My big question is if I get all the offers do I go with the big paycheck and stable benefits at the giant in Seattle?
Or with a fun startup in SF? I've been told I'm young enough to still spend some time at a startup again (lol jokes here), but the idea of huuuuge money is pretty nice.
And *I* also settled for much lower pay here than I needed and am regretting it.
Going with those two lines. If you haven't built up a buffer, then a startup might be risky. There is a chance you will be paid in stock options, and those might not even be useful as toilet paper. If you have the funds to survive for at least six months looking for a new job then a startup might be worth it (should it be higher these days? Used to be 3 months).
Otherwise, I am a fan of a stable job with guaranteed paycheck.
Nah, I already told both startups my minimum range and it's more than I make now.
So that's not an issue.
HunterChemist with a heart of AuRegistered Userregular
Look, all I'm saying is that in ISO 17205, you take all of the other documentation, training, standard operating procedures, quality standards, blanks, proficiency testing, double blind proficiencies, and audits. Then you add their buzzword "competency".
You have to constantly prove competency. You have to reprove it. You need objective evidence, documentation, a plan for record retention, a backup plan for record retention, and procedures for everything from operating complex instrumentation to how to use the fucking dishwasher.
I have had to prove competency on how to put things in a dishwasher, add the detergent, and then remove the items when the cycle is complete. There is a 6 page document outlining all the terminology, necessary items to do this work, a step by step procedure, documentation, criteria for showing competency, and corrective actions to follow if something goes wrong.
Now imagine that amount of pain in the ass, but instead of a dishwasher I'm now trying to detect transition metals at parts per billion that need to be reported to governmental agencies to prove our products don't contain levels of Arsenic or Lead that will retard the average citizen worse than they already are.
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
It's like you're all speaking Thai right now.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
Don't worry Ceres, I have no idea what they're talking about either. You and I can sit in blissful ignorance together!
I thought it was cameras, but then it was all boring FORMS or something.
UGH. GROSS.
BORING.
Come on you two, lets sit in the corner and play with flowers all day.
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ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
I love flowers!
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
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ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
Well, my contract isn't being extended, which I think is a mistake because I know I'm far better than most at my job, but I can't say I'm too bothered by it. 17 work days to go before I take 5 weeks paid leave, then get around $4-5K payout, it's really not a bad way to go.
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SheriResident FlufferMy Living RoomRegistered Userregular
I got a decent job offer that seems really great and the money is good. I know I could handle the job, I know I would like it, I know I would like the money.
But they want me to move to a tiny little bum fuck town in Alberta that is far, far away from anywhere in Alberta I would actually like to be. (like 6 hour drive to Edmonton, 9 hours to Calgary kinda thing). I live in Ontario too, to give some perspective on how far it actually is from where I live right now (4000 km).
During the interview process I had to fill out paperwork designating where I would like to be placed - I didn't even chose anywhere near where they decided to place me. I contacted them about it and they basically said "this is where we want you".
I'm getting serious jitters about this and I really don't want to go where they want to send me....
Like I have two feelings about this.
1) If I really don't want to go there, then don't accept the job. No one is forcing me.
2) Stop being a pussy and just fucking do it, I haven't even gone yet how do I know I will hate it there? Its normal to get jitters beforehand right so I shouldn't let them get the better of me. Plus its a real job, and I need a real job.
The worst about my situation is there is another company that is local to me that I interviewed whom I really want to work for, but they haven't gotten back to me yet. And realistically, they could contact me anytime between now and September. Whereas the first company wants me to start within a few weeks.
I know if I puss out and say no to the first company, without having heard from the second, I will feel like a worthless sack of shit. At the same time, I might end up totally hating my life in this new (super tiny and isolated) town.
Ugh
I think option 2 is clearly the best, most logical one. But it doesn't feel like the best one.
Al_wat on
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
You could take it, stick it out for a year so you can put the 'proper job' experience on your resume and save up some money from the good new wage, then move on. A year is a long time to be somewhere you hate but at the same time if you're in the middle of nowhere you probably won't spend much money. And you might end up liking it. If not, move again.
You think ISO is hard? Motherfucker, I'm way more hardcore than you, our lab is acredited for AEMCLRP, EMC, LVD, R&TTE and Medical directives, a Technical Service for Automotive guidelines, Notified Body for LVD and now we're trying to become a NoBo for medical devices.
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Yes.
THE best.
Nah, I already told both startups my minimum range and it's more than I make now.
So that's not an issue.
You spelled January wrong
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ISO 9001...Luxury
Try ISO 17205 and attempt to remain sane.
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I wouldn't expect one of you early-monthers to understand the grandeur of a june birthday
January is the best...but having your birthday sandwiched between the Challenger and Columbia disasters isn't as cool.
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You have to constantly prove competency. You have to reprove it. You need objective evidence, documentation, a plan for record retention, a backup plan for record retention, and procedures for everything from operating complex instrumentation to how to use the fucking dishwasher.
I have had to prove competency on how to put things in a dishwasher, add the detergent, and then remove the items when the cycle is complete. There is a 6 page document outlining all the terminology, necessary items to do this work, a step by step procedure, documentation, criteria for showing competency, and corrective actions to follow if something goes wrong.
Now imagine that amount of pain in the ass, but instead of a dishwasher I'm now trying to detect transition metals at parts per billion that need to be reported to governmental agencies to prove our products don't contain levels of Arsenic or Lead that will retard the average citizen worse than they already are.
Fun times.
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Triple agree.
Don't worry Ceres, I have no idea what they're talking about either. You and I can sit in blissful ignorance together!
I thought it was cameras, but then it was all boring FORMS or something.
UGH. GROSS.
I thought you wanted to do lab work?
Or am I thinking of someone else?
BORING.
Come on you two, lets sit in the corner and play with flowers all day.
What were you talking about?
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My lab professor showed us this in class. It hits pretty close to home.
i am now the defacto videographer, blaaah
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fucker is a TERRIBLE shot with a camera too.
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Come to my birthday party!
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Everyone hates customers
Hell even customers hate other customers
...
free bloodwork and chest x-rays tomorrow WHO'S THE WINNER
this guy
But they want me to move to a tiny little bum fuck town in Alberta that is far, far away from anywhere in Alberta I would actually like to be. (like 6 hour drive to Edmonton, 9 hours to Calgary kinda thing). I live in Ontario too, to give some perspective on how far it actually is from where I live right now (4000 km).
During the interview process I had to fill out paperwork designating where I would like to be placed - I didn't even chose anywhere near where they decided to place me. I contacted them about it and they basically said "this is where we want you".
I'm getting serious jitters about this and I really don't want to go where they want to send me....
Like I have two feelings about this.
1) If I really don't want to go there, then don't accept the job. No one is forcing me.
2) Stop being a pussy and just fucking do it, I haven't even gone yet how do I know I will hate it there? Its normal to get jitters beforehand right so I shouldn't let them get the better of me. Plus its a real job, and I need a real job.
The worst about my situation is there is another company that is local to me that I interviewed whom I really want to work for, but they haven't gotten back to me yet. And realistically, they could contact me anytime between now and September. Whereas the first company wants me to start within a few weeks.
I know if I puss out and say no to the first company, without having heard from the second, I will feel like a worthless sack of shit. At the same time, I might end up totally hating my life in this new (super tiny and isolated) town.
Ugh
I think option 2 is clearly the best, most logical one. But it doesn't feel like the best one.
It's tempting!!
*cross arms*
YOu could take the job, do it, make fat bucks, and then accept another offer if a better one came along. September is a long ways away.
I hear people saying that sort of thing about Fort Mac all the time and I'm in Nova Scotia.
Certainly a lovely reputation for a town to earn, isn't it?