.