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i always thought those sort of questions were really weird.  I've been called twice about former subordinates and I've said only positive things. In fact, one of them was a former boss who ended up working under me by the time he left.

What kind of fucked up person would impede someone's opportunity to land a job by slandering them?

no but i would hope a person wouldn't list someone who fired them as a reference.

well if Canadian government works in the same capacity as American government, that does not surprise me.

well interview is setup for friday morning.

I'm not sold on the job already, but interview practice never hurts, and hey you can always turn down a job if they offer it.

q-q-q-quad post!


was offered the job. will turn it down. the extra money + better title isn't worth it imo. It's not outrageously more money.


will no longer keep everyone updated.

You need to prove your disaster management unit is still important. Start a forest fire.

pirana6 wrote:

was offered the job. will turn it down. the extra money + better title isn't worth it imo. It's not outrageously more money.

fuck now I'm regretting this. I didn't take the (slightly) higher paying job with a better title and more independence because I guessed it wouldn't be as enjoyable?

I'm an idiot. Well I guess it's a good learning opportunity.

pirana6 wrote:

pirana6 wrote:

was offered the job. will turn it down. the extra money + better title isn't worth it imo. It's not outrageously more money.

fuck now I'm regretting this. I didn't take the (slightly) higher paying job with a better title and more independence because I guessed it wouldn't be as enjoyable?

I'm an idiot. Well I guess it's a good learning opportunity.

Well I went back on this.

I emailed the person back and said I acted to hastily, regret my decision, acknowledge my reasons were unfounded, etc. etc. I tried to be as humble as possible and told her if the position opened up again down the line I would be interested - secretly hoping it would still be open now and she'd reconsider me (I emailed her back less than 24 hours after initially declining).

Here's where the story gets interesting... I was expecting her to say something like, "Sorry we've already filled the position. Good luck in your search" or something like that. Instead she said, "We just hired the person that position will report to. I'll let him know your situation as well as the hiring situation on the whole and he'll be in touch."
Huh? You could offer me the position before he was there but a day later you have to wait for his approval? Odd.
He called me the coming monday and asked me to come down and talk with him about the position. I did and it was essentially another interview... fair enough, but he added at the end that it was basically down to me or they re-open the search and start-over. I figured since I had be approved from the people that already work there I would be in. Unfortunately he called yesterday and said he was going to re-open it. He gave me some spiel about it not being about me, that he would like me to re-apply, etc. Of course when it's you vs nobody and you lose... you have no intention of trying again. For all intents I came in last in a race of 1.

After ALL this, my boss put in to give me a raise/promotion. Nothing life changing - a grand a year or so - so I came out up - not necessarily ahead, but up.

tldr: Applied for job, was interviewed, was offered position, declined position, reneged on declination, was re-interviewed, was declined offer.

What a clusterfuck

I agree this was a mess on my part


but what did you decide you wanted to do with your life again? Now that you've been turned down for everything and are in your late 20s.

pirana6 wrote:

I agree this was a mess on my part


but what did you decide you wanted to do with your life again? Now that you've been turned down for everything and are in your late 20s.

I haven't decided on anything. I don't want children or to be a home owner so I am not trying too hard to do anything new or building towards something. A big part of me just wants to run off and drop out of American society. Joining a militia or fighting in a conflict sounds more appealing than getting a career going because I don't see a fulfilling endgame to it.

Has the recent election given you some motivation to move into politics?

Pocshy2.0 wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

I might be resigning on Monday, time to do something else, wish me luck!

Monday has passed. Where you at?

he's panhandling at Ayer's Rock giving the abo's tips on how to pose for facebook. When he's not in his mum's basement clogging the toilet mind you . . .

Pocshy2.0 wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

I might be resigning on Monday, time to do something else, wish me luck!

Monday has passed. Where you at?

Still waiting for a meeting with my manager.

If there is one thing which really puts my back up its being taken for granted.
The company is changing direction, my role is expected to change radically, its been assumed that I'm OK with it - which I'm not and I made it clear a year ago. Best not to announce publically Dilbert is going to be doing something when Dilbert has said privately he absolutely is not.

The CEO is a cunt who expects everyone to submit to his whims and piss-poor strategy.
This is what the share price has done over the past five years so who is the prick?

If he'd listened to me at the last planning meeting we'd have some neat features on our products, not just a set of 'me-too' junk.
The funny part is the sales manager jumped ship to a competitor and took my best ideas with him - which are now on their released products.
If there is another planning meeting and I'm there this is going to be pointed out very crudely.

My direct manager is OK, he's caught up in the crap too, but I'm not going to submit out of pity.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2016-07-21 02:20:00)