Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.

'Ariel'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Consuela - Apr 23, 2013 12:34:53 pm PDT #20253 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

If there is no budget for relo, why not just say so?

Seems unlikely there's no budget. It's a senior position with a great deal of travel, for a pretty specialized international firm. I find it hard to believe they don't have the funds for a relo, although it's clearly an issue if they found it necessary to ask about it.


aurelia - Apr 23, 2013 12:35:26 pm PDT #20254 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

More drama at the theatre today! We were cleaning up and getting the stage set up for tech rehearsal when a barefoot woman wandered onto the stage and started placing water bottles with the theatre logo onto the furniture. After several exchanges of "who is that?" amongst us a stage manager engaged her in conversation while a production manager called security. Everything was calm until the security guard told her she needed to leave. At that point she raced for the upstage exit and was caught by a couple of stagehands right next to some very expensive projection equipment. It took 3-4 guys to carry her through the wings and hold her in the stairwell until the police arrived. It seems she had been wandering the building most of the morning.


Sue - Apr 23, 2013 12:37:44 pm PDT #20255 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Whoa, Aurelia, that is crazy.


tommyrot - Apr 23, 2013 12:37:51 pm PDT #20256 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.

Wow, theatre is exciting!


Toddson - Apr 23, 2013 12:39:51 pm PDT #20257 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Drama, indeed.


brenda m - Apr 23, 2013 12:49:57 pm PDT #20258 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

Yikes.

Seems unlikely there's no budget. It's a senior position with a great deal of travel, for a pretty specialized international firm. I find it hard to believe they don't have the funds for a relo, although it's clearly an issue if they found it necessary to ask about it.

Yeah, probably right. In that situation I would definitely try to hedge a bit. (Unless it's a deal breaker on your end, in which case you're better off knowing before you invest too much.)


flea - Apr 23, 2013 1:08:13 pm PDT #20259 of 30001
information libertarian

In my limited experience, relo is bizarre. We got relo from the Federal Government for a 3-year post-doc, but not for a permanent Federal position. (For that, they had a $3000 budget for office furniture, but it could not be used for a move.) Let us not even mention the job in Germany where they asked you to fly yourself out for the interview, and if the interview was successful, you could start the next day, and if you stayed 6 months they would pay half your airfare.


le nubian - Apr 23, 2013 1:24:55 pm PDT #20260 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Consuela,

is it on the form, a check off (yes, no) or a line?

If you have room, you might say what is suggested above: "it is possible I would relo without funds. I would need more details."

Technically, moving expenses are covered by taxes, but any kind of adult likely would need some help toward relocation.


aurelia - Apr 23, 2013 1:28:17 pm PDT #20261 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Oh, my. I just got another detail. While the guys had her pinned down waiting for the police she was alternating between pleading to be let go and singing "We Are The World".


Jesse - Apr 23, 2013 1:28:29 pm PDT #20262 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yikes, aurelia! (No, new auto-correct, I did not want to capitalize that!)

Let us not even mention the job in Germany where they asked you to fly yourself out for the interview, and if the interview was successful, you could start the next day, and if you stayed 6 months they would pay half your airfare.

That's just wackadoo!