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0 pointszabzonk5y ago0 comments

Ah, thinking back (it was a loooong time ago, and I was only on-site for five days) I think she may have mentioned typhoons.

The thing that really struck me at the time was not so much the building, but the security. There were card-access only doors every few yards, and they wouldn't give me even a visitor card - I had to be escorted to the lav and canteen all the time, which was irritating for all concerned. God knows what they were up to in there - summoning dread Cthulhu?

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Mauricebranagh5y ago· 1 in thread

Back then it was a FAB - does seem excessive I have had a couple of interviews (both avowed jobs) like that.

Huntings wouldn't even let me in the main building and Hanslope Park I was escorted (its much nicer than its description in the laundry files)

zabzonkOP5y ago

Yay, Laundry Files! If you are an IT nerd into Lovecraft, you owe it to yourself to read them.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Laundry_Files

vidarh5y ago

I did a two week contract for a defense research institute once where a senior staff developer had to babysit me like that. He was nice about it, but it must have been really annoying. It was simply easier for them than going through the bureaucracy of getting me a visitor pass for a contract that short.

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