fitheach,
@fitheach@mstdn.io avatar

My boss has the aesthetic sensibilities of a blind wombat. He has decided he wants to design the new company website. I've tried to convince him of the merits of a professional theme. All to no avail. What to do? :blobcatthinkinghard:

trebach,
@trebach@functional.cafe avatar

@fitheach Make a mockup of it, show it around to coworkers who are not his subordinates without mentioning him, then write down the reception of it without their names attached.

Maybe getting some feedback about it being a pile of dog dirt from anonymous other people might change his mind

fitheach,
@fitheach@mstdn.io avatar

@trebach
He's the business owner, so, everyone is his subordinate. 🙄

Maybe I should just show him this thread. 😃

fedops,
@fedops@fosstodon.org avatar

@fitheach nothing. You wouldn't look at your employer's website anyway now would you?

fitheach,
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@fedops
Yeah, but, my boss is bound to ask me "what do you think of this?" Truth or white lie?

fedops,
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@fitheach white lie. It's a commercial relationship after all.

fitheach,
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@fedops
Aye, there are a lot of tech layoffs, currently. 😃

fedops,
@fedops@fosstodon.org avatar

@fitheach yeah, don't become a statistic. 😄

Is the situation in the UK comparable to the US? We're not seeing this here (yet), as there is still a lack of qualified people pretty much across the board; including IT.

fitheach,
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@fedops
I'm not exactly sure. I keep seeing posts on Fedi about tech layoffs, but, they might be US centric.

edavies,
@edavies@functional.cafe avatar

@fitheach Admire its obvious “authenticity”.

@fedops

fitheach,
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@edavies
Do you remember homepages from the 1990s? Well...

@fedops

fedops,
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@fitheach they certainly were full of character...
@edavies

fitheach,
@fitheach@mstdn.io avatar

@fedops
Dancing fonts were one of my favourites.

@edavies

fedops,
@fedops@fosstodon.org avatar

@fitheach remember the animated, blinking "under construction" barrier? Peak web design. 😂
@edavies

fitheach,
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Jason_Dodd,
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@fitheach practice putting on a smile when looking at disgusting things.

fitheach,
@fitheach@mstdn.io avatar

@Jason_Dodd
I do that every morning when shaving. 😃

withaveeay,
@withaveeay@mastodon.scot avatar

@fitheach Start keeping email trails and records....
(Thinking of one memorable meeting when bosses absolutely had to have their egos stroked, so they were arguing about a shade of yellow.)

fitheach,
@fitheach@mstdn.io avatar

@withaveeay
I don't want to stroke his ego. Yuck! 😃

yngmar,
@yngmar@social.tchncs.de avatar

@fitheach Tell him it's very nice, put it on a server somewhere and direct his /etc/hosts to it, so he can admire it.

Then put the real version on the real server for the rest of the world.

fitheach,
@fitheach@mstdn.io avatar

@yngmar
This is low-down, sneaky and deceptive.

Might just work... 😃

slothrop,
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  • fitheach,
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    @slothrop
    Alternatively, I could let him get on with it, and discover all this for himself. 😃

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  • fitheach,
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    @slothrop
    Please, nooo! 😃

    Bella,
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    @fitheach Find a new job 😇

    fitheach,
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    @Bella
    If I criticise his efforts sufficiently, finding a new job might be necessary. 😃

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