Job-hunting is such a demoralizing task.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Nov 02, 2016 11:37:47 am PDT #587 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
askye - Nov 02, 2016 11:46:13 am PDT #588 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I'm sorry Plei.
P.M. Marc - Nov 02, 2016 11:53:25 am PDT #589 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Last time I had to job hunt, I had padding because I'd been laid off from an FTE position and got a package. This time, there's no padding at all (in large part because of huge medical expenses) and I'm far less optimistic about my prospects than I was when I started out last time.
I mean, I had suffered from the delusion that 7.5 years at a major company and a decent-sized network would help me get something decent and that particular delusion has long since vanished in the face of the realities of a niche skillset.
So I guess it's time to pull the trigger on Operation Sell the Car and then pay off as much of my remaining personal debt as I can with whatever proceeds I get. Pity. I love that car.
-t - Nov 02, 2016 11:55:35 am PDT #590 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Job-hunting is terrible. It's like having a job you hate and not getting paid for it and also carrying around a giant ball of stress. Extreme sympathies, PMM.
Dana - Nov 02, 2016 12:01:32 pm PDT #591 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Job hunting is like constantly inviting people to kick you in the crotch.
sj - Nov 02, 2016 12:07:07 pm PDT #592 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Shrift, ugh that's annoying.
Jesse, I can see why you would be annoyed.
Plei, I'm sorry. Job~ma for you.
Buffistas spicy brains really need to be better appreciated by employers.
Connie, I've never had an apartment with curtain rods already up. I've always had to put up my own.
shrift - Nov 02, 2016 12:19:08 pm PDT #593 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And in terms of what's valued, that's...not your responsibility?
Apparently when you do something and nothing goes wrong, nobody notices. Blah blah branding and visibility blah blah.
Also, I'm told my strength is "communication." I don't know how to make a huge project out of "communication."
Job-hunting is such a demoralizing task.
Ugh. I'm so sorry. There may be sympathy crying.
-t - Nov 02, 2016 12:28:20 pm PDT #594 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Apparently when you do something and nothing goes wrong, nobody notices. Blah blah branding and visibility blah blah.
Ah, yes, my company's version of that is "perception".
Clearly you need to spend the bulk of your time communicating to everyone else that the reason things are not going wrong is you, shrift. HTH, I'll waive my consulting fee.
P.M. Marc - Nov 02, 2016 12:29:39 pm PDT #595 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Apparently when you do something and nothing goes wrong, nobody notices. Blah blah branding and visibility blah blah.
Yep. Yep. Yep.
Also, I'm told my strength is "communication." I don't know how to make a huge project out of "communication."
Also, sadly, yep.
I am so sorry. Been there. It sucks.
Sheryl - Nov 02, 2016 1:16:05 pm PDT #596 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Sorry about all the job woes.
I ended up leaving work an hour later than usual because there were some samples that needed to be processed right away, and I'm not going to be in the lab tomorrow through Monday. (Yay! OVFF! Boo that Gary has yet another business meeting on Friday so I'll have to toddler wrangle solo- aside from any early birds who want time with Mr. S.)