My Wish for Santa

Dear Santa,

Its been a long year, but I’ve tried to be good. I even took a job at my current company of PlxxxCo because a pal of mine was heading up the security team and he needed loads of help to turn that company’s security around. We busted our butts, and made huge strides in getting things running like they should. But the culture at PlxxxCo was one in which employees were more interested in making excuses for bad practices than making efforts to do the right thing.

In the end my pal ran off with another company- a younger and prettier one- and left me there with a boss with more technical experience than managerial experience.  And I have no confidence things will get better.  So how ’bout it Santa?  Can I have a new job for Christmas?

And since I’m asking, can you toss a lump of coal in the stockings of Rosie and her “Diversity” group at PlxxxCo for sending this email to staff?

“Today, we are pleased to announce the formation of two new action networks at PlxxxCo, the LGBTA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Allies) network and the African American network. These networking groups foster a culture of inclusion for minority employees by providing an opportunity to connect based on shared culture and/or characteristics.”

Culture of inclusion?  I see.  So inclusion means excluding straight white people.  If I tried to form the White Professional Action Network at PlxxxCo, they would fire me.

Also, please toss a couple of lumps of coal into the stocking of the security architects who took more than nine months to install a few simple monitoring devices on the network.  Really guys, nine months?  These are the same guys who inspired me to install the sysadmin excuse applet you see on the right sidebar, and I wrote about it here.

Santa, you liked the cookies I left for you last year, right?  I’ll double the servings this year, provided you let me start a new job after the first of the year.  So whaddya say?  Please?