I start a new job Monday... commute to the computer and harass shops from there... not driving 1 1/2 -2 hours per day in local traffic was a huge selling point.
I start a new job Monday... commute to the computer and harass shops from there... not driving 1 1/2 -2 hours per day in local traffic was a huge selling point.
That sounds right up your alley... harassment. Glad to hear it.
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Yeah, your a dick. You and I were on the phone yesterday for 90 minutes. I called you 10 minutes into the drive, I wasn't home yet when we hung up. No stress involved, just distance.
I wasn't even planning to drop any applications yet... but was cruising their website and read too many things in their description that checked boxes for me... Because of the 3 days of ASE testing I had done back when we were texting a bunch, I was able to increase my starting pay from where I'd left and still have more on the table for future raises.
The most important things for me were the work from home situation... hard to not love that, reasonable pay... not huge, but my expenses should be nice and low...no clothes to buy, no lunches on the fly, no fuel for commuting. Decent medical and decent vacation time... looks like 12 days during the first year... 17 the second... still doesn't compete with what I had, but MUCH better than I would get from a shop job.
I'm too broken to go back to wrenching on flat rate, but if I was able... vacation wouldn't matter as much... back in those days I just let management know I wasn't going to be there, try to pick a time outside of peak business, and if they pushed back... ask if they wanted my toolbox moved before or after I returned. It was nice being a prima donna and in demand enough to get away with it...
I was pleasantly surprised by how fast they interviewed and offered me the job, before the AZ trip, and they gave me an extra week while I was out there so it wouldn't be so crazy when I got back. All good signs so far. These days, I'm more interested in my life away from work, and I think this job will fit nicely.
I start a new job Monday... commute to the computer and harass shops from there... not driving 1 1/2 -2 hours per day in local traffic was a huge selling point.
That sounds right up your alley... harassment. Glad to hear it.
Thank you John
Still have be unnaturally PC (for me at least), but so far happy with the expectations I've been given. Somehow I'm sure "F-ing Idiot" will ring in my head even if it can't fall out of my mouth.
Yeah, your a dick. You and I were on the phone yesterday for 90 minutes. I called you 10 minutes into the drive, I wasn't home yet when we hung up. No stress involved, just distance.