Topic: Your Job: The Movie (Read 177798 times)

JDigital · « **Reply #620 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:01:21 PM »

I'm convinced job interviews have a significant random factor. That, or there's always someone better qualified.

Classic · « **Reply #621 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:20:44 PM »

You could have been... over-qualified?

Büge · « **Reply #622 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:42:50 PM »

Or somebody's brother showed up the day after you.

Brentai · « **Reply #623 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:49:04 PM »

There's always a bigger fish.

The main thing is to not swim in the same pond as the bigger fish.

A lot of bigger fish have been forced to jump into smaller ponds, though.

All you can really do is keep trying other ponds until you find one that's gullible enough to believe your giant fish costume.

Glub. Glub.

Spaco · « **Reply #624 on:** January 27, 2010, 07:56:22 PM »

or maybe I'll just get a job at Captain D's

Shinra · « **Reply #625 on:** January 30, 2010, 09:16:58 PM »

so i started working at domino's pizza today as a driver

it was a slow night and my overall pay was about 70 dollars. I think I drove around 30-40 miles total.

my last job, i was a technical project coordinator - i coordinated operations between small and medium businesses, the company i contracted for, engineers with said company and engineers with local carriers (LECs) while processing orders through multiple order systems. this job usually requires a bachelor's degree. my overall daily pay was about 80 bucks. i had a 20 mile commute.

the primary difference here is that when i worked at my last job i was working 9 hours a day, and delivering pizzas i'm working 4-5. FML.

Spaco · « **Reply #626 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:10:09 AM »

Just wait until they come out with bachelors degrees in pizza delivery.

After sending multiple emails and leaving several voicemails, I finally got a hold of someone at that company who wasn't a spineless shitbag and who would give me an answer as to why they didn't hire me. The hiring director basically gave me a non-answer, but said a few things that hinted that it was because I wasn't willing to relocate. I was nothing but courteous; how is it so difficult to be honest with people these days?

Whatever. I have three or four interviews this week, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I've decided I'm not going to sell myself short with shit jobs until I am completely desperate in a month.

Walker · « **Reply #627 on:** January 31, 2010, 10:22:39 AM »

Quote from: Shinra on January 30, 2010, 09:16:58 PM

so i started working at domino's pizza today as a driver

it was a slow night and my overall pay was about 70 dollars.

I used to do that, and 70 dollars a day was a damn good haul when I was behind the wheel. The problem is that customers are jerks and don't always tip anywhere near what they should.

McDohl · « **Reply #628 on:** January 31, 2010, 10:29:09 AM »

Telling someone that you aren't willing to commute a long distance/relocate is basically a death sentence.

Shinra · « **Reply #629 on:** January 31, 2010, 12:25:15 PM »

Quote from: Walker on January 31, 2010, 10:22:39 AM

Quote from: Shinra on January 30, 2010, 09:16:58 PM
so i started working at domino's pizza today as a driver

it was a slow night and my overall pay was about 70 dollars.

I used to do that, and 70 dollars a day was a damn good haul when I was behind the wheel. The problem is that customers are jerks and don't always tip anywhere near what they should.

I had a lady tip me 54 cents on a 60 dollar order. >:( I know pizza delivery isn't traditionally a 15% deal, but handing me a fiver would have been nice.

Spaco · « **Reply #630 on:** January 31, 2010, 01:26:07 PM »

Oh lord, I just found out that my interview tomorrow is with some non-profit funding scam org called The Fund For Public Interest. I guess I'll go, as it's a bit too late to cancel now, but it's going to be awkward.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #631 on:** January 31, 2010, 02:19:55 PM »

Why is it too late to cancel? What are they gonna do, not hire you?

Spaco · « **Reply #632 on:** January 31, 2010, 03:49:02 PM »

Well I'm 99% unlikely to take the job, but they likely know other people in the area and I'd like for there to be a good connotation attached to my name as much as possible. It can't hurt to do the interview, I suppose, and the more practice I get the better.

Classic · « **Reply #633 on:** January 31, 2010, 05:31:52 PM »

What is an appropriate delivery tip?

Niku · « **Reply #634 on:** January 31, 2010, 06:32:01 PM »

Three bucks at the minimum. Even if they got there a bit late, it's usually a backup with the restaurant and not the driver themselves.

Miss Cat Ears · « **Reply #635 on:** January 31, 2010, 06:40:48 PM »

Unless it's a Pizza Hut who for the life of them cannot figure out that the address you put in your online order is the one they should deliver to and not the address you lived at 4 years ago

Pacobird · « **Reply #636 on:** January 31, 2010, 06:50:41 PM »

Quote from: Spaco on January 31, 2010, 08:10:09 AM

The hiring director basically gave me a non-answer, but said a few things that hinted that it was because I wasn't willing to relocate. I was nothing but courteous; how is it so difficult to be honest with people these days?

I'm sorry you didn't get the job, but why should honesty mitigate the fact that you aren't willing to go where they'd be hiring you to go?

Spaco · « **Reply #637 on:** January 31, 2010, 07:24:34 PM »

The job was posted for Raleigh, NC where I now live and where they are hiring for. I'm not available to move to any other states at the present, but I don't see it terribly offensive of myself to expect to be considered for a job that is twenty minutes from my house. I have no idea what their deal is.

Shinra · « **Reply #638 on:** January 31, 2010, 07:45:41 PM »

i made 110 dollars in six hours tonight.

Lottel · « **Reply #639 on:** January 31, 2010, 08:29:27 PM »

Quote from: Shinra on January 31, 2010, 07:45:41 PM

i made 110 dollars in six hours tonight.

I... still haven't gotten even the slightest bit of response from a job in nearly a year!
WOOHOO!

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