Please upskill and progress past doing your entire job in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Signed, nearly 50-year-old employee who isn't afraid of new tech.
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@p8 You are primed to be a user of AI. No need to go thru the nerds for your command.
Op - it is not a generational thing. The problem is big banking is not bothered to innovate because regulation protects us from threat of new efficient entrants. And to tell you the truth, I have made a success of my 30 year career by knowing who not to pi-s off, who to cultivate and who to write off. I have never given a sh-t about excel macros or their alternatives and it has saved me a ton of time. These days I go for months without having to open even a single spreadsheet. On the odd chance when I do open a spreadsheet, I usually ask the nerd who made it to summarise the ‘so what’ in PowerPoint. I would strongly recommend people not to waste their time on this low level nerdy nonsense.
I'll be posting about this rude comment on Friendster!
What an inconsiderate and pompous post. Are you levitating above older teammates?
No, at this point we will not be exposed to the level of environmental lead at a developmental age that would be needed to transform us into boomers.
WF requires Excel and PPT. That is how the execs communicate to eath other in their silos.
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@bz Thanks for proving my point.
Im retiring in 9 years. Idgaf about what yall think babes. Excel and SQL are still how we do 90% of the work in this company, so joke is on you.
Do NOT rattle GenX. FAFO!
Picking on old folks. weak Just weak.
@ae+1jpj9p7tm we know who you are we have heard you spouting this cr-p before. You are a spineless AZZHole and a low skilled loser PoS.
Would it be OK if you changed your post title to "Hey, entitled employee? You arrogant pos. You have no idea what somebody does or doesn't know based on their age or any other designation. Go f yourself.
Serious question, if not standard office suite stuff, just what should I be doing "my entire job" on? Believe it or not OP, not all of us are in tech or use/need proprietary/LOB specific software.
Strong agree, OP. For such weak skills they sure do have huge chips on their shoulders. Just look at the weird caveman English comments on this post.
I am “upskilling” learning to better use Excel, PowerPoint and Pronect because my new management chain is obsessed with spreadsheets and presentations instead of using the Agile tools.
Why? 95% of the requests get from leaders is either a PPT or an excel analysis. That's why the come to little old me and not you, captain d-bag. Hahahahaa.
Very subtle vote manipulation going on, as usual. Boomer narcissism is a helluva thing.
This childish OP is an Indian troll.
Look at all those fake downvotes on the OP lol. Well, no mystery as to how old the crazy guy is now.
Congrats on your impending retirement, but you might want to dial back on the haughty, "I'm in, close the hatch" type of pompousness, regarding your soon to be exiting from the rat-race; because you haven't factored in the most important part of retirement: your HEALTH.
You might find a certain type of freedom when you retire, but don't assume that your health will be included with that. Life can take some rather sudden, sharp, twists and turns, and in some cases, cliff-dives when it comes to health.
Karma.
Try being more humble and helpful, especially when reaching and during retirement.
No one likes an arrogant oldster.
Amen
Please don’t summon the boomer victim complex, OP. The economy is still feeling the effects of their snowflake voting in November.
@af+1jpj9p7tm Please upskill your English before posting. A lot of posters here are native speakers, as this is an American company.
Hey pompous poster,
WTF are you even talking about.
Signed,
Over 50 employee who isn’t afraid of anything, except the fumes coming from your brain as your two brain cells attempting to rub together.
Looks like OP successfully triggered thelayoff's demographic with the biggest persecution complex
Hahaha...eff off, I'm still making more than you.
show me a senior leader who doesn't require Excel and PPT at this place
Edit: message below is for the OP BTW
F off dou--e bag. STFU and just worry about yourself. Signed, “older” worker.
Seeing the AI loon's broken English does answer the question of why he needs to rely on it so heavily.
Hmmm. New tech. Mean PowerBI or tableau. REALLY. Now if you are talking about AI then i would say you need to change careers because that is going to replace you in the next 6 years. Lucky for me i will be happily in retirement. You wont make it to 55 at this rate. Sometimes it is great to get older. Guaranteed medical care at medicare prices vs 1500 to 2000 premiums, was able to stay employed through 60’s because AI has not eliminated most tech jobs but will and no more worry about lay offs.
As an older and I guess entitled employee that frequently uses both successfully, what do you recommend I learn to “upskill”?