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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 26, 2016 16:42:05 GMT -5
Want to go HOME.
Managed to rescue the boxes, intact no less, from the nitrogen tank. Damaged my right pinky and almost froze what little I have in boobs off but got it done. Also found three more boxes that apparently someone dropped and never bothered to fish out.
Was feeling all right until we had our lab meeting. I got told again I am not "busy enough" b/c I could not find a task for every single day next week. I'm fine with going where ever I am needed, lately I have been doing cord blood so the other techs can do stuff but that doesn't come every day. I have taken over accepting calls from the ARF for our lab so they don't have to try to guess whose mice is which.
I've been busting my butt on this western blot. I had to order more antibody and it takes awhile this isn't one they keep in stock it is made to order.
I've been breeding animals like crazy, humanized four generations of mice since I started here and I am trying to save the two trans-genic strains that aren't doing well.
But nope none of that is good enough b/c every single day of my calendar next week isn't filled.
WTF did they even bother hiring me for? Just make one of the other techs do the jobs you hired me to do since apparently none of it is a big deal and I am not productive enough doing that alone.
Fucking kick in the nuts I so don't need right now. I could get if they were yelling at me about the nitrogen tank I deserved that. But WTF is up with taking me to task over my productivity?
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 26, 2016 16:46:39 GMT -5
Want to go HOME. Managed to rescue the boxes, intact no less, from the nitrogen tank. Damaged my right pinky and almost froze what little I have in boobs off but got it done. Also found three more boxes that apparently someone dropped and never bothered to fish out. Was feeling all right until we had our lab meeting. I got told again I am not "busy enough" b/c I could not find a task for every single day next week. I'm fine with going where ever I am needed, lately I have been doing cord blood so the other techs can do stuff but that doesn't come every day. I have taken over accepting calls from the ARF for our lab so they don't have to try to guess whose mice is which. I've been busting my butt on this western blot. I had to order more antibody and it takes awhile this isn't one they keep in stock it is made to order. I've been breeding animals like crazy, humanized four generations of mice since I started here and I am trying to save the two trans-genic strains that aren't doing well. But nope none of that is good enough b/c every single day of my calendar next week isn't filled. WTF did they even bother hiring me for? Just make one of the other techs do the jobs you hired me to do since apparently none of it is a big deal and I am not productive enough doing that alone. Fucking kick in the nuts I so don't need right now. I could get if they were yelling at me about the nitrogen tank I deserved that. But WTF is up with taking me to task over my productivity? Asswipes
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 26, 2016 17:16:59 GMT -5
Drama, I think you need to drink heavily this evening.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 26, 2016 18:24:56 GMT -5
Dh did not get the job he interviewed for last week. He was their second choice. If the first person turns it down they'll call.
Like that ever actually happens.
Still no word from the dairy since it's been two weeks my guess is the answer is no. They don't take this long if you got it.
So hyvee is it for the foreseeable future. Here's hoping he gets enough hours a month to cover daycare.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 26, 2016 18:25:50 GMT -5
Drama, I think you need to drink heavily this evening. and to cut herself some serious slack.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Feb 26, 2016 18:29:32 GMT -5
Hugs Drama. Can your parents take the kids for a couple hours tomorrow to give you a break and a chance to destress?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 26, 2016 18:38:23 GMT -5
Maybe.
Dh got rejected by the dairy as well. They called yesterday. He didn't say anything BC he was still hoping for the job he didn't get today.
So all his leads have dried up and we're back to square one. He just walked out on me,I think he's in the backyard.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 26, 2016 18:39:07 GMT -5
Damn, I'm sorry for him Drama.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 26, 2016 18:43:20 GMT -5
Hes convinced he deserves it for being a massive fuck up. He's really sorry for everything and thinks it may have rendered him unemployable.
Pretty much same boat I was in. Nothing is going to help except getting a full time job.
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Feb 26, 2016 18:47:06 GMT -5
Want to go HOME. Managed to rescue the boxes, intact no less, from the nitrogen tank. Damaged my right pinky and almost froze what little I have in boobs off but got it done. Also found three more boxes that apparently someone dropped and never bothered to fish out. Was feeling all right until we had our lab meeting. I got told again I am not "busy enough" b/c I could not find a task for every single day next week. I'm fine with going where ever I am needed, lately I have been doing cord blood so the other techs can do stuff but that doesn't come every day. I have taken over accepting calls from the ARF for our lab so they don't have to try to guess whose mice is which. I've been busting my butt on this western blot. I had to order more antibody and it takes awhile this isn't one they keep in stock it is made to order. I've been breeding animals like crazy, humanized four generations of mice since I started here and I am trying to save the two trans-genic strains that aren't doing well. But nope none of that is good enough b/c every single day of my calendar next week isn't filled. WTF did they even bother hiring me for? Just make one of the other techs do the jobs you hired me to do since apparently none of it is a big deal and I am not productive enough doing that alone. Fucking kick in the nuts I so don't need right now. I could get if they were yelling at me about the nitrogen tank I deserved that. But WTF is up with taking me to task over my productivity? It sounds like you you are plenty busy. Are they the kind of PIs who are bad at managing and will randomly ask you if you are busy enough even if it is the first time you have taken a moment to sit all day? I hope not, but if that is the case, I would recommend having a rehearsed list of the things you are actively working on (time points for experiments, data that is being analyzed), so they can feel like they performed their management duties for the day.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 26, 2016 18:52:58 GMT -5
Want to go HOME. Managed to rescue the boxes, intact no less, from the nitrogen tank. Damaged my right pinky and almost froze what little I have in boobs off but got it done. Also found three more boxes that apparently someone dropped and never bothered to fish out. Was feeling all right until we had our lab meeting. I got told again I am not "busy enough" b/c I could not find a task for every single day next week. I'm fine with going where ever I am needed, lately I have been doing cord blood so the other techs can do stuff but that doesn't come every day. I have taken over accepting calls from the ARF for our lab so they don't have to try to guess whose mice is which. I've been busting my butt on this western blot. I had to order more antibody and it takes awhile this isn't one they keep in stock it is made to order. I've been breeding animals like crazy, humanized four generations of mice since I started here and I am trying to save the two trans-genic strains that aren't doing well. But nope none of that is good enough b/c every single day of my calendar next week isn't filled. WTF did they even bother hiring me for? Just make one of the other techs do the jobs you hired me to do since apparently none of it is a big deal and I am not productive enough doing that alone. Fucking kick in the nuts I so don't need right now. I could get if they were yelling at me about the nitrogen tank I deserved that. But WTF is up with taking me to task over my productivity? It sounds like you you are plenty busy. Are they the kind of PIs who are bad at managing and will randomly ask you if you are busy enough even if it is the first time you have taken a moment to sit all day? I hope not, but if that is the case, I would recommend having a rehearsed list of the things you are actively working on (time points for experiments, data that is being analyzed), so they can feel like they performed their management duties for the day. I'm starting to think so since this happened a couple of weeks ago and was the first time I sat down. I had twenty minutes left in the day. I thought I did have a solid list I recited every tiny thing I have to do with the mice. I threw in I am attending a class to learn how to use their software better. I just don't have an experiment, it takes a few days to get my antibody. I suppose I could have lied about that. It was when I slipped and said no to the experiments I got told I wasn't busy. Dh said I should tell them to give me more responsibilities then if they think I am not busy it's on them.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 26, 2016 18:54:58 GMT -5
Like that ever actually happens. You never know drama, I just turned down a job. They email me back wanting to know why and offered more money... I am certain they went with their second choice which is why you call your first choice first to offer them the job, this way if hey turn it down you can offer it to your second choice.... Instead of telling them they did not get the job and call back to offer them the job. I agree you need to cut yourself some slack and relax this weekend. It may not be his dream job but he got a job for now and you guys are staying afloat. Count your blessings!
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 26, 2016 18:55:34 GMT -5
Hes convinced he deserves it for being a massive fuck up. He's really sorry for everything and thinks it may have rendered him unemployable. Pretty much same boat I was in. Nothing is going to help except getting a full time job. he doesn't deserve it and he's not a massive fuckup, even from this distance that's apparent. Tell him that your imaginary online friends are sorry they don't live closer because we'd arrange for both baby sitting and a "get the Dramas' drunk" night.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 26, 2016 18:58:16 GMT -5
Hes convinced he deserves it for being a massive fuck up. He's really sorry for everything and thinks it may have rendered him unemployable. Pretty much same boat I was in. Nothing is going to help except getting a full time job. he doesn't deserve it and he's not a massive fuckup, even from this distance that's apparent. Tell him as ll your imagine online friends are sorry they don't live closer because we'd arrange for both baby sitting and a "get the Drama's drunk" night. What she said!!!
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Post by swamp on Feb 26, 2016 20:05:08 GMT -5
Hes convinced he deserves it for being a massive fuck up. He's really sorry for everything and thinks it may have rendered him unemployable. Pretty much same boat I was in. Nothing is going to help except getting a full time job. he doesn't deserve it and he's not a massive fuckup, even from this distance that's apparent. Tell him that your imaginary online friends are sorry they don't live closer because we'd arrange for both baby sitting and a "get the Dramas' drunk" night.
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Post by seriousthistime on Feb 26, 2016 20:12:00 GMT -5
I had a phone interview this week. It went well. Yesterday i was invited for an in-person interview. Except the headquarters are located 500 miles away and they want me to come in next week at my own expense. They've agreed to do a Skype interview instead. But, I find myself highly annoyed at an organization that does a national search and then expects candidates to fly in on their own dime at very short notice. I've had multiple interviews out of state, and all except one paid for my travel (and that one was a disaster and I turned the job down, so I now see it as a red flag if they don't pay). So now I'm thinking of withdrawing my application. Am I just being cranky over nothing? Yeah, I think you may be cranky over nothing. This is a way to weed out the serious applicants from the prima donna applicants who aren't serious about the job. You know -- the applicants who are using this to negotiate a better raise from their current employers, or to prove a point with family/friends/coworkers, etc. I would hate to tell you how long ago I applied for a job, got called last summer (!!!!), had to go for testing and in-person interviewing to a city 1,000 miles away requiring three nights of very expensive hotel, meals, city transportation, and airfare, all at my own expense. And I'm still waiting to hear how it went (as are the 500 or so other applicants who tested and interviewed during the same time frame I did; yes, they are hiring for many positions and locations). From my point of view, the relevant question is whether you really would like the job. If you applied just to see what was out there, then don't do it. Also, I'd consider the salary you'd likely get if you got this job. If you don't need this job, and the salary isn't there, and it's something that doesn't really interest you, don't go.
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Post by suesinfl on Feb 26, 2016 22:17:00 GMT -5
Hes convinced he deserves it for being a massive fuck up. He's really sorry for everything and thinks it may have rendered him unemployable. Pretty much same boat I was in. Nothing is going to help except getting a full time job. he doesn't deserve it and he's not a massive fuckup, even from this distance that's apparent. Tell him that your imaginary online friends are sorry they don't live closer because we'd arrange for both baby sitting and a "get the Dramas' drunk" night. Oh, and don't forget that we need to be there the next day so that she can recover.
Drama, I'm sorry for everything that you are going through and I wish I say some words of wisdom. But I will say that you are a strong person and you will do what ever you need to do to get through this.
Don't listen to what YM says, some have never had to experience what you are going through. You do what you need to do to keep your life going. HUGS, I've been there as a single parent and you have to do what you have to do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2016 1:48:38 GMT -5
Like that ever actually happens. You never know drama, I just turned down a job. They email me back wanting to know why and offered more money... I am certain they went with their second choice which is why you call your first choice first to offer them the job, this way if hey turn it down you can offer it to your second choice.... Instead of telling them they did not get the job and call back to offer them the job. I agree you need to cut yourself some slack and relax this weekend. It may not be his dream job but he got a job for now and you guys are staying afloat. Count your blessings! I would have taken HT's offer, but that's just me. I have a BIL who was a manager at a Shaw's who they tried to screw royally. BIL worked in grocery his whole working life, same as DH, and they tried to fire him for something he didn't do, just because they wanted to get rid of some people. But that's just what I know. I do know, you do not EVER want to work for AHOLD, aka Stop & Shop. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BTW, don't do the Vineyard thing for your anniversary. It's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY overrated. I was born and bred in New England and I have no use for the Vineyard or the Cape whatsoever. (Sorry chiver78) Go to NH. It's nicer and cheaper. I can recommend a few places if you'd like. I was born and sort of bred in the northern part. Go to www.thesnowflakeinn.com/. That's where we stayed for our honeymoon, although I am a bit biased as I have family/grew up in the area so I am a bit biased. Nice inn though and the outlets are just down the road a little ways in North Conway.
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Post by seriousthistime on Feb 27, 2016 13:21:11 GMT -5
Huh, I was born and bred in New England but have not lived there for many years. I go to Martha's Vineyard just about every year and stay a week or so. NOT overrated at all, in my opinion. That I would travel more than 1,000 miles each way to do that tells you how great I think the place is. I rent a house with a group of friends. Wonderful beaches and lots of things to do. Just after Labor Day is a good time to go. If you go in August, try to avoid the week that the Obamas are there.
I would not recommend NH as a vacation spot, but it all depends on what you are looking for. For me, the beach is what makes it a vacation.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 27, 2016 13:32:26 GMT -5
If you go in August, try to avoid the week that the Obamas are there.  That was my mistake last year or the year before I think. Our anniversary is 08/23 and we went there that week and I did not know the Obama's would be in town. Lesson learned!
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 27, 2016 13:51:24 GMT -5
Huh, I was born and bred in New England but have not lived there for many years. I go to Martha's Vineyard just about every year and stay a week or so. NOT overrated at all, in my opinion. That I would travel more than 1,000 miles each way to do that tells you how great I think the place is. I rent a house with a group of friends. Wonderful beaches and lots of things to do. Just after Labor Day is a good time to go. If you go in August, try to avoid the week that the Obamas are there. I would not recommend NH as a vacation spot, but it all depends on what you are looking for. For me, the beach is what makes it a vacation. I'm curious, as I live 10 minutes from a top-notch beach, what is the draw? What are the lots of things to do? (Hoping to travel to NE someday, but not sure exactly where to go.)
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 27, 2016 15:17:11 GMT -5
So I have decided that if I don't get either of the jobs I am interviewing for next week, I will take the agency job as a gateway to another job I really want within the same company. It will mean paying for my own health insurance until I get the job I have my eye on, but it will be worth it in the end. I hope to have a decision made next week.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Feb 27, 2016 16:01:54 GMT -5
So I have decided that if I don't get either of the jobs I am interviewing for next week, I will take the agency job as a gateway to another job I really want within the same company. It will mean paying for my own health insurance until I get the job I have my eye on, but it will be worth it in the end. I hope to have a decision made next week. Wait, I'm confused. I thought there was another job you really wanted that you had interviewed for? Did that not work out? This thread has been going way too fast for me this week!
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Post by Jaguar on Feb 27, 2016 16:05:24 GMT -5
So I have decided that if I don't get either of the jobs I am interviewing for next week, I will take the agency job as a gateway to another job I really want within the same company. It will mean paying for my own health insurance until I get the job I have my eye on, but it will be worth it in the end. I hope to have a decision made next week. Wait, I'm confused. I thought there was another job you really wanted that you had interviewed for? Did that not work out? This thread has been going way too fast for me this week!This thread is one of those threads, that if you blink you're 4 pages behind.
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 27, 2016 16:08:17 GMT -5
So I have decided that if I don't get either of the jobs I am interviewing for next week, I will take the agency job as a gateway to another job I really want within the same company. It will mean paying for my own health insurance until I get the job I have my eye on, but it will be worth it in the end. I hope to have a decision made next week. Wait, I'm confused. I thought there was another job you really wanted that you had interviewed for? Did that not work out? This thread has been going way too fast for me this week!I don't know. The guy was excited and said that even though my commercial background isn't as strong as he would like, he was going to instead hire two people and make a more "learning" role so I can learn what I need without pressure. He was talking about how he thought highly of me and that I have what it takes, just needed a little more training and he was going to call me back after he figured it out with HR on Monday or Tuesday of this week. I called late Tuesday as I hadn't heard from him and he said he was really busy and would get back to me Wednesday. I didn't hear anything so left him a message on Thursday and still haven't heard back. I'm leaving it alone for a few more days and hoping that he just needs a few more days to figure it out. I don't see how it was so positive that he was creating an additional role just for me and then is just not calling me back.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Feb 27, 2016 16:27:46 GMT -5
Wait, I'm confused. I thought there was another job you really wanted that you had interviewed for? Did that not work out? This thread has been going way too fast for me this week! I don't know. The guy was excited and said that even though my commercial background isn't as strong as he would like, he was going to instead hire two people and make a more "learning" role so I can learn what I need without pressure. He was talking about how he thought highly of me and that I have what it takes, just needed a little more training and he was going to call me back after he figured it out with HR on Monday or Tuesday of this week. I called late Tuesday as I hadn't heard from him and he said he was really busy and would get back to me Wednesday. I didn't hear anything so left him a message on Thursday and still haven't heard back. I'm leaving it alone for a few more days and hoping that he just needs a few more days to figure it out. I don't see how it was so positive that he was creating an additional role just for me and then is just not calling me back. Ugh; That's definitely frustrating. I've been on both sides of that situation, and I still don't know the best way to handle it. I hope you have resolution soon.
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Post by 973beachbum on Feb 27, 2016 16:48:37 GMT -5
in case anyone was unaware, that $650 he just spent on V-Day is going to look like chump change after an August weekend on the Vineyard. <<shudder>> We did it last year or was that the year before? Yep Martha's Vineyard is not cheap but who goes there after Labor Day?Me! Or at least we did every year for twenty years. I will say though that we went Labor Day through the next weekend. It was fabulous!!! Just as beautiful but with one quarter the people.
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Post by whoami on Feb 27, 2016 18:31:40 GMT -5
We did it last year or was that the year before? Yep Martha's Vineyard is not cheap but who goes there after Labor Day?Me! Or at least we did every year for twenty years. I will say though that we went Labor Day through the next weekend. It was fabulous!!! Just as beautiful but with one quarter the people. We do this every year on Catalina. Show up the Tues after Labor Day. Weather is still great, everything is is open but the tourists are gone and kids back in school.
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