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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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Home is behind, the world ahead, |
Actually, we are running with that idea! Just offered it to Hair's friend Tiffney, and she's thrilled.
Poor Danny. ;~D
It's a better solution than just letting it expire.
That's brilliant.
Msdrby's car is newer, isn't it? Clever girl.
So all's well that ends well!
Sounds like the best plan.
Oh, fer the luvva'... Tiffney is perfect for that.
She's still with Danny? Huh. Yah don't say...
So what's the word from the Florida hobbits? Seems that power shoulda' come back by now.
Oh yes, she's still with Danny. She's very excited about this!
She hasn't yet discovered mine has all the radio gear crammed into it.
No word since this morning, so I'd guess they don't have power.
Wonder if her company still found a way to make 'em come in to werk...
My Miami office is still down. Power is still out. Sorta surprising. I figured they'd be back online this afternoon. They didn't flood this time.
This morning we gerry-rigged some mail forwarding to yahoo mail accounts for the Miami staff so that they could dial in from home or the office and keep up with e-mail.
Funny thing is, that office was *supposed* to already be on our new bulletproof mail system, but was delayed. Dammit. Another few days and they'd never even noticed that they were down. [grump].
Count on it. :-P
Her boss prolly came by in a boat to pick all of them up. And requested that they be sure to dress properly while at it - no casual clothing just because of the wind and damp. And that the cost of the conveyance would be taken out of their pay.
Heh...I s'pose they aren't quite THAT bad, but yeesh...some of the hoops they make her jump through!
Roger that.
My company switched to ADP just last year for paychecks and such. I really don't think there would be mass hysteria breaking out if there were some kind of announcement that checks were delayed a day or two because of hurricanes at the processing center. Certainly, there would be people that had a specific hardship... but those could be handled.
First rule of management: Take. Care. of. Your. People.
I cannot imagine ordering my people to put their families or themselves at risk for something as trivial as a payroll run or a mail server.
They always ask you about your best/worst trait; about the biggest success/worst failure of your career; why you left your previous job; what you liked most/least about your previous job; where you plan to be in 1/2/5/10 year(s). Start thinking about the answers to that stuff, and write down your responses; that way, when they ask you those questions, you'll be relaxed when you answer 'em.
Eek...I don't think I *have* any "big successes". I've never headed up any big projects. I've always been just a team member...a bitty cog in the great workings of whatever-my-department-was-called. I'd like to think I'm a very good and dependable bitty cog, but I guess that's not likely what they're thinking about. And the few projects I have headed up haven't been anything important...something like just inventorying a companies computer assets for the first time isn't very impressive when the company is only 50 people or so.
I shall ponder, I guess. And writing stuff down is a good idea. It's the best way to sort out thoughts, IMO.
I'm kinda screwball in my interview questions. My favorite questions are:
-- What did you do for the most fun on a weekend?
-- What is the best fun trip you ever had?
-- Tell me about the first computer you ever used.
-- Tell me about your computer at home. Did you build it, or buy it? Why?
By the end of that discussion, I pretty much know what I need to know about that person.
IMHO.
They tell me what I need to know. :-)
I've always been sorta p'offed at those stupid sorta questions in interviews.
Reminds me of my interview for the place I am now when the lady that would be my boss asked me something about "stressfull situations" and how did I deal with high-stress environments.
I said, and it is pretty much close to quote: "I come from a place where stress means that somebody leaves the day's activities in a body bag. I don't think that here is anything that could possibly happen here that will give me that level of stress."
...or something like that... :-)
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