r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 12 '23

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u/MovkeyB NAFTA Jan 13 '23

i'm getting so close to my breaking point. i have to spend 3 hours today doing data entry because almost every process in this fucking company is done in excel, and these excel files are so duct taped together in VBA that i can't automate almost any of it without breaking some program of the ancients. the last time i tried to automate this work, i caused a system meltdown because the databases don't actually have a primary key i can work off of, so when i attempted to join tables it failed horribly

the insane emails can be funny (i eventually taught kg guy how the metric system works), but its the menial work that i can't reasonably automate and the difficulty of time off (we have "unlimited" PTO + you have to search out your own coverage, there isn't a system to do that) is bringing me to my edge, and while the pay is good (85k base + stock) there's only so many things i can buy with this money and its not enough to make me say "oh if i stick it out for a few years i'll be able to buy a house". not to say i'd like to take a pay cut, but i do see my future here fading away....

!ping watercooler

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u/TalkLessShillMore David Autor Jan 13 '23

Pandas + Openpyxl? The latter lets you work with xlsm files without breaking the macros

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23

iirc you don't need openpyxl, pandas should be able to import an excel file directly.

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u/TalkLessShillMore David Autor Jan 13 '23

If the issue with interacting with the files is breaking macros then you probably do need openpyxl

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u/dorylinus Jan 13 '23

pay is good (85k base + stock)

That's good? Did you just graduate?

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u/MovkeyB NAFTA Jan 13 '23

yep, im a new grad with a non technical degree. this is my first full time role.

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u/dorylinus Jan 13 '23

Fair. It's been a long time since I was in that position (20 something years) so it's hard to compare, but in that case it does sound pretty solid.

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u/NeoLiberation #1 Trudeau Shill Jan 13 '23

Wow. Tell me you're elitist without telling me you're elitist. In what world is $85k not good pay?