I'm going to be lucky if I get through this week without punching somebody in the face.
Ahh, the Spirit of Christmas....
(sorry)
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2009 6:43:47 am PST #24863 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2009 6:44:00 am PST #24864 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ugh, msbelle. That sucks.
We have a Newer Guy today. I'm not sure he's going to take the New Guy title from New Guy, though.
Ginger, I feel that 30 years of experience puts someone at a good senior experience age, but I'm not sure how HR and employers do the math. I think there's a conflicting desire to have young experienced staff.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2009 6:49:21 am PST #24865 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ginger, I would definitely say more than 20, if not the full 30. I think 15 undercuts your expertise too much.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2009 6:52:11 am PST #24866 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I have 15 years of experience, and don't feel all that senior!
msbelle - Dec 14, 2009 6:55:04 am PST #24867 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Given the discussion and HR pissing me off AND me knowing what is going on with me this year, my review/plan for next year will read something like:
With only 2 years of experience in this roll, I am a F'in EXPERT.
I am going to angle for a title addition for my postion (I need to be hyphenated so my boss keeps an assistant) and a bump in days off and base pay raise. Trifectca baby!
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2009 6:56:10 am PST #24868 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, I am going to tattoo "Set nocount on" on my forehead. And then put a mirror on my desk to I can read it while working. I'd have to have the text backwards so I could read it in a mirror, like "Ambulance" on the front of an ambulance.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2009 7:07:35 am PST #24869 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have 20 years of experience, and I don't think anyone even guesses other than my boss. Sometimes it doesn't matter, sometimes it makes me bristle. I'm not that much younger than the apparently grizzled vets, I'm learning. They just got rode harder and put up wetter than I did.
Ginger - Dec 14, 2009 7:08:12 am PST #24870 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Sometimes I feel like I might as well say my first job was dinosaur wrangler.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2009 7:11:06 am PST #24871 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I might as well say my first job was dinosaur wrangler
Mine was. RPG III programming was dinosaur wrangling. But at least no one expects me to do that any more. But as for the bulk of what I do now? It's been about 20 years. People need to step off and stop being surprised.
DavidS - Dec 14, 2009 7:11:47 am PST #24872 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sometimes I feel like I might as well say my first job was dinosaur wrangler.
I'm right there with you.
So JZ talked to one of the nurses in her office and she thinks I've got a UTI (my kidneys hurt and have been tender).
I'm off to the doctor in hopes of getting an antibiotic course.