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qhat posted:Your boss is a moron who needs to get over it interviewing: your boss is a moron
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Boiled Water posted:interviewing: your boss is a moron
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Aug 25, 2019 08:46
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Boiled Water posted:interviewing: your boss is a moron
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Aug 25, 2019 15:19
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Boiled Water posted:interviewing: your boss is a moron mine doesn't seem to be, so i'm karmically certain she'll be gone in a few months 
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Aug 25, 2019 16:02
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as an unemployed scrub and now my own boss, can confirm my boss is a moron
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Aug 25, 2019 16:14
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First day offf the job today (I did not know how to keep the job in a way that wouldn’t poison every interview I go into) wrt notice I took a one week vacation intending to give one week notice when I got back, but the boss cornered me before I left for vacation and asked me directly whether I was going to quit. So the notice became two weeks anyway  Back to the interview grind
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Aug 26, 2019 16:17
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Warming up for a whiteboard friday with a company that apparently used to give people take home(s?) but realized most candidates didn't bother.
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Aug 26, 2019 20:35
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I've got plenty of friends and colleagues who outright say they'll never do any take homes regardless of how onerous they might or might not be. I've never minded as long as it's a toy problem that won't take up much time, I much prefer coding in my own time without some rear end in a top hat looking over my shoulder and examining every minutiae that goes through my head every second of the way. Maybe their take homes were one of those outsourcing real work to candidates type deals?
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Aug 27, 2019 03:16
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qhat posted:I've got plenty of friends and colleagues who outright say they'll never do any take homes regardless of how onerous they might or might not be. I've never minded as long as it's a toy problem that won't take up much time, I much prefer coding in my own time without some rear end in a top hat looking over my shoulder and examining every minutiae that goes through my head every second of the way. Maybe their take homes were one of those outsourcing real work to candidates type deals? coding with the rear end in a top hat breathing down your neck is way better even in a perfect world, where the takehome is not an immense waste of time and energy, if you do a takehome "wrong" you'll never hear back and never get to talk it over talking about problems and solutions is a much more valuable exercise than just proving you can, in fact, produce code from a void
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Aug 27, 2019 04:36
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:coding with the rear end in a top hat breathing down your neck is way better I have done a couple of interview now where they do an ~hour long screenshare so you can code at home but still get to talk to them about what you are doing. They get to see how fluent you are with your own tools and see how well you communicate. Of course that's more effort than asking 100 people to do some takehome and getting the intern to checklist the ones which come back.
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Aug 27, 2019 08:24
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On the flip side, any minor brainfart you have will be extrapolated to infinity and before you know it, you're rejected for not being a "culture fit". Interviewing is garbage.
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Aug 27, 2019 11:01
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apparently the job I was expecting an offer for last week had an internal candidate spring up at the last moment and they will get back to me with a yes or no on thursday or friday this week after they do some interviews. not much that can be done, they have to give internal candidates a fair shake or they complain later. serves me right for being cocky though.
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Aug 27, 2019 11:57
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Trimson Grondag 3 posted:apparently the job I was expecting an offer for last week had an internal candidate spring up at the last moment and they will get back to me with a yes or no on thursday or friday this week after they do some interviews. not much that can be done, they have to give internal candidates a fair shake or they complain later. serves me right for being cocky though. Not to be too pessimistic but you might want to look for something else, depending on how big the company is. For a smaller one I imagine they'd have a hard time passing on an internal candidate.
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Aug 27, 2019 13:17
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Got a new job, woop! OK figgies, less prestigous work but nicer coworkers and less stress, can fufill my dream of moving to
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Aug 27, 2019 13:37
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Private Speech posted:Not to be too pessimistic but you might want to look for something else, depending on how big the company is. For a smaller one I imagine they'd have a hard time passing on an internal candidate. it’s about 500 people but yeah I’m realistic - internal usually means known quantity and cheaper. oh well.
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Aug 27, 2019 13:52
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stuck on a reference check with no communication for a week. how long does this poo poo normally take. im sick of interviewing and want to start working
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Aug 27, 2019 16:20
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barkbell posted:stuck on a reference check with no communication for a week. how long does this poo poo normally take. im sick of interviewing and want to start working that reference check is code for another candidate in the pipeline that they want to compare you against.
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Aug 27, 2019 16:22
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We just had a guy walk out on his second day. I don't work on Monday so I don't know but he seemed like an ok guy but an hour in he said he was having hella panic attacks and couldn't handle here. I don't get it, NOC is way way less stressful than the help desk jobs I used to have (he came from a help desk background).
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Aug 27, 2019 16:25
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Are they loving kidding me (abbreviated ad):quote:
quote:All our contracts are based upon 6month FTC, with the opportunity to lead into a permanent role. This is in central Glasgow, which is not that cheap of a place to live. The worst part is that what with being a euro unemployed around brexit I am seriously considering it, it does fit me almost perfectly but ughhh. Even my summer internship was like £32000/year, and that was ~8 loving years ago. e: Seriously considering pulling the plug on this garbage country, like I can make more than that back in my loving native eastern europe. And I won't be paying 700 quid a month for a studio either. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Aug 28, 2019 14:37
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are you interested in moving to belfast because my company is looking for people and they pay a lot more than that, also belfast is hell of cheaper than glasgow
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Aug 28, 2019 14:45
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jesus WEP posted:are you interested in moving to belfast because my company is looking for people and they pay a lot more than that, also belfast is hell of cheaper than glasgow I might be, unfortunately my partner has phd offers from Glasgow and Leeds, so that makes it preferable if I could find something here. I honestly don't know
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Aug 28, 2019 14:47
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it really blows me away how atrocious tech salaries are in london. what the gently caress, you guys
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Aug 28, 2019 14:48
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Rex-Goliath posted:it really blows me away how atrocious tech salaries are in london. what the gently caress, you guys don't know what you mean, it's easy six figgies after tax a decade
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Aug 28, 2019 15:00
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I make more now in Canada than my old boss's boss currently does from my old company in London. It's horrendous.
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Aug 28, 2019 15:08
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Looking up the company on glassdoor they have only one relevant review:quote:I worked at XYZ for more than a year Don't currently have premium or whatever they call the paid version of GD so can't see the rest of it, but I imagine it's not very good.
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Aug 28, 2019 15:12
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Private Speech posted:Are they loving kidding me (abbreviated ad): And for embedded too. I think I made that much as an intern.
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Aug 28, 2019 15:21
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Private Speech posted:Looking up the company on glassdoor they have only one relevant review: All you need is an account in order to read all reviews and see salary data. It's 100% worth signing up for. Just use a burner email if you're paranoid
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Aug 28, 2019 15:43
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Rex-Goliath posted:All you need is an account in order to read all reviews and see salary data. It's 100% worth signing up for. Just use a burner email if you're paranoid I have one, but I haven't posted a salary recently I guess? It says this: quote:To restore your access, we ask that you contribute. Write a Review or Add a Salary. Maybe I can make a new account instead. I guess that would work. e: did that, here's the rest of that review: quote:not understanding what are they talking about and their job. Engineers are more to LAPTOP WARRIOR/ EMAIL WARRIOR then practical jobs. Emphasize more on irrelevant topics rather then finishing up the job. Having tons of unrealistic schedules that the team couldn't catch up. On the outside looks professional but really dodgy when it comes to take up responsibilities. sounds like a fun place to work Private Speech fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Aug 28, 2019 15:45
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Take all Glassdoor reviews with a grain of salt. Absolutely glowing reviews often are HR plants and real lovely reviews are often self serving opinion from someone who may have just been let go.
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Aug 28, 2019 16:44
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Yeah, at my last company both the good and the bad reviews were not quite jiving with reality
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Aug 28, 2019 16:51
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qhat posted:Take all Glassdoor reviews with a grain of salt. Absolutely glowing reviews often are HR plants and real lovely reviews are often self serving opinion from someone who may have just been let go. that or the position is for an internship and it's just all CAPS LOCK IT WAS A GREAT SUMMER COMPANY IS AWESOME HAHA WHAT A GREAT TIME YEAAAH 
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Aug 28, 2019 17:12
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all jobs are bad which is why you gotta enjoy the newjob honeymoon period where you mistake “different” for “better”
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Aug 28, 2019 17:25
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So this is some unique rear end bullshit I’m going through. The person that made me the offer contacted me today and said that they put the wrong bonus percentage on the offer letter I signed. According to her my level is at a 16% bonus rather than the 20% I signed at. I’ve been working for 2.5 weeks and things are going well. This meeting was in person and nothing was written down and the “updated” offer letter was sent to my personal email instead of work email. I need to figure how to deal with this gracefully and firmly. My decision was made based on the information I initially received. This is some bullshit and also seems like a legal situation. I don’t want to rock the waters since I’m so new but also gently caress off just eat it. The difference is 5800 bucks. Very heated right now.
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Aug 28, 2019 17:28
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jesus WEP posted:all jobs are bad which is why you gotta enjoy the newjob honeymoon period where you mistake “different” for “better” AJAB
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Aug 28, 2019 17:30
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KidDynamite posted:So this is some unique rear end bullshit I’m going through. The person that made me the offer contacted me today and said that they put the wrong bonus percentage on the offer letter I signed. According to her my level is at a 16% bonus rather than the 20% I signed at. I’ve been working for 2.5 weeks and things are going well. This meeting was in person and nothing was written down and the “updated” offer letter was sent to my personal email instead of work email. I need to figure how to deal with this gracefully and firmly. My decision was made based on the information I initially received. Like, a signed and counter signed offer? The poo poo is that. This is for a yearly bonus target or like, a signing bonus?
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Aug 28, 2019 17:35
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KidDynamite posted:So this is some unique rear end bullshit I’m going through. The person that made me the offer contacted me today and said that they put the wrong bonus percentage on the offer letter I signed. According to her my level is at a 16% bonus rather than the 20% I signed at. I’ve been working for 2.5 weeks and things are going well. This meeting was in person and nothing was written down and the “updated” offer letter was sent to my personal email instead of work email. I need to figure how to deal with this gracefully and firmly. My decision was made based on the information I initially received. The fact they sent it to your personal email is real sus but if you’re in America I don’t think you have any legal options. Who is this person, specifically? HR? Your boss?
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Aug 28, 2019 17:36
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silvergoose posted:Like, a signed and counter signed offer? The poo poo is that. This is for a yearly bonus target or like, a signing bonus? This is the offer letter I signed to confirm I accepted the job. I have since started and been paid once. This is the target percentage for annual bonuses being changed. The person is the director of talent acquisition and even shadier is she had one of her subordinate skills send me the new letter I’m expected to sign. Just a world of poo poo I don’t want to deal with but also not into getting hosed for possibly 5800 bucks
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Aug 28, 2019 17:40
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KidDynamite posted:So this is some unique rear end bullshit I’m going through. The person that made me the offer contacted me today and said that they put the wrong bonus percentage on the offer letter I signed. According to her my level is at a 16% bonus rather than the 20% I signed at. I’ve been working for 2.5 weeks and things are going well. This meeting was in person and nothing was written down and the “updated” offer letter was sent to my personal email instead of work email. I need to figure how to deal with this gracefully and firmly. My decision was made based on the information I initially received. You have a copy, or at least a picture, of the letter you signed, right? With your signature on it?
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Aug 28, 2019 17:43
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MickeyFinn posted:You have a copy, or at least a picture, of the letter you signed, right? With your signature on it? Hell yeah i do Edit: signed by the CTO too! KidDynamite fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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