[Deepsycher]

Not too terrible but annoying.

[Bond]

Well, then, that's just annoying, then.

[Slade]

Yes, that's what he said. You didn't have to repeat it.

Complaint: The work never ends. Blargh.

[Bond]

So sorry, then, Slade.

[Cobnat]

Complaint: This place is deader then Saddam. We need to bring back some of the bad boys (Revan-47 and Hannibal) and get some of the veterans to post here more often, don’t know how exactly, maybe offer them free cheese or something.

[Deepsycher]

I seem to be getting sicker every day but it is not something that can be seen within a short time. It seems that I have allowed external influences that are not of my own to derail my routines. My future looks cloudy.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 25 July 2007 - 06:52 PM

[Bond]

Oh, no! Is it... fatal?

[Deepsycher]

Well it seems over but the outcome and aftereffects are not good.

Sometimes I make mistakes and as unresolved they follow me around until they are resolved. I just wish I can undo some events that happened so that I have no memory of it. Then I wouldn't have even know about this place. Even after resolving everything now seems plain again back to where I was to begin with. I feel the exhaustion taking its toll.

Now its time for me to get back to normal and that takes a long time.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 25 July 2007 - 07:13 PM

[mireaux7]

Im sick of looking for jobs, only to find out that certain jobs are requiring employees to perform more than one task as part of their daily duties.

let me explain:

im a forklift operator, i am currently employed and i make decent income. its always better to make more money (obviously). a friend told me about a company that pays more, and i should apply.

so i did.

about a week elapses, and i get a call wanting me to come in for an interview. cool!, so i attend the interview. the interview went well, but it boiled down to me being placed in a pile with other candidates for review.

the interviewer said that those applicants who had class-a cdl (for those who dont know, thats a license to drive an 18-wheeler) have preferential treatment over other applicants because they can multi-task and also drive the trucks.

the position i applied for pays $16.00 an hr. im thinking to myself, anyone who possess a class-a cdl wouldnt be applying for this position anyways, because if you have a cdl, you make tons more money elsewhere.

but because of this interview, it made me think more and more how many companies today are trying to squeeze more labor and tasks out of their employees.

for starters, a lot of companies express sheer arrogance in their hiring process. they conduct extensive background checks, physicals, amptitude tests, drug tests, etc. many wont talk to you unless you have a resume with cover letter.

you do all this work just to get the job, and then are sometimes asked to do more work that is outside of your initial job description. questioning the duty assigned can be viewed as insubordination.

i guess it works both ways as well. i see a lot of lazy people who have office jobs, and i have caught playing tetris, making personal calls on business lines, taking extended lunch breaks, practicing their golf swing..it makes me wonder sometimes about the occupational diligence of some individuals.

[Slade]

Yeah, a lot of the hiring process is really ridiculous. The people who interview you aren't even halfway interested in your qualifications once they've decided you're worthy of an interview. They want to see that you're just like them. It's a big stupid social game in the guise of determining aptitude. I think the best way to find a job is to know a lot of people and talk to them about potential openings. Connections are everything.

Seriously, though, they want truck drivers who are applying to a fork lift position?

[Deepsycher]

So they can fork lift their worker's pockets for more.

In some jobs they have all these boastful features but as soon as I read in small letters I come across words I have never heard of before for some simple statement. A classic example I think is insubordination, "When you ask questions it is assumed that you are unruly and don't want to take orders." They decorate qualifications and discriminate. I don't feel valued I might as well work for myself but I fear that no happening or falling into debt.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 26 July 2007 - 04:07 PM

[Cyzyk]

Speaking of job troubles.

I'm too damn thin. Apparently permanantly. I've been trying to eat more and work out for over a month now, haven't gained a bloody pound. I need 30 more to apply to the State Police, and I'm not getting there.

Dammit.

Guess I'm not going to do that after all. I'd better get working on figuring out what the heck to do now.

[Bond]

They want people to weigh more before they can apply to become coppers?

Goodness, the world's gone insane...

[reiner]

It's called muscle mass.

[Deepsycher]

They want people to weigh more before they can apply to become coppers?

Goodness, the world's gone insane...

Joke: So they can crush the suspects with their own weight to save money on restraints and armory.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 26 July 2007 - 07:29 PM