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?
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Liese S. - Jan 20, 2012 9:48:17 am PST #17385 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2012 9:52:09 am PST #17386 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
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
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
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.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2012 10:09:35 am PST #17390 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And is the *definite* short term part of it worth it? I mean, knowing you'll have to redo the process in a few months?
SuziQ - Jan 20, 2012 10:09:57 am PST #17391 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
On the other hand, an investment in training time for the sophomore will give you longer term help without having to go through the hiring process again.
Polgara - Jan 20, 2012 10:11:17 am PST #17392 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
polgara, email me your sister's address again, thanks.
Assuming I still have the right number for you, I just texted it. (Was easier with cat on top of me.)
Lee - Jan 20, 2012 10:13:59 am PST #17393 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Dita made herself known! We are now hiding in the bathroom. I'm glad I didn't completely lose my shit because she totally did.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2012 10:14:29 am PST #17394 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am actually realizing through this conversation that "B" would probably not be in the running if she didn't work for the research department.
Every time I have tried to go logical, it has backfired-- my job isn't really very fun, and I am the only person and they are the only student worker. Whereas in research, the work can be more fun, and even if it is boring work, there are always 5 or 6 people working in a big room and they talk and have fun.