Also, automation. AI can try to scrape info from your resume but it's much easier if you just put everything into neat little fields for them so they can filter and whatnot on the database right away without having to check if it was done properly. Also why using "wrong" types of info in some fields can lead to auto-disqualification because you'll get filtered out (if they're filtering on years of experience above 5 and you entered "I wrote this damn language" that won't show up, to take a traditionally facebook jokey example)
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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Job hunting is infuriating, I think most agree with that.
Especially when after 8 days from submitting an application you finally receive an email response requesting a phone screen (which of course, if passed, turns into three additional in person interviews, sometimes with a panel), and you politely respond with availabilities as they ask (which are basically, "I'll make anytime work, but how about 9 tomorrow morning") and they not only don't respond to confirm, but then don't even call during the said time.
..... seriously, this is the shit that makes me want to just go back to hourly manual work with no responsibilities other than my own performance. I just struggle getting by on the wage.
Especially when after 8 days from submitting an application you finally receive an email response requesting a phone screen (which of course, if passed, turns into three additional in person interviews, sometimes with a panel), and you politely respond with availabilities as they ask (which are basically, "I'll make anytime work, but how about 9 tomorrow morning") and they not only don't respond to confirm, but then don't even call during the said time.
..... seriously, this is the shit that makes me want to just go back to hourly manual work with no responsibilities other than my own performance. I just struggle getting by on the wage.
Job hunting absolutely sucks, and that is actually part of why I stay stuck in my dead end support job. Just the idea of going out there is enough to give me stress. I'm interviewing for an internal function change within the company which has maybe 1/5th the amount of hoops to jump through and useless admin to do and it's still stressfull.
I got my current position without much fuss. It was announced on Monday morning. I applied that afternoon. They called me on Wednesday for an interview, along with a follow-up on Thursday. I had the job offer in hand on Friday.
That was after two years of fruitless job searches for any full-time faculty position. Each open position had up to 200 applicants. It was so frustrating applying for 80 positions and getting a handful of interviews. The worst part was the ghosting after an interview. I wouldn't hear back from them for over a month and then got a canned response. "It was good getting to know you at the interview. We were impressed by your credentials but we've decided to go with a candidate whose skill set was a better fit for our program. Please understand we have an extremely competitive pool of candidates to choose from."
That was after two years of fruitless job searches for any full-time faculty position. Each open position had up to 200 applicants. It was so frustrating applying for 80 positions and getting a handful of interviews. The worst part was the ghosting after an interview. I wouldn't hear back from them for over a month and then got a canned response. "It was good getting to know you at the interview. We were impressed by your credentials but we've decided to go with a candidate whose skill set was a better fit for our program. Please understand we have an extremely competitive pool of candidates to choose from."
After I took my last spot, one day I was standing there at work and my phone notified me of an email, this email was from a job that I had applied for and interviewed for SIX MONTHS prior to starting my new role.
.... six months... really?
.... six months... really?
That makes me wonder if they hired someone else but now they've either quit or been fired.
Oh, I didn't mention, they emailed me to say that they went a different direction and hired someone else LOL
Sorry Nick. I hope you have positive time with him.
My dad is also in poor health. Take care buddy.
My dad is also in poor health. Take care buddy.
One of my hot male subordinates left my company a few months back because he'd found another opportunity. We asked him where he was moving to, but he adamantly refused to say what his new job was. Which is fair enough, he has the right to not say, but we couldn't help being curious.
Well, my wife and I found out the answer last night when this dude popped up on the news. He'd gotten himself a rather high-level government position.
Right now my wife is haranguing me because she feels I could've pipped him to this position if I'd applied as well, and thus would be enjoying a comparatively less stressful and possibly higher-paid job right now. And I'm all like, "Woman, I didn't even know they were hiring!"
Well, my wife and I found out the answer last night when this dude popped up on the news. He'd gotten himself a rather high-level government position.
Right now my wife is haranguing me because she feels I could've pipped him to this position if I'd applied as well, and thus would be enjoying a comparatively less stressful and possibly higher-paid job right now. And I'm all like, "Woman, I didn't even know they were hiring!"
Also, woman, I can't be on television! Have you seen me?! I'm not once off @bhamv3 's hot coworkers!
Also that, yes.I was trying to choose between that and claiming you couldn't possibly work for the government in any public function without risking your browser history becoming public
Me: I should look for a new job. I can't handle this anymore.
Also Me: Oh right, job searches cause extreme anxiety because I have zero valuable skills for anything better than minimum wage. Guess I'm stuck here.
Also Me: Oh right, job searches cause extreme anxiety because I have zero valuable skills for anything better than minimum wage. Guess I'm stuck here.
Not true! You have customer service skills that are highly valued in other positions. For example, I work as a pc tech for a school district. We have a bunch of techs that knew nothing about computers before starting work with us, but had good customer service skills. We can teach the tech stuff. It’s much harder to teach very technically savvy people how to talk to people.
Don’t sell yourself short. And you don’t have to go on a crazy, intense job hunt. Just keep your eyes open and if something looks interesting, apply. You might just surprise yourself.
When I bought this house, they left the fridge. I imagine the old guy's heirs didn't want it. It works well enough but has some minor issues. The ice machine leaks water when you use it. But that's ok, I never use tap water ice. And the doors require some extra attention to ensure they've closed properly. Therein lies the problem. Usually I'm really good about it. But twice now (counting this morning) I've hit the fridge half asleep and went back later in the afternoon to find out all my perishable goods were room temperature and had to be thrown out.
Luckily, I'm a single guy who orders out a lot, so there's not a lot to throw away in the fridge of much value. But I had put out meat for the rare occasion of cooking for tonight. Grrr.
I have a plan to replace the thing, and move this into the garage as a soda fridge. Looks like its maybe time to do that come payday.
Luckily, I'm a single guy who orders out a lot, so there's not a lot to throw away in the fridge of much value. But I had put out meat for the rare occasion of cooking for tonight. Grrr.
I have a plan to replace the thing, and move this into the garage as a soda fridge. Looks like its maybe time to do that come payday.
I just got some fridge door straps. They’re obstensibly for childproofing but fix this issue too.
It closes all the way, and securely. It just requires you to pay attention to make sure it does. When I'm half asleep, I evidently don't pay that much attention.
It could be solved, possibly, by re-aligning the doors. But I've been wanting a soda fridge in the garage anyway.
Finally brought my bike in for service at Cyclesmith the other day.
It's...a lot worse than I thought. They're quoting around $600 for all the service and parts replacement. For that much, I'm honestly thinking of getting a whole new bike. Been thinking of getting one for awhile, but I wanted to wait until the new year, perhaps.
Just...ugh. I love biking so much. I commute every day and use my bike for getting around more than anything else. It sucks that I let it get this bad. I'm kind of eyeing a Trek FX 2. It has hydraulic brakes, something I've never had before. I understand it requires less regular maintenance, but actual maintenance for it costs a LOT more.
It's...a lot worse than I thought. They're quoting around $600 for all the service and parts replacement. For that much, I'm honestly thinking of getting a whole new bike. Been thinking of getting one for awhile, but I wanted to wait until the new year, perhaps.
Just...ugh. I love biking so much. I commute every day and use my bike for getting around more than anything else. It sucks that I let it get this bad. I'm kind of eyeing a Trek FX 2. It has hydraulic brakes, something I've never had before. I understand it requires less regular maintenance, but actual maintenance for it costs a LOT more.
After a year and 8 months, that's right, 20 months, I finally got my unrestricted driver's license in the mail today. That's 8 months longer than it should have taken.
This should be a win... right?
Here's the rant: I have had to have this damned breathalyzer installed in my car, which should have been removed back in December. However, because of the work schedule that I was keeping, I just found it impossible to get things taken care of, then a major delay where it took close to three months for the dmv to inform me that after I submitted my paperwork to get my license back they had changed the fee, so my application fee was missing 9 dollars (seriously, 9 dollars, nearly three months to tell me). This device cost over 50 dollars every two weeks in lease agreement, has to be calibrated at a shop every two to three months costing nearly 60 dollars, the other day killed the battery in my car because I wasn't driving enough (looking for work and no where to go kind of thing) so I had to jump start my car, which was then considered a "violation" for tampering, causing a 75 dollar fine and another calibration. In total I have probably paid well over 3 grand to have this thing in my car for the last 20 months.
With my unrestricted license in hand now finally, I can schedule removal of this damned thing.
.... it's gonna cost about 350 dollars to remove it, which I can't afford with the whole looking for work thing, and continue wracking up lease fees each week until I can get it out.
This should be a win... right?
Here's the rant: I have had to have this damned breathalyzer installed in my car, which should have been removed back in December. However, because of the work schedule that I was keeping, I just found it impossible to get things taken care of, then a major delay where it took close to three months for the dmv to inform me that after I submitted my paperwork to get my license back they had changed the fee, so my application fee was missing 9 dollars (seriously, 9 dollars, nearly three months to tell me). This device cost over 50 dollars every two weeks in lease agreement, has to be calibrated at a shop every two to three months costing nearly 60 dollars, the other day killed the battery in my car because I wasn't driving enough (looking for work and no where to go kind of thing) so I had to jump start my car, which was then considered a "violation" for tampering, causing a 75 dollar fine and another calibration. In total I have probably paid well over 3 grand to have this thing in my car for the last 20 months.
With my unrestricted license in hand now finally, I can schedule removal of this damned thing.
.... it's gonna cost about 350 dollars to remove it, which I can't afford with the whole looking for work thing, and continue wracking up lease fees each week until I can get it out.
I hear ya. I just recently learned that my mother-in-law doesn't like the Wonder Years reboot because the black family is "taking the show away from white people."
Rural Florida needs to revert to Military District No. 3 again. Reconstruction obviously didn't work the first time around.
Rural Florida needs to revert to Military District No. 3 again. Reconstruction obviously didn't work the first time around.
You can blame Rutherford Hayes for that. Literally.
Well, it could also be a hijacked email account, but you know him better'n we do.
--Patrick
Our oldest got me a gift yesterday. It’s an awesome shirt:
I’m wearing it today and for the first time I can remember, I got so angry and frustrated at work, that I could have cut a bitch.
I’m wearing it today and for the first time I can remember, I got so angry and frustrated at work, that I could have cut a bitch.
There's a person in our company who was recently promoted to the position of Deputy General Manager. We've never had a Deputy General Manager before, so I have a sneaking suspicion that this means our current General Manager is stepping down soon, and this new Deputy is being prepared to replace her.
I acknowledge that the new Deputy General Manager is very competent, knowledgeable, and intelligent. She's been with us for a long time now, and she's made many, many contributions to our company over the years. In particular, she's helped us keep up with the rapidly-changing times as new technologies like machine translation and AI have caused upheavals in our industry. But she is also, well, rather abrasive. For example, she was one of the people who got into an argument in the middle of a meeting, as described here.
I get along all right with her, but that's partly because I always try to keep things professional in the workplace so as to minimize any interpersonal friction, and partly because I am also awesome at my job so she almost never has any issue with my work. But I can foresee putting her in a position of leadership is going to cause problems down the line, as she will inevitably try to steamroll anyone who disagrees with her. Especially compared to our current GM, who's a lot more open to dissenting views.
I acknowledge that the new Deputy General Manager is very competent, knowledgeable, and intelligent. She's been with us for a long time now, and she's made many, many contributions to our company over the years. In particular, she's helped us keep up with the rapidly-changing times as new technologies like machine translation and AI have caused upheavals in our industry. But she is also, well, rather abrasive. For example, she was one of the people who got into an argument in the middle of a meeting, as described here.
I get along all right with her, but that's partly because I always try to keep things professional in the workplace so as to minimize any interpersonal friction, and partly because I am also awesome at my job so she almost never has any issue with my work. But I can foresee putting her in a position of leadership is going to cause problems down the line, as she will inevitably try to steamroll anyone who disagrees with her. Especially compared to our current GM, who's a lot more open to dissenting views.
figmentPez
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Hazard pay?
GasBandit
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All consulted were in agreement. Tensioning a garage door spring is extremely hazardous and even the guy who does EVERYTHING himself said he'd hire somebody else to do it.
2 spring or 1?
My father-in-law and I did mine after it broke, and his a couple of weeks later when one of his broke.
