I just checked my snail mail and I got Jehovah Witness'ed by mail. Hand addressed envelope and hand written note, plus Watchtower.
Dita....come out, come out. Your owner needs you.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Jan 20, 2012 9:38:49 am PST #17380 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2012 9:39:29 am PST #17381 of 30001
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Dita!!!!
Before I lose it completely, I just need one more round of "choose the student worker"
Candidate A
Second Semester Senior
Experience Organizing Large events
Can't start for a week
Likes animals
Completely well spoken on phone and in person (no awkward pauses, etc)
Because she is a senior, I will only have her for 3 months
Candidate B
Sophomore
Experience as an office worker/phone answerer
Already works for the School, so could start right away
Because she already works for the school, not available for more hours
Likes theatre
Because she is a sophomore, may not have to hire anyone for 2 years
HELP!
Liese S. - Jan 20, 2012 9:42:26 am PST #17382 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Which is more relevant experience to the position? Which do you feel like you will click with day to day?
I suspect from what you've said earlier that Candidate A is the superior candidate, but your main objection to her is the rehiring process. However, you have no guarantee that Candidate B will stick with you for the two years, so I think you should lessen that as your criteria and gauge the workers on how they will be for you doing the job.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2012 9:44:30 am PST #17383 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would have said Candidate B, because three months isn't worth it. Unless Candidate A has actually worked for your office before? Then she'd need less training.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2012 9:45:51 am PST #17384 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I suspect from what you've said earlier that Candidate A is the superior candidate, but your main objection to her is the rehiring process. However, you have no guarantee that Candidate B will stick with you for the two years, so I think you should lessen that as your criteria and gauge the workers on how they will be for you doing the job.
You are right. The other problem I have is that I am afraid I am screwing over my relationship with the research department by not sharing a student with them-- which I often do in the summer when students can work 40 hours a week.
Liese S. - Jan 20, 2012 9:48:17 am PST #17385 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
What makes you think you'd be screwing over your relationship? Had you already committed to doing so?
And hiring either of these students would not solve that, right?
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2012 9:52:09 am PST #17386 of 30001
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Candidate B is research's student currently-- they can't guarantee her more than 10 hours and she wants 20. The student that I fired was also their student (and still works for them). When they found out my issues with her, they lent me Candidate B for a few days, and she was just fine (although I did not really train her)
msbelle - Jan 20, 2012 9:54:15 am PST #17387 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
smonster email me your address please.
polgara, email me your sister's address again, thanks.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2012 9:58:15 am PST #17388 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My reading of it leans significantly towards candidate B. What am I missing? Why is candidate A still so strongly in the running? Maybe that will help.
My 27/279th deployment just got moved out two weeks. I had to ask a million times to make sure it wasn't an IT issue (because that's my fault, and the developers have been taunting me that we won't make it), but it's not! It's purely a business call, because I would have dragged the entire IT department (QA included, even though they're not my team) kicking and screaming into a end of the month installation.
I hate to be relieved, but it's totally easier this way.
And it seems like the new guy I had to interact with (new to me, not to the company) is giving me props, so even though he's changing everything, it will work. As I said, kicking and screaming if required.
(I love that the PM seemed to be on IT's side, even though he's a general PM, not the IT PM. That's the sort of thing I want to cultivate. Not that there are sides, just the team solidarity. I want to form teams all the time. It's my current work thing.)
Dita! Have you found her yet? Don't lose your shit. You will need it.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2012 10:01:42 am PST #17389 of 30001
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My reading of it leans significantly towards candidate B. What am I missing? Why is candidate A still so strongly in the running? Maybe that will help.
Because I am so backed up with work, I need someone to unbury me, and I feel like she will need little direction-- I can just hand her my mess and she will fix it for me. In my experience, only exceptional sophomores can figure out a job within parameters, but without specific instruction.