#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
Applications for the job I want closed 5 days ago.
My wife ensures me that it's 100% normal for me to have not heard anything yet and it could be a few weeks before they call people for interviews. Especially because the department the job is in is notoriously disorganized. She's not able to check on the progression of it because last time she checked the system for an application of mine she got in trouble. She can't even check if there were any internal applications which would get preference.
I'm gonna wait another few days and then call the department's office manager to check if they're interviewing yet so at least I'll know to stop hoping for a call...
Ugh anti-gay religious protester outside work with a loudspeaker
I saw one of these guys in front of SCC on my way to work. Or maybe he moved south later because of the woman screaming at him on the sidewalk as my bus passed.
The baby duiker is barely eating and has become very shaky. I predict it won't last more than another day or two.
This has been a trying few days.
In humans, diarrhea usually kills via dehydration. A simple, effective treatment is oral rehydration therapy, which is basically just administering a solution of sugar + salt + water (6 teaspoons, 1/2 teaspoon, 5 cups). Could be totally useless in this case, but I guess if the duiker is already going to die, couldn't hurt.
2nd follow-up call to a company I interviewed for. Interview was good and they said they would get back to me but never did. Time to put a lid on this one.
1st interview for another position, but wouldn't really work out. Mutual parting of the ways during the interview.
Surprise 1st interview for a really good job! Hope to hear back from this one soon.
ZoelI suppose... I'd put it onRegistered Userregular
So, I have a potential promotion to a management position (about 2-3 steps down from the head of an office depending on its size), but there's a few problems. I'd have to apply for it, but the reason It's a potential promotion is that It's unlikely anyone else wants the job because of the situation they'd be going into.
The promotion itself would involve skipping an intermediate position that would normally have to happen, but in this case only it doesn't apply. It's in an office not too far away from where I live now, but It's a huge city and I'd have to live in a neighborhood out in the boonies because of the cost of rent.
The biggest problem is pretty solid grape-vine info that this office is in probably the most challenging period of its existence, and there might be people there currently representing the dog sitting in a room on fire saying "This is fine." I have a suspicion that there might be existing distrust between various parties there that needs repair, and I would need to boost a lot of morale. Chances are that some things that need fixing might be in the hands of another person, and I have no idea if they would cooperate given that I have no idea who they would be. I would probably not have much help from inside the office.
At first I would make less money per hour because I'd go from being overtime qualified to salaried/non-union, but given the credentials it would give me if this is as bad as I think it is, it would be a big step to six figs, influence in an org that I think I can change for the better, and maybe even one day my own parking space.
I don't have any worries about being able to manage other people generally-- but it would still be my first management position and I'm very wary of the situations described to me. The chance that I'd end up jobless if I failed is near zero-- they'd just move me back to the non management position I already do well in, although that would probably shut the door to upward advancement forever.
In other words, It's a poisoned chalice but only half poisoned, extremely shiny, and I have been given small doses of it to build up my immunity.
It's not a bad problem to have by any stretch of the imagination, but I don't really know what I'm going to do.
A magician gives you a ring that, when worn, will let you see the world as it truly is.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
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TonkkaSome one in the club tonightHas stolen my ideas.Registered Userregular
So, I have a potential promotion to a management position (about 2-3 steps down from the head of an office depending on its size), but there's a few problems. I'd have to apply for it, but the reason It's a potential promotion is that It's unlikely anyone else wants the job because of the situation they'd be going into.
The promotion itself would involve skipping an intermediate position that would normally have to happen, but in this case only it doesn't apply. It's in an office not too far away from where I live now, but It's a huge city and I'd have to live in a neighborhood out in the boonies because of the cost of rent.
The biggest problem is pretty solid grape-vine info that this office is in probably the most challenging period of its existence, and there might be people there currently representing the dog sitting in a room on fire saying "This is fine." I have a suspicion that there might be existing distrust between various parties there that needs repair, and I would need to boost a lot of morale. Chances are that some things that need fixing might be in the hands of another person, and I have no idea if they would cooperate given that I have no idea who they would be. I would probably not have much help from inside the office.
At first I would make less money per hour because I'd go from being overtime qualified to salaried/non-union, but given the credentials it would give me if this is as bad as I think it is, it would be a big step to six figs, influence in an org that I think I can change for the better, and maybe even one day my own parking space.
I don't have any worries about being able to manage other people generally-- but it would still be my first management position and I'm very wary of the situations described to me. The chance that I'd end up jobless if I failed is near zero-- they'd just move me back to the non management position I already do well in, although that would probably shut the door to upward advancement forever.
In other words, It's a poisoned chalice but only half poisoned, extremely shiny, and I have been given small doses of it to build up my immunity.
It's not a bad problem to have by any stretch of the imagination, but I don't really know what I'm going to do.
If you do go for it, make sure you have solid mentoring available, or at least someone you trust. I walked into a challenging management position a few years ago, and it didn't really settle until I had a solid superior who had my back. If that support is not there, there won't be anything you can do to help fix the situation, especially as you learn how to manage people.
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TonkkaSome one in the club tonightHas stolen my ideas.Registered Userregular
Well shit.
The position I was going to apply for has been taken down from the site.
So, I have a potential promotion to a management position (about 2-3 steps down from the head of an office depending on its size), but there's a few problems. I'd have to apply for it, but the reason It's a potential promotion is that It's unlikely anyone else wants the job because of the situation they'd be going into.
The promotion itself would involve skipping an intermediate position that would normally have to happen, but in this case only it doesn't apply. It's in an office not too far away from where I live now, but It's a huge city and I'd have to live in a neighborhood out in the boonies because of the cost of rent.
The biggest problem is pretty solid grape-vine info that this office is in probably the most challenging period of its existence, and there might be people there currently representing the dog sitting in a room on fire saying "This is fine." I have a suspicion that there might be existing distrust between various parties there that needs repair, and I would need to boost a lot of morale. Chances are that some things that need fixing might be in the hands of another person, and I have no idea if they would cooperate given that I have no idea who they would be. I would probably not have much help from inside the office.
At first I would make less money per hour because I'd go from being overtime qualified to salaried/non-union, but given the credentials it would give me if this is as bad as I think it is, it would be a big step to six figs, influence in an org that I think I can change for the better, and maybe even one day my own parking space.
I don't have any worries about being able to manage other people generally-- but it would still be my first management position and I'm very wary of the situations described to me. The chance that I'd end up jobless if I failed is near zero-- they'd just move me back to the non management position I already do well in, although that would probably shut the door to upward advancement forever.
In other words, It's a poisoned chalice but only half poisoned, extremely shiny, and I have been given small doses of it to build up my immunity.
It's not a bad problem to have by any stretch of the imagination, but I don't really know what I'm going to do.
If you do get an offer on the position for the love of god don't let them low-ball you. Research comparable positions, pick a point you won't go below and stick to your guns.
Bnet tag: Nermals#11601
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MrMonroepassed outon the floor nowRegistered Userregular
holy damn...
who at X Labs has been viewing my Linkedin Profile over the last week and how much do I have to pay to find out if it's a recruiter or not?
The sooner I get a job offer from one of these interviews the sooner I can quit making these monthly 8-9 hour round trips up north. At least until I start trying for Sacramento positions and start doing 16 hour round trips of I don't fly. ...I will fly.
Car needs a bit of maintenance. Tires down to the tread and such.
Got the promo and associated performance rating / raise I asked for. Hoorah.
I am at ease again for a bit.
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
If I didn't have an IT support background, my store would be down one of three regular checkstands and a full half of our self-lanes tomorrow, but nope everything works now. Seems at some point a "customer" saw an easily moved access panel to a control station and started yanking cables out, and nobody else at work would have sifted through yards of dusty cables to figure out the configuration, or realized that our serial devices will only initialize during a boot load.
So yeah I just plugged everything back in and rebooted but anyone else would have left it for a tech dispatch.
University: Here is an email to apply for a job! Applies for job.
Emailed person: This is the wrong email! Apply via this link! Applies via link.
New person: I was told to expect your application, where is it? Its not on the website. siiiigh I bet he gave me the wrong link.
Wait, did she actually physically pat you on the head? 'Cause I would think you would rip her arm off and beat her to death with it is so.
Or was this a metaphorical pat on the head?
She tried but she is very tiny and I wouldn't bend over. So instead she patted my shoulder because that was the highest she could get.
On my way to jury selection, let's hope I look sufficiently cranky and pissy so they leave me the fuck alone.
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KwoaruConfident SmirkFlawless Golden PecsRegistered Userregular
But your civic duty deedubs
and that sweet sweet $7.50 stipend
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited June 2016
Act like an expert.
Nobody wants an expert on a jury.
Munkus Beaver on
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
Or do what my brother did say you went to law school and did not finish as cases like this were things he was looking forward to
The silly thing he did not even get to finish his statement as he got to the I went to law school I {lawyer I vote to dismiss the jurier}
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Or do what my brother did say you went to law school and did not finish as cases like this were things he was looking forward to
The silly thing he did not even get to finish his statement as he got to the I went to law school I {lawyer I vote to dismiss the jurier}
I have only heard of one lawyer ever being chosen for jury duty ever. It never happens and even suggesting that you might be one, or that you know one, is usually enough for you to get DQ'd.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
University: Here is an email to apply for a job! Applies for job.
Emailed person: This is the wrong email! Apply via this link! Applies via link.
New person: I was told to expect your application, where is it? Its not on the website. siiiigh I bet he gave me the wrong link.
Bright side: new person reached out about it, meaning you didn't just get silently lost in the shuffle. When it comes to the byzantine bureaucratic process of applying for jobs, I'd consider that a win.
University: Here is an email to apply for a job! Applies for job.
Emailed person: This is the wrong email! Apply via this link! Applies via link.
New person: I was told to expect your application, where is it? Its not on the website. siiiigh I bet he gave me the wrong link.
Bright side: new person reached out about it, meaning you didn't just get silently lost in the shuffle. When it comes to the byzantine bureaucratic process of applying for jobs, I'd consider that a win.
Its the one where I have a contact but its like, you want me to apply - let me apply! haha
University: Here is an email to apply for a job! Applies for job.
Emailed person: This is the wrong email! Apply via this link! Applies via link.
New person: I was told to expect your application, where is it? Its not on the website. siiiigh I bet he gave me the wrong link.
Bright side: new person reached out about it, meaning you didn't just get silently lost in the shuffle. When it comes to the byzantine bureaucratic process of applying for jobs, I'd consider that a win.
Its the one where I have a contact but its like, you want me to apply - let me apply! haha
Have you had to deal with any of the online apps where you have to upload your resume/cv, then they take you to a web form where you have to fill out all the info from your resume/cv? Those are the worst
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WoW
Dear Satan.....
My wife ensures me that it's 100% normal for me to have not heard anything yet and it could be a few weeks before they call people for interviews. Especially because the department the job is in is notoriously disorganized. She's not able to check on the progression of it because last time she checked the system for an application of mine she got in trouble. She can't even check if there were any internal applications which would get preference.
I'm gonna wait another few days and then call the department's office manager to check if they're interviewing yet so at least I'll know to stop hoping for a call...
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
:bro:
I know this is the way of nature, and all you can do is try your best and let what will happen happen, but it still really sucks.
I saw one of these guys in front of SCC on my way to work. Or maybe he moved south later because of the woman screaming at him on the sidewalk as my bus passed.
In humans, diarrhea usually kills via dehydration. A simple, effective treatment is oral rehydration therapy, which is basically just administering a solution of sugar + salt + water (6 teaspoons, 1/2 teaspoon, 5 cups). Could be totally useless in this case, but I guess if the duiker is already going to die, couldn't hurt.
2nd follow-up call to a company I interviewed for. Interview was good and they said they would get back to me but never did. Time to put a lid on this one.
1st interview for another position, but wouldn't really work out. Mutual parting of the ways during the interview.
Surprise 1st interview for a really good job! Hope to hear back from this one soon.
@Peccavi
Yay! Congratulations! :biggrin:
The promotion itself would involve skipping an intermediate position that would normally have to happen, but in this case only it doesn't apply. It's in an office not too far away from where I live now, but It's a huge city and I'd have to live in a neighborhood out in the boonies because of the cost of rent.
The biggest problem is pretty solid grape-vine info that this office is in probably the most challenging period of its existence, and there might be people there currently representing the dog sitting in a room on fire saying "This is fine." I have a suspicion that there might be existing distrust between various parties there that needs repair, and I would need to boost a lot of morale. Chances are that some things that need fixing might be in the hands of another person, and I have no idea if they would cooperate given that I have no idea who they would be. I would probably not have much help from inside the office.
At first I would make less money per hour because I'd go from being overtime qualified to salaried/non-union, but given the credentials it would give me if this is as bad as I think it is, it would be a big step to six figs, influence in an org that I think I can change for the better, and maybe even one day my own parking space.
I don't have any worries about being able to manage other people generally-- but it would still be my first management position and I'm very wary of the situations described to me. The chance that I'd end up jobless if I failed is near zero-- they'd just move me back to the non management position I already do well in, although that would probably shut the door to upward advancement forever.
In other words, It's a poisoned chalice but only half poisoned, extremely shiny, and I have been given small doses of it to build up my immunity.
It's not a bad problem to have by any stretch of the imagination, but I don't really know what I'm going to do.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
I had forgotten.
If you do go for it, make sure you have solid mentoring available, or at least someone you trust. I walked into a challenging management position a few years ago, and it didn't really settle until I had a solid superior who had my back. If that support is not there, there won't be anything you can do to help fix the situation, especially as you learn how to manage people.
The position I was going to apply for has been taken down from the site.
Screw it, going to work on this anyway.
have you tried laying in a pool of your own sweat and misery? That usually helps me.
I improvised traffic control.
That head hunter called and asked again what we talked about Friday. Yeah, I'm bilingual, who isn't to some degree now adays?
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Boy have I.
If you do get an offer on the position for the love of god don't let them low-ball you. Research comparable positions, pick a point you won't go below and stick to your guns.
Bnet tag: Nermals#11601
who at X Labs has been viewing my Linkedin Profile over the last week and how much do I have to pay to find out if it's a recruiter or not?
That would be basically a dream job for me.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Car needs a bit of maintenance. Tires down to the tread and such.
I really don't like how work has turned form an unfun place into that toxic hell it is
I am at ease again for a bit.
So yeah I just plugged everything back in and rebooted but anyone else would have left it for a tech dispatch.
Applies for job.
Emailed person: This is the wrong email! Apply via this link!
Applies via link.
New person: I was told to expect your application, where is it? Its not on the website.
siiiigh I bet he gave me the wrong link.
She tried but she is very tiny and I wouldn't bend over. So instead she patted my shoulder because that was the highest she could get.
and that sweet sweet $7.50 stipend
Nobody wants an expert on a jury.
Claim college education.
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The silly thing he did not even get to finish his statement as he got to the I went to law school I {lawyer I vote to dismiss the jurier}
Six.
It's six dollars.
I have only heard of one lawyer ever being chosen for jury duty ever. It never happens and even suggesting that you might be one, or that you know one, is usually enough for you to get DQ'd.
"Hey man! How's it hanging? Still doing a lot of coke? Still got that habit of smacking your girlfriends around?"
Bright side: new person reached out about it, meaning you didn't just get silently lost in the shuffle. When it comes to the byzantine bureaucratic process of applying for jobs, I'd consider that a win.
Its the one where I have a contact but its like, you want me to apply - let me apply! haha
Have you had to deal with any of the online apps where you have to upload your resume/cv, then they take you to a web form where you have to fill out all the info from your resume/cv? Those are the worst