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I've only really ever been to chicago once and it didn't seem terrible
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depends on the season
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lancemantis posted:I've only really ever been to chicago once and it didn't seem terrible Go further out.
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Enderzero posted:i'm pretty sure asking "when was the last time you took PTO" got me hired - the hiring manager had never heard that question before, and she mentioned that she encourages her team to use sick days if hungover and to make sure they use up sick balances by end of year. that was a strong signal as to their culture, and it correlated very well with what i've seen here on the job. thank you for materially helping my improve me life. yup! I asked that when interviewing at my current job and got a really positive reaction as well. spoiler alert for a year and a half later: this is the best job of my career hands down
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same in my thanks for this thread: I had a second phone screen and I got to press both people on work/life balance since I’ve worked with other teams at this company where there can sometimes be ‘hey what are you doing this afternoon? Wrong answer, you’re grabbing the flight to Hong Kong that takes off in 2 ½ hours to fix a problem over there. Yes I know you didn’t bring any clothing, just expense whatever you need.’ The manager and engineer both said ‘yeah there might be OT/a weekend here and there depending on the product cycle but after a recent incident where we had to keep people on call during thanksgiving week, we are going to be more aggressive in adjusting scope so we don’t have to work you too hard’
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is this allowed![]()
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allowed? im surprised its not required
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They also asked if I was hispanic and smoked. Not smoking is a condition of employment. For this remote job.
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PleasureKevin posted:They also asked if I was hispanic and smoked. Not smoking is a condition of employment. For this remote job. Yes they are probably wide open to a class action lawsuit. Go nuts.
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PleasureKevin posted:is this allowed that's illegal unless it's like, a religious institution.
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PleasureKevin posted:They also asked if I was hispanic and smoked. Not smoking is a condition of employment. For this remote job. that's perfectly legal in most states. as is blood/piss testing to verify that you do not, in fact, smoke. "smoker" is not a protected class "hispanic" is, though. wonder why they would even want to know that -- seems like lawsuit bait.
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wait maybe thats why they waited for the government shut down to pot this job lol who's gonna enforce stuff
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PleasureKevin posted:is this allowed hobby lobby is getting ballsy
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jesus is my neighbor and a cool dude he invited me over last weekend and we had a good time drinking wine and eating crackers in his big house. we also had a musical jam sesh and "passed the peace" iykwim welp thats my personal relationship with jesus
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his dad's kinda a downer tho
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i got like a 19% payrise last week, and 16% bonus, but still feel pretty underpaid i wonder what H1B options are available these days, might be interesting to go work in the us for a year or two while ive got no hard ties here yet always seemed like amazon was the best way to go for foreigners wanting to work in usa tech
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Valeyard posted:i got like a 19% payrise last week, and 16% bonus, but still feel pretty underpaid well the government is currently literally nonfunctional and won't be for the foreseeable future, so lol
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Captain Foo posted:well the government is currently literally nonfunctional and won't be for the foreseeable future, so lol eh, it would take months to sort something like a move to the us anyway, including interviewing
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Valeyard posted:always seemed like amazon was the best way to go for foreigners wanting to work in usa tech amazon has a comp structure designed almost entirely to lock you in -- big bonus and of first year, no stock until your cliff at year 2 thouhg if you're thinking of h1-b you'll be locked in anyplace, so...
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Emacs Headroom posted:amazon has a comp structure designed almost entirely to lock you in -- big bonus and of first year, no stock until your cliff at year 2 yeah, i would already be locked in. I have heard some horror stories on amazon but I am not sure how willing (in comparison) other places are to sponsor visas
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Valeyard posted:might be interesting to go work in the us
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The major thing that frustrates me about h1b is that you've only got a 30% shot at actually getting the visa, even if you get a great job offer. 70% of the visas go to like two or three Indian outsourcing companies because it seems like they have the money and people to files hundreds of thousands of applications a year.
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hello netflix plase hire me i am very famiiar with your products thanks
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also i found a bug on your job listing website within 5 minutes ![]()
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Being an autist about their careers website is a red flag IMO. Lol.
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youre right, i better make sure not to mention it to them, like originally planned ![]()
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Valeyard posted:i got like a 19% payrise last week, and 16% bonus, but still feel pretty underpaid there are plenty of US companies that have a significant development presence in Canada, not least because it can be easier (or more desirable) for some of the people they want to hire to get a Canadian visa than a US one my department just bought a company in Vancouver and got a Vancouver office out of it (we’re not making them move) and that could potentially become a non-California option for new hires, depending on team & role I also assume that as a Brit (if my copy of yospos.xls is correct) you could work elsewhere in the
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Valeyard posted:hello netflix plase hire me i am very famiiar with your products thanks they are indeed hiring
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eschaton posted:there are plenty of US companies that have a significant development presence in Canada, not least because it can be easier (or more desirable) for some of the people they want to hire to get a Canadian visa than a US one The real reason companies hire in Vancouver is because salary is vastly cheaper and yeah getting a visa is infinitely easier. Getting a working holiday is easy for a Brit, but the conditions are different depending on the country. Like in Canada you can work wherever for however long up to 2 years (as long as you don't work in the sex industry), but for Australia I hear you can't be at one job for too long and you're supposed to move around. Getting Permanent residence in Canada is commonwealth independent and being a Brit won't help him. qhat fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Jan 21, 2018 |
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qhat posted:as long as you don't work in the sex industry found that out the hard way ![]()
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eschaton posted:there are plenty of US companies that have a significant development presence in Canada, not least because it can be easier (or more desirable) for some of the people they want to hire to get a Canadian visa than a US one i have some family that are canadian but unfortunately too far removed to actually be useful in getting a canadian passport (already looked into that), but immigrating to canada wouldnt be out of the question at all. i love the cold and the poutine lol but yeah, not out of the question ughh australia, no thanks though
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Valeyard posted:i wonder what H1B options are available these days, might be interesting to go work in the us for a year or two while ive got no hard ties here yet your best option would be to work for a US company in a dublin or london office, and be working there while waiting for the visa poo poo to go through. h1b can easily take years, its a fixed quota lottery and it's being actively gamed by outsourcers as mentioned above. my now-husband had to leave the country for six months and work at his company's office in london while his h1b was being processed, and he had a master's from a US university so he was in a higher h1b selection tier. otherwise it would have easily been several years. it's worse now.
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qhat posted:Being an autist about their careers website is a red flag IMO. Lol. even acknowledging the existence of the careeer website is probably a red flag if you don't know someone there who can refer you (always the best method), then you're supposed to casually hit up a recruiter there on linked in "hi, I'm making a career move and am in the middle of a job search. I've been a fan of netflix's technology culture [don't mention the product], and thought i should reach out to see what [general area like back-end or mobile or w/e] opportunities there are, and whether there might be a good fit. I'll be on the market for another couple of weeks, and am open to moving to the lower bay / SJ area if there's a match"
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*aims shotgun at indeed.com*
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Emacs Headroom posted:even acknowledging the existence of the careeer website is probably a red flag this is much easier for local moves, theres an abundance of london recruiters on linked in, unfrotunately i dont get the mail merge from US based ones
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Emacs Headroom posted:even acknowledging the existence of the careeer website is probably a red flag i got a few interviews at BigTech companies (and a job) from just applying to jobs on their sites there was a lag of a couple of weeks though, I guess you gotta wait for someone to poke through the shitpile
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I've been an a meeting with a recruiting team that went something like "uh, the resume backlog is kinda big... maybe we just clear anything past two weeks and shut down the req until head count gets figured out" more than once, at a very recognizable company just sayin, if you go in the front door and never hear back, try knocking other places
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you know linkedin, for being the primary source of six figure related communications in the entire tech industry, it sure does have a bunch of incompetent peasants coding their website and apps
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didn't someone say that not responding to a recruiter on linkedin is bad for the recruiter is because any response, even a "sorry no thanks", counts the message as a relevant communication? because i think i've been unconsciously owning recruiters for the past 5 years.
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qhat posted:you know linkedin, for being the primary source of six figure related communications in the entire tech industry, it sure does have a bunch of incompetent peasants coding their website and apps LinkedIn is both the best site for job searches in my experience and objectively a total garbage website in every way. their app is awful too.
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