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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

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That sucks vr. It is amazing anymore how employers have not idea what empolees do for them but are right there as soon as they beleive that the employee is in the wrong, even if some of those "wrongs" are made up.
 
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PrincessPeach said:
Again, it's their prerogative to want only employees who want to spend the rest of their careers here, but if that's what they want, then this simply is not a good fit for me. It's not beneficial to me or to The Firm for me to continue the pretense.
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I'd say it's beneficial to you to continue the pretense until you accept another position somewhere else. :wink2:
 
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Taosman said:
Your only job security is...........

Your ability to get another job!:!

My attitude has always been, "There's always some thing better out there!"
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What frustrates me is that managers are so reluctant to give raises, but when you tell your boss that you're taking another job, they offer you the raise. :(

I was offered a $10,000 raise and a promotion to stay at OSU. Why couldn't they have given me that when I was working there? Grrr.
 
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Gotta learn to "play the game." The game is your loyal to a fault.
Until the next opportunity comes along.:biggrin:
This is a different world than when our parents worked a life time at one place. And that place took care of you and respected your work.
Employers will grind you into the ground. If you let them.

I repeat. Your best job security is your ability to get another job!
 
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Taosman said:
Gotta learn to "play the game." The game is your loyal to a fault.
Until the next opportunity comes along.:biggrin:
This is a different world than when our parents worked a life time at one place. And that place took care of you and respected your work.
Employers will grind you into the ground. If you let them.

I repeat. Your best job security is your ability to get another job!
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No kidding. No wonder people usually switch jobs after a year or two. This is the longest I've ever been at one place -- 2.5 years.
 
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Taosman said:
A lot of employers look at a resume and see you've been at a place 3-5 years and wonder, "What's wrong with this person?" They expect movement.
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Actually, I had the opposite question on my interview here. They were concerned that I wouldn't stick around. I was a bit surprised, considering my field pretty much requires that you move to a different company if you want to move up. However, this time around I was following a boy. :)
 
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exhawg said:
This probably isn't the best place to post this, but say someone had already written a novel. How would they go about getting it to the cool publishing folks who could edit it and publish it for said person? Or in the more likely case say it is crap and thanks for wasting their time.
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Publishers don't often buy manuscripts, they buy concepts and pay you to write it with an advance. It is not a very high return game to write a novel without having a publisher lined up. These days, it is so easy to self publish that lots of people take that route. Get a good sales line in some statistical market (i.e., greater Columbus) by publishing and selling your own work, and you might just get that contract for the next idea.
 
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Taosman said:
A lot of employers look at a resume and see you've been at a place 3-5 years and wonder, "What's wrong with this person?" They expect movement.
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My dad ran into this exact thing. He was with a company for over 30 years and it went under. When he started looking for a new job people looked at him like he was crazy for being the same place for 30 years
 
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