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    [–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    In my last job I had colleagues using Windows, and they were super chill. When they turned on their computer in the morning, it took 20 minutes to boot, install the latest updates and log on. I had to start working right away, while they were having their third coffee and second cigarette, waiting for their computer to get ready. I'm sure it wasn't healthy, but relaxing.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    That sounds like poor IT policies to me. In previous office jobs I've had, our computers were configured with our working hours and we wouldn't shut them down at the end of the day, so that any updates could happen off the clock and minimize that sort of disruption.

    [–] cm0002 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Depends on your perspective, I'm sure the guys who got a 30 minute on the clock break weren't complaining about poor IT policies lol

    I've done something similar, "Oh shit, gotta take a break boss, computer decided it wanted to update, fuckin windows amirite?"

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    Fair enough. I was speaking towards the perspective of op. We were encouraged, not required, so there were definitely some folks who would do that.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    did they ever start actually doing anything useful?

    between sharepoint and microflop dynamics-CRM, azure and windows (whatever the fuck version)
    and mother-fucking oracle, I can often go days after booting up before I can do anything useful.

    Sometimes I think the only people who can do any work are the procurement team and the only work they can do is issue MS purchase orders.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    They were developing software for Windows Phone, so: No, in retrospect they didn't do anything useful.