That sucks. I hope you get this all resolved.
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atleast in the lounge...
My wife spent several months going through interviews for a role leading a major sporting related entity based 80 minutes drive away, or 2+ hours if the traffic was bad (which it normally is). She made it clear up front she'd be willing to do 2 days in the office per week maximum which they understood. A few months later after several interviews they offered her the job but stated that it was 4 days a week in the office minimum...
That's exactly the kind of crap I'm talking about. Why waste each other's time?
Even worse, as a public employer we have to advertise all positions here, even if it is an extension of an existing contract. It is a waste of time for all external applicants and for the evaluation and hiring committees.
One time a colleague got a personal research grant that covered her own salary. Administration tried to convince her that the position needs to be publically announced and she needs to go through the regular hiring process. When she asked what would happen if they get a better applicant than her and would need to hire that person but would have no money because the salary is in her name, they failed to provide an answer.
Probably hoping they'll find someone who can't say no.
People love to waste other people's time.
The old bait and switch.
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I was dealt more interesting bait than that - no questions asked / requests made, but new crap silently inserted in the offer letter, like a different reporting manager and role.
Oh and the worst are those hiding critical decision data until after you join - like that one time when I learned that my boss (CEO) and the other founder (CTO) were married, on my day one with the company. Kill list.
Yay, new fridge day! We have been living with this tiny POS for way too long. The new one isn't huge, but it does have more room..tI also has an ice maker.
We bought a countertop ice maker when the one in the fridge died. It lasted a year, then started shitting the bed. We replaced it last year and the new one started shitting the bed again. So we bought a fridge rather than a 3rd ice maker.
We bought a countertop ice maker when the one in the fridge died. It lasted a year, then started shitting the bed. We replaced it last year and the new one started shitting the bed again. So we bought a fridge rather than a 3rd ice maker.
You're gonna regret that ice maker when *it* shits the bed inside the fridge.Yay, new fridge day! We have been living with this tiny POS for way too long. The new one isn't huge, but it does have more room..tI also has an ice maker.
We bought a countertop ice maker when the one in the fridge died. It lasted a year, then started shitting the bed. We replaced it last year and the new one started shitting the bed again. So we bought a fridge rather than a 3rd ice maker.
Never get a fridge with an ice maker.
That reminds me - I need to go down and empty/fill my ice trays.
ours was replaced under warranty enough times it paid for the warranty.You're gonna regret that ice maker when *it* shits the bed inside the fridge.
Never get a fridge with an ice maker.
That reminds me - I need to go down and empty/fill my ice trays.
and then some. it actually died earlier this summer, and i've been too lazy to replace it.
It appears that this may be the day the A/C gets fired up...
Between accepting my offer and showing up at work for this job I got re-orged twice. Then again after two weeks.
It doesn't have door service, just a bucket inside. The ice maker in the old fridge lasted 10+ years. If this one lasts that long, I'll be happy.You're gonna regret that ice maker when *it* shits the bed inside the fridge.
Never get a fridge with an ice maker.
That reminds me - I need to go down and empty/fill my ice trays.
It doesn't have wifi or see through doors. It's also still tiny, but I guess the wife was afraid it wouldn't fit the space
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Friday I am attending a "veterans breakfast" held by the moose lodge because Betsy Johnson is speaking and the wife wants to hear what she says. So I get to pay $10 to have a shitty breakfast and find out for her.
What happened to your new hire-dude that showed up a few months early at the guard shack?
That's how large companies work, happened to me also. That one case was a small startup and a total disorganized, dishonest shitshow ran by new Indian money.
My favorite part is when they want your resume, and then ask elevnty-billion questions all in seperate text boxes that are really just a copy of the information on your resume. Online job sites really need to get their shit together and let you save that crap as part of your profile so it auto populates. My education history does not change day-to-day, why must I retype it constantly?
I can see how this process streamlines hiring, but it also results in a lot of bad hires, which in turn requires more hiring and encourages more streamlining, death spiral ensues.
Yeah - the thru-the-door water/ice is even worse. But the issue is the water coming into the fridge and all the horseshit involved with the actual ice maker.
I hope it lasts that long as well, for your sake. That said - it ain't gonna last that long. Hopefully it doesn't ruin the kitchen floor when it shits the bed.
It's shitty tile, it should be fine. And if we are still in this house in 10 years, shoot me.
I guess that too. If any of us are still here in 10 years it might be a miracle.Sorta like hoping to die before climate change gets too bad. I get it.
It also results in completely qualified, excellent potential employees frustrated with the process say “screw this” and move on.
He is doing pretty good. The reality is my current project will be going away at the end of the year so I am just doing what I can get to make him smart and get him some exposure so when this ends he can land in a good place.