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[Jobs Thread], Special Edition: Improving each others' work day.
WeedLordVegeta
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So this one's a little different from previous job threads. I want to know what I can do to make your job easier. If you work retail, tell me what the average joe can do to make your shift easier. Work in advertising? What can i do to help you get better stats?
I work in an upscale grocery store, so lemme start:
Ordering plastic bags if you have anything over say, 6 items, isn't just horrible for the environment, it makes you a dick. It is SO much easier to work with paper bags, especially if you're buying a ton of standard boxed stuff.
When approaching the meat counter, don't act like you know everything about throwin' a steak on a fire, even if you do.. A lot of meatcutters and butchers get trained in for a looong time so that they can answer a variety of questions. Attempting to show them up drives customers away.
Put your shit back where you found it. Cannot emphasize this enough.
Produce. Okay, look. I get that you know that the fresh stuff is hidden on the bottom. This does not apply to the lovingly set up display of strawberry clamshells, that have holes, so that they can breath and stay fresh. Please don't go on a Journey to the Center of the Earth because you're convinced we hide ALL the good stuff at the bottom.
Your turn.
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I work in an upscale grocery store, so lemme start:
Ordering plastic bags if you have anything over say, 6 items, isn't just horrible for the environment, it makes you a dick. It is SO much easier to work with paper bags, especially if you're buying a ton of standard boxed stuff.
When approaching the meat counter, don't act like you know everything about throwin' a steak on a fire, even if you do.. A lot of meatcutters and butchers get trained in for a looong time so that they can answer a variety of questions. Attempting to show them up drives customers away.
Put your shit back where you found it. Cannot emphasize this enough.
Produce. Okay, look. I get that you know that the fresh stuff is hidden on the bottom. This does not apply to the lovingly set up display of strawberry clamshells, that have holes, so that they can breath and stay fresh. Please don't go on a Journey to the Center of the Earth because you're convinced we hide ALL the good stuff at the bottom.
Your turn.
General job chat is totes cool too!
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And if you must, don't just hide it under some lettuce!
(I was actually a visitor, not a worker, when this happened, but I'm sure the workers would appreciate if people puked in the toilet instead.)
oh god
that's just...
Why not?
Satans..... hints.....
But a buffet? Yeah I'm all over buffets.
Here's one.
If you're in a retail store, of any vein, and you have something you decide you don't want - don't just drop it on the nearest shelf because "oh it's their job to put stuff away." Bring it with you to the checklanes, and give it to the cashier, telling them that these are items you decided against. They will put it with the other stuff brought up by folks like you, and then putting it back won't be a fucking black hole for time.
This is doubly true if the item needs to be in a temperature controlled environment. Ever wonder why that store shelf is sticky? Well it's because some fuckass took a ready-to-eat pie out of the freezer and then left it there, causing it to melt and then leak all over the place, and because of how frequent of occurences things like this are, the shelf was then not properly cleaned beacause, well, most retail employees have given up.
Being nice to customer service people is another thing. I fucking hate people, and am generally very gruff, but when I am calling a CS line, or even just checking out of a grocery store, I'll be generally pleasant and give them a "thanks" at the end, because I am not a huge piece of shit. In this instance.
this so FUCKING much
Satans..... hints.....
He was tasked with creating & printing a bunch of shipping labels and stuffing envelopes to mail out a 'new customer packet' with catalog info, etc.
Was planning to look up the customer's address in our system, then hand key each one into the label making software.
Instead, I showed him, briefly, how to use one of the ad-hoc reporting tools built into the system to generate a list of customers created after X date with their primary address information, export it into excel, then connect the excel file to the label making software and design the labels.
What would have taken him the better part of the morning should now only take about an hour.
I don't think I've seen anyone at my local giant foods get paper bags in forever
Yes.
But it also leads me to worrying that if I went and worked at a place that had standards and other smart people I'd be one of the dum dums
You can request'em, in most cases.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
I tend to think that this isn't the case.
However, you should be keeping constant track of the initiatives and processes that you've started/created. Also the the savings that you're efforts have contributed to the company.
Oh, I have. We actually crunched some of the hard numbers on the paperless stuff I researched, pushed for, and implemented last summer/fall. Lowball estimate is it'll save us $15,000 a year in postage alone, and as business increases, that figure does too. Doesn't even include the supplies (paper, toner, envelopes) or the labor involved in stuffing thousands of invoices and statements annually. Overall it's been a huge success (not that anyone besides my boss recognizes it as one.)
Yeah. When they did the implementation of this software, they really, really shouldn't have skimped on the training/consultation.
Instead we GOT R DONE and now it's an unusable clusterfuck, in many cases.
Don't claim that you're "not a computer guy," we're aware of that; which is why we're giving you step-by-step instructions on how to try and fix, or straight up fix the problem.
But then I'd be out of a job soooo
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I'm applying for a job that requires some knowledge in SQL Server and SQL Query (it's a financial systems admin so it's like 50% accounting and 50% tech knowledge). I know all Microsoft products and am decent at databasing, but have no abilities in SQL. Is it manageable to learn on your own outside of work or should I not even apply?
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No, I don't care if you've spelled it "excactly" since school and never been called out on it, because that's not how it's spelled
It depends. Enterprise software people are some of the last to abandon writing raw SQL in favor or decent civilized methods, like EntityFramework
Sometimes it's because they do legitimately complex SQL work, sometimes it's because they are stupid.
I would at least try to get a phone interview to figure which is the case.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
If the convention is still setting up and the dealer room hasn't opened to the public, yet you still manage to stroll in without a vendor badge to stick your nose into everybody's set up business, please just don't talk to me. I'll be the most pleasant and helpful booth gal in five hours when the convention opens to the public. Right now, my booth is strewn with boxes, my outlet is not working despite the fact that I paid for four days of electricity, someone has run off with my tape gun, and I can't pull up your account because I haven't yet figured out a way to get a Wi-Fi signal in this dealer room that's housed in a friggin concrete bunker.
Just go away, or at least be quiet. I'm going to do everything I can to please you. Tomorrow. When my booth is pristine and my clothes are clean and pressed.
Be honest, but don't be afraid to pretty-up the facts a bit! Phrasing can make you sound like an even better candidate without saying anything that'll be exposed as false down the line
Also good luck! :^:
Congrats to Kochi, btw, since the last thread got closed!
And if the trash is so full that what you just chucked in falls off the top of the can, don't leave it on the fucking floor
Short story: don't be an animal
Also, one of your weaknesses should be time management. Everyone sucks at time management and as long as you're working on it, it won't look as bad as "i pee in seats when I'm uncomfortable"
Coran Attack!
Spoiler'd for long:
Tech: Driver tech support. How can I help you?
Driver: My car doesn’t start.
T: I see. What is the car’s make, model, manufacture year?
T: Alright, alright, relax. Let’s try to fix it without this information (sigh). Is there any fuel in the tank?
T: look at the fuel gauge. Where does the arrow point, E or F ?
T: It should be right behind the steering wheel, in the instrument cluster, if you are sitting in the driver’s seat.
T: Look at the one which has E or F written near it. There might be a gas pump drawn near it as well.
T: What do you mean zero?
T: (a deep sigh while rolling his eyes). No, that’s not the fuel, that’s the tachometer. It is supposed to point at zero if the car is not started. The fuel guage is usually to the left and smaller
that the tachometer, and it should have E written upon it, then a semicircle, then F .
T: Excellent! Then we know at least that you have fuel. Now let’s check the battery. Do you see the steering wheel?
T: Press right in the middle of it
T: (rolls his eyes). Everything is alright, that’s your horn. If it works, then the battery is fine. Now let’s try to start the car.
T: (grits his teeth), Still, let’s try again! Press the clutch pedal, press the brakes, and turn the key.
T: CLUTCH pedal, under the steering wheel on the left. Did you find it?
T: Press it down as far as it goes. Good. Now, do you see two pedals under the steering wheel to the right?
T: the one on the left is the brake. Press it. Did you?
T: Now turn the key in the ignition.
T: Excuse me?
T: (chokes from laughter). Allright, let’s try again, but this time, press the pedals with your feet.
T: (still chokes from laughter). Yes, it is.
T: Now turn the key in the ignition.
T: In the base of the steering wheel, to the right.
T: Well, put it in.
T: (losing his patience) The ignition key!
T: (grabs his head) It is usually the biggest key in the bunch.
T: Yes, where you keep the rest of the keys.
T: (throws down the receiver). Beeeeep