I don't understand corporate decision making?
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I don't understand corporate decision making?
Ok I work for a multi billion dollar company that in the world leader in its product. It seems like HQ has no idea what is going on at their plants.
My gripe is that during school I was learing tons of 3-D cad programs and even learned how to use AutoCAD in highschool(which owned 30 copies of it). The 1 plant that I happend to work for is the only plant they have that does not use AutoCAD for their engr. dept. We have some severly outdate system. It works just fine for drawing and I'm starting to catch on to all the shortcuts and stuff to make it work well but it has damn near zero compatibility with AutoCAD, which every other plant and HQ uses.
They won't buy us AutoCAD so if we need a print for parts from outside vendors or HQ they send them via AutoCAD format. Which we can't open up!!!. We have to get them mailed or use .pdf printouts that we can't make revisions to in our system. The excuse is that we have a system already and don't need a new one. What a crock of BS. This has been a fight for many years but i guess the 30k it takes for us to do our job is better spent remodeling offices. Hell even 1 copy we could put on the extra comp just to print stuff out insead of waiting a day for UPS to ship it.
Oh, and if you think we should have all the drawings for our machinery in our plant, we do. In AutoCAD format b/c the company that built it used AutoCAD.
/rant off
At least its friday.
Yeah i just got the breakdown for next years budget and plans. Didn't see the money for adding a window to my cubical. bummed out. Just think instead of spending all day wasting time staring at a wall i could stare at a corn field. j/k
My gripe is that during school I was learing tons of 3-D cad programs and even learned how to use AutoCAD in highschool(which owned 30 copies of it). The 1 plant that I happend to work for is the only plant they have that does not use AutoCAD for their engr. dept. We have some severly outdate system. It works just fine for drawing and I'm starting to catch on to all the shortcuts and stuff to make it work well but it has damn near zero compatibility with AutoCAD, which every other plant and HQ uses.
They won't buy us AutoCAD so if we need a print for parts from outside vendors or HQ they send them via AutoCAD format. Which we can't open up!!!. We have to get them mailed or use .pdf printouts that we can't make revisions to in our system. The excuse is that we have a system already and don't need a new one. What a crock of BS. This has been a fight for many years but i guess the 30k it takes for us to do our job is better spent remodeling offices. Hell even 1 copy we could put on the extra comp just to print stuff out insead of waiting a day for UPS to ship it.
Oh, and if you think we should have all the drawings for our machinery in our plant, we do. In AutoCAD format b/c the company that built it used AutoCAD.
/rant off
At least its friday.
Yeah i just got the breakdown for next years budget and plans. Didn't see the money for adding a window to my cubical. bummed out. Just think instead of spending all day wasting time staring at a wall i could stare at a corn field. j/k
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RE: I don't understand corporate decision making?
ORIGINAL: mbz300sdl
i like how u dont say what company.lol
Corn field? hmmm John Deere???
i like how u dont say what company.lol
Corn field? hmmm John Deere???
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RE: I don't understand corporate decision making?
I often wonder what makes someone qualified to manage? But I feel your pain, mate - thank gawd, I'm the boss of this outfit... hang in there maybe someone in the puzzle palace they call HQ, might find a clue over the weekend
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RE: I don't understand corporate decision making?
Yeah, you pretty much hit it right on the head.
ORIGINAL: Chingy
Ok I work for a multi billion dollar company that in the world leader in its product. It seems like HQ has no idea what is going on at their plants.
My gripe is that during school I was learing tons of 3-D cad programs and even learned how to use AutoCAD in highschool(which owned 30 copies of it). The 1 plant that I happend to work for is the only plant they have that does not use AutoCAD for their engr. dept. We have some severly outdate system. It works just fine for drawing and I'm starting to catch on to all the shortcuts and stuff to make it work well but it has damn near zero compatibility with AutoCAD, which every other plant and HQ uses.
They won't buy us AutoCAD so if we need a print for parts from outside vendors or HQ they send them via AutoCAD format. Which we can't open up!!!. We have to get them mailed or use .pdf printouts that we can't make revisions to in our system. The excuse is that we have a system already and don't need a new one. What a crock of BS. This has been a fight for many years but i guess the 30k it takes for us to do our job is better spent remodeling offices. Hell even 1 copy we could put on the extra comp just to print stuff out insead of waiting a day for UPS to ship it.
Oh, and if you think we should have all the drawings for our machinery in our plant, we do. In AutoCAD format b/c the company that built it used AutoCAD.
/rant off
At least its friday.
Yeah i just got the breakdown for next years budget and plans. Didn't see the money for adding a window to my cubical. bummed out. Just think instead of spending all day wasting time staring at a wall i could stare at a corn field. j/k
Ok I work for a multi billion dollar company that in the world leader in its product. It seems like HQ has no idea what is going on at their plants.
My gripe is that during school I was learing tons of 3-D cad programs and even learned how to use AutoCAD in highschool(which owned 30 copies of it). The 1 plant that I happend to work for is the only plant they have that does not use AutoCAD for their engr. dept. We have some severly outdate system. It works just fine for drawing and I'm starting to catch on to all the shortcuts and stuff to make it work well but it has damn near zero compatibility with AutoCAD, which every other plant and HQ uses.
They won't buy us AutoCAD so if we need a print for parts from outside vendors or HQ they send them via AutoCAD format. Which we can't open up!!!. We have to get them mailed or use .pdf printouts that we can't make revisions to in our system. The excuse is that we have a system already and don't need a new one. What a crock of BS. This has been a fight for many years but i guess the 30k it takes for us to do our job is better spent remodeling offices. Hell even 1 copy we could put on the extra comp just to print stuff out insead of waiting a day for UPS to ship it.
Oh, and if you think we should have all the drawings for our machinery in our plant, we do. In AutoCAD format b/c the company that built it used AutoCAD.
/rant off
At least its friday.
Yeah i just got the breakdown for next years budget and plans. Didn't see the money for adding a window to my cubical. bummed out. Just think instead of spending all day wasting time staring at a wall i could stare at a corn field. j/k
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