Jon McLaughlin

Was any research done to determine how fast and by how much ACA premiums went up when the rethuglicans managed to get rid of the individual mandate was removed?

Here is my recollection of a work meeting I attended on Tuesday Sep 29. My mother died later that same day. Things I said in this meeting caused the client, the U.S. Government, to insist I be removed from the contract and my employer also decided to fire me after 6 years.

They cast me aside without giving me an opportunity to defend myself, or reconcile, or apologize to anyone. My manager’s manager said nothing during the HR meeting and there was no explanation as why I could no longer work on my primary contract (which has 3 years remaining).

Here is my recollection of a work meeting I attended on Tuesday Sep 29. My mother died later that same day. Things I said in this meeting caused the client, the U.S. Government, to insist I be removed from the contract and my employer also decided to fire me after 6 years.

I don’t think my indirect manager even attended this particular status meeting; even though he probably should have. As far as I know, he didn’t let the client or anyone at my company know that my mom was gravely ill. This company has always relied on me to speak up in meetings, even though …

Here is my recollection of a work meeting I attended on Tuesday Sep 29. My mother died later that same day. Things I said in this meeting caused the client, the U.S. Government, to insist I be removed from the contract and my employer also decided to fire me after 6 years.

I was provided very little details and no opportunity to defend myself or to reconcile my behavior. Were there other reasons I was being fired? I may never know. Do I think that pushing back against client’s opinion in a public forum was unproductive and potentially unprofessional? Definitely.

Here is my recollection of a work meeting I attended on Tuesday Sep 29. My mother died later that same day. Things I said in this meeting caused the client, the U.S. Government, to insist I be removed from the contract and my employer also decided to fire me after 6 years.

… was a reasonable response for what was potentially seen as a rude outburst from me. People attending the call did not know what may have been a contributing factor to my emotional outburst to his false statement.

Here is my recollection of a work meeting I attended on Tuesday Sep 29. My mother died later that same day. Things I said in this meeting caused the client, the U.S. Government, to insist I be removed from the contract and my employer also decided to fire me after 6 years.

Yes, I cursed in a public meeting, but I grew up in NYC and I don’t think what I said was very offensive. Yes, I pushed back against his false statement. Yes, I should learn to keep my mouth shut when a client is expressing his opinion.

Here is my recollection of a work meeting I attended on Tuesday Sep 29. My mother died later that same day. Things I said in this meeting caused the client, the U.S. Government, to insist I be removed from the contract and my employer also decided to fire me after 6 years.

teammates didn’t know what we are doing. I’m emotional from a call from my father telling me my mother may pass away that night (she did) and I’m emotional for not being up in NY by her bedside. My recollection of the last few minutes of the call is that I responded to his …

Here is my recollection of a work meeting I attended on Tuesday Sep 29. My mother died later that same day. Things I said in this meeting caused the client, the U.S. Government, to insist I be removed from the contract and my employer also decided to fire me after 6 years.

I was in the middle of explaining some details of a technical requirement that was requested of us when my father calls and I knew it was going to be bad news. I apologized for having to take the call and I muted myself and muted the meeting so I can talk to my dad instead of sending to voicemail.

Here is my recollection of a work meeting I attended on Tuesday Sep 29. My mother died later that same day. Things I said in this meeting caused the client, the U.S. Government, to insist I be removed from the contract and my employer also decided to fire me after 6 years.

The meeting was a bi-weekly status update for our introduction of an API on a Drupal application I spent 4 years working on.

I got fired today. After 6 years of dedication to the government contractor I worked for. There were many periods of time during those 6 years where I regularly works 12+ hours a day writing complex Drupal software. I did the extra hours, without overtime pay, because I wanted to do a good job.

One meeting that goes bad, which was literally while my mother was dying back in NY, and I’m done. They apparently didn’t think I was worth defending to whichever bureaucrat didn’t like my behavior. And they only have 1.5 months left on their contract! Good luck with the re-compete without me 😂

I got fired today. After 6 years of dedication to the government contractor I worked for. There were many periods of time during those 6 years where I regularly works 12+ hours a day writing complex Drupal software. I did the extra hours, without overtime pay, because I wanted to do a good job.

I worked for them as a contractor for a few years and then become full time W-2 employee at their urging. I did good work and I thought I had a good relationship with my teammates and with my counterparts at the government.

I got fired today. After 6 years of dedication to the government contractor I worked for. There were many periods of time during those 6 years where I regularly works 12+ hours a day writing complex Drupal software. I did the extra hours, without overtime pay, because I wanted to do a good job.

Nobody is going to call it “Super Intelligence” you dumb fuck.

So, there’s talk (again) about a military invasion or other action in Cuba. Was the justification? Cuba is not going to build a nuclear weapon. They are not a threat in any way. Are we all just letting this orange menace do whatever he feels like?

I know I’m probably being dumb, but why don’t all the AI companies start by hardcoding the 3 Asimov “Laws of Robotics” into all their software. Ever prompt needs to have those laws added automatically and cannot be overridden. Then add similar laws about hacking other systems.

I know I’m probably being dumb, but why don’t all the AI companies start by hardcoding the 3 Asimov “Laws of Robotics” into all their software. Ever prompt needs to have those laws added automatically and cannot be overridden. Then add similar laws about hacking other systems.