I think I just tanked an interview
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@Loki said in I think I just tanked an interview:
If not for Covid would you go to the office? Would you agree for example to go one day a week until some all clear signal came out? Like a future commitment to the office?
Good questions. I don't think I have very appealing answers, though.
If not for Covid would you go to the office?
Sure, full-time. COVID's the only decider here.
Would you agree for example to go one day a week until some all clear signal came out? Like a future commitment to the office?
I've never been into that building, so I don't know the layout, what safety measures the building management, office staff, or cleaning crew are taking and more to the point, I have no idea what kind of enforcement exists, if any. If they asked me to do that, they'd be asking me to place blind faith in people I've never met, putting my and my family's health on the line just so they can maintain an absurd office policy.
I have a better idea: weekly (or daily, I don't care) mandatory check-ins with my boss. I don't meet any of my deadlines, fire me immediately. How's that.
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Never offer to give up money. They really don't care about that anyway. Just stand firm that what you are looking for is a remote position, that you are accustomed to working that way and they will find your participation and steady availability satisfactory. Otherwise you will find yourself right back where you are today.
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@Mik said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Never offer to give up money. They really don't care about that anyway. Just stand firm that what you are looking for is a remote position, that you are accustomed to working that way and they will find your participation and steady availability satisfactory. Otherwise you will find yourself right back where you are today.
Good points. This is one of these things that I just do not know how to couch properly.
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I still don’t know why the CFO is on the call? It’s interesting.
Like he is going to suss out whether they should move forward with Aqua?
Heck maybe he wants the office closed and go full remote to save money.
Or he’s the closer that will talk Aqua into something.
Or he’s a shaman who can divine stuff we can’t see.
Or he’s like for Christ sake you wusses who can’t make a decision let me handle it.
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@Catseye3 said in I think I just tanked an interview:
And you start off by giving up power.
Well as a side note, I don't give any kind of a crap about this position. At all. I would not be there long if I got hired; I'm just in an "any port in the storm" type situation with my current job. I'd quit right this second if this was any kind of a normal year.
So, I don't really care about the money. Whatever they think the bottom might be, I could go lower.
As for the CFO thing, all I can figure is, we'll talk salary? I'm also apparently talking to the CRO right after on Skype. (What the hell is a CRO?)
Please love yourself.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
(What the hell is a CRO?)
You gotta ask??? Chief Racial Officer, of course.
It should have been Chief Race Relations Officer, but that would've screwed up the symmetry on the letterhead.
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"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
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@Mik said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Is this a nonprofit that relies on fundraising? That's the only situation I could see where these financial guys would be interested.
Nope, private company. Apparently they sell SaaS crap to hospitals?
Please love yourself.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
@Mik said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Is this a nonprofit that relies on fundraising? That's the only situation I could see where these financial guys would be interested.
Nope, private company. Apparently they sell SaaS crap to hospitals?
Interesting ... does that company actually develop the SaaS crap the sell, does it play more of a "system integrator" role, or does it merely "resell" some one else's SaaS products then maybe fulfill some service contracts later?
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@Axtremus said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Interesting ... does that company actually develop the SaaS crap the sell, does it play more of a "system integrator" role, or does it merely "resell" some one else's SaaS products then maybe fulfill some service contracts later?
Development and at least a little bit of "system integrator" is how it currently sounds.
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@Loki said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Don’t go there. I can tell there is no motivational fit. Not good for either of you.
It's not even 10AM and this morning I've had to cover for my boss and do his job with front-end development. I had to cover for him because he was in an unscheduled meeting. And by meeting, I mean that he was told that he has to keep calling the department head because he lost his phone, either in his bed or the couch cushions, and he wanted my boss to keep calling him until he found it. My boss keeps getting emails like, "Haven't found it." "Keep calling, I can't hear it." "Are you still calling?" "Keep calling." This has been going on for an hour.
It's 2020. Another Great Depression is highly probable if not imminent. My motivation right now is getting the fuck out in a way that doesn't put me in financial trouble. That's going to have to be motivation enough.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
@Loki said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Don’t go there. I can tell there is no motivational fit. Not good for either of you.
And by meeting, I mean that he was told that he has to keep calling the department head because he lost his phone, either in his bed or the couch cushions, and he wanted my boss to keep calling him until he found it.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
My boss keeps getting emails like, "Haven't found it." "Keep calling, I can't hear it." "Are you still calling?" "Keep calling."
That is absolutely . . . forget it; there are no words for what that is. In an adult.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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@Catseye3 said in I think I just tanked an interview:
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
My boss keeps getting emails like, "Haven't found it." "Keep calling, I can't hear it." "Are you still calling?" "Keep calling."
That is absolutely . . . forget it; there are no words for what that is. In an adult.
That's today.
Every day is something. Every single.
