also, the dude giving the interview was such a nice, chill, down-to-earth guy who was really interested in my creative endeavors and was very up-front about what exactly the job entails and how basically nobody who starts it knows anything about windows beforehand lol

Congrats on getting hired at Microsoft

 i had an interview today as well, i think i did okay i guess. the owner guy i got on pretty well with, the other guy i talked to who i'd be working closely with seemed a little more awkward and i kinda started to blank on what i wanted to ask him. i could tell that he knew i was extremely inexperienced but i did my best to convey that i'd keep learning 

Quote from: Samus Aran on March 11, 2020, 09:05:33 AMdon't wanna jump the gun, but i'm at least past the interview and onto getting set up for the paid training. next step is making it through the training and being kept on as an employee.



it's for a window company, and my job would basically be setting people up for consultations on window replacements/upgrades.

which technically means my job would basically be knocking on doors and getting rejected a lot

but the money could be good (potentially great tbh, the bonuses get pretty huge), it ain't fuckin retail, and dear lord do i need a job rn lmao.

so i hope it works out!!! even if i only do it for a year or so!

ool! I used to do that as a summer job. It's definitely awkward knocking on random people's doors at first but you get used to it. Most people were pretty nice to me. Although a few did call the police (we didn't have the permits to canvass lol) 

I wish you lots of leads!

I have a friend who's a fenestrator and he did Michael Bay's house

Quote from: Travis on March 11, 2020, 01:45:17 PMi had an interview today as well, i think i did okay i guess. the owner guy i got on pretty well with, the other guy i talked to who i'd be working closely with seemed a little more awkward and i kinda started to blank on what i wanted to ask him. i could tell that he knew i was extremely inexperienced but i did my best to convey that i'd keep learning 

reminds me a lot about my current job. when my now-manager interviewed me i thought he was legitimately autistic. couldn't hold eye contact with me, was not very excited about the work or the position, pretty awkward

even like a week after working closely with him he is super extroverted, and funny- kind of a michael scott type but still endearing. i think just really bad at interviewing lol

the guy who did my recent interview seemed like the type that didn't give a shit about doing interviews lol, like the conversation went as if i already had the job the second i walked in.

Quote from: YPrrrr on March 11, 2020, 04:41:02 PMOh cool! I used to do that as a summer job. It's definitely awkward knocking on random people's doors at first but you get used to it. Most people were pretty nice to me. Although a few did call the police (we didn't have the permits to canvass lol)  

I wish you lots of leads!

yeah, like the bossman even said that most of the time either people won't even be home, or they'll just politely decline. but i hope i do ok with leads and consultations! the little bonus for getting a lead isn't much, but the bonus for when it actually results in a consultation is much more. he told me that some of the guys doing this actually make a stupidly large amount of money for something so easy. i don't expect to ofc, but i hope to do at least ok. the base $14/hr i'd always get if i never got any leads ever isn't too good lol

Been applying to jobs pretty passively here and there looking for something where I am an actual Software Developer and out of maybe 2 dozen applications (all Indeed ez apply because I'm lazy lol) I've had one phone screen and as of yesterday a take home assignment from another company.

Pretty siked because this is already WAY better than when I was job hunting a year ago (maybe had like 1/50 follow-up success then lol) and I am actually capable of completing this take home project in a satisfactory manner, as opposed to the couple that I've received in the past that were way over my head.

Had a conversation with work on Friday that I think they thought was supposed to go over well.

Essentially they said they could put me on the CAREs act. What that would mean is they would cut my hours and my salary, but I get to claim unemployment. I'd be making more if I did that, cause if you get $1 of unemployment you qualify for the $600 bonus deal through July. I asked them if I would be stuck at this cut salary after July or would is be restored? to which they said "We can't promise anything."

fucking hell man, stop messing with my money. I guess I should take this deal cause I'd be making $600 more than what I would be making, but I'm just worried they're gonna screw me come August.

Quote from: strongbad on April 22, 2020, 01:28:07 PMBeen applying to jobs pretty passively here and there looking for something where I am an actual Software Developer and out of maybe 2 dozen applications (all Indeed ez apply because I'm lazy lol) I've had one phone screen and as of yesterday a take home assignment from another company.

Pretty siked because this is already WAY better than when I was job hunting a year ago (maybe had like 1/50 follow-up success then lol) and I am actually capable of completing this take home project in a satisfactory manner, as opposed to the couple that I've received in the past that were way over my head.

hell yeah brother that's some good shit

hey y'all

i'm still stuck working during the whole shebang.
I'm told im an essential employee but i'm still receiving my normal salary and taking the risk to be there.
especially risky after my gm tested positive for the covid last week.

but yea hi boyah

Quote from: LCK on April 27, 2020, 05:02:53 PMhey y'all

i'm still stuck working during the whole shebang.
I'm told im an essential employee but i'm still receiving my normal salary and taking the risk to be there.
especially risky after my gm tested positive for the covid last week.

but yea hi boyah

yikes

you're behind the scenes yeah? not customer facing

Quote from: strongbad on April 27, 2020, 05:34:03 PM

Quote from: LCK on April 27, 2020, 05:02:53 PMhey y'all

i'm still stuck working during the whole shebang.
I'm told im an essential employee but i'm still receiving my normal salary and taking the risk to be there.
especially risky after my gm tested positive for the covid last week.

but yea hi boyah

yikes

you're behind the scenes yeah? not customer facing

nd the scenes, yea. But it was down to a team of 4 people. Me, my chef, and two managers in the front. One manager tested positive last week and my chef just texted me saying he feels sick.

im truly not comfortable working but dont know how to get out of it without losing my chance at unemployment

Quote from: LCK on April 27, 2020, 07:59:31 PM

Quote from: strongbad on April 27, 2020, 05:34:03 PM

Quote from: LCK on April 27, 2020, 05:02:53 PMhey y'all

i'm still stuck working during the whole shebang.
I'm told im an essential employee but i'm still receiving my normal salary and taking the risk to be there.
especially risky after my gm tested positive for the covid last week.

but yea hi boyah

yikes

you're behind the scenes yeah? not customer facing

nd the scenes, yea. But it was down to a team of 4 people. Me, my chef, and two managers in the front. One manager tested positive last week and my chef just texted me saying he feels sick.

im truly not comfortable working but dont know how to get out of it without losing my chance at unemployment

same position my gf was in before she quit. luckily she was able to get unemployement (it seemed less certain for a while there) but regardless it is a fucked situation to be in. hope it works out for you