Posted on 06/17/2025 9:52:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
Glad I’m retired.
No wonder, in my IT career as a contractor, my contract manager always loved sending me out on interviews, because I always got the job. I ended up working for 17 companies between 1994 and my retirement in 2021. One turned into being a full time employee until I quit to move from Seattle to Kentucky to get out of that mayhem.
Tampon Tim: “When I look for someone to hire, I look for these traits”
1) Crazy in a crazy kind of way.
2) Loves to play dress up with or without a mask.
3) Resume indicates they have never really done anything in life.
4) Has easy access to fake cop cars and uniforms.
You beat me to it
Sorry about that narcissistic post. I just noticed the four attributes qualified for how I handled my career and blurted out that post before I had a chance to think about it...
🤔
Curiosity
Conceptual Thinking
Creativity
It was fine, fuhgeddaboudit...............
It sounds like a nightmare.
And kids think they have decision making skills the day they graduate. No wonder they are so frustrated in entry level jobs.
Skill churn is a euphemism for “replace with cheap Indian labor.”
That took “nerve.” Ha Ha.
These skills sound like an easy fit for a future AI.
They will keep calm and collected even if a bomb drops on corporate HQ.
As for empathy for their fellow employees: “I know you may be a few pounds overweight but I would strongly encourage you to...Run!”
Lol.
Yep. I switched jobs when the indians started having an impact. I went for a “communication intensive” job, precluding any foreign competition.🤣
“What we need in the business world is the quick wit to think our way out of a difficult situation, the independence of mind to see a new track, the courage to make a quick decision even if it does not coincide with the general opinion, and the backbone to put it over when we know we are right.”
Henry Timken
http://www.quoteswise.com/henry-timken-quotes.html
I saw that quote in a San Diego museum.
“If you want to lead in any line you must bring to it independence of thought, unfailing industry, aggression, and indomitable purpose.”
“To get anywhere, a man must first see his goal, then lay his plans to attain it, and be prepared to buck up stiffly against every obstruction which threatens his way, beating them back until he conquers them.”
Re: “Sorry about that narcissistic post. I just noticed the four attributes qualified for how I handled my career and blurted out that post before I had a chance to think about it...”
Lol, it gave credibility to the article being more than an ad
I am 1 for 4, but those are all superb traits in an alpha worker destined for greater things. I was sound, steady, reliable. I flunked the rest of the list.
The employee evaluation criteria “tolerance for uncertainty” has never sat perfectly well with This Guy.
It always sounded like: How well does this individual tolerate having steaming heaps of manure dumped on his or her head for months on end without even thinking about complaining.
Kind of forgot trustworthiness, couth, intelligence, and a willingness to compromise. All good traits in a world of business. Without them, you will commit suicide as your employees and supervisors won’t want to work with you.
wy69
I think he is missing the top trait in a worker. Honesty and Integrity. Unless your work is scamming and conning people, my top valued trait is honesty and integrity. People with integrity do their best, work when you are not around, are reliable, won’t clean you out, won’t sabatoge you behind your back.
#1 — deep connection to the corrupt federal money machine
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