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11-12-2008, 06:40 AM
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Perks Where Ya Werks
One of the things i have to do is reclaim hardware from people leaving the company - and redistribute it to new people.
it's mainly laptops so someone will hand me the bag with all the peripherals packed inside - so i have to unpack all the junk and put in in the areas where they belong. one thing that happens all the time is people leave personal crap behind - and they've left the company. so my perk is if it's cool - i keep it. i have a stack of CDs and DVDs .. mostly software but often blanks .. or movies or music (pre-recorded and MP3 cds) i've also found money, phones, usb memory sticks, a small telescope !, some really nice pens, (and regular crappy bic pens - but i use them) and yesterday i got a 120gg usb harddrive. i know this is goofy - but i have a childish glee finding stuff .. it's like treasure hunting. so - i'm not talking about bonuses, or 'illegal' perks ... but does anyone else get cool stuff where they work that isnt part of the job ? (i also get a free top of the line cell phone and blackberry - but i'm not including that - it's more of a work tool) 
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11-12-2008, 06:45 AM
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I'm a total dork,i love getting all the free office supplies!We have a supply room and we get to "shop" for our office supplies.I know i use most of them at work,but its still fun for me.I have an obsession with pens and post its!!!We get free brand new carseats also.Our company gives them to parents when they take our class and whats there we are free to have as well.I have never bought a carseat or booster seat,i just get a new one from work.Its not really that great of a perk,still cool for me:)
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11-12-2008, 07:09 AM
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When i worked at the help desk, i got a lot fo the perks urge referred to.
Not really a perk, but more of a fun insight into the jerks that we had to deal with was finding porn on their computers and knowing we could blackmail the shit out of them if we wanted to. Mostly it was softcore, and average, the kind of stuff you find in playboy, but occaisionally it was weird. One guy had pictures in a folder ON HIS DESKTOP of women he knew. Now, dont get envious of him, he looked like Luis Guzman, was in his mid 40s and drove a white jeep with gold trim and a vanity plate that said "DA BOMB". The chicks were appropriately skanky and disgusting. Then there was the guy with beastiality (horse)... The major perk with that job was my boss leaving me in control of 6 computers that were always running, basically for show. I was the God of IT for over a year because I ran a file sharing server (movies, music, software, the above mentioned porn) as well as hosting Halflife deathmatch, Counterstrike, unreal tournament and quake 3 servers for the company. Lunch times were AWESOME during that period. Then the CIO got wind of it, I found out through the grapevine, and had all evidence of our little scam erased or physically removed in under 10 minutes. It was passed off as an ugly rumor and no one got hurt. Turns out a contractor decided he didnt like one of the guys who was playing CS with us and found out then ran crying to the higher ups, basically because he was hoping to get the guy fired. I believe the lack of evidence backfired on him completely and they decided to end the contract. :D prick. Last edited by Vodstok; 11-12-2008 at 07:13 AM.
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11-12-2008, 07:13 AM
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we find that crap on peoples computers all the time too ...
one guy left a CD in his drive with a movie of him banging his wife/girlfriend. i'm sure its on almost every (guys) computer we get back but i couldnt be bothered to look ... the technicians only see it when they are transferring data. we had a 'horse lover' as well ... he got a big warning .. cant believe he wasnt immediately dismissed.
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11-12-2008, 07:22 AM
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How the hell do you walk around work knowing people know? Its not like "hey, I like fat women, get over it." or something like that.... the best most peopel can muster is "at least it wasny kiddy porn". the apparently found that too, but it was before my time. that guy had some issues and years after leaving the company (the child porn was one of many reasons this guy got booted) he killed himself.
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11-12-2008, 07:35 AM
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This reminded me:
By and large, th epeople you find porn on their pcs are men However, there was one woman at this job that had, again, in a folder on her desktop, videos of herself, showing off and performing acts for gentlemen she met in chat rooms. The worst part was this woman was a hulk. She was almost 6' tall, had to be over 300 lbs, and had a face to match her personality (she was a godawful bitch) Now, i have seen some horrible stuff online, and I tend to like women who are a little padded and "blessed" shall we say, but godamn. Ugly flabby and saggy arent my bag, baby, to quote austin powers. Her boss found out and she got a warning, because, duh, its not your computer...
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11-12-2008, 08:38 AM
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heh ,, case in point ..
i just got money, a cool key ring, a blackberry (which i'll return) and 3 poker chips. i'm trying to practice flipping them in my hand like le chiffre Last edited by urgeok2; 11-12-2008 at 08:54 AM.
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11-12-2008, 08:45 AM
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The best perk where I work is time off- if there's no project from a client, we don't have to work. Some weeks I only work two days.
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