I know that once about 5 years ago the previous job had to have the transformer replaced due to a new building being built. Office manager received letter telling the data and time the removal of the old transformer would be. Nothing was mentioned as to length of time for the outage. She came to me told me the transformer would be pulled on a certain date at a certain time and I had to have everything offline and save 15 minutes before the outage per management orders. I ask how long the outage would be after two days of calls she comes back and told me 2 weeks because the transformer pad was going to be moved and they were not ready to put the new transformer in place. I asked if everyone was getting paid or if we were going on vacation for the outage. It finally dawned on her that we only had one transformer on site and ALL buildings used it for power. Needless to say management went crazy about laying the entire staff off for 2 weeks just prior to a BOD meeting. The power company finally got the message that they could not remove the old transformer without having the pad and wiring in place to replace it same day. A year later we were still getting billed for having 2 different transformers on site (there was only one) and they also billed them twice for the electricity used.
The actual outage was 2 hours on a Saturday. I shut down everything on Friday about 10 pm and went in and manually powered up everything on Monday at 4 am. Management was not happy but since I could not get a window out of the power company that was the best I could do other than baby sit the city power people. Jon On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > If you **deserve** the freebies as compensation, then great. Otherwise > you’re just part of the problem and causing costs to rise for the rest of > us. > > Like using WIC cards to pay for your food while you buy expensive luxury > items with the money you save, just because you work the system that way. > > > > *Erik Goldoff*** > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > *From:* MMF [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:49 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Monday morning not-so-funny > > > > Guys, I'm really enjoying this thread. Over the years, I've had any number > of "run-ins" with all kinds of vendors. I've found over the years that > calling and complaining usually pays off. I can't tell you the number of > "freebees" I've received! My daughter is a writer and she too has had some > vendor issues over the years, so we're considering writing a book titled; > "COMPLAINING YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS". BTW, we're on Chapter 467 and counting! > I'm getting ready to upgrade to Uverse Internet at home to increase speed > without increasing the monthly charge. Of course AT&T wants around $200 or > so to do the upgrade. I'm going to call them and tell them that I have > another vendor more than willing to upgrade me for FREE and charge me the > same monthly amount for the same speed line. I'll see how that goes and if > it does, I'll let you all know. > > > > Murray > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
