So I'm in the middle of hiring someone and have three internal candidates (from outside my department). I've had them all do a writing exercise and now I'm trying to rank them (blindly) and they are all pretty good! This is not helping me pick my finalists at all. Which is actually fine, really, since I basically know who I want to hire. I guess it's good that none of the exercises are terrible!
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Jesse - Jul 26, 2019 8:27:41 am PDT #9847 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Theodosia - Jul 26, 2019 8:41:25 am PDT #9848 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm going back for a second interview for the 'driver' position at the assisted living. (Maybe I'll suggest that they advertise it as Transportation Coordinator in future up-market ads. Or at least get a title upgrade for myself, if I get the job.)
Jesse - Jul 26, 2019 8:53:42 am PDT #9849 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck, Theo!
-t - Jul 26, 2019 9:51:35 am PDT #9850 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck, Theo!
Consuela - Jul 26, 2019 9:53:53 am PDT #9851 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Good luck Theo and Dana and everyone having job issues!
msbelle - Jul 26, 2019 10:48:31 am PDT #9852 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
As people may have seen on FB, I was in B'more and I've made the decision to move there hopefully in the next 9-12 months (barring anything bad happening - more on that later).
Ideally I will be able to shift over to a role with my current company and work remotely. I should be having conversations with my boss and his boss in the next 2-3 weeks.
In 2 weeks, I am having a garage sale with a friend who just moved and am super motivated right now, so I am planning on going room by room and culling about 1/3 of my stuff including furniture.
Now the hard part, mac is not rising to the occasion of becoming independent and making good choices. Almost 100% sure that he no longer has a job. He had someone with a pet over to the house while I was gone. He also did not clean any dishes for the week and left food out and open in his room. He has stopped communicating with me if I ask him anything, taking 12+ hours at least to answer even yes/no questions as basic as "are you ok?" I do not know where he is day to day and never know when he will be coming or going fro. The house. So today I sent a text to him explaining that this was not how I would continue to live my life and that he will need to be out of the house in 5 weeks.
I expect August to be an emotional minefield, but this too shall pass.
Laura - Jul 26, 2019 10:53:54 am PDT #9853 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Big hugs, msbelle. I wish I didn't know this scene so well. But yay for one more reason why I need to visit B'more! The pics I saw were quite joyful!
Calli - Jul 26, 2019 10:59:00 am PDT #9854 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congratulations on the move, msbelle!
sj - Jul 26, 2019 11:15:57 am PDT #9855 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
All the best, msbelle.
Jesse - Jul 26, 2019 11:16:40 am PDT #9856 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oof, good luck, msbelle!