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Dec 13, 2013
5:12:37pm

Texas Hammer

This is true. My boss hired her, so I blame him, but blame

myself that we rely on excel so much. It was meant to be temporary, but now it's relied upon far too heavy.

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Texas Hammer

Previous username: texascougs
Bio page: Texas Hammer
Joined: Sep 3, 2011
Last login: May 7, 2024
Total posts: 55,517 (3,636 FO)

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Just had a very uncomfortable convo with my co-worker

12/13/13 2:16pm

For $250/day I'll be your backup

BYUCoug11

12/13/13 2:20pm

I'll do it for $225

Strider

12/13/13 2:22pm

I'll do it for $500/day, but you'll have to show me how to use that Excel thing.

Cougarclaw

12/13/13 2:32pm

ok...that one caused some chortling.... well played

sundance

12/13/13 5:55pm

Doesn't McDonalds pay better than that?

12/13/13 3:25pm

Maybe. This would be much less work though

BYUCoug11

12/13/13 3:32pm

But no all-you-can eat free food

12/13/13 3:38pm

So, in a year's time, she hasn't had time to read Excel for Dummies?

OldCosmo

12/13/13 2:27pm

No she has not. I mentioned to my boss last March that I thought she needed

12/13/13 2:29pm

I would be frank with her. Tell her that you believe she misrepresented her

Alister Mackenzie

12/13/13 2:32pm

Ya accusing her of lying in her interview is going to cause her to be really loy

Big Daddy D

12/13/13 2:40pm

doesn't sound like there's any way she'd be able to learn it all in a week

BYUCoug11

12/13/13 2:39pm

So in other words, a basic understanding of Excel. Because what you

12/13/13 2:41pm

Macros, VB and pivot tables are 101?

CrackerJack

12/13/13 2:52pm

Well I suck. It took me a few years to learn VP, and run lookup tables

12/13/13 5:06pm

She's been there a YEAR and hasn't learned how to insert a column in Excel?!

spoxjox

12/13/13 3:15pm

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2RUEBLUE

12/13/13 3:30pm

Your first mistake wasn't hiring her

boyblue

12/13/13 3:30pm

this...find a replacement...

ds7

12/13/13 3:33pm

And just because you CAN do it in python doesn't mean you should

BYUCoug11

12/13/13 3:35pm

here's my honest perspective

boyblue

12/13/13 10:46pm

I've thought the same, but they've all been tools that I'm using and

BYUCoug11

12/13/13 11:03pm

This is true. My boss hired her, so I blame him, but blame

12/13/13 5:12pm

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