Ground Control To Major Tom...

[avocado_love]

Am I a bad person for (secretly, and very quietly) wishing my company suffers in the recession? Why do I feel a little thrill every time a report that comes out saying our deactavations are 130% of target, or that the SoCal market is actually losing more customers than it's gaining? I don't want anyone to be put out of work, of course.  These feelings are illogical, but I have them anyway.

It can't be right to hate the place you work that much that a part of me wants to see it shut down... can it?

I really, really don't want to lose my job. They're actually firing people now for not hitting quota for the first time ever. Those bastards. They ignore it for years. YEARS. And then when we are in a deep recession they start firing people for not hitting goal. I'm not concerned for myself. I'm good enough that I can hit goal if I feel motivated.

But I smile to myself every time the director of the call center comes by, looking unusually rumpled and stressed like he's been bitched out all night. Usually he takes a month long vacation in December. Not this year.

Okay, I'll admit it. It's kind of fun to see them all running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Maybe what I'm feeling is a little private satisfaction and revenge for all the times they've put me though hell.

Ugh. This is such a morbid type of joy, and for some reason I don't think its healthy. Thoughts, flist?


Anyway, onto a Meme. I got this from arielen .

A. People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question. Who ever does that?
B. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

So, jakia  , enchanted_jae  , themarisa  , dark_puck  , teriyakibroth  , glorfindel  , piink_tequila  , and dungeonwriter  I CHOOSE YOU!!!!!


01. What are your nicknames?
My name doesn't really do well for nicknames. But people call me by my last name at work... sometimes?

02. How do you style your hair?
Usually it's down. Sometimes when I'm feel like being pretty I put it up.

03. What's new in your life right now?
Awaiting the results of my state test. *bites nails* Trying to get through the worst sales holiday season EVAH. Other than that? Nothing.

04. How many colours are you wearing now?
Black and maroon. (Ohh lala)

05. Are you an introvert or extrovert?
Extrovert

06. What was the last book you read?
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (Oh how embarrasing. I usually don't like Urban Fantasys, but this was quite good)

07. Do you nap a lot?
I used to come home and have a good nap a couple times a week. Then I got a dog. Now every time I lay down I get a slobby mastiff face in my face.

08. If the person you secretly like is already taken, what would you do?
Usually I let it go, and then swoop in if/when he breaks up with his signifcant other.

09. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
The economy, mostly. The job reports... I've stopped looking at CNN.com because I just can't take it.

10. What's your favorite dessert?
Blondie's

11. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
Like 45 minutes.

12. What websites do you visit daily?
Icanhazcheezburger, Livejournal, DA, (used to be) CNN, Phonescoop,

13. What classes are you taking right now? And if you're not in school any more, what's your job?
I work in telesales, trying to get a job as a water treatment operator.

14. Do you like to clean?
Yes, under duress.

15. What's the last song that got stuck in your head?
Space Oddity by David Bowie (actually it's stuck there right now. Can you hear me Major Tom?)

16. What's the last movie you saw?
Kung Fu Panda

17. What's better: eternal love or memorable love?
Eternal Love, I guess. I don't believe in it, though.

18. What is your least favorite thing to do that you have to do everyday?
Go to work. :P

19. Best time of your life?
I dunno. There's no 'best time' and there's no 'worst time'. I'm not one for looking back, I guess.

20. What are you most looking forward to in the coming month?
Test results... eek! And I guess Xmas so I can visit the family.

Comments

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ugh. This is such a morbid type of joy, and for some reason I don't think its healthy. Thoughts, flist?

I don't know. I'm probably a bad judge of it! My line in the sand is "when I'd rather be (hit by a car|kill myself|somehow die) than go to work, it's time to look for a new job". If nothing else, that keeps me from lingering in the middle of the street hoping to be hit! :P (I really, really hate interviewing, a part of the reason why I'm still here.)

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on that line in the sand (and I've already crossed it how many times? XD). Interviews suck, but the worst part for me is the resume. I think it's because at my company when you're trying to get a promotion you're sitting across the desk from people you've worked with for 3+ years, and they know your faults and they try to break you down in the interview.

My interview for a sup position lasted 1 hr, and was not pleasant. Not at all. (Although I came in second for almost getting the job! Lol!)

So after that, interviewing with a company that at least try to be polite... it's no big deal. Kinda like sticking your hand in a cotton gin. After that, stubbing your toe isn't bad. lol.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

My interview for a sup position lasted 1 hr, and was not pleasant. Not at
all. (Although I came in second for almost getting the job! Lol!)

Unfortunately I can top that. I went for a day-long interview. 8 AM to 5 PM, with them taking me out to lunch in the middle (and asking me questions during it -- nothing like trying to eat while being questioned). I interviewed with like 10 different people/groups that day.

They liked me, said they'd send me an offer... then never did. (They had a hiring freeze the very next day.)

All that time and stress wasted for nothing!

[ashacrone.livejournal.com]

I rather feel for you. I had a sales job selling Dead Sea beauty products and I felt a sadistic bit of joy after I left and the place went under.

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

haha! Maybe I'm not that abnormal then... Or maybe sales just provokes negative feelings. lol.

[ashacrone.livejournal.com]

I hated it. I was good at it, but nothing could make me enjoy it because I had to look at people like prey with nothing better to do than buy crud. *shrugs* I don't think I would have liked the person I would have become if I had really enjoyed that job.

[dark-puck.livejournal.com]

Honestly, right now I feel like I'd commit animal sacrifice to just GET a job. The only real chance I was given, I got dicked around and gave up on it (Fuck you very much, Macy's.) So I feel bad for people who are getting fired because their employers are doing poorly.

[ruebroadway.livejournal.com]

Oh God do I feel your pain...
Macy's was your devil, and it's my savior (at least until the holiday season is over). It sucks to have to depend on reatial jobs when there is a recession, but those damn offices are stingy with their job offers (9-5 people, is that too much to ask?!?).

[dark-puck.livejournal.com]

I almost had that job. So close to it...

but they scheduled me for that interview at one and it was about twelve-fifty when they did and I'm sorry but you CANNOT get from Macy's Downtown to the Arden Fair Mall in ten minutes, especially when you need someone to validate your parking because you have no cash. Add that to my just having moved to the area and I got lost on my way back and ended up an hour late. So they make me reschedule -- or rather, give them my phone number so they can get in touch with me to do so.

Two phone numbers and an e-mail address and NOTHING for a week. I go in to see wtf is going on, and the person I needed to talk to? Not in when she was supposed to be. I waited an hour and a half, then went home and called every thirty minutes.

Nothing.

I gave up by that point because I was so furious I'd fuck up any interview.

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

Oh my God that does suck. And I don't think you could go from downtown to Arden in ten minutes even in the middle of the night with no traffic... well, depending on the part of downtown.

Think of it this way... if they were that inept in interviewing you, how would it be to actually work for them? I one time had to wait for 3 hours in a lobby while the president of a company got off his lazy ass and decided to interview me. I got the job, but that was a good first taste on how the company was run.

If you're still looking... I suggest Adecco. They're a local temp agency, and I used them to get my current job. Call them up and they send you a packet which you fill out and take some online tests to see if you can type and think, or whatever. They have part time and full time positions (but for the love of god, don't let them talk you into working for Verizon. See my previous bitchings for how fun that place can be.)

I used to work for AT&T Wireless, and when they hired me I only had experience in retail. That's full time, though. But it's a large call center and they are always hiring, and I think they're union now.

Or Craigslist! That's good too!

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

When in doubt... temp agency's! (Actually, they're not half bad if you're in need of a job, like, now.)

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

"Moon Called" is AWESOME!

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

GAWD! It is, isn't it?! I should have hated it. I hate first person. I hate urban fantasy.... BUT I LOVED THAT BOOK! (And I promptly asked for the second and third ones for Xmas. hehe).