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GreenNight posted:One of the reasons I got for not giving out nice monitors or even dual monitors is "if you give a few people them, then everyone will want one and gently caress that". This was the reason we weren't allowed to have a water cooler or crock at my last job. It was a bunch of offices above the public area of the business. When we asked for a water cooler they said, "If we have one and someone from the floor comes up to our offices and sees it, they'll want one too." Two things: 1) So deny the request, it's clear that you don't care how happy they are so this shouldn't be difficult. 2) So loving give them one too. Oh no! A water cooler.
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Che Delilas posted:This was the reason we weren't allowed to have a water cooler or crock at my last job. It was a bunch of offices above the public area of the business. When we asked for a water cooler they said, "If we have one and someone from the floor comes up to our offices and sees it, they'll want one too." Sad thing is, it probably would have been cheaper to just buy a few water coolers as opposed to the cost of having the bigwigs meet and deny the request.
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Verdugo posted:Sad thing is, it probably would have been cheaper to just buy a few water coolers as opposed to the cost of having the bigwigs meet and deny the request. I've had a client want to have a management meeting to discuss a £6 per month Skype Connect service to let customers call into their PBX from their website before. They've been deciding for two months.
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Feb 26, 2014 21:39
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Caged posted:I've had a client want to have a management meeting to discuss a £6 per month Skype Connect service to let customers call into their PBX from their website before. They've been deciding for two months. It's not that they haven't decided, it's just that the clubhouse at the local golf course has been booked solid for 2 months so they can't find a place to hold their management meeting. Because gently caress conference rooms, those are for the underlings.
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Feb 26, 2014 21:50
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Granted I look at resumes for a living now, but I've seen several 14-16 pages long.
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Feb 26, 2014 21:58
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Amphion posted:Did you end up moving to Dallas? dogstile posted:I'm really ignorant on that sort of thing. Is that to little? To long? If its too long why is that? I never really did any form of resume training and just kinda put something that looked kinda good together and threw it out and it was two pages, but that was before I had a job. Count Sacula posted:Granted I look at resumes for a living now, but I've seen several 14-16 pages long. Caged posted:Keep it to two pages. If you can't fit it on two pages then get better at writing, or don't put in stuff like your first part time job or your high school grades because they don't matter.
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Feb 26, 2014 22:13
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Count Sacula posted:Granted I look at resumes for a living now, but I've seen several 14-16 pages long. Sounds like Federal Gov't HR, where the advice seems to be "make your resume as long as possible."
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Feb 26, 2014 22:19
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I laid into a buddy of mine because he put something along the lines of "Utilized Remote Desktop to access a Terminal Server to manage User Accounts" as a bullet point on his resume. You wouldn't put "Utilized mouse and keyboard to input data into computer" on your resume so why the gently caress did you put that. After you've been working for a while your resume should tell me what you ACCOMPLISHED not what you did. END RESULTS of work you performed. "Installed, Configured, and Maintained Windows Update Server to ensure 400 workstations were patched against latest security threats" That tells me you're smart enough to setup a Windows Server with WSUS and use it to patch your workstations. Great, you're not completely retarded you get an interview.
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Feb 26, 2014 22:22
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skipdogg posted:"Utilized Remote Desktop to access a Terminal Server to manage User Accounts" Wow. "Then I tied my own shoes and went a whole day without making GBS threads my pants!"
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Feb 26, 2014 22:31
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CatsOnTheInternet posted:Wow. "Then I tied my own shoes and went a whole day without making GBS threads my pants!" A whole day? loving hell, I'm jealous over here.
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Feb 26, 2014 22:32
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I think a local company may have tipped off their intention to automate computer programers in a recent job posting.quote:- Perform server side scripting, metadata handling, review hierarchies and formulas. Given its in Montreal there's a good chance that job posting was poorly translated from french.
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Feb 26, 2014 22:47
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Not even a shart?
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Feb 26, 2014 22:47
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If your resume is more than two pages long, you better be someone like Richard Stallman. Even two pages is pushing it in my opinion. My previous company used to throw any over two pages in the trash automatically because 9/10 they were either fakers or the type of person who thinks way too highly of themselves.
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Count Sacula posted:Granted I look at resumes for a living now, but I've seen several 14-16 pages long. Is this an international phenomenon? A thing we do here deals with a lot of college transcripts. Most for US colleges are 1-2 pages tops. Australia? Commonly 30-50 pages going back all the way through all the school they've ever had. Printed on very expensive paper with an embossed gold seal with a ribbon on the back with very fancy binding. It's flat out bizarre. edit: this is my favorite resume:  I can't pull that off, but it's always something I think back on. Concise and clear, self promoting in just the right degree and definitely keeps plugging accomplishments. AlternateAccount fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Feb 26, 2014 |
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Feb 26, 2014 23:10
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he needs to gently caress off with those ellipses
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Feb 26, 2014 23:32
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The long ones I see almost always come from Indian dev/QAs, hell bent on inserting every menial task they've ever done, just in case.
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Feb 27, 2014 03:08
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ZetsurinPower posted:he needs to gently caress off with those ellipses
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Feb 27, 2014 03:10
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Just finished my last day at the last non-IT job I'll ever have! I start my first day working in the wonderful world of Tier-2 helpdesk on Monday... I think I can finally YOTJ!  Going to be working on those certs hardcore and trying not to get stuck in helpdesk for too long.
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Feb 27, 2014 05:07
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ElGroucho posted:Most resumes should be 1 page long, unless you have a doctorate or a 20+ year career with multiple publications. Anecdotally, every single phone interview I've had recently has only focused on the first page of the resume. Like, they didn't even bother looking at the second aside from glancing at it to see if I had a degree.
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psydude posted:Anecdotally, every single phone interview I've had recently has only focused on the first page of the resume. Like, they didn't even bother looking at the second aside from glancing at it to see if I had a degree. e: IT life. Me: Hey guys I have a degree from a nationally respected university Coworkers: 
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Feb 27, 2014 08:31
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Alright this needs to be said; had too many nameless PM's about this so here we go. I don't care who you are, what you do, or how you make living. We are mostly dedicated to helping others learn and I will be the first to admit I don't know everything. I want this to be an open environment for people too ask questions, and I don't give a poo poo if that means I need to answer PM's daily on stuff but no one should be afraid to ask questions! Dilbert As FUCK fucked around with this message at 09:58 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Feb 27, 2014 09:38
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Job interview in 40 minutes and I am farting like a leaking zeppeliner 
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Bohemian Cowabunga posted:Job interview in 40 minutes and I am farting like a leaking zeppeliner Assert your dominance. Walk in, make eye contact, fart long, loud and proud. Bonus points if you can work the dogstile fucked around with this message at 12:51 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Feb 27, 2014 11:42
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dogstile posted:Assert your dominance. Walk in, make eye contact, fart long, loud and proud. Bonus points of you can work the Anyway, interview went really good. Most of the concerns I had, were addressed by the 5(!) people present and they seem very aware that I am going to need time and help developing my skillset to match the position. It seemed they had already unofficially decided to hire me and so already had a plan for how my transition from my current position into to the new one is going to happen. Pay is very decent considering my newly educated and under experienced butt and I get some nice perks too like phone, internet and being allowed to work from home; including any work related furniture I would need: Hello free standing desk  .Besides being off a time-limited contract is a really nice feeling and I can stop constantly reading job postings for the foreseeable future. gently caress yeah!
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Congrats! Those are some sweet perks.
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Hurray!
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Asked for a 50k increase, got 20k with a guarantee (verbal of course) of another 20k during my next renewal Ah contracting, keep being awesome.
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drat, that's like real money.
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Sepist posted:Asked for a 50k increase, got 20k with a guarantee (verbal of course) of another 20k during my next renewal What do you do and how do I do that?
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Which Long Island baller is going to have a mansion in the Hampton's first, Septist or Misogynist?
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:What do you do and how do I do that?
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Sepist posted:Asked for a 50k increase, got 20k with a guarantee (verbal of course) of another 20k during my next renewal I love the money but I just can't handle contracting anymore. For some reason I can't reconcile the idea more money versus PTO and benefits. I like the stability. But that's also because I've not had great contracting experiences and I've seen a bunch of my friends get treated like poo poo while contracting. But the pay is awesome.
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evil_bunnY posted:Network architecture in NYC. This is what I've wanted to do. But in Nashville. Either way, day 1 help desk starts MONDAY Baby steps
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Amphion posted:Which Long Island baller is going to have a mansion in the Hampton's first, Septist or Misogynist?
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HatfulOfHollow posted:I love the money but I just can't handle contracting anymore. For some reason I can't reconcile the idea more money versus PTO and benefits. I like the stability. But that's also because I've not had great contracting experiences and I've seen a bunch of my friends get treated like poo poo while contracting. But the pay is awesome. I've been able to cheat by getting benefits from my part time job.
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:What do you do and how do I do that? Net eng consulting for a service provider. Learn to troubleshoot networks I suppose!
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Sepist posted:Net eng consulting for a service provider. Learn to troubleshoot networks I suppose! Sounds like a plan. Master.
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Crossposting from BFC since this fits here: OK, looking for a sanity check: I'm in the situation of being a contractor and having the company I actually work for wanting to bring me in as an internal. I haven't' disclosed anything salarywise, but they literally have the contract that shows how much WORKPLACE is paying CONTRACTINGFIRM for my services, so they have a decent idea of what I make. The offer is to do the same job I currently am, but with a couple of exceptions: Salaried vs Hourly, with oncall time as well as OT I'd be going essentially oncall 52 weeks a year, currently switching off so 26 weeks I'll be traveling a few weeks a year, and those weeks are very busy. Some more expenses involved like boarding for my dog etc. WORKPLACE came over with an offer that is salarywise 2k above what I grossed on my w2 last year, with better vacation, worse sick time, better 401k match % but a 5 year vesting scheme on it, and I'm trying to figure out what to counter with. I can see on my paystubs how much of my total pay with CONTRACTINGFIRM is coming from the 26 weeks of oncall, and it amounts to ~15% of my current pay. Given the extended oncall, travel would it be crazy of me to request OFFER+19%? WORKPLACE offer includes a 10% bonus goal, but I don't know how I should factor that in, if at all.
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I don't care what you're paying me, gently caress being on call for 26 weeks straight. No amount of money is worth being tied to you phone and laptop 24/7/183.
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I'm thinking that he switches off with another person. So, every other week rather than 26 weeks in a row.
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