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Employed
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:02 pm
by 3278
I got it. After two years of unemployment - a personal record - and living by questionable means, I finally have a job. A large grocery chain is transitioning their systems from UNIX to Windows, and I will be working mission control for the handover.
I <i>got</i> it. In your face, AK404!
Many thanks to my wonderful ex and close friend, Teja, who marched my ass into KForce in the first place. We did it!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:05 pm
by Thorn
Yay you!! Congratulations!!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:06 pm
by WillyGilligan
Congratulations! Is this temporary or are you still on after the handover is done?
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:07 pm
by TheScamp
Whoop!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:07 pm
by Gunny
*calls air traffic control about a flock of pigs doing a flyby*
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:07 pm
by Gunny
DB
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:09 pm
by Marius
Well shit, nigger.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:12 pm
by Twisted Sister
Fantastic. Nice one, 802.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:14 pm
by Daki
Welcome back to wageslavery.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:18 pm
by Instant Cash
Kick ass!
Congrats my friend.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:21 pm
by Adam
I am very pleased to hear this, 3278. Congratulations!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:36 pm
by Szechuan
*Mad wuffles the job module.*
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:36 pm
by Reika
Yay! Congrats.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:42 pm
by DV8
Bad ass. Good luck!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 4:05 pm
by Subversive Agent
Mooooneeeyyy....
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 4:18 pm
by Bishop
Meijer, or Wal-Mart?
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 4:22 pm
by AtemHutlrt
Is this Meijer you're talking about? If so, welcome to the team. I'm the guy who develops the pictures. The optical minilab at our store runs on Unix, maybe you could squeegee out that junk.
Anyway, congratulations.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 4:35 pm
by MissTeja
Hey, you did all the work. I just kicked your bum in the right direction.
Good job, though. I'm very happy to hear this finally came through.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 4:52 pm
by Kai
Congrats there!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 5:15 pm
by Angel
Congratulation 32, and it's just as I am about to join the masses of the unemployed!
...I sense the universe, no wait, I hear it saying something... <odd universe voice>"There can be only so many BDers with jobs!"</odd universe voice>
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 5:18 pm
by Big Jim
Great to hear. Good luck!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:47 pm
by 3278
Thanks, everybody!
WillyGilligan wrote:Is this temporary or are you still on after the handover is done?
Should be permanent, although I suppose nothing is guaranteed.
Atem wrote:Is this Meijer you're talking about? If so, welcome to the team. I'm the guy who develops the pictures. The optical minilab at our store runs on Unix, maybe you could squeegee out that junk.
That's precisely what I'll be doing. Unless...are you guys semi-independent, like the shoe people? Maybe you don't get transitioned. Anyway, if you do, I'll be mission control for it, by which I mean I sit in a chair at corporate and direct the action at your store.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:55 pm
by Amber
Way to go, 32! That's great news.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:59 pm
by Daki
3278 wrote:Should be permanent, although I suppose nothing is guaranteed.
The beauty and horror of At-Will Employment.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:05 pm
by Cash
How on earth did you come by that job?
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:30 pm
by Johnny the Bull
Mad props 32.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:57 pm
by FlakJacket
I give it a week or so before he slips on a wet floor, puddle of coffee or Dew, and drops and destroys a server.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:15 am
by 3278
Cash wrote:How on earth did you come by that job?
Honestly, it came by me. <a href="
http://www.kforce.com/Kforce/corporate/ ... >Kforce</a> contacted me Friday, and set up an interview yesterday; I interviewed today, and had the job before I got back home from the office. Unreal. After two years of unemployment? Unreal.
Of course, I /do/ have, like, seven years of experience, so I guess the question ultimately is, how on earth did it take so /long?/
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:04 am
by Salvation122
Congratulations, man.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:09 am
by MissTeja
Cash wrote:How on earth did you come by that job?
It was all me.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:44 am
by Cazmonster
3278 wrote:Cash wrote:How on earth did you come by that job?
Honestly, it came by me. <a href="
http://www.kforce.com/Kforce/corporate/ ... >Kforce</a> contacted me Friday, and set up an interview yesterday; I interviewed today, and had the job before I got back home from the office. Unreal. After two years of unemployment? Unreal.
Of course, I /do/ have, like, seven years of experience, so I guess the question ultimately is, how on earth did it take so /long?/
Maybe it's that economic turnaround you Bush/Republican friendly folks keep talking about
Mucho congrats on the job Earl, best of luck to you.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:20 am
by Serious Paul
Teja: that suddenly explains everything!
32 now works the Axis of Evil that controls Michigan!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:12 am
by Reika
Hm, maybe I should talk to Teja about helping me find grants to start a small business.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:18 am
by Eva
:o)
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:04 am
by MooCow
Congrats! This means you're buying the beer at GenCon! (And don't even tell you aren't coming)
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:31 pm
by Thorn
MooCow wrote:Congrats! This means you're buying the beer at GenCon! (And don't even tell you aren't coming)
You know, he may have to /work/.....
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:59 pm
by FlakJacket
Work shmerk. Just call in sick or tell them you've got better things to do like go get drunk in Indy.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:16 pm
by MooCow
You know, he may have to /work/.....
When I got hired, I didn't accept the offer until they promised I could have time off for GenCon every year.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:09 pm
by ak404
You go, Earl!
Me, I have to resume my studies. Ugh.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:43 pm
by Adam
MooCow wrote:When I got hired, I didn't accept the offer until they promised I could have time off for GenCon every year.
What a fucking rip - I had to promise I'd WORK at GenCon every year to get my job!
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:14 pm
by MooCow
What a fucking rip - I had to promise I'd WORK at GenCon every year to get my job!
Well, you know.... me working at GenCon would involve paving the dealers room, and I think they'd object to that.
*MooCow ponders*
Though the idea of driving an asphalt paver up and down the aisles does bring a smile to my face.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:39 pm
by Daki
Adam wrote:MooCow wrote:When I got hired, I didn't accept the offer until they promised I could have time off for GenCon every year.
What a fucking rip - I had to promise I'd WORK at GenCon every year to get my job!
I'd fire your agent and get someone better at negotiating.