2:17 pm February 23, 2008SaturdayYou may recall me mentioning something about my husband getting a new job a few weeks ago. What I haven’t mentioned yet is that they are working him like a dog. (Albeit a decently-paid dog.) All last week, my husband stayed late. Today (Saturday) he decided that he needed to go in again. So he ran to work. Like, with his feet. He called me — panting — when he got there to tell me that he’d forgotten his badge to get into the building. So I packed up the kids and took him his badge and some non-sweaty clothes to change into. Upon entering the building, the kids were enthralled. We happened to come in through the break room door. Well, one of the break rooms. The building has several of them. And they’re pimped out. Omniture is one of those places that thinks that if they pay you well, and feed you, and give you cool places to hang out, you will live there and never go home. And it sort of works, because Jon really likes it there. I took some stealthy video of the break area and the “Guitar Hero Loft”. Check it out. You’ll notice that I repeatedly voice my concerns over the amount of “productive work being done each day”. It would seem that this really bothers me, even though I don’t really think it does. I think it’s kind of hilarious that Jon came home the other night and told me that he is now officially the Guitar Hero champion in the office. So amid all of the “productive work” being done, there is also a bracket system scribbled on a white board in someone’s cubical with my husband listed as the reigning champion; the man to beat. There’s also a network gaming room decorated like a dungeon with torches and a large gun turret thingy mounted to the ceiling. I didn’t get to video that today. I was kind of afraid of getting shut in behind the huge dungeon door. Oh, and the big Omniture Conference next month is going to be sweet. Lance Armstrong is one of the keynote speakers, and Flight of the Conchords is the entertainment act. Tickets are $3000 a pair, and there’s no real reason for the company to send Jon, so the chances of me being able to go aren’t looking good. *sigh* Even though I’m the mother flippin’… For the company, it’s all about whatever keeps employees motivated, I guess. If they ever put in employee spa services with pedicures and massages, I’m applying to Omniture as a software engineer as well. 5 Comments »RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL Leave a comment
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Dude, apply as a custodian – you & your man could stay after hours, the kids would be occupied with Guitar Hero & pool…Know what I mean? Wink wink, nudge nudge…
Comment by stephanie — February 23, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
As I am reading about your husband’s successes with the Guitar Hero population, mine is having a “play off” with his best friend who is currently visiting and maintaing the same level of obsession as they have strummed away the better part of 2 hours this morning continued from more than 6 hours from yesterday and there seems to be no end in sight…I think the only reason they stopped was cuz they ran out of beer and got distracted by the thought of finding more…
Comment by Nerak — February 24, 2008 @ 7:22 am
Okay, your husband works for the coolest company ever. Guitar Hero? Flight of the Conchords? I once got a free coffee mug from my previous employer. Geez.
Comment by Leslie — February 24, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
How are you even supposed to compete with that? Tony would find excuses to go into work!
Comment by Sam — February 25, 2008 @ 11:17 am
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