Job and General Employment Thread

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:09 pm

Thanks gents.

Postby **faftorial** » Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:10 pm

Just accepted the offer. I can absolutely not wait to give my notice either this Friday or next Monday.

Congrats.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:38 pm

Postby **faftorial** » Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:23 pm

Larry the Lobster?

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:51 am

Nice LBL, good luck in your new post

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:48 pm

Congrats LBL!

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:49 pm

It's pretty crazy how expensive work travel can be. For this conference, I am staying at a really nice hotel right on Times Square...their "special" rate is $399/night.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:55 pm

That's not really out of the ordinary for Times Square, IMO.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:57 pm

I should have air bnb'd you my office or my cat's room...eat into that lease renewal rate...

Postby **meow** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:04 pm

I bet you get chlamydia just ringing Mikey’s doorbell

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:07 pm

But it washes right off...grow up, samantha.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 3:15 pm

That's not really out of the ordinary for Times Square, IMO.

No, I meant more it's funny how for work travel your standards of what is too expensive change. $400/night? I'm not paying for it, **** it.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:20 pm

Day 22 of employment at new job. Finally got access to most things and was assigned my first project. Computer proceeds to crash and display the message "HARD DRIVE - NOT INSTALLED". Help Desk proceeds to tell me that the only timeframe for solution is that it needs to be solved within 2 business days.

I love this job.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 5:33 pm

Lolololololol

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 5:42 pm

Man. What a nice vacation.

Postby **pens9192** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:30 pm

Over the weekend I passed a vendor certification exam. I'm pretty proud of it as its for a security tool I never used up until a few months ago and I taught it myself and studied for the exam and it wasn't the easiest (IMO). I got the link from the digital certificate provider and decide to share it on my LinkedIn profile. I rarely to never post stuff on my profile. I mainly browse on there two or three times a week. I posted it on my profile Sunday night and as of now it has close to 100 impressions but no 'Likes' or comments. But I'm sure if I posted about a flower I saw on my run the other day and how it inspired me to become a better leader I would have better engagement. lol..screw LinkedIn. Whatever.

Postby **meow** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:32 pm

:meow celebrates you:

Postby **dodint** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:48 pm

Which cert?

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:28 pm

Over the weekend I passed a vendor certification exam. I'm pretty proud of it as its for a security tool I never used up until a few months ago and I taught it myself and studied for the exam and it wasn't the easiest (IMO). I got the link from the digital certificate provider and decide to share it on my LinkedIn profile. I rarely to never post stuff on my profile. I mainly browse on there two or three times a week. I posted it on my profile Sunday night and as of now it has close to 100 impressions but no 'Likes' or comments. But I'm sure if I posted about a flower I saw on my run the other day and how it inspired me to become a better leader I would have better engagement. lol..screw LinkedIn. Whatever.

Well done!!

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:19 pm

Couple things I have questions about that yinz guys might be able to answer. First, the new place has contacted me about the offer and the controller let me know about what I would need on my first day paperwork. They never mentioned any type of pre-employment drug screening. It seems a bit odd they wouldn't have me provide a sample, so I responded to the controller about this. Second, at my current place each employee is given 10 vacation days per year, I have only used 3, would it be poor taste to try to negotiate them to pay some/all of the remaining 7? If it is a time accrued deal, I feel like I should be given 4.5 days since I worked 9 out of 12 months.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:17 pm

Couple things I have questions about that yinz guys might be able to answer. First, the new place has contacted me about the offer and the controller let me know about what I would need on my first day paperwork. They never mentioned any type of pre-employment drug screening. It seems a bit odd they wouldn't have me provide a sample, so I responded to the controller about this. Second, at my current place each employee is given 10 vacation days per year, I have only used 3, would it be poor taste to try to negotiate them to pay some/all of the remaining 7? If it is a time accrued deal, I feel like I should be given 4.5 days since I worked 9 out of 12 months.

Never mind on the vacation time. The handbook says all vacation time is forfeited unless required by law. Boo.

Postby **Beveridge** » Thu Sep 29, 2022 4:26 am

Should have asked to give 3 weeks notice. Take all your time off, come back and put in notice, lol.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:11 am

Couple things I have questions about that yinz guys might be able to answer. First, the new place has contacted me about the offer and the controller let me know about what I would need on my first day paperwork. They never mentioned any type of pre-employment drug screening. It seems a bit odd they wouldn't have me provide a sample, so I responded to the controller about this. Second, at my current place each employee is given 10 vacation days per year, I have only used 3, would it be poor taste to try to negotiate them to pay some/all of the remaining 7? If it is a time accrued deal, I feel like I should be given 4.5 days since I worked 9 out of 12 months.
Never mind on the vacation time. The handbook says all vacation time is forfeited unless required by law. Boo.

I thought in PA they were required to pay out vacation time, by law?

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:32 am

Day 22 of employment at new job. Finally got access to most things and was assigned my first project. Computer proceeds to crash and display the message "HARD DRIVE - NOT INSTALLED". Help Desk proceeds to tell me that the only timeframe for solution is that it needs to be solved within 2 business days.

I love this job.

I still have no admin rights in our dev domain, so I haven't been able to do any of the work there since I started a few weeks ago. I feel useless, but there's not much I can do about this...

Postby **obhave** » Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:31 pm

Started the transition of responsibilities for work and it's been a challenge. People really have no boundaries.

We also are unlikely to hit our revenue target this year and the blame game/toxic atmosphere has started to take hold in full force. A lot directed at me, because obviously sales team can never have done anything wrong. I'm happy I'll be out for when this all comes to a head.