Topic: Your Job: The Movie (Read 177924 times)

Lottel · « **Reply #880 on:** May 25, 2010, 02:29:22 PM »

Quote from: Büge on May 24, 2010, 01:18:58 PM

Totally serious.

And McDohl? Maryland? Really?

It's Maryland.

TA · « **Reply #881 on:** May 25, 2010, 03:10:43 PM »

Maryland's a pretty good place. Where in Maryland does matter, though.

But he's in Texas now so even fuckin' St. Mary's or Somerset would be an improvement.

Büge · « **Reply #882 on:** May 25, 2010, 03:16:05 PM »

Quote from: McDohl on May 25, 2010, 02:25:56 PM

So, leaving your resume on Monster and just sort of forgetting that it exists can still get nibbles.

A contractor company just called me today to inquire about my 9 month-old resume on Monster with a job possibility back in Maryland.

Do I really want to move back across the country?

Maybe.

Are you sure you didn't already post that? I'm getting some serious deja vu here.

Doom · « **Reply #883 on:** May 25, 2010, 05:13:26 PM »

Quote from: Lottel on May 25, 2010, 02:29:22 PM

Quote from: Büge on May 24, 2010, 01:18:58 PM

Totally serious.

And McDohl? Maryland? Really?

It's Maryland.

Maryland rules but thanks for supporting my earlier post in Review Revue.

I am one half of the maintenance team at a small local yacht club. I don't mean actual yachts, I mean that rich old people buy nice house-boats and pretend they are a fleet. They appoint a commodore and have meetings and shit every 3 months. Who cares.

Me and the other dude just do chores and fix stuff all days. We also do pump-outs. What that means is that on the weekend, dudes want fuel in their boats and poop out. So I get paid to chill on a dock holding a hose for 20 minutes at a time. Then I get tipped.

Sometimes they'll do the pumping themselves and then tip me. Damn.

Also rich people are crazy. We take out the trash around the compound and grounds every day and on my first day we found a 15 inch LCD TV-Monitor. It works perfectly fine, just a bit smudgey on the front and you can't tell if you look at it head on. We found it next to the box of the mystery trasher's new LCD TV.

Also, the other guy in the maintenance department is my dad, so I sort of get paid to hang out all day shooting the shit with power-tools and coffee with my pops.

The only dramatic downside and change are the hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday? 7:30 AM to 4 PM everyday. DAMNIT. But... I'm already used to waking up at 5:30 half the week and my eyes are really healthy and white now.

Still man.

5 AM.

Can't stay up past 11 PM at the absolute latest.

Damn.

Lottel · « **Reply #884 on:** May 25, 2010, 05:45:02 PM »

Quote from: TA on May 25, 2010, 03:10:43 PM

Maryland's a pretty good place. Where in Maryland does matter, though.

But he's in Texas now so even fuckin' St. Mary's or Somerset would be an improvement.

Oh yeah. Forgot he was in Texas.
Go Maryland!

Mongrel · « **Reply #885 on:** May 25, 2010, 06:24:27 PM »

I'm sorry, but Maryland does not rule at all if you live in or anywhere near Baltimore.

FUCK YOU, BALTIMORE.

McDohl · « **Reply #886 on:** May 25, 2010, 06:54:40 PM »

Yeah, I'd be back in St. Mary's or thereabouts. I might see about living over in Calvert county, though I'd hate to commute over that damn bridge every day.

teg · « **Reply #887 on:** May 26, 2010, 07:44:33 AM »

I could really use a new job. See, unlike other teenagers, I'm actually good at my job and not an asshole, so I've just stuck with this one job instead of getting fired or quitting. But right now I need the extra income and could use a better-paying job. I also think it would be much easier to just let a bunch of strangers know I'm trans than to tell people I've been casual acquaintances with for years.
My big problem is, not having had to perfect my job-hunting technique, I have almost completely forgotten how to write a resume and the interview process. I have a place in mind already (a very nice incoming call center). Any tips anyone can give me?

Kayma · « **Reply #888 on:** May 27, 2010, 03:12:48 PM »

Quote from: teg on May 26, 2010, 07:44:33 AM

I have a place in mind already (a very nice incoming call center). Any tips anyone can give me?

Do not pass go.

Mongrel · « **Reply #889 on:** May 27, 2010, 06:16:33 PM »

I was going to say something like that, only I realized that I work in a very nice call centre right now.

Of course, my being the only rep in the entire country has something to do with that.

teg · « **Reply #890 on:** May 28, 2010, 06:26:18 AM »

Seriously. I already work retail, so I know how crappy customer service can be. This pays better, has benefits, has paid time off for whatever I want, and has Rock Band in the break room.

Lottel · « **Reply #891 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:12:51 PM »

Alright, with all that's been going on this week, I've slept maybe six hours in the last 3 days, give or take an hour or so.
This morning, I still awake, call my boss at noon. I get the new guy at work.
"Hey. Can I talk to Jerry?"
"You come in at 3."
"I know. Can I talk to Jerry, though?"
"You aren't sick. See you at 3."

I wasn't going to call in sick. I was calling to see if and/or when they needed me. Turns out, I only had one table tonight. At 7. And I was the only one who could do it. It was over 100 people. (Total headcount at the end of the night, 104 and a half [toddler]) And yes, I did the whole party by myself, thank you for asking. Everyone left happy, full, and liquoured up without having to wait more than 5 minutes between beers/wine glasses/shots. Total at the end of the night was $668. Without the beer. The beer total was $838. I got tips on every person who ordered beer. Plus a nice 20% gratuity...
I paid one of the other guys to clean up after me. Then went out on the town with a good friend.

Tomorrow is a 150 party. And sunday is another 100 party. This may kill me, but damn, if I pull it off...

Mongrel · « **Reply #892 on:** May 29, 2010, 04:32:56 AM »

Did you tell your boss about the douchebag?

I mean, if you don't want to start trouble, you don't have to. You can just nicely ask your boss to tell douchebag that, yes, it's okay for you to talk to him - cause sometimes it might actually matter.

Not to mention the fact that you're probably worth about ten times more to your boss than douchebag is.

Büge · « **Reply #893 on:** May 29, 2010, 04:34:06 AM »

Yesterday I finally got a shift from the temp agency. They sent me over to an industrial warehouse just down the street, thank goodness. And the job is pretty much just trying to clean as many engine blocks as you can in an hour, and then trying to break that record.

MadMAxJr · « **Reply #894 on:** June 03, 2010, 03:50:42 AM »

Need a new job, current one is slowly driving me insane from office politics.

Actually went as far as to apply for a job at Walmart corporate. Not sure how I feel about that.

Thad · « **Reply #895 on:** June 03, 2010, 04:27:10 PM »

...so something unexpected just happened.

My boss told me he's recommended me for a full-time position.

Not in his department. Not installing software on computers and then shipping them to people. Something completely out of the end-user support chain. Something more suited to my abilities.

I never really expected that. I figured the best I could hope for from this job was to get full employment but keep doing what I'm doing. Now it looks like I might actually get a real job out of the deal.

Fingers crossed. Especially since my girlfriend may be losing her job.

McDohl · « **Reply #896 on:** June 03, 2010, 05:36:04 PM »

Spectacular, Thad!

Lottel · « **Reply #897 on:** June 03, 2010, 09:27:35 PM »

Congrats! What will you be doing? Popping into a forum once a month?

Classic · « **Reply #898 on:** June 03, 2010, 10:04:28 PM »

I'll save my congratulations for when you get the job, if that's OK.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #899 on:** June 04, 2010, 04:48:21 AM »

I hope your girlfriend doesn't lose her job, but that sounds great, Thad!

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