spoiled chinese girl

Didn’t do anything horribly exciting today.

Went to work, they had a pumpkin carving contest.  No one won because no one really participated.

Went to my bf’s house to watch silly B-rated horror movies.

They were funny.

But ya, *shrug* nothing excites me on this night.

Happy new year!

The show was awesome. I don't think I'd ever been sprayed in the face with so many substances before in my life. Going home… I watched a drunken joint fall off the last step of the escalator, before making really stupid WWF/E imitations to a subway car full of people who looked at him like he was a drunken idiot.

This morning I purchased <3+.com

Two Thursdays ago I interviewed with a company in my field, that is on the up & up and expanding and growing in a good way. One Thursday ago they brought me in to hang out with someone to show me what the job would be, and I would be excellent at it. I should hear back at the beginning of this week whether or not I got it.

This afternoon I was called by my old company that fired me two years ago, then brought me back for a few months, then I told to screw off (Because I was pissed they fired me) asking if I was interested in working for them because my former co-worker ended up on sick-leave.

Either way, I want out of the bastard company I'm at now. I'm wondering how far I can push negotiations at both companies. HELP!

Where were we…

Ah, yes, my HR manager trying to get me to not leave early because we are short staffed because we bloody can’t well keep staff in the seats, and they’re leaving faster than we can hire them.  Why hiring takes so long is beyond me, because our jobs can be done with blindfolded monkeys.

So while I understand her plight, I tried to explain myself with a reply similar to the following:

I understand we are short staffed and this is an inconvenience.  I have done everything I could to move the time, unfortunately this was the best I could do.  I had already changed my appointment from 1pm in the afternoon to 4:30pm to minimize the time away from the office.

HR replies with a simple “Thanks.”

Have I mentioned that it took until I e-mailed saying “Hey I need to leave early” was I told that I was training a new person?  (There were rumours we were supposed to have a new person start on Wednesday but that didn’t happen)

So today comes around, I’m meeting this new person and as early as I could muster, I e-mail HR and my boss again going “So… when I leave at 3pm today who should the new person sit with?”

I seemed to have smacked someone upside the head with that comment.  Because I was faced with a reply from HR of “I thought you weren’t leaving early, you said in your last e-mail that your appointment was changed from 1pm to 4:30.  Please clarify.”

So… I am now baffled  at the denseness and stupidity I need to deal with.  I reply.

My apologies, I thought it was made clear.  My appointment was originally at 1pm which would have resulted in me leaving at 11:30 in the morning.  I was able to change it to 4:30pm which was the latest time available, but with 90 minutes of travel time I will need to leave at 3pm to make it on time.

Now in my head I’m thinking “If I had an appointment at 1pm, why would I ask to leave at 3pm?  And if I’m saying “This was the best I could do” doesn’t that generally mean I tried but I still sort of failed?

Anyways, not all was lost.  I got to my interview half an hour early, I was able to leave generally on time, and no one really made a big stink about it.  It was an hour.  The world will not end if I leave an hour early.

Especially since I stayed half an hour late both Monday and Tuesday, and an hour late Wednesday to try and make up the time.

Second job interview today. Not so much interview as it was just a general get-to-know the company and see if I would fit in as well as I hope I would.

I got to meet someone who would probably end up being my supervisor or manager, or at least someone I could turn to if I needed help, great guy, lots of fun. Very friendly and supportive and was able to show me lots of things that I would be doing, all of which I am more than capable of through what I learned in school or my previous experience. The best was the fact they are currently implementing a system that I had previously worked with, so I actually knew more about this one computer system than he did, and ever so slightly demonstrated that fact.

I think it went well and I am waiting to hear back. I had to rush to get into this interview though because they wanted everyone in this week so they could decide this coming weekend.

Getting there was a nightmare. Not the drive or anything, that I was perfectly fine with. But my HR at my current company… idiots. Seriously.

I basically found out Tuesday night that they wanted me in Wednesday morning. Unfortunately this company I am interviewing with is sort of like that. They kind of pick times for you without really consulting you. So I replied saying I couldn’t, and it would be better if I could give notice for next week. Not a go because they wanted everything done this weekend. The best we could compromise on was me leaving work an hour early today.

So Wednesday afternoon, after I finalized the plans to go Thursday evening, I e-mail HR and my immediate supervisor saying I needed to leave at 3pm for an appointment (Right, I’m not going to tell them I’m going to any job interviews thats for damn sure) and HR replies to me going “Oh but you know we’re short-staffed and you are training a new person who needs to shadow you and it would really help out the company if you could do it after hours.”

Of course, I knew nothing about this until after I had made plans. Because why would you tell someone they’re training someone else less than 3 hours before the end of the shift the night before?

Anyways, I want to write about the exchange of e-mails… but that deserves it’s own post.

Stay tuned!