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Steakandchips posted:Jobs need to advertise pay. It's stupid that they don't and it should be mandatory, by law. This is now the law in Colorado!
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Feb 16, 2021 04:38
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There is a posting at work that I've been encouraged to apply for, as it supposed to be a title bump. I've looked at it, and while I will, I'm a bit confused about it. Basically, the position calls for someone with skills in X,Y and Z, and they are to be located in city A. Checks out so far. I have those skills, and I'm planning on moving there already. So its a posting for a job I'm already doing in a place I plan on going anyway. I scroll down to requirements, and run into an problem. Job calls for a bachelors degree. Not sure why, but it does. Thats a problem, I don't have one. But, farther down is the line "Equivalent work experience and education is considered." But, I know from a previous coworker that HR won't pass along resumes that don't meet the education requirement. In fact, its why we've lost some people. Get to the next section, the pay is less then I make now. For supposedly a grade increase. When this was brought up, the posting manager was surprised. I compare it to some other positions currently up, and this is between 30 and 40% less pay then those. I'm told this is being worked on and one of those pay amounts is wrong, but I'm not sure I believe that. But, the thing that has me most annoyed by this, people in our department have been told for at least a year that a promotion was coming for all of us. Now this.
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Feb 16, 2021 06:52
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Steakandchips posted:Jobs need to advertise pay. It's stupid that they don't and it should be mandatory, by law.
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Feb 16, 2021 08:58
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Bob Morales posted:I hate programming language skills tests. Random rear end questions, arcane details, etc. When I was applying with different companies, I got the same test three times (different agencies): a planning exercise with x jobs and y resources with different skillsets against a time limit. The provided information is on different pages, requiring you to jump back and forth the whole time. Also, as I found out after the second time, it's impossible to plan everything as you have more jobs than time so you need to prioritize. But I took screenshots that time so that when the third time came (they told me a planning test was part of the assessment), I used my screenshots to prepare myself. Apparently, I did very well. 
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Feb 16, 2021 09:06
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Internet Explorer posted:This is now the law in Colorado! That’s good. Do companies adhere to it or is it flagrantly ignored and then not enforced?
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Feb 16, 2021 10:10
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Steakandchips posted:That’s good. The multinational I just left was adjusting any job posting that could potentially involve CO to include salary in the posting. I doubt companies are going to ignore it.
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Feb 16, 2021 13:32
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quote:I should be receiving emails from the xxxxxxxx, they are showing delivered on their end but I am not receiving. Could you check to make sure myself, managers and execs are open to getting the emails from them. TICKET 23423 ASSIGNED TO BOB Okay, no big deal, I'll just log into the Barracuda and... quote:Added xxxxxxxxx to the Whitelist on the Barracuda Cloud Layer. Alrighty then. I still go and check it out to see what's happening. They are using some service to do bulk emails blah blah. And they don't have DMARC setup correctly, so the spam filter says oh hell no.  I send this to my manager, saying hey maybe we should re-think the domain whitelist, since there are potentially hundreds of people there, and we still don't want to allow just anything from them. We whitelist a handful of hospitals, county governments, etc for things like court cases and other stuff we deal with. But not much other than that. Typically I will allow the messages from today, then email the sender to see if there's a technical contact I can speak with, and let them know what's going on. And then if they need help setting up a spf/dmarc/whatever, I'll do a phone call with them since it benefits us both. I mean, it's not like we are the only ones who aren't getting these emails. Then my manager emails me back, quoting the above image that I sent him: quote:The <domain> were being blocked by dmarc.
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Feb 16, 2021 14:55
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jfc
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Feb 16, 2021 18:22
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Pissing me off: HR sitting on a FOIA request for a week before passing it on to me (they don’t have database access to our ERP and no two FOIA requests are the same), then finding out that half the historical pay data is missing because they only recently learned how to record pay increases properly. Thankfully I’ve got the audit logs for the historical data, but it’s a bitch to pull the data from those rather than a nice structured position history table.
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Feb 17, 2021 03:55
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Pissing me off: I resigned and I'm in my notice period but the owner/bossman asked me not to communicate about it yet. However, it's been over two weeks (the notice period here is longer than two weeks) and he still hasn't said anything about it to anyone (other than the one person from HR). I'm having to dodge questions on long-terms projects and issues. OTOH, not really my problem. Just proves the place will never change (communication is one of the issues) and I was right to leave.
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Feb 17, 2021 10:17
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Dude, you get to plan your own stealth going away party. go nuts. Rub it in. get a cake.
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Feb 17, 2021 11:00
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Or just start telling people. What are they gonna do, fire you?
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Feb 17, 2021 12:12
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sixth and maimed posted:Pissing me off: I resigned and I'm in my notice period but the owner/bossman asked me not to communicate about it yet. However, it's been over two weeks (the notice period here is longer than two weeks) and he still hasn't said anything about it to anyone (other than the one person from HR). I'm having to dodge questions on long-terms projects and issues. OTOH, not really my problem. Just proves the place will never change (communication is one of the issues) and I was right to leave. Why do you give a poo poo? Tell people.
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Feb 17, 2021 12:12
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The problem is they could insist on keeping me for the maximum notice period (13 weeks) if I rock the boat too much. I want to leave earlier than that because the new job wants me sooner than later. But yeah, I've been telling people on the down-low. My frustration is that this isn't how it should be but it's just part of the lovely company culture here.
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Feb 17, 2021 12:47
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TheParadigm posted:Dude, you get to plan your own stealth going away party. go nuts. Rub it in. get a cake. guys we're going to chili's
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Feb 17, 2021 13:43
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It sucks so bad when a user learns of a cool feature in o365 or more like Teams and then asks why don't we have it and we respond that we are in the govt cloud. 
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Feb 17, 2021 14:20
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sixth and maimed posted:The problem is they could insist on keeping me for the maximum notice period (13 weeks) if I rock the boat too much. I want to leave earlier than that because the new job wants me sooner than later. But yeah, I've been telling people on the down-low. My frustration is that this isn't how it should be but it's just part of the lovely company culture here. They can insist all they like, you have a new job.
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Feb 17, 2021 15:34
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It works way differently outside of the US and maybe Canada, one of the few (only?) benefits to at will employment is the freedom of movement US goons are used to. Folks from other countries can’t necessarily just gently caress off when they please
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Feb 17, 2021 15:37
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i am a moron posted:It works way differently outside of the US and maybe Canada, one of the few (only?) benefits to at will employment is the freedom of movement US goons are used to. Folks from other countries can’t necessarily just gently caress off when they please Even in the US, I know there are employers that make you sign "reciprocal" agreements preventing one party from severing from the other without x weeks notice. Banks tend to do this.
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Feb 17, 2021 15:43
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ghostinmyshell posted:It sucks so bad when a user learns of a cool feature in o365 or more like Teams and then asks why don't we have it and we respond that we are in the govt cloud. I feel your pain. At my last job our contracting group split off the main tenant and migrated to gc high. It’s really bad when a person down the hall has all the features.
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Feb 17, 2021 16:00
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ghostinmyshell posted:It sucks so bad when a user learns of a cool feature in o365 or more like Teams and then asks why don't we have it and we respond that we are in the govt cloud. Been there, it's extra fun when Microsoft sends a trainer and they don't realize that you're a government tenant and proceed to spend several hours talking to the organization about all the great features (that aren't and won't be) available to them, leaving you to be the bad guy telling people that they can't have the new shiny. As an added bonus, some of the troubleshooting docs that Microsoft has online don't apply if you're in the government cloud
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Feb 17, 2021 16:46
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Why the gently caress would you hold off on pushing out a Windows update if you aren't going to use that time to test it to see what it breaks? Desktop engineering just started pushing Windows 10 1909 out to all of our users - "After extensive testing" For the past week we have done nothing but slog through call after call of people having problems after the update - VPN won't connect, Teams won't load, Outlook won't connect to Exchange, Office keeps prompting for activation. Call after call. Non-stop, morning, noon, and night - "I was prompted to run a Windows update and now my X is doing Y" Apparently, "Extensive testing" means 1 laptop and 1 desktop, in a lab, connected directly to the LAN. Never mind the fact that 90% of the company is WFH on the vpn - "gently caress it, works fine in the lab. Let the Call Center grunts handle it" All 27 of the Generalists are on calls. All 24 of Tier 1 is handling Generalist roll-over. And all 10 Tier 2 are handling Tier 1 calls. And the supervisors keep popping into chat - "Hey guys, got a lot of calls in queue. What's driving the volume?" loving Desktop Engineering - that's what is driving volume.
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Feb 17, 2021 17:15
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i am a moron posted:It works way differently outside of the US and maybe Canada, one of the few (only?) benefits to at will employment is the freedom of movement US goons are used to. Folks from other countries can’t necessarily just gently caress off when they please If you negotiate a shorter notice period than what's in the contract, get it in writing, or suck it up. "Freedom of movement" is a moot point, it just takes a bit more planning.
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Feb 18, 2021 02:21
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What’s moot exactly?
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Feb 18, 2021 02:38
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In most cases, it means that whatever is being referenced is devoid of any purpose/point.
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Feb 18, 2021 02:42
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Neddy Seagoon posted:They can insist all they like, you have a new job. It's this: i am a moron posted:It works way differently outside of the US and maybe Canada, one of the few (only?) benefits to at will employment is the freedom of movement US goons are used to. Folks from other countries can’t necessarily just gently caress off when they please The same law that protects an employee from being fired with only two weeks notice also protects the employer from an employee walking away. The number of weeks of notice goes up with how long an employee has worked for a company. I've been working there for 10 years so my notice period is 13 weeks, though less is possible by mutual agreement. That is why I can't rock the boat (too much). Legally, they can insist on the 13 weeks weeks notice.
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Feb 18, 2021 08:42
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Looked at my paycheck this morning and saw I got a 3% raise but still have the same job title. The past 2 years I've been told I'm at the max hourly level for this position so there was no increase available without a job title change. So what they do is give me a "bonus" that equals out to what a normal percentage increase would be based on my hourly rate x 2080 hours, usually a few thousand bucks. So now I get to have a conversation with my boss about wtf is going on, because either there was an increase available and he doesn't know wtf is going on or he's promoted me without telling me and lol if I'm going to take the job title bump with a freaking 3% raise when if I had been getting those increases the past 2 years I'd need at least a 10% increase to take this position.
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Feb 18, 2021 13:37
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FW: MS-ISAC CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution - PATCH: NOW - TLP: WHITE Why oh why do you need to forward these to me? Chrome will update on schedule like we have it set to. Or do you want me to drop everything and force an update right this second?
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Feb 18, 2021 15:36
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Bob Morales posted:I hate programming language skills tests. Random rear end questions, arcane details, etc. I made a possibly dumb idea to take the bash scripting test while watching a 5-month old with an ear infection. Despite his best efforts I still scored 'in the top 15%', the job cuts off at 30%. Now I wonder what % of the questions I got right? There's only 15 questions, 90 seconds to answer each. One I didn't even answer because I was still trying to figure it out. I figured no answer is better than wrong? gently caress if I know. Anyway I must have made it to the next step since I got an email. quote:Please complete this first step in the process by answering each question in detail with at least a sentence. Your response in both content and clarity is a metric to further step and consideration in the hiring process. This is like a $100k/year job, right? Bob Morales fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Feb 18, 2021 |
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Feb 18, 2021 17:32
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Bob Morales posted:I made a possibly dumb idea to take the bash scripting test while watching a 5-month old with an ear infection. Despite his best efforts I still scored 'in the top 15%', the job cuts off at 30%. The two red flags that immediately jump out are them asking for your "minimum hourly rate" and insisting you send your resume in Word format (is this by chance through a recruiting agency?). Not saying you shouldn't continue with the application process, but if I were to guess I'd say it's a $100k/year job they're trying to pay someone $40k/year to do.
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Feb 18, 2021 18:25
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Always refuse to reveal your current hourly rate. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the job you are applying for. They are asking to suppress your wages further in a potential new role.
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Feb 18, 2021 19:10
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DoomTrainPhD posted:Always refuse to reveal your current hourly rate. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the job you are applying for. They are asking to suppress your wages further in a potential new role. or just lie and say it's like 30% higher than it really is
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Feb 18, 2021 19:25
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DoomTrainPhD posted:Always refuse to reveal your current hourly rate. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the job you are applying for. They are asking to suppress your wages further in a potential new role. They didn't ask that. They asked what they wanted.
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Feb 18, 2021 19:25
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KillHour posted:They didn't ask that. They asked what they wanted. Never answer this question either, for the exact same reason. Weedle posted:or just lie and say it's like 30% higher than it really is No. What if they were willing to pay 50% higher?
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Feb 18, 2021 19:31
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Thanatosian posted:The two red flags that immediately jump out are them asking for your "minimum hourly rate" and insisting you send your resume in Word format (is this by chance through a recruiting agency?). The word format resume is a huge red flag in my book. My wife and I both have seen or had doctored resumes by recruiting folks in the past. They all come up with excuses of why they are asking but in reality... none of the excuses hold up.
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Feb 18, 2021 19:38
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gently caress it. Asked for 100, its 20 more than I make now and if I don’t get it who cares
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Feb 18, 2021 19:55
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Bob Morales posted:gently caress it. Asked for 100, its 20 more than I make now and if I dont get it who cares A proper answer: What's the range you are looking for? Then ask for the high end.
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Feb 18, 2021 19:59
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Bob Morales posted:I made a possibly dumb idea to take the bash scripting test while watching a 5-month old with an ear infection. Despite his best efforts I still scored 'in the top 15%', the job cuts off at 30%. If I was running a bash test I'd have one question, and watch them solve it. If they do cat file |grep string I'd immediately dismiss them. edit: anecdote time I took the RHCSA years ago when they switched from RHEL6 to 7 for the test. When we signed up for the test it indicated it was in RHEL6, but when they issued it, they were using RHEL7. One of the differences between 6 and 7 is how you enter single user mode to reset a lost root password. It's the first thing you have to do on the test, since you are given a VM to work on, and they don't give you the root password. The first step in the test is something like "set the root password on VM to XXXX". One guy in the test room didn't know how to do it in RHEL7, and was really upset that the test had switched from 6 to 7 with out him knowing and he flipped out and yelled at the proctor for a while. DoomTrainPhD posted:A proper answer: What's the range you are looking for? This is easy to do when you are working and looking to jump, but man it sucks when you aren't employed and need a job. But yes, I always specifically don't give my salary. Before an interview I look at salaries for what I'm applying for and tell them what I think I'm worth. If they push on knowing your current salary, they it's not a place you want to work at, and the job should only be considered if you are desperate and need work. Super-NintendoUser fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Feb 18, 2021 |
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Feb 18, 2021 20:02
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Answer to any Linux question, when it isn’t something you do every day: “google it”
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Wait what’s wrong with cat file | grep string I wouldn’t say I do that all the time but it’s not uncommon.
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Cat Army