Bench time = ski time. Ready to get some true Slalom time in today

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Hitting the bench tomorrow and I'm about to do the same thing

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Currently on a bus shuttle to the mountain and I'm the only one under 40 lol. This will be fun

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Lucky you! When I was on bench, my manager asked me to go into the office every day and the days I didn't, we ( all the folks on bench) had to call into a meeting to tell everyone what we hv been working on. Super stressful and I hated it!

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Lol I'm so sorry. I'll get some extra runs in for you

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@one11 we had to do the bench calls for a few months too. Was a complete bullshit call and your manager would be CC'd on the email asking why you missed it. At one point both me and my manager were missed the call 😂

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What area OP?

I'm heading up to Tahoe this weekend

Seattle area

What team and/or location? Just asking so I never accidentally transfer to your team 😃

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Thanks

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I joined
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I am unable to figure out what can be done now.

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Any inputs will be helpful.

Thanks!

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