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Sense of Hummer?

Posted: Thursday, October 8th, 2009 @ 11:23 am in Humor, Work | No Comments »

I don’t normally like to share work related stuff, but this was too good to pass up.

Tonight, my boss is participating in a Q&A session. The director who is coordinating this event asked, via her assistant, to find out what my boss, as well as a VP who is also participating in the event, [...]

Passport to Alaska

Posted: Monday, August 4th, 2008 @ 10:20 am in Work | No Comments »

Twice a year the CIOs of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association come together at a three day offsite and discuss everything that’s going on in their respective Health Plans. It happens every year and my boss has been attending them since he started working here, even before he was CIO. This Fall, [...]

IT Cookies

Posted: Friday, December 21st, 2007 @ 9:19 am in Work | 3 Comments »

Now that my boss is the newly crowned CIO, he is always trying to find ways to improve morale. It’s not a surprising move – IT has repeatedly had the lowest employee satisfaction scores in the company, and in the past few months the scores have dropped even lower. In my boss’ defense, it [...]

The B.O.

Posted: Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 @ 2:59 pm in Humor, Work | No Comments »

She was trying to sneak up on me from behind, but I smelled her coming before she even got close. It was one of those smells that stops you in your tracks and makes you say, “My God, is that me?” And your arms are in the air and your head is down; [...]