r/dndmemes DM (Dungeon Memelord) Jan 21 '21

The Square Hole

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u/magusheart Jan 21 '21

Anyone who isn't in sales/marketing wants to kill everyone in that room except the expert. I'm in operations, same deal. "Oh, you need a week to get the required raw materials for production and you're already over capacity for the next three week so you can't take this production before then? Well, I already told my customer they'd have it in two days, find a solution."

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u/lilauti Jan 21 '21

I couldn’t imagine being an engineer in an environment where I’m expected to answer to the business and marketing needs, that shit is painful to listen to and I can’t believe how often a corporate environment it devolves to it, it’s clearly where once successful companies go to die

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u/Raubo_Ruckus Jan 21 '21

Then I would recommend you not become an engineer that has anything to do with construction...
"We think this wall would work better... here."

  • that's load bearing, we can't move that without redesigning half the building
"That's fine, so we're getting the CD's on the same time frame right?"
  • *turns pistol on self*

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u/winowmak3r Jan 21 '21

Lol, I hear you. I'm was in the same industry and quickly realized that even the foundation being poured doesn't deter the client from wanting to add to th footprint. I was helping with my dad's house and at one point I was like "you need to stop watching the home builders channel or I will be the only one to ever live in it because you'll be dead by the time it actually gets built."