Because my boss is a new Interflora member it means she should have done a practical test to make sure she was up to standard when she joined. She's put it off and off, but now they've set proper date. And she told me today that I've got to do it too!
It'll be a breeze for me, but I am cranky I have to do it because I've been here nearly three years now, I know what to do. I will be interested to see what they say of her work though.
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it has conducted a review of its business based on current organizational needs. Following a completion of the review, the company is conducting a global reduction in workforce of approximately 600 employees. The company anticipates approximately 90% of the affected employees will come from departments not related to game development. The World of Warcraft® development team will not be impacted.
If you work there for five years you get like a sword or shield or something
when you get laid off to pump up the stock dividends, do you get a soulstone?
Because my boss is a new Interflora member it means she should have done a practical test to make sure she was up to standard when she joined. She's put it off and off, but now they've set proper date. And she told me today that I've got to do it too!
It'll be a breeze for me, but I am cranky I have to do it because I've been here nearly three years now, I know what to do. I will be interested to see what they say of her work though.
Video it, and record a commentary track over it for us.
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it has conducted a review of its business based on current organizational needs. Following a completion of the review, the company is conducting a global reduction in workforce of approximately 600 employees. The company anticipates approximately 90% of the affected employees will come from departments not related to game development. The World of Warcraft® development team will not be impacted.
If you work there for five years you get like a sword or shield or something
when you get laid off to pump up the stock dividends, do you get a soulstone?
You get a town portal scroll in case they need to call you back later during crunch time for another project.
Man, for this $13/hr part-time job I'm taking, they are being remarkably goddamn thorough with references and such. It's weird.
When I applied at Royal Mail via an agency (for a Christmas job that I didn't even get, as it happens!) they vetted me more thoroughly than a school did when I was working at their learning support department
I've had to fill out my job history three times, and they're requiring references that can call them back immediately, and it's just really weird considering I've worked jobs that pay more that do significantly less.
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I've had to fill out my job history three times, and they're requiring references that can call them back immediately, and it's just really weird considering I've worked jobs that pay more that do significantly less.
Wait until they ask for the kidney biopsy, rectal scan, and for you to lock away a portion of your soul in case you die on the job they can resurrect you as a shell of your former self...but technically alive so no money or lawsuit.
The agency I applied to/through was awful and after hearing some stories of delayed and missed payments in the local news I wasn't too torn up about it
Glad you got it though!
...man that feels like forever ago.
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BeastehTHAT WOULD NOTKILL DRACULARegistered Userregular
there was an old bloke in my 'pod' who didnt get paid, at all, for the entire 2 month period i was there
they kept saying 'oh it will be next week, promise'
"Hey uh, you got someone called Edward Crab in your applications?"
"Hm, yeah we have, why?"
"I can sort twice as much post than that dude can sort in an HOUR!"
Now I just have to put in my notice for my current one...
Outstanding! Congrats, Sket!
I hear mead is excellent for celebrating such things. What is the new gig? Better commute?
Commute will probably be terrible for a bit, until we can move. After that, it should be good.
Gonna be a software engineer that's part of a team
that has QA
and I'm gonna have a mentor!
"Hey uh, you got someone called Edward Crab in your applications?"
"Hm, yeah we have, why?"
"I can sort twice as much post than that dude can sort in an HOUR!"
Now I just have to put in my notice for my current one...
Outstanding! Congrats, Sket!
I hear mead is excellent for celebrating such things. What is the new gig? Better commute?
Commute will probably be terrible for a bit, until we can move. After that, it should be good.
Gonna be a software engineer that's part of a team
that has QA
and I'm gonna have a mentor!
Neat! What development environment do you work in?
Now I just have to put in my notice for my current one...
Outstanding! Congrats, Sket!
I hear mead is excellent for celebrating such things. What is the new gig? Better commute?
Commute will probably be terrible for a bit, until we can move. After that, it should be good.
Gonna be a software engineer that's part of a team
that has QA
and I'm gonna have a mentor!
Neat! What development environment do you work in?
Right now I'm rocking gedit in ubuntu
New place uses phpstorm on a mac
:rotate:
I know I should have been using eclipse, but I always had trouble setting it up with php frameworks so I gave up.
Made an applicant cry today. That's a hell of a thing.
Found out afterwards it was his first professional interview after graduating, and he got me.
Poor bastard. He needs to eat more still-beating hearts to gain their courage.
As of this morning, I have officially been selected to be a cashier at a grocery store. The HR manager happily told me that she saw me going very far, very fast. Both her and the general manager had hardly been there for two years and they had roughly the same credentials as me. Maybe that psychology degree wasn't worthless after all!
He was very non-commital and mumbly when I asked about the projects he'd done his last year. When I drilled in for details he got a real deer-in-the-headlights look.
So I switched back and asked him about his expirience working with multiple teams, again really soft answers, no details, mumbles.
I could see the sweat popping out on his head and he was fidgeting and looking anywhere but me.
So I switched gears one more time and asked him how he handled unit-testing. He gave me a really scripted generic answer and I cut him him off and asked for actual details.
"Ummm..... well... I.... uhhh.... you know. I do em."
Ok, look I really need you to describe how you break this down. Either you know the answer, or you don't. Either you write clean code or you don't. If you don't, we're done here and you are of no use to us."
At that point his eyes welled up and he squeaked.
I got up, left the room, grabbed a tissue from the kitchen, walked back in and handed it to him and waited outside the door for him to collect himself.
Once he had I asked him if he wanted to continue and try again. He didn't.
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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it has conducted a review of its business based on current organizational needs. Following a completion of the review, the company is conducting a global reduction in workforce of approximately 600 employees. The company anticipates approximately 90% of the affected employees will come from departments not related to game development. The World of Warcraft® development team will not be impacted.
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It'll be a breeze for me, but I am cranky I have to do it because I've been here nearly three years now, I know what to do. I will be interested to see what they say of her work though.
Do those cuts effect your department then Dave?
If you work there for five years you get like a sword or shield or something
when you get laid off to pump up the stock dividends, do you get a soulstone?
Ten years: Shield
Fifteen years: Ring
"So we need to lay people off? Make them redundant, as it were?"
"Yep."
"Same people that we armed with both offensive and defensive weapons?"
"Yep."
Now I just have to put in my notice for my current one...
Yaaaay!
Video it, and record a commentary track over it for us.
Aw man I would love to.
Woohoo! And it's the sensible way round of doing it... Can't say I've always had the sense to do that
You get a town portal scroll in case they need to call you back later during crunch time for another project.
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Outstanding! Congrats, Sket!
I hear mead is excellent for celebrating such things. What is the new gig? Better commute?
When I applied at Royal Mail via an agency (for a Christmas job that I didn't even get, as it happens!) they vetted me more thoroughly than a school did when I was working at their learning support department
It is indeed weird.
Wait until they ask for the kidney biopsy, rectal scan, and for you to lock away a portion of your soul in case you die on the job they can resurrect you as a shell of your former self...but technically alive so no money or lawsuit.
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it was... okay
Glad you got it though!
...man that feels like forever ago.
they kept saying 'oh it will be next week, promise'
Beasteh in the interview,
"Hey uh, you got someone called Edward Crab in your applications?"
"Hm, yeah we have, why?"
"I can sort twice as much post than that dude can sort in an HOUR!"
I would like to think thats how that happened.
Commute will probably be terrible for a bit, until we can move. After that, it should be good.
Gonna be a software engineer that's part of a team
that has QA
and I'm gonna have a mentor!
which is nice because i used to hunt + peck like an old lady
I KNEW IT!!
Neat! What development environment do you work in?
That's great then, you got something lasting out of it too!
I honestly don't know what I want to do for a career
congrats!
Right now I'm rocking gedit in ubuntu
New place uses phpstorm on a mac
:rotate:
I know I should have been using eclipse, but I always had trouble setting it up with php frameworks so I gave up.
Found out afterwards it was his first professional interview after graduating, and he got me.
Sink or swim.
Dang, what did you ask?
Poor bastard. He needs to eat more still-beating hearts to gain their courage.
As of this morning, I have officially been selected to be a cashier at a grocery store. The HR manager happily told me that she saw me going very far, very fast. Both her and the general manager had hardly been there for two years and they had roughly the same credentials as me. Maybe that psychology degree wasn't worthless after all!
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So I switched back and asked him about his expirience working with multiple teams, again really soft answers, no details, mumbles.
I could see the sweat popping out on his head and he was fidgeting and looking anywhere but me.
So I switched gears one more time and asked him how he handled unit-testing. He gave me a really scripted generic answer and I cut him him off and asked for actual details.
"Ummm..... well... I.... uhhh.... you know. I do em."
Ok, look I really need you to describe how you break this down. Either you know the answer, or you don't. Either you write clean code or you don't. If you don't, we're done here and you are of no use to us."
At that point his eyes welled up and he squeaked.
I got up, left the room, grabbed a tissue from the kitchen, walked back in and handed it to him and waited outside the door for him to collect himself.
Once he had I asked him if he wanted to continue and try again. He didn't.
Wow. What set him off on crying?
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Yeah.
Today really sucked.
I'm fine, but I know multiple people who aren't.