tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post1806850607180586098..comments2024-03-05T09:00:51.695-08:00Comments on DISSENT the BLOG: Special Board meeting: Fitz as Acting Chance is rubber-stampedRebel Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695051285325585662noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-73318563678199005292016-07-12T11:41:36.852-07:002016-07-12T11:41:36.852-07:00There have been many positive updates to Workday b...There have been many positive updates to Workday based on user feedback. So what is there to complain about? What is your solution? Workday isn't going anywhere so maybe it's time to get used to it, and be happy that district services is responding to feedback. <br /><br />Is Workday perfect? Of course it's not. But it does have its benefits. Be flexible. You can't expect everything you want to happen in a day. These things take time. <br /><br />I commend Debra and her staff for taking this project on. Something like Workday should have been implemented a long time ago. We were basically in the stone ages - of course it's going to take time to get up to speed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-5829939565783380322016-07-10T23:26:28.693-07:002016-07-10T23:26:28.693-07:00Well said 8:02 p.m.
We paid big money to be the l...Well said 8:02 p.m. <br />We paid big money to be the lab rats of California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-29808174144958177872016-07-10T20:52:07.412-07:002016-07-10T20:52:07.412-07:00No flip phone. But my smart phone works and doesn...No flip phone. But my smart phone works and doesn't take me twice as long to use. I'm all for better technology, but Workday was not the best choice for our kind of business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-51908133004211436932016-07-10T20:43:30.403-07:002016-07-10T20:43:30.403-07:00I suppose you still use a flip phone, too! I suppose you still use a flip phone, too! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-27702823174208686542016-07-10T20:02:33.784-07:002016-07-10T20:02:33.784-07:00The cost of Escape was less than $75,000 a year. ...The cost of Escape was less than $75,000 a year. Sure, everyone wanted something better than Escape, but none of us expected to spend $12M of Basic Aid funds to buy a system that is many, many times worse and will require the district to increase staff to use it. Escape's finance system was developed for and caters to California K-14 schools. Dr. Fitzsimons stated in her report to the BOT (June 27) that Escape is no longer supported. That is completely false. Escape is a viable company and continues to sell and improve its product with every system update. <br /><br />Workday did not have a single community college using financials before SOCCCD went live. Not one. Basically, we bought a system that was unknown, and we were Workday's beta testers. SOCCCD is still the only California community college district using Workday financials - Grossmont is going live soon.<br /><br />$75,000 a year versus >$12,000,000 PLUS the long-term cost of more staff. Someone did not choose wisely, and they're still blowing this by the Board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-49512423739406374662016-07-10T07:31:42.820-07:002016-07-10T07:31:42.820-07:00The District recommended we spend millions of doll...The District recommended we spend millions of dollars for us to use workday. A piece of software that has no history of success in a college business environment. We should have spent the extra money on a product from Oracle. Try getting the District to create changes to the software on how we actually are to conduct business according to ed code or accreditation requirements. We are hosed.<br />So good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-13839982298282531382016-07-09T14:23:56.482-07:002016-07-09T14:23:56.482-07:00omg...omg...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-11914059227760574512016-07-08T18:52:50.231-07:002016-07-08T18:52:50.231-07:00Read the whole user manual and if you still have q...Read the whole user manual and if you still have questions call their tech support line. The automated, self-serve system is happy to take your call. Don't forget to press 1 for English otherwise it disconnects you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-55135894517304635702016-07-08T16:32:42.420-07:002016-07-08T16:32:42.420-07:0010:43, we know a great deal about change and are h...10:43, we know a great deal about change and are hardly phobic given that we adjust to change nearly by the week and lead the way in helping most of you adjust. You might take a moment and look around. When something like Workday rises to a level where it does not respond or provide basic reports or is beyond basic understanding of how financial, human resource or payroll software should and does work, we question, we are concerned and we want it fixed. We "take responsibility and take the initiative" but this "bloody thing" does not work or takes at least six times as long to finish anything. As a group, the classified rarely complain about situations they are forced into in the workplace. 2:42 is correct, try reading and understanding the post but also, try using and understanding Workday and explain to us how it works and functions o' wise one. Trust us. We are waiting. We continue to wait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-77435199677142529762016-07-08T14:42:43.362-07:002016-07-08T14:42:43.362-07:0010:43, you know nothing about me or my skill level...10:43, you know nothing about me or my skill levels. I said nothing about ME not knowing how to use workday. I was only talking about Debra and how she has misrepresented the workday problems to the BOT and the "solutions" she spewed out. Try reading and understanding the post and it's content before you decide to make your pointless comments. Then again, you do sound like a typical administrator. Blame the project/process shortcomings on the end user.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-44696652525346875852016-07-08T10:43:17.833-07:002016-07-08T10:43:17.833-07:009:56, you sound like a change-phobic complaintnik ...9:56, you sound like a change-phobic complaintnik just looking for reasons to get another raise. Get off your sorry butt, take some responsibility, initiative and learn how to use the bloody thing, forgodsakesman!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-71271641278563644452016-07-08T09:56:23.212-07:002016-07-08T09:56:23.212-07:00Wow, Debra has some loyal cheerleaders. Nevermind ...Wow, Debra has some loyal cheerleaders. Nevermind that she blatantly lied about Workday to the BOT just the other day and blamed it on the classified staff. Then offers the same useless training that didn't help to begin with. That's not a facilitator or a viable solution!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-39119610614536413712016-07-07T19:39:37.816-07:002016-07-07T19:39:37.816-07:00I am also a faculty member who has worked with Deb...I am also a faculty member who has worked with Debra. I have the highest of confidence in her. I have time and time again, both in very complex committee work and in department work, found her to be responsible, facilitative, and ready to work out solutions. I support her in this challenging time period. She has proven herself to be good for her word as 5:47 has said. I am weary over the years of the negativity in our district. Gary left for this reason, I am sure he got weary, too. It inhibits us, at our college and district, to be as good as we could be for our students. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-44566379386975407122016-07-07T11:37:14.358-07:002016-07-07T11:37:14.358-07:00As a faculty member who has worked with on several...As a faculty member who has worked with on several committees, she was prepared, open to ideas, and willing to listen to others. So, the Haha person needs to provide some specifics of that not occurring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-62529612022811925462016-07-07T09:29:19.943-07:002016-07-07T09:29:19.943-07:005:47. Hahahahahaha5:47. HahahahahahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-23052879231239830972016-07-06T17:47:07.317-07:002016-07-06T17:47:07.317-07:00Debra is good for her word. We should be pleased w...Debra is good for her word. We should be pleased with someone who can be straight forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-3354342165888790642016-07-06T12:01:09.700-07:002016-07-06T12:01:09.700-07:00Thanks for keeping us as informed as is possible. ...Thanks for keeping us as informed as is possible. What is it about summer and coups?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-18883722433248758502016-07-06T10:51:09.026-07:002016-07-06T10:51:09.026-07:00What was supposed to happen to Burnett?What was supposed to happen to Burnett?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-16807353192961226842016-07-06T10:22:22.220-07:002016-07-06T10:22:22.220-07:00Thank you, Roy, for taking the time to be present ...Thank you, Roy, for taking the time to be present in order to report back to the rest of us. How is it that they had two agenda items but didn't provide a report on the second, SC President??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com