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Feb. 17th, 2004 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bzarcherMatt,
I'm sorry, but Highlights has still not returned our requests for information, so we are fairly confident that this means they hired the other candidate. I'm sorry, and will keep you in mind for other opportunities, and want to thank you for all your paitence in this.
Well, between that and several other things this morning, including a professor who decided to fuck off to Germany setting a bunch of custom passwords on his department's production server and not leaving them with anyone in case of a problem (like they're having now, and one that would be an easy fix if we just had administrator access), I believe the appropriate description of this morning is:
Son of a BITCH.
I'm sorry, but Highlights has still not returned our requests for information, so we are fairly confident that this means they hired the other candidate. I'm sorry, and will keep you in mind for other opportunities, and want to thank you for all your paitence in this.
Well, between that and several other things this morning, including a professor who decided to fuck off to Germany setting a bunch of custom passwords on his department's production server and not leaving them with anyone in case of a problem (like they're having now, and one that would be an easy fix if we just had administrator access), I believe the appropriate description of this morning is:
Son of a BITCH.
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:32 am (UTC)*hug*
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:34 am (UTC)Honestly, what really ticks me off is how Highlights is handling this. If you're going to hire someone else, fine, hire someone else. But don't keep stringing along and then stop returning phone calls all of the sudden. It makes you sound like a fly by night, not a national company.
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:38 am (UTC)And you're right. It does make them seem less than on the up-and-up.
*hug*
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:44 am (UTC)And it's really frustrating because the actual support gnomes were all nice people. And when I talked to them it was very clear I could not only bring something they needed, but actually TEACH these people. Plus, since they continually referred to me as top candidate, I have a feeling this is the result of some HR strokeoff deciding that saving money was better than going with the guy who knows what he's doing.
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:33 am (UTC)Son of a bitch must pay.
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:35 am (UTC)For payback, it's a bitch.
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Date: 2004-02-17 08:14 am (UTC)[and then you can bring back German chocolate for all your friends with what's left over ;D]
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Date: 2004-02-17 08:16 am (UTC)About Highlights
Date: 2004-02-17 07:39 am (UTC)When I was still job-hunting in Florida, I was asked very casually if I had ever smoked. Well...yeah, I think I smoke once a year, if that, and only if it's a celebratory cigar, expensive clove, or something of that nature. I was told that this was enough to disqualify me from obtaining a lucrative position at the American Cancer Society, and they were so sorry but I should have just said no, blah blah blah.
Fuck them. If they're going to make you jump through hoops of bullshit, you're better off without them.
Press on.
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:46 am (UTC)But, we'll see.
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:41 am (UTC)There *are* ways into one of those when you have no other options... ;)
["I'm sorry. You were an asshat, and we broke into your machine while you were in Germany, since you seemed to consider yourself exempt from the hit-by-a-bus rule."]
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:46 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-17 07:54 am (UTC)Regards,
God.
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Date: 2004-02-17 08:29 am (UTC)I'll send Ebisumaru to Germany to hunt down that prof and traumatize him with his fan dance. Mweeheehee
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Date: 2004-02-17 09:13 am (UTC)Best of luck.
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Date: 2004-02-17 09:58 am (UTC)Oh, well. 4 more applications sent today.
Custom passwords, eh?
Date: 2004-02-17 09:26 am (UTC)Re: Custom passwords, eh?
Date: 2004-02-17 09:58 am (UTC)The Ultimate Solution
Date: 2004-02-17 09:38 am (UTC)Innnnnfinnnniiiityyyy
PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANTS!
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Date: 2004-02-17 09:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-17 09:48 am (UTC)I tell ya what, we'll h@axx0r the box while you go to Germany and smite merrily with the golf clubs.
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Date: 2004-02-17 09:59 am (UTC)Hey, is TA hiring? ;D
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Date: 2004-02-17 10:40 am (UTC)Gerald's been studying for some time on game design. If/when he moves on to Bioware, I'll cross my fingers. :/
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Date: 2004-02-17 10:50 am (UTC)Well, we'll see what happens, eh?
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Date: 2004-02-17 10:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-17 12:47 pm (UTC)Asshats in the work world. God above I hate them all.
That's an ungodly tough break, man. I'd totally flip out and start lead piping random passersby if I had to deal with that. But then, I lead pipe passersby anyway, just not _random_ ones.