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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 15, 2016 18:10:23 GMT -5
Just got done, in my car now. Found out the store I am going to after my training is done! One thing: reinforced the idea that you need to establish relationships as you move up in this world because sometimes it is not what you know but who you know! which one? some of us may want to stalk er, say hi. Funny because I thought of you when I found out. After my 3 weeks training are done (this week included), I will report to the Shaw's in White City... In Shrewsbury,MA. Next town to my house and I immediately regretted not negotiating for more money and chiver78 you know why lol!
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 15, 2016 18:16:48 GMT -5
I am ok with the location, it is next town over... 20 minutes drive. Store was recently renovated so looks good/presentable. Sales opportunities are there so definitely room for improvement. Downside; a Whole Foods is scheduled to open at the end of this year down the block, literally! It is the most saturated area in form of grocery stores and chiver78 can attest; along that strip (3-5 miles radius if even ) you can count 4 grocery stores: - Price Chopper - Shaw's - Trader Joe's - Stop & Shop ----> and soon Whole Foods for a total Of 5 So While it could have been worse (knock on wood); I have my work cut out for me! I will definitely earn that 88k + bonus (should have negotiate for more... Now too late ). A lot of competition for a piece of the pie!
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Post by chiver78 on Feb 15, 2016 19:23:01 GMT -5
which one? some of us may want to stalk er, say hi. Funny because I thought of you when I found out. After my 3 weeks training are done (this week included), I will report to the Shaw's in White City... In Shrewsbury,MA. Next town to my house and I immediately regretted not negotiating for more money and chiver78 you know why lol! that whole area is getting nicer though, it used to be a complete when I was a kid. you know where my condo was, I could spit and hit 7 or 8 different stores from there. Shrewsbury can definitely support that many stores. hell, your old company built a bigger brand new store down route 9 and abandoned the old location entirely! and for your own info - if you are a sushi fan, hit up the tiny place across the plaza near Panera. I can't remember the name of it right now, but it's pretty damn good for the price. they have hibachi tables too, but I've only ever gotten sushi there.
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Post by Abby Normal on Feb 15, 2016 22:14:26 GMT -5
So I'm trying to catch up after being offline most of the weekend.
I got an email today from the people east that I need to talk with for this position. They want to set up a phone interview for tomorrow at my convenience. I didn't get the email until just after 5 west coast time. I sent them a reply with a good time. About 30 minutes later, I got a call from the local guy I talked with last week, who would be my boss. He wanted to be sure I got the message because they had called him saying they hadn't heard back. One of the people I need to talk with is gone wed to friday, so they really want to talk tomorrow. I told him I had just received and and replied with a time. He was going to call them tonight so it would be set up in the morning.
Said I did great on the test (he must have low standards because I know I missed several) and I kinda doubt they checked that closely. But sounds like this guy really wants me in there.
Fingers crossed.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 16, 2016 5:14:42 GMT -5
Said I did great on the test (he must have low standards because I know I missed several) and I kinda doubt they checked that closely. But sounds like this guy really wants me in there. Told you
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 16, 2016 8:02:33 GMT -5
Second interview this morning at a place I went to about a week ago, this time with the owner. Weather is horrible. I hope that's a good sign.
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Post by geenamercile on Feb 16, 2016 8:27:05 GMT -5
Good luck all.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 16, 2016 9:28:41 GMT -5
DH called the dairy again. They are still interviewing people, he should hear back in a few days. I consider that to mean the job is a bust but who knows nothing is consistent when it comes to job hunting. He has another interview tomorrow with the one company. Still trying to get a hold of ConAgra. I am wondering if she is out sick because she said in the message she'd try to get a hold of him on Friday and DH keeps being sent to her voicemail when he calls. If she was out on vacation you'd think someone else would get a hold of DH. Didn't sound like we blew it by not getting the message right away and it was already after work hours when she called. IDK. I've been non-stop sick for almost two weeks. I'd say I am about 75% better today. My job ran me ragged last week and then decided to pile it on by getting on my case about sectioning tissue. I am more than happy to help but every time I go to help they have something else they want me to do! And that something else isn't something I can delegate or set aside till I am done sectioning tissue. The other tech and I already discussed it between ourselves, she is fine with me not helping she understands as lab manager/colony manager that I have a lot on my plate, she'll find me if she really needs me. That's not how our PIs view it. I would have appreciated a thank you for working so hard while half dead but whatever. Just have to remind myself that if I didn't get fired that means I did a "good job" Forgot to pay the sanitation tax last night so that's an automatic $20 stupid tax added on. Got a $90 medical bill to pay that will have to go on the credit card. My car registration is coming up in April. Fortunately DH starts working at Hy-Vee on Saturday so we should be able to scrape together my registration and not have to charge it. Just ugh. I am desperate for some sort of positive feedback either from my employer or in the form of DH getting another job. I am tired of being angry all the time, I am tired of being worried all the time.
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Post by DagnyT on Feb 16, 2016 9:38:50 GMT -5
TheHaitian,
You might already know this but Harris Teeter is owned by Kroger, and Kroger is in negotiations to purchase Whole Foods.
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Post by geenamercile on Feb 16, 2016 10:38:18 GMT -5
Drama sorry about the Dairy. I would most likely write it off by now, if they are still interviewing I would take that as A) they didn't like any of the candidates which would include your DH, and/or B) they have someone they have offered the job too and are just in the hiring stage of things.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 16, 2016 10:59:17 GMT -5
Yeah that is what I was thinking. I've never done an interview thru a recrituer though so I was wondering if they have some sort of quota or something.
I know here you have to interview X number of internal candidates and Y number of external ones if you don't find an internal one, no exceptions. It was the same at Creighton. It drove my boss batty b/c he already had my replacement. He hated wasting all those people's time and getting their hopes up but the university forbid him from saying anything.
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Post by justme on Feb 16, 2016 11:15:47 GMT -5
When I went through the recruiter, outside of thank you emails to the people that interviewed me all my communication was through my recruiter until I had an offer. She was the one to call and say I got the job, not someone from the company.
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Post by taz157 on Feb 16, 2016 11:41:38 GMT -5
When I went through the recruiter, outside of thank you emails to the people that interviewed me all my communication was through my recruiter until I had an offer. She was the one to call and say I got the job, not someone from the company. Yeah that. FWIW, I've gotten 2 jobs through a recruiter.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 16, 2016 13:44:00 GMT -5
Interview went well. Could be a decision as early as tomorrow, but most likely in a week, when the company owner comes back from his ski vacation. That's fine. Gives me another week to keep looking. I'm not out of severance checks yet (two more still coming) so no panic at this point. I did meet the company owner today - he was the one doing the interview. Nice guy - very tough, no-nonsense type, which is exactly what I want. We have similar working backgrounds, so we did get a chance to schmooze about our respective former jobs a bit.
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Post by steph08 on Feb 16, 2016 13:49:17 GMT -5
When I went through the recruiter, outside of thank you emails to the people that interviewed me all my communication was through my recruiter until I had an offer. She was the one to call and say I got the job, not someone from the company. Yeah that. FWIW, I've gotten 2 jobs through a recruiter. Ditto. I didn't get the job, but all communication about the job came from the recruiter, not the business/person hiring. FWIW, I interviewed and didn't hear for almost 2 weeks because I was the first person interviewed and they had interviews lined up through the next week.
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Post by Abby Normal on Feb 16, 2016 17:04:40 GMT -5
Interview with people back east went well. Said they were going to call local guy with positive feedback and recommendation. Asked when I could start and told them I would need to give two weeks. Also mentioned that if it wasn't against their policy, I'd like to continue on with my employer on nights and weekends until they could "find a replacement" aka shut down.
They liked the fact that I didn't want to leave them high and dry.
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Post by Pants on Feb 16, 2016 20:14:44 GMT -5
It's official- I need a new job. ( No I'm not fired, but today I gave up hope in this one.)
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Post by Abby Normal on Feb 16, 2016 20:21:23 GMT -5
It's official- I need a new job. ( No I'm not fired, but today I gave up hope in this one.) Ouch. What happened that broke the camels back?
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Post by Pants on Feb 16, 2016 20:41:13 GMT -5
It's official- I need a new job. ( No I'm not fired, but today I gave up hope in this one.) Ouch. What happened that broke the camels back? I don't know. Maybe it was the "emergency must get done today" project that we received feedback on AGAIN for the third Tuesday in a row. Every time it's been an emergency and every time the SVP has sat on it for a week before declaring it an emergency. Maybe it was my boss declaring something I'd done excellent and suggesting we nominate it for an award, only to say we should t nominate ME we should nominate THE WORK. That I did. Whatever, I'm just burned out and feel there's no growth left here for me. So I need to move someplace there is.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Feb 16, 2016 21:21:07 GMT -5
Ouch. What happened that broke the camels back? I don't know. Maybe it was the "emergency must get done today" project that we received feedback on AGAIN for the third Tuesday in a row. Every time it's been an emergency and every time the SVP has sat on it for a week before declaring it an emergency. Maybe it was my boss declaring something I'd done excellent and suggesting we nominate it for an award, only to say we should t nominate ME we should nominate THE WORK. That I did. Whatever, I'm just burned out and feel there's no growth left here for me. So I need to move someplace there is. I'm sorry. I hope you find something soon.
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Post by Jaguar on Feb 16, 2016 21:26:38 GMT -5
Ouch. What happened that broke the camels back? I don't know. Maybe it was the "emergency must get done today" project that we received feedback on AGAIN for the third Tuesday in a row. Every time it's been an emergency and every time the SVP has sat on it for a week before declaring it an emergency. Maybe it was my boss declaring something I'd done excellent and suggesting we nominate it for an award, only to say we should t nominate ME we should nominate THE WORK. That I did. Whatever, I'm just burned out and feel there's no growth left here for me. So I need to move someplace there is. I wish you all the best, good luck looking and I hope you find something good really quick.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 17, 2016 7:07:08 GMT -5
Ouch. What happened that broke the camels back? I don't know. Maybe it was the "emergency must get done today" project that we received feedback on AGAIN for the third Tuesday in a row. Every time it's been an emergency and every time the SVP has sat on it for a week before declaring it an emergency. Maybe it was my boss declaring something I'd done excellent and suggesting we nominate it for an award, only to say we should t nominate ME we should nominate THE WORK. That I did. Whatever, I'm just burned out and feel there's no growth left here for me. So I need to move someplace there is. Sorry to hear, hope you find something that is a better fit pretty soon
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 17, 2016 7:18:05 GMT -5
Day off from work today so enjoying some me time. Seems my schedule will not be much different from my previous schedule, off Wednesday and Sunday's; with 1 Sunday thrown in there and 1 weekend off a month... And I am OK with that!
Yesterday was my first day in an actual store. Basically the next couple of weeks I will be shadowing this store manager that has been with the company 27 years and he seems like a really good guy, we got along great.
Last year he was able to hit 33k out of the potential 40k bonus which re-assured me that the goals for the bonus are achievable vs someone just blowing smoke up my ass.
All considered it is the same shit with a different name on the building to be honest and I supposed that would be anywhere I go in retail.
Also I accidentally found out he only makes $3,884/year more than me and I guess that made me more at ease with not negotiating for a higher salary. He is considered one of the top managers and they brought me in at ~5% below his salary... I am thinking there was not much room for negotiation salary wise and I avoided an uncomfortable situation (I could not afford to walk away).
My goal was really 90k/year base salary and when I told my wife that she threw the pillow at me and said: you are wallowing over 2k/year? Ok I just got a 2k/year raise, consider it God making it up to you... Now stop bitching!
I think I am ok and getting back in the groove of it! All is good in the neighborhood!
Combined we make 135k/year + bonus... We need to reign on the spending, pay down debt and save save save!!!
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 17, 2016 7:37:06 GMT -5
So I mentioned a job that I really want to do that was managing and training agents and that I also had another well paying job I was hoping for. I had a conversation yesterday about training/managing at a third carrier and asked if the guy knew how much it pays. OMG! It's $25-51k more per year than the other two! I told the guy to sign me up. He said he'd put in a plug for me and call me back today.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 17, 2016 9:39:14 GMT -5
DH has an interview today at 2 pm. Really hoping he gets this one. He would be one of three people and in more of a "mangerial" role than he has been in previously. The pay would be $50k/year. DH wants the job badly but thinks he is way under qualified. Apparently their HR person didn't think so b/c she called him back 24 hours after we faxed his resume in. She also has taken the time to go over his skill set with him and help him retool his resume to reflect exactly what it is this company is looking for. I said she wouldn't waste the time if she didn't think he was a strong candidate and the company wasn't interested. Fingers crossed.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 17, 2016 9:41:14 GMT -5
Ouch. What happened that broke the camels back? I don't know. Maybe it was the "emergency must get done today" project that we received feedback on AGAIN for the third Tuesday in a row. Every time it's been an emergency and every time the SVP has sat on it for a week before declaring it an emergency. Maybe it was my boss declaring something I'd done excellent and suggesting we nominate it for an award, only to say we should t nominate ME we should nominate THE WORK. That I did. Whatever, I'm just burned out and feel there's no growth left here for me. So I need to move someplace there is. Those things would do it for me. It sounds like the place you're at does not appreciate what you do and how well you do it; they're just looking at the end result. I get that the end result matters, but management also has to reward those that get it to that point, and not ignore their efforts or turn everything into WWIII when something needs to be done. Get out of there, replant yourself elsewhere and grow.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 17, 2016 9:56:28 GMT -5
The pay would be $50k/year. Is that a good or a bad thing? Fingers crossed!
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 17, 2016 10:05:33 GMT -5
Good thing. That would be a $20k increase in his salary. That's more than he's made ever.
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Feb 17, 2016 11:14:17 GMT -5
I got my first editing assignment. At first it was looking like I was going to have to go through the training process again before I could start signing up for work, but the manager emailed me last night to let me know that I was good to go. I woke up at 5 this morning and claimed the first assignment I saw. The topic is a bit outside of my area of expertise, but it looks like the paper has already gone through a few revisions, so it isn't a complete mess.
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 17, 2016 11:58:05 GMT -5
The pay would be $50k/year. Is that a good or a bad thing? Fingers crossed! We have a much lower cost of living in the Midwest. $50K is worth a lot more here than it is there. It won't make you rich by any means, but it's a decent wage.
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