Careerbuilder
I'm tracing a lot of "resume expert" spam and "for some reason we figured you'd like to start selling insurance" calls to this one.
Oh, bigtime.
They've actually kinda cleared up since the first couple days after I updated my resume, though.
Oddly enough the easiest way to not get dicked with it seems is to go through Craigslist. I guess the whole "no room for razz-and-dazzle, no help from the service itself screwing with people" setup turns away people who are out to waste your time. Well, intentionally at least.
Pretty big on the simple "submit an E-Mail" ones, too. I've reached a point where it takes a hell of a lot for me to bother with any site that requires me to sign up for an account -- I can do about ten "just give them my resume" postings in the same amount of time.
As far as "why the fuck are you calling me so early" conversations go, this one was pretty tolerable imo.
Yeah, that's how I got my current job. The guy they'd hired pulled a no-call no-show so they called me and asked how soon I could get there.
...had a 5:30 AM call from a vendor once at my old job. I'd downloaded some free program or another and they kept bugging me about getting some of their pay software. I'd given them the company number, which called my cell during off-hours, and they apparently didn't bother to check what timezone I lived in.
When the lady started her sales pitch, my response was, in a tone of voice I believe is best described as "scandalized", "It's five-thirty in the morning!"
I did not buy anything from them. And made it clear (in an E-Mail, hours later, at such a time as was actually appropriate to even be having a discussion of any kind with them) that they were not to contact me again.
My favorite thing about my current job is that it is a straight Monday-to-Friday 8-5. I do occasionally pull a little extra time, but it's always planned for in advance, and I get paid for OT.
I... I used to have... so much hair...
You and me both.
(I still use the phrase "place of establishment" on like a weekly basis.)
Y'ello, Workaround-for-Corporation-to-Not-Pay-You-Benefits-to-Start Services, how can I help you?
Oh yeah, I'm pretty fucked right now because I still have a lung fungus and my health insurance has inexplicably decided I'm over my annual prescription reimbursement limit. After fucking up my last two reimbursement requests and making me resend them.
Nothing like opening what you expect to be a $500 check and finding out it's actually $7!
I think I can probably get it fixed since by my math I am not even fucking close to my annual limit, but as you might expect I am very unhappy about it. And I still have to buy at least another $200 worth of meds before the year rolls over.
Still, I know the vast majority of temps don't get health insurance at all, so maybe you're the wrong guy to bitch to.
