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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 10, 2016 13:39:04 GMT -5
I'm down to nine males and 4 females that are too old to breed. That's how bad it's gotten.
Then according to my characterization results the ones downstairs are barely expressing the gene, if at all. Yet they tested positive when they were genotyped.
So now they want me to do an ELISA with all pups I get from here on out. Pick the ones that give me the best numbers to use as my breeding pairs.
Which I am fine with I will do what I gotta do.
It just irritates me that nobody thought to do any of this until they were over a year into the project and are at the point of colony collapse.
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Post by 973beachbum on Feb 10, 2016 14:01:08 GMT -5
I hate to say it but those things work but require a lot of patience. They use them at the GC. They drug test everyone before they start. I think when I did it I had to keep the thing in my mouth for like five minutes. They do work but seriously they have to be in your mouth for a long long time to register anything. If I had to guess it would think the person doing the test didn't realize that and thought it would be quick like a thermometer. For everyone's future reference, this is YM where everyone is here to learn right? , if it is in the mouth for a minute and doesn't do anything put it back in the mouth and keep waiting. All throwing it out and using a new one does is start the stupid long clock over again.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 10, 2016 14:03:35 GMT -5
I hate to say it but those things work but require a lot of patience. They use them at the GC. They drug test everyone before they start. I think when I did it I had to keep the thing in my mouth for like five minutes. They do work but seriously they have to be in your mouth for a long long time to register anything. If I had to guess it would think the person doing the test didn't realize that and thought it would be quick like a thermometer. For everyone's future reference, this is YM where everyone is here to learn right? , if it is in the mouth for a minute and doesn't do anything put it back in the mouth and keep waiting. All throwing it out and using a new one does is start the stupid long clock over again. oh thank you... now I know. Definitely was not in my mouth each time for more than 2-3 minutes tops. Shouldn't she have known that?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 10, 2016 14:05:44 GMT -5
I tend to find that unless it's a nurse doing the testing they often have no clue in heck what they are doing. Course you'd think she would have read the box first.
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Post by 973beachbum on Feb 10, 2016 14:09:37 GMT -5
I hate to say it but those things work but require a lot of patience. They use them at the GC. They drug test everyone before they start. I think when I did it I had to keep the thing in my mouth for like five minutes. They do work but seriously they have to be in your mouth for a long long time to register anything. If I had to guess it would think the person doing the test didn't realize that and thought it would be quick like a thermometer. For everyone's future reference, this is YM where everyone is here to learn right? , if it is in the mouth for a minute and doesn't do anything put it back in the mouth and keep waiting. All throwing it out and using a new one does is start the stupid long clock over again. oh thank you... now I know. Definitely was not in my mouth each time for more than 2-3 minutes tops. Shouldn't she have known that? Well at my store it is the little people who do the bulk of the hiring, AKA sticking sticks in people's mouth, not the big wigs which I think you interviewed with. The main office doesn't even do drug testing as far as I know. It may be because regular stores have pharmacies in them. Anyway I would guess it isn't something the people doing it with you today do often.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Feb 10, 2016 14:48:38 GMT -5
Interesting seating in the waiting area with 4 other people competing for the same job lol. Seems they break the interviews up into different little groups, so you have like 3-4 mini interviews vs a panel one. I went on a job interview like this. I went from person to person all freaking day (with a break for lunch, where I STILL had to be on as I was with all the people I had interviewed with all morning). By about 5 pm, I was so mentally exhausted that all I wanted to do was go back to my hotel, take a bath, call room service and crash. But noooooo.......I had to go to dinner with the chair. I don't ever remember being so mentally wrung out as I was at the end of that day.
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 10, 2016 15:33:24 GMT -5
I just set 4 interviews up for next week. Yay!
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Feb 10, 2016 15:53:04 GMT -5
Interesting seating in the waiting area with 4 other people competing for the same job lol. Seems they break the interviews up into different little groups, so you have like 3-4 mini interviews vs a panel one. I went on a job interview like this. I went from person to person all freaking day (with a break for lunch, where I STILL had to be on as I was with all the people I had interviewed with all morning). By about 5 pm, I was so mentally exhausted that all I wanted to do was go back to my hotel, take a bath, call room service and crash. But noooooo.......I had to go to dinner with the chair. I don't ever remember being so mentally wrung out as I was at the end of that day. I once had two different day long interviews at the same company. During the first interview, the lab technicians took me to lunch and that was the most laid back part of the day. During the second interview I was scheduled for lunch with a different set of lab technicians, and I was looking forward to taking a breather. However, this set of lab technicians had a quiz for me to complete during lunch to prove that I could do lab math. I would actually rather take a math test than do a panel interview, but trying to do both while eating lunch was not fun.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 10, 2016 16:06:00 GMT -5
I for some reason got the idea in my head it'd be a good idea to try for a part time job at Victoria's Secret. They did panel interviews. By far one of the WORST interviews I have ever been on. The store manager completely ignored everyone once she found out one chick had worked at the Westroad's location. They were trading gossip back/forth for 20-25 minutes. I could have gotten up and left but it was such an awesome train wreck. I did feel bad for the other girls there that seemed to have no clue this was completely unacceptable behavior and that they would, in fact, not be getting the job. The #1 worst interview I went on was at Creighton shortly before I lost my job there. The first guy I interviewed with told me I didn't want to work there, if I was smart I would leave right now. The second guy was some doctor that asked me weird questions. The third were two lab techs who lorded over me how awesome they were. They kept me waiting 10-15 minutes between each person. Having more experience and knowledge under my belt I would now do what the first guy told me to do, but then I was fresh out of college with one job under my belt so I had no clue what to do. I later learned another tech in a collaborating lab interviewed with them as well. Not only did she go thru the same thing but she met the actual PI who proceeded to cuss at her and then throw a book.
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Post by flamingo on Feb 10, 2016 16:48:10 GMT -5
I once had two different day long interviews at the same company. During the first interview, the lab technicians took me to lunch and that was the most laid back part of the day. During the second interview I was scheduled for lunch with a different set of lab technicians, and I was looking forward to taking a breather. However, this set of lab technicians had a quiz for me to complete during lunch to prove that I could do lab math. I would actually rather take a math test than do a panel interview, but trying to do both while eating lunch was not fun. A quiz over lunch!?!? That sounds awful. My interview for my current job was a 9-5 deal. Met with one group for 45 minutes, then a presentation with a Q&A afterwards (where people who weren't part of the actual interview were asking me weird questions), then lunch, then a different group of people every half hour until 5. Then, at 5, they asked if I could stay another 30 minutes to meet with one of the guys I interviewed with earlier in the day who had some other follow up questions for me. Sure, fine, no problem. I had to fly in for this interview, so all I could think was thank god I booked the 9pm flight home instead of the 7pm flight! By the time I got on the train to the airport, I was done. I had a raging headache, was exhausted and just wanted to be home!! At lunch, it was just me and the hiring manager (who is now my boss). She started lunch by saying, please order whatever you like and don't worry, I won't be asking you interview questions while you eat. As it turned out, she talked most of the time telling me about herself, the company, how she came to work her, and I barely had to say a word. It was heaven. I don't even remember where lunch was or what I ate, but it was so nice to have an hour where I could listen! Day long interviews are so draining!!
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 10, 2016 17:26:37 GMT -5
I've never had a day long interview. I think I might die.
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Post by obelisk on Feb 10, 2016 17:42:46 GMT -5
My current job for the last 8 years, I missed the interview! I was thinking for a Wednesday then they called on Monday wondering where I was. I told them I was feeling sick from the misunderstanding (not really because I had other options at the time) and that I was available from the moment forward. When I accepted the new job with the initial company I missed the interview, they demanded I start the job in 2 weeks time. I declined the start date by 6 weeks. They where not happy. I had a wonderful time in Asia on vacation to decompress. This was the right decision. It set the space with my working condition. Mid summer 5 week vacations with my family.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Feb 10, 2016 17:56:17 GMT -5
I went on a job interview like this. I went from person to person all freaking day (with a break for lunch, where I STILL had to be on as I was with all the people I had interviewed with all morning). By about 5 pm, I was so mentally exhausted that all I wanted to do was go back to my hotel, take a bath, call room service and crash. But noooooo.......I had to go to dinner with the chair. I don't ever remember being so mentally wrung out as I was at the end of that day. I once had two different day long interviews at the same company. During the first interview, the lab technicians took me to lunch and that was the most laid back part of the day. During the second interview I was scheduled for lunch with a different set of lab technicians, and I was looking forward to taking a breather. However, this set of lab technicians had a quiz for me to complete during lunch to prove that I could do lab math. I would actually rather take a math test than do a panel interview, but trying to do both while eating lunch was not fun. I had one interview that before it even started, the interviewer handed me a lab math test. I took it, and pointed out 3 errors on the test. He said I was overqualified for the position.
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Post by Abby Normal on Feb 10, 2016 19:59:59 GMT -5
Dh took the job. They finally got the pay scale figured out. Yeah!
One down, me to go. I guess 2016 is the year of change for us.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 11, 2016 7:33:09 GMT -5
DRAMA!!!! did he get a call or not?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 11, 2016 9:15:48 GMT -5
No he didn't hear anything yesterday so here is hoping he gets a call today. We got in a spat yesterday b/c I think he should follow up with the other company. It's been a week since their HR lady called and we haven't heard anything back. He thinks that will make him look desperate and he'll lose his chance of getting the job. I think they have so many people they have to screen that if you just sit on your ass waiting they forget you. He's also getting more pissed about having to take the Hy-Vee job. I can't feel sorry for him b/c he quit assuming he'd walk into another job in two weeks. He promised me he would get "anything" if that didn't happen. I can commiserate with him but I am not going to feel sorry for him over it. He had a hand in creating this mess too and he's going to have to have a hand in fixing it. It doesn't look like we are going to get as lucky as we did when he first got fired and we have bills to pay. Maybe I'll be proven wrong today. I'd happily admit I am wrong.
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Post by swasat on Feb 11, 2016 9:26:00 GMT -5
NomoreDramaQ1015, your DH behaves like a spoiled brat sometimes. Honestly! Its good you haven't him yet. I might be wrong, and pleas de tell me to shut up if I am, but looks like he is waiting on you (or someone else) to swoop in and fix the mess for him. As a grown man if thats his expectations then he is being entirely ridiculous.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 11, 2016 9:36:11 GMT -5
No he's "fixing it" he is taking a part time job like he promised he would.
I can understand why he isn't happy about Hy-Vee. It's a massive pay cut and it is part time. I didn't like taking a $3k pay cut to work at BT for longer hours doing shitty research.
But it is what it is at this point. I pointed out at least now we have our heads above water with the Hy-Vee job. He won't be as desperate to replace his income so we can afford to do some more digging on companies before he accepts a position.
We are totally different when it comes to how we search for jobs too. I've changed dramatically since last year in how I view employment and seeking employment. He's still stuck in 2008 job hunting mode. I was hoping that the OS thing would shake him out of it but it hasn't.
I admire him for having faith in people, it makes up for me being such a cynical asshole. I just think that nowadays when it comes to job hunting you can't really afford to be a nice person, the employers certainly aren't.
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Post by swasat on Feb 11, 2016 9:39:10 GMT -5
Sigh....just a vent ahead. As a reminder of the hellish group I have landed in, the new boss told me this morning I am "too soft" on my employees leading them to be "not 100% productive". What happened is one of my employees has caught the bug going around. He has been sick since last weekend and asked if he could work from home Monday. Which I allowed with no qualms. He WFH Tues/Wed too and this morning called in sick because he really has a sore throat and his voice is almost gone. He is out on vacation tomorrow, and this was planned and approved in January itself. I allowed him to take today off. The poor guy pulled his weight the last 3 days despite being sick, well maybe not entirely but as much as he could. I am going to let him take his sick day today even if he is out tomorrow. Work is always urgent ( ) but never THAT urgent that a sick person has to get it done. So now my boss wants me to cancel his vacation day tomorrow. I am not going to. I got to hear an earful, to which I stood my ground, and then he got really mad at me for being "unsupportive". Whatever.
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Post by swasat on Feb 11, 2016 9:40:59 GMT -5
No he's "fixing it" he is taking a part time job like he promised he would. I can understand why he isn't happy about Hy-Vee. It's a massive pay cut and it is part time. I didn't like taking a $3k pay cut to work at BT for longer hours doing shitty research. But it is what it is at this point. I pointed out at least now we have our heads above water with the Hy-Vee job. He won't be as desperate to replace his income so we can afford to do some more digging on companies before he accepts a position. We are totally different when it comes to how we search for jobs too. I've changed dramatically since last year in how I view employment and seeking employment. He's still stuck in 2008 job hunting mode. I was hoping that the OS thing would shake him out of it but it hasn't. I admire him for having faith in people, it makes up for me being such a cynical asshole. I just think that nowadays when it comes to job hunting you can't really afford to be a nice person, the employers certainly aren't.Right there with ya!
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Post by steph08 on Feb 11, 2016 9:42:30 GMT -5
No he didn't hear anything yesterday so here is hoping he gets a call today. We got in a spat yesterday b/c I think he should follow up with the other company. It's been a week since their HR lady called and we haven't heard anything back. He thinks that will make him look desperate and he'll lose his chance of getting the job. I think they have so many people they have to screen that if you just sit on your ass waiting they forget you. He's also getting more pissed about having to take the Hy-Vee job. I can't feel sorry for him b/c he quit assuming he'd walk into another job in two weeks. He promised me he would get "anything" if that didn't happen. I can commiserate with him but I am not going to feel sorry for him over it. He had a hand in creating this mess too and he's going to have to have a hand in fixing it. It doesn't look like we are going to get as lucky as we did when he first got fired and we have bills to pay. Maybe I'll be proven wrong today. I'd happily admit I am wrong.
When my DH graduated from college back in 2012, I made him take the first job that came along (4 months after graduation - he had all summer to sit around). It was good experience, they gave him the training he needed, but the drive and the pay (26k) was crap, and he hated it. He made more in his factory job before he went to college.
But his student loans were coming due, I had been supporting us for 3 years, and I couldn't cover another $400/month bill without him getting a job, any job. So he sucked it up and did it for about 6 months (though he was miserable - it was probably the worst time ever), then he lived 5 hours away from home for 6 months in order to get into the state, and now he's in the perfect state job.
He just has to think about this as one step on his journey.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 11, 2016 9:59:45 GMT -5
That's what I have been trying to tell him. I also told him what was said here, that with his QA experience and knowledge of meat products there may be career potential thru Hy-Vee. He's been complaining about wanting something "different", maybe this is his opportunity.
I said it certainly would not hurt anything to show some ambition and ask what kinds of full time positions there may be for someone with his background.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 11, 2016 10:20:53 GMT -5
On the train home now... To be honest... I am looking forward to starting my new job on Monday. 4 weeks at home is enough for me
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 11, 2016 10:22:39 GMT -5
That's what I have been trying to tell him. I also told him what was said here, that with his QA experience and knowledge of meat products there may be career potential thru Hy-Vee. He's been complaining about wanting something "different", maybe this is his opportunity. I said it certainly would not hurt anything to show some ambition and ask what kinds of full time positions there may be for someone with his background. Yep you never know when the next door will open for you, you got to keep knocking. Taking a pay cut sucks donkey balls, I never knew how much I attached my self worth to my paycheck till I actually had to consider the possibility of having to take a paycut. It messes with your psyche. Tell him to keep his head up
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 11, 2016 11:24:44 GMT -5
DH got a second interview with the other company. This is for the one that would be more of a managerial position and the salary is supposed to reflect that.
I am supposed to wait for an email and print off the paperwork for him.
We really need a home printer. We need a new computer too but that's going to have to wait.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 11, 2016 11:29:36 GMT -5
That's what I have been trying to tell him. I also told him what was said here, that with his QA experience and knowledge of meat products there may be career potential thru Hy-Vee. He's been complaining about wanting something "different", maybe this is his opportunity. I said it certainly would not hurt anything to show some ambition and ask what kinds of full time positions there may be for someone with his background. Yep you never know when the next door will open for you, you got to keep knocking. Taking a pay cut sucks donkey balls, I never knew how much I attached my self worth to my paycheck till I actually had to consider the possibility of having to take a paycut. It messes with your psyche. Tell him to keep his head up You can tell
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 11, 2016 11:30:07 GMT -5
DH got a second interview with the other company. This is for the one that would be more of a managerial position and the salary is supposed to reflect that. I am supposed to wait for an email and print off the paperwork for him. We really need a home printer. We need a new computer too but that's going to have to wait.
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 11, 2016 11:36:42 GMT -5
I just called to follow up on the job in my #1 spot. I'm in the final 3!!! Yay!
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 11, 2016 11:42:38 GMT -5
That's what I have been trying to tell him. I also told him what was said here, that with his QA experience and knowledge of meat products there may be career potential thru Hy-Vee. He's been complaining about wanting something "different", maybe this is his opportunity. I said it certainly would not hurt anything to show some ambition and ask what kinds of full time positions there may be for someone with his background. Maybe he could get into the meat cutters union. I don't know how to go about that, but it might be something to look into.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2016 12:12:07 GMT -5
TheHaitian, did they tell you a timeframe for their decision? Are you going to allow yourself to be tempted if it is "slightly better" than the one you got? Are you going to negotiate? Enquiring minds want to know!
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