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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]COVID/work/trying to homeschool, I had to have 4 surgeries in April (unrelated to COVID but an emergency), spent 10 days in the hospital, barely back on my feet....and now it turns out that the legal brief I had completely finished, except one section I had a junior working on, before my illness was somehow deleted from my hard drive and cloud during all this and the resulting kids on my computer trying to distance learn.

I just want to give up.  I spent weeks on it and not to pat myself on the back, but it was REALLY good.  Now I have nothing but my random thoughts the first day I made the file, which changed so many times after that.  At least I opened it today to add the junior's section and found out.

I just can't.  At least I have a little more time to recreate it, but honestly this is just devastating.  I don't have the energy to do it all again.

Also, my file of notes also poofed and has nothing but the names of the committee I was working with.  NOTHING ELSE.

I want to cry.  I am so tired.

Feel free to share your own vent, no matter how small.  I am sure in a year I'll laugh about this, but now I just don't have it in me.[/quote]

You should not be using your work computer for distance learning, lesson learned, get them their own computers. what the hell, i am sure this is a corporate violation and if nothing else bad practice[/quote]

Thanks, that makes me feel so much better!  My work (a small nonprofit) always provided me a shit computer so I finally bought a Mac and we agreed, by contract, I could use it for work (I have worked 100% from home for the last 10 years).  I think most of us are trying to get by now with what we have instead of purchasing expensive items during a very uncertain time.  Would it have been better practice to buy my kids their own?  Of course.  Feasible? Not so much.  Glad you work for a place that doesn’t have to make financial tradeoffs!  It must be fun in your fancy office, punching people who are down.[/quote]

I love Macs but you could have bought a very serviceable PC and two chrome books for that price.  But I have always had a computer for personal use, I mean how do you even apply for your next job??[/quote]

OP here.  Have you read anything I posted?  I am not going to get fired, nor do I want a different job.  I am damn good at what I do and I will make it happen, and it will be good.  I don’t need to apply for another job and if I did, I am smart enough to figure that out.

I generally love my computer.  It isn’t my work’s fault or my fault that I didn’t foresee COVID-19, e-learning my elementary kids, or spending 10 days in the hospital and nearly dying, such that my kids were doing e-learning without my or my husband’s close supervision.

I kind of feel sorry for you, that you need a special device to apply for new jobs as if that is a constant thing for a strong, happy employee.  There’s always at least one on DCUM.[/quote]

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