[jimmydean]

Maybe it's just me, but I get the funiest emails for jobs sometimes. Here is what I got today:

I came across your resume in our system and wanted to see if you were interested in the below position. It is with Lowes corporate office in North Wilkesboro,NC. North Wilkesboro is located 80 miles north of Charlotte and about 45 miles from Winston Salem. It is a 6 month contact with a strong possibility of extension. They have just given me a laundry list of skill sets and not many details. I am assuming they would like a high quality network engineer. Please respond to this email and let me know your thoughts.

First off, I'm not a Network Engineer, I'm a Software Quality Engineer (very different beasts).

Second, I have no interest in moving to NC for a 6 month contract. The fact it's a contract means I would pay my own way there, find my own place to stay, find my own transpertation, the list goes on...

Third, the "laundry list" she sent me had nothing to do with my resume. I mean NOTHING. Some of the things on the list I'd never even heard of!

Fourth, the pay SUCKED. Sucked as in less than what most contracts would pay me around here. Now I know it might be cheaper to live there, but I would still need to fly, rent a car, get a room, and all that crap.

So I ask, are there people who do this? Just up and move from coast to coast for 3-6 months for a project with no hope of being an employee? This is the third or fourth of it's kind I've gotten. I couldn't see moving my wife and daughter for 6 months, let alone leaving them for 6 months to go work on a dead end project. I can't even think of doing it if I were single. Unless the pay was HUGE.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

What's "our system"?

 

[jimmydean]

What's "our system"?

Who knows. I'm guessing they pulled my resume off Dice, Monster, Career Builder, or something. I've never heard of "Modis IT" and there was no address or phone number, just her name and her company name.

 

[GumbaFish]

umm virus email?

 

[Knuckleslammer]

Yeah Those A****les Email Me All Day Long. I Have Rule In Place WITH MY EMAIL, If I Receive An Email That Says Developer In It (which I'm Not) I Send Them Back An Email With My Resume In Word Format And Tell Them To Read The ****ing Resume And Tell Me Where It Says Anything About Oracle Development.

A****les.


Another Thing I Love Is Emails From John Smith, Or Bill Jones From Varahisnu Technologies, Or Abbarisnu Inc.

What Do They Think I'm A Frign Idiot?

 

[Knuckleslammer]

Oh And Before Someone Replies With "i'll Bet You Get A Lot Of Jobs That Way" Well, I'm Not A Clone, I Think For Myself And I Really Give No ***k

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>Well, I'm Not A Clone, I Think For Myself And I Really Give No ***k

Says the DBA working in a cube. :dancing:

Welcome back, Knuck!!

 

[Westy]

Says the DBA working in a cube. :dancing:

Welcome back, Knuck!!

He never left. Our timespace just did a loop where his was in a straight line. Our last 3 months felt like a second to him.

 

[SkaredShtles]

He never left. Our timespace just did a loop where his was in a straight line. Our last 3 months felt like a second to him.

I just read a book called "The Time Traveler's Wife" - I wonder if Knuck is like that guy.........

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Funny story that sort of relates:

My company's corporate office back in NY has 2 people there and 2 people in Atlanta that do the hiring for our department nationwide...The assistant of the assistant of the assistant HR person called up my boss and told him "We have a resume here for someone from ......'Bermerton'....is that anywhere near Seattle...the address lists Washington as the state...would they be able to commute??"

His response was "Well, I don't have any idea where 'Bermerton' is....but if it's 'Bremerton' it's a prohibitive commute, doable...but not recommended."

The guy showed up for his interview and as he was being escorted back to the elevator by my boss afterwards, here's what I heard:

Interviewee: "Well, I'm almost done with my court-appointed anger management classes...they've really helped my deal with all the assholes out there...Oh yeah, and only a few of my convictions were felonies, so I don't think there will be any problem with the cops anymore."

My boss: (As the elevator doors are closing) "I'm sure someone from our corporate offices will contact you some time in the future."

 

[Knuckleslammer]

He never left. Our timespace just did a loop where his was in a straight line. Our last 3 months felt like a second to him.

You are correct Westy, somewhat. I was in a parallel universe though.

Good book to read is the Yoga of time travel by Fred Alan Wolfe

No cube here mang, work for myself 20 hours a week. The rest of the week, I sit in the woods.

 

[sanjuro]

Recruiting agencies in the Information Age are not super helpful. They will put a search word in, like Windows and Carolina, and anyone close they will call.

Even with my current company, I interview for 3 different positions independent of each other.

 

[Westy]

You are correct Westy, somewhat. I was in a parallel universe though.

Good book to read is the Yoga of time travel by Fred Alan Wolfe

No cube here mang, work for myself 20 hours a week. The rest of the week, I sit in the woods.

If it was a truly parallel universe they would go on forever alongside each other incapable of ever crossing paths. Same universe you just take the business route instead of the bypass.

 

[Knuckleslammer]

Hey, can anybody resize my new avatar? I have no idea how to do it. I'm just a dumb dba

 

[Knuckleslammer]

If it was a truly parallel universe they would go on forever alongside each other incapable of ever crossing paths. Same universe you just take the business route instead of the bypass.

Now get out of your copenhagen thinking. Just because universes are parallel does not mean they can not have different timelines. That was old school.

 

[Westy]

Now get out of your copenhagen thinking. Just because universes are parallel does not mean they can not have different timelines. That was old school.

I'm not saying that they couldn't have different timelines. I'm saying those timelines could never cross, look up parallel.

By the way, I am totally making up everything I am saying.

 

[Barbaton]

I just read a book called "The Time Traveler's Wife" - I wonder if Knuck is like that guy.........

I just started that. Good so far.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I'm not saying that they couldn't have different timelines. I'm saying those timelines could never cross, look up parallel.

By the way, I am totally making up everything I am saying.

 

[JRB]

I am just glad we almost got a knuckle rant out of this thread. Bravo.

 

[Ciaran]

I am just glad we almost got a knuckle rant out of this thread. Bravo.

I can't believe Knuckle doesn't have a custom title.

 

[splat]

.......The rest of the week, I sit in the woods.

I hope some ofthe time it is on the saddle of the Iron Horse of yours.

Good see your still around Kev, we need to ride together again.

 

[DirtyMike]

Remember different location of where the job is Might be good money for the area...But yeah people take jobs seriously like that. Specially when they have nothing left to lose. Personally i dont open emails if i dont know the sender to begin with. Never know what kind of spyware your loading into your pc when you do that

 

[jimmydean]

Remember different location of where the job is Might be good money for the area...But yeah people take jobs seriously like that. Specially when they have nothing left to lose. Personally i dont open emails if i dont know the sender to begin with. Never know what kind of spyware your loading into your pc when you do that

That's the great thing about using text based email clients. If you can get a virus to load on my machine or install some spyware through text, your the man.

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