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edited November 2010 in Social Entropy++
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    MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I have my first day with my new boss in three hours.

    I will be writing legal memos in an 11th floor office on lower Broadway

    you can hit Wall St. with a rock from the front door of this place

    it's pretty sweet

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I got a bonus today and will be getting a raise as well!

    still want a job that is more satisfying, though

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    VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Is this the one who told you not to thank people for their time?

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    YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    New job starts a week from Monday.

    I've discovered I'm easily amused as I currently have a Virtual PC set up with Windows XP to run some software that seems to loathe Windows 7.

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    SticksSticks I'd rather be in bed.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm still kicking around the idea of looking for a new job.

    My current one is great, but I work from home and it gets lonely.

    Wouldn't mind having an office to go to, and people to see face to face.

    Then again, looking for a new job kind of terrifies me.

    Sticks on
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    MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Is this the one who told you not to thank people for their time?

    yup

    he told me to dispense with the letters of recommendation and he would just see how I performed.

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    SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    I keep seeing job postings for positions that are pretty much my current job but based in London / Manchester with nearly double my current salary, fancy chairs, office snacks, free drinks and meals and other cool stuff.

    Meanwhile my chair had an armrest fall off a while back.

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    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
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    YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Woo, another email of a recruiting/contracting company telling me they might be able to find me a job if I just put my resume in their system.

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    BorommakotBorommakot Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Who has two thumbs and a job and the Fed?
    *points at self*
    This guy right here.

    Took them two weeks longer to get back to me than they said it would, but hey I got the job. I wish it was going to last longer than two months though.

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    MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    what are you going to do while working for the most evil bank in the world?




    (I am just kidding, it is only like the third most evil bank in the world)


    (seriously, what are you doing?)

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    NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    does that mean you are out of a job koch?

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    NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    i mean, i have no idea where you work, just that you do creative stuff and are on the north west coast

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    KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    No, I'm fine. I'm actually in NYC right now on vacation and got the call in times square, but people were texting me all day yesterday to ask me about it. Pretty stressful.

    Edit: Fucking shitty as hell though. : (

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    vermiculturevermiculture Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    my big working interview is next tuesday i have no idea how to prepare for it

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    MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Kochikens wrote: »
    No, I'm fine. I'm actually in NYC right now on vacation and got the call in times square, but people were texting me all day yesterday to ask me about it. Pretty stressful.

    no shit

    come see bluegrass with me tonight

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Guys I seriously love this new job. It feels so good to have regular employment. I dunno, like I just really enjoy having something to go to in the morning, feeling like I'm accomplishing something.

    Oh Dru how did the spice thing turn out?

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    adytumadytum The Inevitable Rise And FallRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I finally get a new assistant.

    And a new computer!

    Hopefully this will be my last weekend working, but it'll be a doozy! Gonna be here Saturday and Sunday!

    adytum on
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    TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I love you VoC and your thread title/OP is the best you've ever made.

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    NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    adytum wrote: »
    I finally get a new assistant.

    And a new computer!

    Hopefully this will be my last weekend working, but it'll be a doozy! Gonna be here Saturday and Sunday!

    i'd be barfing rainbows too

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    BorommakotBorommakot Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    what are you going to do while working for the most evil bank in the world?




    (I am just kidding, it is only like the third most evil bank in the world)


    (seriously, what are you doing?)

    My title is Economic Outreach Intern so I'll help put together ways of explaining what the Fed actually does to people, the target audience is middle school kids but it's for anyone who wants it. I'll also lead tours around the Fed every once in a while and help with conference stuff within our district so I'll probably get paid to go to D.C. at least once between now and when this ends. In addition to actual job stuff I'm going to try and network like hell with these people and see if I can get some awesome letters of recommendation/references for grad school applications.

    I'm already kind of bummed knowing it'll only be two months because this is probably going to be the best job I get while I'm still in school, satisfaction and pay wise.

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    adytumadytum The Inevitable Rise And FallRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Nogs wrote: »
    adytum wrote: »
    I finally get a new assistant.

    And a new computer!

    Hopefully this will be my last weekend working, but it'll be a doozy! Gonna be here Saturday and Sunday!

    i'd be barfing rainbows too

    That's just the ulcer I've given myself over the past two months acting up.

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    MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I think my job might be running a blag. I've made $5 from ads in the weeks since launching it, and traffic is only going up.

    This is more than I can say about job hunting for the last year.

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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm really tempted to blow my first paycheck on games+videogames and save piously after that.

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    OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited October 2010
    so that convenience store (wawa) definitely boned me

    i had very positive first and second interviews, spoke with the gm (who said he'd speak to both my interviewers and 'definitely give [me] a call'.

    i've called back six times and stopped in twice

    i guess he is dodging me

    oh well... chin up i guess

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    adytumadytum The Inevitable Rise And FallRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    You should definitely stick the place up

    To teach them a lesson, you see
    You definitely shouldn't do that

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    VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Wawa's are hell to work at. My sister works at one and my BIL used to. It's like high school.


    And my company may be about to lose a major partner. Oops.

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    JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    my big working interview is next tuesday i have no idea how to prepare for it

    Are you still at the zoo?

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    grouch993grouch993 Both a man and a numberRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Borommakot wrote: »
    My title is Economic Outreach Intern <snip>

    A number of us would love to have some bags of unmarked economic outreach. Could you give us a general GPS readout to meet up?

    :)

    Congrats to all the folks getting jobs. Seems to be a few.

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    KakodaimonosKakodaimonos Code fondler Helping the 1% get richerRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Sometimes I feel like I'm the chum with all these damn recruiters all calling me. I'm definitely glad I have a throwaway e-mail address.

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    YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Sometimes I feel like I'm the chum with all these damn recruiters all calling me. I'm definitely glad I have a throwaway e-mail address.

    This has been me for the past 3 weeks. So many job offers and not in the area I'm looking for.

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    NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    company i phone interviewed with yesterday just called,

    want to do a face-to-face on monday

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    VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Yay!

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    so that thing that nogs linked me to

    scm/logistics admin

    for

    DC Comics

    :o

    Not really getting excited about it, but hey

    DC Comics

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    NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    you better apply to that dan

    you fuckin better

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    skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    gw on gettin to the next step Nogs, best of luck on it :)

    gogo smarthero!

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I did already!

    Unfortunately I don't have much experience with SAP, but from what I'm told most ERP systems are similar enough that I could pick it up pretty easy.

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    babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Wait, this isn't the Ghostbusters thread?

    Looks like I'm quitting my shitty retail job to back to my shitty design job because they want me part time and will guarantee me 16-24 hours a week. No idea for how long but if it doesn't last for more than 3 months it's not like it's hard to land shitty retail work.

    At least for the 3 months I don't dread going to work every single day and I make some extra money and I can still go to class. Net win!

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    JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Nogs wrote: »
    company i phone interviewed with yesterday just called,

    want to do a face-to-face on monday

    Good luck! :)

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    YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    That picture looks really weird at a glance.

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