Yeah I actually studied mythology really heavily and wanted to get a tattoo from each of my favorite myth groups and my friend/tattoo artist was like "Maybe...maybe don't get any of this Norse stuff" and explained it to me.
Has been drama with one of the gates at my job, and now I discover one of the locks have been cut off.
Still not bother me as it was the clients padlock and it was obviously one of the clients tools and one of the clients Personnel who did it. This contract is up in a few days so hooray.
Seriously this crew was awesome to work with a hundred percent of time or 75% of the time. I'm going to miss this easy money.
called out one of the techs for trying to make excuses for a teacher because they said they wanted to apologize to the network tech and they respected him soooo much. I said maybe the teacher should've been more respectful to our boss and also me on the several occasions we have had to deal with the project that was not even approved by the curriculum department heads of the district. A project that has had many shortfalls because said teacher the principal of the school dropped the ball on being able to order really nice HP tablets at 70% off because they just couldn't be bothered. But of course everything is our fault.
On the plus side, I got to play with a lego robutt after figuring out how we're going to setup these things.
Man, I was doing real well about not being anxious about job hunting for a bit, but then the Project Manager asked me point blank "what are you going to do" while driving me to the metro and reminded me that the boss is totally unreliable on how long I'll be employed for if we don't land more contracts and asked what I'll do if the job vapourizes and whooooooops there's that feeling of my heart sinking into my stomach time to throw myself into drinking beer and playing Zelda and not thinking for a while
Man, I was doing real well about not being anxious about job hunting for a bit, but then the Project Manager asked me point blank "what are you going to do" while driving me to the metro and reminded me that the boss is totally unreliable on how long I'll be employed for if we don't land more contracts and asked what I'll do if the job vapourizes and whooooooops there's that feeling of my heart sinking into my stomach time to throw myself into drinking beer and playing Zelda and not thinking for a while
Hey, I know I just made a dumb joke about Lego butt sex like three minutes ago, but trust me when I say that smart, capable people like you have less trouble on the job market than you think you do. You're currently undergoing the reverse end of the Dunner-Kruger effect, but the first gig you apply for that's not half-assedly going through an internal hiring charade you will plow through like a wrecking ball with solid engineering experience.
For real, though.
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I don't mean in any cynical way, I'm just interested. What are their customs/traditions/beliefs?
Based on the Asatru study I did back in religion class for a project in high school, you'd dig it. It seemed to involve dedicating yourself to one of the pantheon but still believing in the whole Yggdrassil thing, multiple layers to the world, spirits in basically everything. And instead of doing ritual sacrifices like in the old days, you can just drink yourself under the table in your deity's honour.
I don't recall many of the specifics beyond that but uh, Jimmy, you oughta look into it.
Man, I was doing real well about not being anxious about job hunting for a bit, but then the Project Manager asked me point blank "what are you going to do" while driving me to the metro and reminded me that the boss is totally unreliable on how long I'll be employed for if we don't land more contracts and asked what I'll do if the job vapourizes and whooooooops there's that feeling of my heart sinking into my stomach time to throw myself into drinking beer and playing Zelda and not thinking for a while
I know you have a bunch of really good and valid reasons to be worried and that hope doesn't pay the bills and all, but I still think you've got good things in your future. You're skilled, you're dedicated, and you've had more than your fair share of shit thrown at you and come through it alright. The universe owes you. And until it comes through, we're all here for you.
Finally caught up in this thread. 1k posts is daunting to go through.
So, I didn't get the job. I waited a little more than a week for a response and heard nothing so I had to email the recruiter to see what's up and she told me that they went with someone more suitable for the role. I had a feeling I didn't get it after the interviews were done - I connected with some people but not others, including the hiring manager. I did the best I could though so there's not much more I could've changed. The crummy thing about it, aside from me having to go chase them down, was that they didn't even offer me lunch or a break through the whole thing. I had 4 hours of interviews with 5 people through lunch and I just had to sit in the room the whole time. Also, almost all of them had a piece of paper with standard behavioral questions listed. It was pretty awkward when I'd answer a question and then they'd just look down to look for the next question, which broke the flow of the conversation.
I just want someone to give me a freaking chance. I'm just weary at this point. Due to the lack of movement, my husband is urging me to go to grad school and my parents are starting to join the bandwagon, which is annoying because I don't know what I want to go back for and I don't want to waste the money on something I'm not entirely committed to.
Finally caught up in this thread. 1k posts is daunting to go through.
So, I didn't get the job. I waited a little more than a week for a response and heard nothing so I had to email the recruiter to see what's up and she told me that they went with someone more suitable for the role. I had a feeling I didn't get it after the interviews were done - I connected with some people but not others, including the hiring manager. I did the best I could though so there's not much more I could've changed. The crummy thing about it, aside from me having to go chase them down, was that they didn't even offer me lunch or a break through the whole thing. I had 4 hours of interviews with 5 people through lunch and I just had to sit in the room the whole time. Also, almost all of them had a piece of paper with standard behavioral questions listed. It was pretty awkward when I'd answer a question and then they'd just look down to look for the next question, which broke the flow of the conversation.
I just want someone to give me a freaking chance. I'm just weary at this point. Due to the lack of movement, my husband is urging me to go to grad school and my parents are starting to join the bandwagon, which is annoying because I don't know what I want to go back for and I don't want to waste the money on something I'm not entirely committed to.
Why, hello there, three years ago me.
I dreaded the idea of becoming a teacher, and basically fled the country.
Now I live in Taiwan where I am, you guessed it, a teacher.
But I ain't plunk down grad school money to do it, so there's that at least?
And also I'm actually quite psyched about some programs I'm working on with my new boss, so.
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Got turned down for another job earlier today due to lack of a degree.
I'm starting to think that I might just have to suck it up, quit my job, go back to school, work part time, and hope like hell that I don't get sick.
I just don't have any clue what I would go back to school for.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
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CambiataCommander ShepardThe likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered Userregular
I hate waiting for work to get back to me on that tech support job.
And now I've started second guessing myself about "well what if they do open up the Network Technician job!?" Because the NT job, which has been rumored to be adding 25 positions in our center since the last quarter of 2016, pays better and has more opportunity for overtime. I've started doing calculations about what my salary could be if such-and-such happens, and those never mesh with reality so I shouldn't do them.
Part of what annoys me a bit is that because of lots of OT, I got maybe 10K more this past year that I normally would get. I'd like to keep that trend going, but there's no way to do so without overtime. Among the positions I'm eyeing, only NT is getting overtime. If I take a job in the field, though, I won't be able to take a job in NT for 18 months. This is a stupid thing to consider however since there's no guarantee that NT will even have any jobs this year. It's just a rumor. Getting experience as a field tech will itself be great for my resume, it's absolutely something I qualify for, and there are higher paying jobs in the field I could take from here both internally and with other companies.
I'll still really hate myself if NT opens jobs as soon as I move to the field, though.
"If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
No disrespect to DW , who is objectively a better human than I.
Hard disagree.
I left bartending/waiting because I couldn't deal with customers face-to-face anymore; I wanted a prep cook's position at my current location but line cook was the only thing being offered. Right now, it's fast-paced, all-guts, no-quit, high-speed, low-drag and I work with an exceptional team who back each other up in ways Pappadeux's never did, at least not the location I worked at in Houston.
I'm conflicted because the team makes things happen despite all the setbacks and difficulties; I haven't been a part of a team like this in a good, long while, and certainly not as a cook. And yet ... there's some sloppiness and general fuck-it-all that doesn't square with me working in this kitchen professionally.
I dunno.
I feel like a failure sometimes because my pride and the heart I wear on my sleeve have made me bail on gigs because I'm not patient enough for the long haul, I'm used to walking into a situation that's less-than-optimal and turning it around to something stronger and more squared away within weeks or even days. Lead By Example and all that jazz.
If that weren't enough, I've been burned by mangers and supervisors so many times that I can't even count them easily, so much so that it fed into my resolution to never go back into the front-of-house operations ever again.
I also get bored; if I feel like I'm not being challenged or motivated or even acknowledged, my inborn wanderlust starts pushing me out the door before I'm even aware of it.
....
In summation, I'm not better than anyone, even objectively; I'm in my own head too much, I'm too damned stubborn, and I'm starting to feel a tremendous amount of regret for the times I stood my ground when it would have been more "diplomatic" to keep my peace and go about my day.
...
p.s.
Yes, cooking as a hobby or pastime is enjoyable; cooking as a job will definitely kill your desire to try new stuff.
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No disrespect to DW , who is objectively a better human than I.
Hard disagree.
I left bartending/waiting because I couldn't deal with customers face-to-face anymore; I wanted a prep cook's position at my current location but line cook was the only thing being offered. Right now, it's fast-paced, all-guts, no-quit, high-speed, low-drag and I work with an exceptional team who back each other up in ways Pappadeux's never did, at least not the location I worked at in Houston.
I'm conflicted because the team makes things happen despite all the setbacks and difficulties; I haven't been a part of a team like this in a good, long while, and certainly not as a cook. And yet ... there's some sloppiness and general fuck-it-all that doesn't square with me working in this kitchen professionally.
I dunno.
I feel like a failure sometimes because my pride and the heart I wear on my sleeve have made me bail on gigs because I'm not patient enough for the long haul, I'm used to walking into a situation that's less-than-optimal and turning it around to something stronger and more squared away within weeks or even days. Lead By Example and all that jazz.
If that weren't enough, I've been burned by mangers and supervisors so many times that I can't even count them easily, so much so that it fed into my resolution to never go back into the front-of-house operations ever again.
I also get bored; if I feel like I'm not being challenged or motivated or even acknowledged, my inborn wanderlust starts pushing me out the door before I'm even aware of it.
....
In summation, I'm not better than anyone, even objectively; I'm in my own head too much, I'm too damned stubborn, and I'm starting to feel a tremendous amount of regret for the times I stood my ground when it would have been more "diplomatic" to keep my peace and go about my day.
...
p.s.
Yes, cooking as a hobby or pastime is enjoyable; cooking as a job will definitely kill your desire to try new stuff.
I'll have to disagree with your disagree there vehemently. You're a good dude. And I daresay you should feel no shame or regret in your attitudes with work. Just because going with the flow might be the easier route doesn't by any means make it the right one. You should take pride in not comprising your own code and work ethic. And hell, being bored and wanting more is nothing to hang your head at, that's just ambition. I'm hardly a prophet by any means but your pride and drive are assets and even though others up to this point have failed to recognize it and burned you I know eventually you'll find somewhere that those qualities will be regarded with the high esteem they deserve. Keep fighting the good fight and don't compromise yourself. Put simply, be you. Much love man :bro: :brofist:
So, I've been up all night. But because this job is awesome I'm able to put in hours now and use this time effectively while I'm at least firing on most cylinders with brain power.
Later though, I'm going to be a useless piece of shit.
I think it all balances out because right now I can catch up on the support tickets that have been languishing in my queue for quite a bit.
I really dig this job and it's been a great learning experience and I'm getting spoiled with this job.
PSN: jfrofl
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Got turned down for another job earlier today due to lack of a degree.
I'm starting to think that I might just have to suck it up, quit my job, go back to school, work part time, and hope like hell that I don't get sick.
I just don't have any clue what I would go back to school for.
Might want to pop over to https://www.onetonline.org/ and search some job titles for what's needed in field, pretty good way to start thinking about what you want to do and what degree/skills will be expected.
Also pay and job persistence.
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So our new company uses this Officevibe thing for anonymous feedback.
Well as anonymous as it can get I suppose.
I used it the other week to send some random things back and then it asked me if I had anything else on my mind. This is a day after I'd been really highly praised and things by my new manager and I wanted to share that she's doing a great job and she's got this whole 'positive feedback/carrot on a stick" thing going really well.
So I wrote up a nice thing, making it obvious who I am (there's only so many people who just got back from maternity leave and got a new manager), but still keeping myself 'anonymous'. I sent it off and didn't think anything of it. Apparently though, the feedback will get looked at by higher ups (not just my manager) and then people who see your feedback can give comments back, ask questions, etc.
So last week I got a comment back from somebody, somewhere in the Chain about how good that feedback was and how nice a thing it was to hear. I just shrugged and was all, Ok, cool.
And then today my HoD comes by my desk and just laughs and was all, "so you know our totally anonymous feedback thing and stuff and your comments about your new manager?" Yeah... I remember, "Well the person who wrote back to you on that, do you know who that is?" No. I have no idea who most of the upper levels even above you are. I've been gone a year. "It was the CEO. Of the Entire company."
So yeah. My completely positive note about my new manager and how she has helped make the transition back to work from maternity into something that is not painful and partially actually enjoyable? That was seen by the CEO of this multinational, multi billion dollar company. Who then felt it necessary to thank me for the feedback and speak approvingly of it.
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Looking into postgrad study is so demoralising. Even ignoring the issue of money, I really feel like I fucked myself over in my undergraduate degree by being a neurotic idiot and struggling so much to complete it. I can't imagine anyone looking at my transcripts and seeing how many times I failed (I retook both my 1st and 3rd years) and thinking "Yes, this is a person we want to admit to postgraduate study."
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There are things you can do to fix that, Brovid.
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That is... incredibly cryptic.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Oh, yes. I did read that when you posted it, it's a fantastic post.
I know if I had amazing references and an outstanding personal statement then it would probably make up for the issues in my transcripts. I just have a supreme lack of confidence and am quite a pessimistic person so it's hard to imagine actually convincing people to take a gamble on me.
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EncA Fool with CompassionPronouns: He, Him, HisRegistered Userregular
Oh, yes. I did read that when you posted it, it's a fantastic post.
I know if I had amazing references and an outstanding personal statement then it would probably make up for the issues in my transcripts. I just have a supreme lack of confidence and am quite a pessimistic person so it's hard to imagine actually convincing people to take a gamble on me.
No doubt. It's pretty rough. I'd recommend looking into the non-degree route. Give you a chance to try grad courses, build confidence, and show your academics have improved. Also gives you those connections you need to get the references and work on the statement.
You gotta put a ton of work to go to grad school. That can be either up front with your initial studies or after graduation with other efforts. That said, your experiences in Kenya seem like A+ personal statement material for grounding a shift in your academics and also show all you can bring to the table in practical experience that most of the high-GPA straight-out-of-undergrads won't have at all (assuming the field is related).
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it feels very pretty of me but it's kind of exhilarating that people are intimidated by me in this job? like,
"hello, this is indie winter from [government ministry], we need to talk to you about something"
"OH UUH ERM WHAT, HANG ON"
"that's fine sir/ma'am, take your time"
"AH YES HMM I'M SURE I HAVE WHAT YOU NEED HERE SOMEWHERE LET ME JUST, MMMMMM"
I've always been the dude getting flustered and stressed by situations; being the stresser, even though I am doing what I can to ease the situation, is very new and kinda cool
So our new company uses this Officevibe thing for anonymous feedback.
Well as anonymous as it can get I suppose.
I used it the other week to send some random things back and then it asked me if I had anything else on my mind. This is a day after I'd been really highly praised and things by my new manager and I wanted to share that she's doing a great job and she's got this whole 'positive feedback/carrot on a stick" thing going really well.
So I wrote up a nice thing, making it obvious who I am (there's only so many people who just got back from maternity leave and got a new manager), but still keeping myself 'anonymous'. I sent it off and didn't think anything of it. Apparently though, the feedback will get looked at by higher ups (not just my manager) and then people who see your feedback can give comments back, ask questions, etc.
So last week I got a comment back from somebody, somewhere in the Chain about how good that feedback was and how nice a thing it was to hear. I just shrugged and was all, Ok, cool.
And then today my HoD comes by my desk and just laughs and was all, "so you know our totally anonymous feedback thing and stuff and your comments about your new manager?" Yeah... I remember, "Well the person who wrote back to you on that, do you know who that is?" No. I have no idea who most of the upper levels even above you are. I've been gone a year. "It was the CEO. Of the Entire company."
So yeah. My completely positive note about my new manager and how she has helped make the transition back to work from maternity into something that is not painful and partially actually enjoyable? That was seen by the CEO of this multinational, multi billion dollar company. Who then felt it necessary to thank me for the feedback and speak approvingly of it.
Like.
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That's rad. It's a good sign if the CEO is doing things like that to ensure they get real feedback.
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it's because shibes are heckin' cute
(I keed, I keed)
My personal philosophy is "Live, Look, Love, Laze", I thought I'd get a tattoo of four L's all interconnected and oooops
Still not bother me as it was the clients padlock and it was obviously one of the clients tools and one of the clients Personnel who did it. This contract is up in a few days so hooray.
Seriously this crew was awesome to work with a hundred percent of time or 75% of the time. I'm going to miss this easy money.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
It had quite a stank to it.
called out one of the techs for trying to make excuses for a teacher because they said they wanted to apologize to the network tech and they respected him soooo much. I said maybe the teacher should've been more respectful to our boss and also me on the several occasions we have had to deal with the project that was not even approved by the curriculum department heads of the district. A project that has had many shortfalls because said teacher the principal of the school dropped the ball on being able to order really nice HP tablets at 70% off because they just couldn't be bothered. But of course everything is our fault.
On the plus side, I got to play with a lego robutt after figuring out how we're going to setup these things.
Truly we have passed through the singularity
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please contain yourselves.
Hey, I know I just made a dumb joke about Lego butt sex like three minutes ago, but trust me when I say that smart, capable people like you have less trouble on the job market than you think you do. You're currently undergoing the reverse end of the Dunner-Kruger effect, but the first gig you apply for that's not half-assedly going through an internal hiring charade you will plow through like a wrecking ball with solid engineering experience.
For real, though.
WHAAAAAAAT???
I know you have a bunch of really good and valid reasons to be worried and that hope doesn't pay the bills and all, but I still think you've got good things in your future. You're skilled, you're dedicated, and you've had more than your fair share of shit thrown at you and come through it alright. The universe owes you. And until it comes through, we're all here for you.
So, I didn't get the job. I waited a little more than a week for a response and heard nothing so I had to email the recruiter to see what's up and she told me that they went with someone more suitable for the role. I had a feeling I didn't get it after the interviews were done - I connected with some people but not others, including the hiring manager. I did the best I could though so there's not much more I could've changed. The crummy thing about it, aside from me having to go chase them down, was that they didn't even offer me lunch or a break through the whole thing. I had 4 hours of interviews with 5 people through lunch and I just had to sit in the room the whole time. Also, almost all of them had a piece of paper with standard behavioral questions listed. It was pretty awkward when I'd answer a question and then they'd just look down to look for the next question, which broke the flow of the conversation.
I just want someone to give me a freaking chance. I'm just weary at this point. Due to the lack of movement, my husband is urging me to go to grad school and my parents are starting to join the bandwagon, which is annoying because I don't know what I want to go back for and I don't want to waste the money on something I'm not entirely committed to.
Why, hello there, three years ago me.
I dreaded the idea of becoming a teacher, and basically fled the country.
Now I live in Taiwan where I am, you guessed it, a teacher.
But I ain't plunk down grad school money to do it, so there's that at least?
And also I'm actually quite psyched about some programs I'm working on with my new boss, so.
Thanks, guys
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Hugs, Cello.
Hugs.
I think these motherfuckers (kitchen managers) are just winging it and hoping for the best.
I am not amused.
and I'm just like
that seems like such an awesome way to hate cooking for the rest of my life.
Trying to deal with work shit inside of a busy kitchen seems like 80 times worse than regular office-based work shit.
Also it seems like you get shit on until the point where you own your own restaurant.
I'm starting to think that I might just have to suck it up, quit my job, go back to school, work part time, and hope like hell that I don't get sick.
I just don't have any clue what I would go back to school for.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
And now I've started second guessing myself about "well what if they do open up the Network Technician job!?" Because the NT job, which has been rumored to be adding 25 positions in our center since the last quarter of 2016, pays better and has more opportunity for overtime. I've started doing calculations about what my salary could be if such-and-such happens, and those never mesh with reality so I shouldn't do them.
Part of what annoys me a bit is that because of lots of OT, I got maybe 10K more this past year that I normally would get. I'd like to keep that trend going, but there's no way to do so without overtime. Among the positions I'm eyeing, only NT is getting overtime. If I take a job in the field, though, I won't be able to take a job in NT for 18 months. This is a stupid thing to consider however since there's no guarantee that NT will even have any jobs this year. It's just a rumor. Getting experience as a field tech will itself be great for my resume, it's absolutely something I qualify for, and there are higher paying jobs in the field I could take from here both internally and with other companies.
I'll still really hate myself if NT opens jobs as soon as I move to the field, though.
Hard disagree.
I left bartending/waiting because I couldn't deal with customers face-to-face anymore; I wanted a prep cook's position at my current location but line cook was the only thing being offered. Right now, it's fast-paced, all-guts, no-quit, high-speed, low-drag and I work with an exceptional team who back each other up in ways Pappadeux's never did, at least not the location I worked at in Houston.
I'm conflicted because the team makes things happen despite all the setbacks and difficulties; I haven't been a part of a team like this in a good, long while, and certainly not as a cook. And yet ... there's some sloppiness and general fuck-it-all that doesn't square with me working in this kitchen professionally.
I dunno.
I feel like a failure sometimes because my pride and the heart I wear on my sleeve have made me bail on gigs because I'm not patient enough for the long haul, I'm used to walking into a situation that's less-than-optimal and turning it around to something stronger and more squared away within weeks or even days. Lead By Example and all that jazz.
If that weren't enough, I've been burned by mangers and supervisors so many times that I can't even count them easily, so much so that it fed into my resolution to never go back into the front-of-house operations ever again.
I also get bored; if I feel like I'm not being challenged or motivated or even acknowledged, my inborn wanderlust starts pushing me out the door before I'm even aware of it.
....
In summation, I'm not better than anyone, even objectively; I'm in my own head too much, I'm too damned stubborn, and I'm starting to feel a tremendous amount of regret for the times I stood my ground when it would have been more "diplomatic" to keep my peace and go about my day.
...
p.s.
Yes, cooking as a hobby or pastime is enjoyable; cooking as a job will definitely kill your desire to try new stuff.
I'll have to disagree with your disagree there vehemently. You're a good dude. And I daresay you should feel no shame or regret in your attitudes with work. Just because going with the flow might be the easier route doesn't by any means make it the right one. You should take pride in not comprising your own code and work ethic. And hell, being bored and wanting more is nothing to hang your head at, that's just ambition. I'm hardly a prophet by any means but your pride and drive are assets and even though others up to this point have failed to recognize it and burned you I know eventually you'll find somewhere that those qualities will be regarded with the high esteem they deserve. Keep fighting the good fight and don't compromise yourself. Put simply, be you. Much love man :bro: :brofist:
Later though, I'm going to be a useless piece of shit.
I think it all balances out because right now I can catch up on the support tickets that have been languishing in my queue for quite a bit.
I really dig this job and it's been a great learning experience and I'm getting spoiled with this job.
Might want to pop over to https://www.onetonline.org/ and search some job titles for what's needed in field, pretty good way to start thinking about what you want to do and what degree/skills will be expected.
Also pay and job persistence.
Well as anonymous as it can get I suppose.
I used it the other week to send some random things back and then it asked me if I had anything else on my mind. This is a day after I'd been really highly praised and things by my new manager and I wanted to share that she's doing a great job and she's got this whole 'positive feedback/carrot on a stick" thing going really well.
So I wrote up a nice thing, making it obvious who I am (there's only so many people who just got back from maternity leave and got a new manager), but still keeping myself 'anonymous'. I sent it off and didn't think anything of it. Apparently though, the feedback will get looked at by higher ups (not just my manager) and then people who see your feedback can give comments back, ask questions, etc.
So last week I got a comment back from somebody, somewhere in the Chain about how good that feedback was and how nice a thing it was to hear. I just shrugged and was all, Ok, cool.
And then today my HoD comes by my desk and just laughs and was all, "so you know our totally anonymous feedback thing and stuff and your comments about your new manager?" Yeah... I remember, "Well the person who wrote back to you on that, do you know who that is?" No. I have no idea who most of the upper levels even above you are. I've been gone a year. "It was the CEO. Of the Entire company."
So yeah. My completely positive note about my new manager and how she has helped make the transition back to work from maternity into something that is not painful and partially actually enjoyable? That was seen by the CEO of this multinational, multi billion dollar company. Who then felt it necessary to thank me for the feedback and speak approvingly of it.
Like.
What?!!?
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I know if I had amazing references and an outstanding personal statement then it would probably make up for the issues in my transcripts. I just have a supreme lack of confidence and am quite a pessimistic person so it's hard to imagine actually convincing people to take a gamble on me.
No doubt. It's pretty rough. I'd recommend looking into the non-degree route. Give you a chance to try grad courses, build confidence, and show your academics have improved. Also gives you those connections you need to get the references and work on the statement.
You gotta put a ton of work to go to grad school. That can be either up front with your initial studies or after graduation with other efforts. That said, your experiences in Kenya seem like A+ personal statement material for grounding a shift in your academics and also show all you can bring to the table in practical experience that most of the high-GPA straight-out-of-undergrads won't have at all (assuming the field is related).
"hello, this is indie winter from [government ministry], we need to talk to you about something"
"OH UUH ERM WHAT, HANG ON"
"that's fine sir/ma'am, take your time"
"AH YES HMM I'M SURE I HAVE WHAT YOU NEED HERE SOMEWHERE LET ME JUST, MMMMMM"
I've always been the dude getting flustered and stressed by situations; being the stresser, even though I am doing what I can to ease the situation, is very new and kinda cool
That's rad. It's a good sign if the CEO is doing things like that to ensure they get real feedback.