i wouldn't know i've never been unemployed, it's merely an observation i've seen in others
Posted on 07/18/2017 5:19:30 PM PDT by fulltlt
Yes, I have heard this as well.
> it’s easier to find work while you are working than when you are unemployed
My experience is exactly the opposite, but then again I have actual marketable skills with real value. This makes me all but immune to the BS 90% of the rest of the workforce has to put up with.
I had a couple of those and I am so thankful.
Work hard, keep your head up and the Lord will show you the way.
It took a few rounds of the school of hard knocks to get that through my head.
i wouldn't know i've never been unemployed, it's merely an observation i've seen in others
Cabela`s are DOUBLE douchebags. Management are all Ra, ra, sis bom ba....everyone works together to give the customers a great experience. BUT the $10-11 employees are like sharks attacking each other to grab a sale .......quit after a few weeks, before I punched a couple of little weasels out!!!! Use to go there as a customer just to look for new gear. Now, I spit when I pass near a store & I'll never cross their threshold again!!!
And...
We made it!
If the opportunity at Amazon is perceived to be better than where you are now, take it. It’s a job, not a marriage. If you work there a year and it turns out to be as bad as some on this thread are making it, quit and go elsewhere.
I ran the contracting circuit during my corporate years, so that’s just part of the terrain.
In what was then my specialty there were rarely opportunities to have one project conveniently start as soon as the previous one finished, so I had between-projects periods on a regular basis.
It was far far easier to get a new contract when I wasn’t busy with existing commitments. I had time to do what I needed to do to prepare, assess options, sort/consider/research jobs and employers, revise resumes, write covers where appropriate, interview, and negotiate. If one is specialized in a particular piece of software, as I was, then taking the time to research which companies use that software and what the needs of those companies are is both invaluable and unreasonably difficult to do correctly in the midst of another commitment.
Working projects where your commitment is really 10+ hours a day doesn’t leave time to do the whole job search thing with the level of commitment necessary to swing a good deal.
In my younger years, I had a few jobs where I never came back from lunch on the first day. Over the decades, I never had a job that took me a year to decide if it was right for me.
know several people that work for them. Say it’s hard work but worth it. Gets easier the longer you stay. It is a different culture then most. Don’t like it quit, if you like it stay. Good resume builder.
TAKE THE JOB!
From what I hear from some people I know who work for Amazon, it’s a good place to work — good environment, good salary, opportunities for those who want more responsibilities.
I would recommend checking it out and talking with them directly to find out if what they are offering fits your skills and interests and vice versa.
Good luck!
I think the supervisors under whom you are working could make or break the job...
As a Chicagoland resident, you are familiar with Coldwell Banker real estate—They are ubiquitous! I worked at 2 CB branch offices. Same job description—absolutely loved one of the offices, the other not so much (at all!)
I would consider going to interview—you are interviewing them as much as they you. Hopefully they give you a tour, and you get to meet some of the supervisory staff as well as see the working conditions, some potential colleagues, etc.
From your post, sounds like you are interested in the health benefits offered by a large corporation. If that is important, a stable company would be important. Love them or hate them, I think Amazon in some form is here for the long haul, and if you like it, you could move up.
Good luck!
You must like to walk many miles a day and be a human robot tracked all day long. You slow down and I believe they take you out back and shoot you. Just rumor mind you : )
That place gets consistent bad ratings and has a big turn over which seems to support their scary ratings. No shortage of horror stories regarding Amazon.
Even if ya only spent 6 months there, it could have been time to find something much better but instead you might miss out while being Amazons stooge.
Personal decision - sometimes company politics can’t dictate what one does for himself/his family.
Will you be working for a temp agency or Amazon?
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