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dee eight posted:lol I did that when I moved to Denver. Submitted resume on Friday, got a call on Monday, interviewed on Tuesday and they offered me the job at the end of the interview. I offered to start right then. They said nah the day's over, start tomorrow. It was one of those obvious good fits that worked out well, the job lasted 7 years. If my boss hadn't died I'd probably still be working for him today.
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Rhyno posted:LoL, maybe two years ago. This is for the job I really want too so I am stoked. And it's not group crap like GM is doing. One on one interview, Fort Wayne Metals in production, $16 to start, $19 upon completion of training (60 days) with overtime and quarterly bonus. Entry level tops out at $21.79, my friend who recommended me is making $26.74. Sounds like a good place to start. Good luck. What do you mean by group crap that GM is doing?
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rdb posted:Sounds like a good place to start. Good luck. It's group interviews and for temp gigs only. They made sure to say that these are 100% temp jobs and won't lead to permanent positions.
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TWELVE CANDIDATES ENTER, ONE CANDIDATE LEAVES! MASTER BLASTER RUN HR TOWN!
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Group sex sounds good until you see the group.
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Speaking of hiring, I've back in Vegas now, and on my 3rd job since getting here. Things REALLY went badly in Virginia. I was actually really excited to be working in the industrial refrigeration world, as it has a lot of very cool tech and machines and stuff to work with, plus the pay on the high end can easily get up to $40-60/hr. But holy poo poo did this company suck. Innovative was a very bad experience. They lied about just about everything. First of all, we were told we'd be spending one week at the shop, to learn the basics and do a bit of assembly, just to be familiar with the equipment. They lied about that. After the first week, we were told we'd be finishing out the tour at the factory. Not doing any more training. Then we were told on the next tour we'd definatly be heading out. Then we were told we'd be coming back to the factory for more assembly work, mixed in with a bit of testing on electrical symbols and blueprint reading. The other guy I was training with (Who had less experience) was told when we got back he'd be shipped out with another tech as soon as he arrived. Then we were told the lack of training was due to the fact that they had just (Apperently just that week!) started a new program, because they were hiring too many guys who couldn't do poo poo in the field. Then what was the point of the like 2 hour entry test I took? And we spend 17 days straight working there, no time off. Of the ~170hrs or so we spend on the clock, we got maybe 7 hours total of training for the thing we were hired for. And that was just in their training lab where like none of the equipment really worked. And even then we got bitched at by the shop foreman for taking too long. Sorry I want to try to learn about the thing you hired me for bro? They also lied about the hours. Of course every place is going to tell you can get a bunch of hours, especially in the summer. But what they didn't say was that they days were MANDATORY 12 hour days. And also I was told as a tech you have the option to choose between a 10 day on/4 day off tour schedule, or a Mon-Fri regular week, occasionally having to work weekends as the season dictates. Then I was told I would have to work the 10 day schedule, no other options. And this is all traveling work too, so you don't get to go home, but rather share a room in the like the cheapest hotels they can find. And they dick you over on pay. They pay from Sat-Sun, but the tour schedule has you working from Tuesday to the next Thursday, so you only get 5 days worth of pay. And on top of all that, just about everybody I talked to in the shop had only been there for like a few weeks or months at the most. I think I talked to like 4 guys who had been there for years. This was just one of those places where it just felt like they were just looking for a reason to fire you. I dunno, I'm still pretty bummed out that it didn't work out. I was really looking forwards to breaking into the industrial world, but as a commercial tech, it isn't hard to find a job at all, and I really don't want to be wasting my time with a company that's going to be jerking me around all the time. I'm still kinda grappling with my decision tbh, as it feels like I'm walking away from a 6 figure career, but I dunno, it just doesn't seem worth it. The idea of being away all the time, not sleeping in your own bed, being exhausted all the time. I mean, what's the point of making all that money if you can't really enjoy it?
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That poo poo makes me so happy I ended up where I did. I'm underpaid a bit, but it's a great job with a great company, and people work there for loving years. We have multiple people at 20+ years. Hope poo poo gets better, dude. In other news, civic started fine last night after the new battery. Now today it just cranks. Has fuel, has air, and now I'm trying to rig up a way to test spark since I can't get anyone to loving help crank the car.
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I was a part of a group interview once. I was 17, and it was for hot topic. I wore khakis and a white button down because duh but everyone else wore goth crap soo clearly I was not on the same page as everyone else.
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Really wish the guy going to Canada to pick up my motors would rush it up. I got the itch to build, and LTL shipping sucks
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Cage posted:I was a part of a group interview once. I was 17, and it was for hot topic. I wore khakis and a white button down because duh but everyone else wore goth crap soo clearly I was not on the same page as everyone else.
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Wild Wild Country is, uh... 
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Wild Wild Country is, uh... Yeah holy poo poo
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Can't remember my password to login on regular site. Recaptcha place that lowtax uses changed their links in 3/31 and S.A. still hasn't updated. Oh, these dead gay forums.
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Apr 3, 2018 02:23
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Still the best car forum in existence 
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Adiabatic posted:Still the best car forum in existence Biased report. Fake news.
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Adiabatic posted:Still the best car forum in existence That's a bar an ant could jump, to be fair.
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InitialDave posted:"I figured your thing was selling 'alternative' clothing, and seeing as I'm the only one here dressed differently, I guess I have a better idea what that means than you do".
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Who the gently caress is this divincenzo kid
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Should I be "that guy" and put a tap handle on my shifter? My Capri is trashy enough, but I don't know how hard I should lean into it
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The Door Frame posted:Should I be "that guy" and put a tap handle on my shifter? My Capri is trashy enough, but I don't know how hard I should lean into it As long as you make a shift boot out of a Crown Royal bag.
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Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. Hit a milestone today, though: 
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The Door Frame posted:Should I be "that guy" and put a tap handle on my shifter? My Capri is trashy enough, but I don't know how hard I should lean into it ALL THE loving WAY, AND THEN KEEP GOING 
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iwentdoodie posted:Can't remember my password to login on regular site. this is a good reminder to get a password manager
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NumbersMatching320 posted:ALL THE loving WAY, AND THEN KEEP GOING This was a phenomenal shifter.
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NumbersMatching320 posted:ALL THE loving WAY, AND THEN KEEP GOING I'm the Crown Royal bag shifter boot.
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Rhyno posted:As long as you make a shift boot out of a Crown Royal bag. <AHEM> Fermented Tinal posted:I'm the Crown Royal bag shifter boot. <AHEM AHEM AHEM>
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Holy poo poo, Wild Wild Country  Halfway through part 4. I lived on the Oregon border (Idaho side) growing up and never heard about any of this. I listen to Last Podcast on the Left and ONWRaC, (both podcasts that talk about stuff like this) and it never has come up.
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Oh man, I'm selling literally everything spare right now to fund my car shenanigans. Car parts, tech junk, spare tools. Now someone just needs to buy our Fiesta ST...
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. Looks like you got another half million miles to go before you have something truly worth bragging about. Get to it.
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Rhyno posted:<AHEM> I never even saw your post.
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Rhyno posted:<AHEM> I mean, the hard top is worth more than the entire car, I may as well
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Guy who was selling the Maverick is hemming and hawing about if he wants to keep it, so I'm stockpiling more fun money in the meantime.
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Jesus gently caress, the past 24 hours have been beyond hosed. Found out last week my apt complex had been sold. Okay, fine, they give me login info for their new payment system. I take off out of town to  spend time with the gf. Log in today to pay my rent.Wait.. why is my rent higher? Call the office. "We're raising everyone's rent to be in-line with market rent". DAFUQ? Ask them about my lease. "We don't care about your lease". Tell them fine, I'll be moving out next week. "That'll be <insane amount specified in lease>". Ask them why, since they don't care about the lease. "We only don't care about the rent portion. Everything else is in effect." I mention it's the middle of the lease, they can't do that. <click> Call back a bit later from my work phone (different area code, shows a different name on landline caller ID). Same questions, different person. Same answers. Read my lease's paragraph about rent increases to them word for word (thankfully I had it on Dropbox, so I had it handy). They said "if that's true, bring it in today and we'll fix it, but that's not in your lease, I guarantee.". Said I was out of town, asked for a manager. <click> Called their corporate office. Every option except for one gave a repeating "This mailbox is full This mailbox is full This mailbox is full This mailbox is full This mailbox is full This mailbox is full This mailbox is full This mailbox is full  ". Left a message in another market's mailbox. Got a call back from the "area manager" an hour later. He demanded names of the people I spoke to (which I had), asked for my apt number, pulled up my lease, stated he has no clue why they told me that and "maybe they misread your lease" (they never asked for my name or apt #). Mentioned that to him. "Guess they were too lazy" was his answer. He claimed there was a carry over unpaid balance of <amount my lease went up>, but admitted "the ledgers <former management company> gave us are beyond hosed up - do you have receipts or bank statements to show you paid? I'll make this go away if you do". Told him yes, he gave me an email address. Sent receipts. Kept asking why I was told what I was, he couldn't answer. He finally admitted he was the new property manager, not area manager (knew he was calling from the property from caller ID anyway).Got back in town... sewage was surrounding my building. There's even condoms floating in the dookiewater, and a cleanout cap is broken off in front of my stairs. Tried calling emergency maintenance. "This number is disconnected. Thank you for calling." Same message if I call the office.The only good things that came today were plenty of sexytime before leaving Austin (how the gently caress do you middle aged guys keep up with a 40 yr old woman without half a bottle of viagra?!), dumping a lot of stuff in my new garage at the new place (seriously a lot bigger than I thought, AND has power for more than just the door opener - surprising for a detached apartment garage... GF's GarageFridge got moved in today, plenty of places to hang lighting and wire it in to the existing light socket, though I doubt the power will handle anything like a compressor), and the Saturd didn't give me any issues on the ~400 mile round trip, aside from kinda crappy mileage (30 mpg when it normally gives ~35 mpg on that trip, just confirming my suspicion that the ~200k O2 sensor is dying). GF and I both tried our cars in the garage... somehow her Matrix is shorter than the Saturd (I placed a wheel chock where my car would hit up front and still just barely clear the door by a couple of inches... she then pulled in, hit the chock, and I was able to easily walk around her car with the door closed), though the Saturd is wider. Tons of room to do anything that doesn't require an engine hoist. Pretty impressed with a garage that I expected to be barely big enough to open the car doors. Her current garage in the same complex is way, way bigger (you could park 2 cars back to back in it), but it's attached to a $1500/month 2 bedroom apartment that we really don't want to pay for (also, memories of her ex + she's been in that apt for 8 years). Her income isn't enough to qualify for the 2 bedroom on her own now that her ex is out of the picture, my credit is poo poo, and since I'm "self employed", I need 2 years of tax returns showing a pretty significant net income (when I take a shitload of deductions that bring my income far below the poverty line). e: and now an ollllld ex is upset that I didn't call him while in town. I'm moving to Austin for a fresh start, to get away from all the drama that seems to follow me around (okay not quite rhyno levels, but I'm sick of Dallas in general, and really sick of a lot of people here) randomidiot fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Apr 3, 2018 |
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Jesus. Sounds like the kind of company that fucks people over because they know they can get away with it nine times out of ten.
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Yup. They hosed with the 1 out of 10. I may not have money for a lawyer, but I'm self employed. Which means I have a whooooole lot of time on my hands when I need to be a gigantic dick. Already talked to a couple of neighbors (one of them is my regular self checkout cashier at the grocery store I buy 90% of my beer from); SCO cashier confirmed her rent went up by a bit (more than mine did).
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When you know you're right and you're ready to fight for it, well that's a particular level of fun. I just turned a lab grade from a 64 to a 74 to a 90 in much the same manner.
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Adiabatic posted:When you know you're right and you're ready to fight for it, well that's a particular level of fun. I just turned a lab grade from a 64 to a 74 to a 90 in much the same manner. I just used to use STR's bottle of viagra trick for that....
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I always forget about the new monthly thread then get confused when I haven't seen the ai chat thread in my subscription list for a while hello
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Yup. They hosed with the 1 out of 10. I may not have money for a lawyer, but I'm self employed. Which means I have a whooooole lot of time on my hands when I need to be a gigantic dick. Is this in Dallas or in Austin?
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