Statistics: Posted by derf — Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:03 am
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Not that I'm too depressed about it. I made my choices and was dealth the cards I was dealt, so you can only put your head down and keep trying. I can't go back and change the past so better look forward. And to be honest; while a lot of my friends are having success in their respective fields and building a nice life for themselves, my life is more interesting than theirs in some ways. It's not necessarily bad, just different.
Still, would have been a lot easier to get one of the well-paying jobs with a sense of professional authority, would have helped me in different aspects of my life.
P.S. she's 24, but yeah, other than that she probably does fit in your description of a 'saint'. Good uni results, work experience in a private firm during her studies, and now (hopefully for her) ready to jump into the big money/stimulating work environment that is the EU.
Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:34 am
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Yes, P, good advice. I have started writing it down as a report in the form of a recommendation regarding something that I see as the over-reaching problem. It will take a while to write between work and doing other things.
As for the jobs I applied for, again, none replied.
Statistics: Posted by derf — Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:55 pm
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Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:46 am
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My brother's been trying to get me to run for a NATO position for some time now, i always tell him to shove it
. Id rather try and fail at something i want to do rather than chew through the bureaucratic (now thats a word, right?) sh*t in some foreign country doing something i don't really care about. Id rather invest that time into my own unit ( ) and work with people and not with offices and secretaries.Statistics: Posted by Peltz — Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:22 am
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Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:57 am
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Statistics: Posted by J — Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:54 am
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The e-mail thing is the worst yeah. I think it's partially because of the "covering my ass" culture that exists in these corporate structures. Making a decision on this project? Better cc in every supervisor. Ordering new paper clips? Better cc in every supervisor. Taking a shit during my break? DEFINITELY cc in every supervisor!
Apart from the obvious incompetence of some supervisors, this endless stream of e-mails with only maybe 5% being useful to them is killing their ability to process anything efficiently. I'm only in a pretty low expert position where I work now and I get around 30-50 e-mails a day I think. A max of 5 of those are usually relevant to anything I do. And you have to keep in mind I'm not even important, So not nearly everyone ccs me in anything (thankgod).
It's mostly the sycophants and incompetent who do it, too. I don't need to tell my boss about everything I do. I can work independently, and I take care of shit when I have to. And if I screw up, then that's on me. They should feel like they can delegate to me, not that I can't function without them there to nod their heads and say "good job Ox". Of course, sometimes that gets a little extreme...a few months ago I was basically running the entire team (30-40 people) when all my supervisors were on some sort of management meeting for a week without almost any prior notice. It was pretty ridiculous. Luckily it was only for one week, but really, I was doing all the manager's tasks without any of the power of information.
ANd on a side rant note: I've been trying for years to get into various big international organisations (the EU, NATO, UN, whatever) to get some of that sweet money in a nice position. So applied many many times. Never even got a callback (obviously I did get to do the open exams). Now, a girl I know here just graduated as a lawyer and was working in her first job fior 2 months and felt really unhappy with it. I told her to keep an eye out for some of these international jobs, you never know. FOund a lawyers job with a EU agency. She applied, got a callback the same day. Now she's going for an interview in a few weeks.
While I'm happy for her (I hope she gets it, benefits are craaaaaaawzzzyy), it does reinforce my belief that I am entitled to punch anyone in the face now who says "don't say that" when I say I have a worthless degree and should have studied something else. 10 years, 50+ application (I would guess?), not a single callback. 1 day, 1 application, 1 callback. WTF. W.T.F.
Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:22 am
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Where they learn how to stay completely vague when you're asking something simple, add some random remark to a conversation, preferably something that you could find as a slogan on a box of cornflakes, or in a fortune cookie. Preferably something without any meaning or relevance to the discussion.
Maybe your boss just has some cards with phrases that might come in handy and he/she is just picking one.
(If you have ideas, you should put yourself forward and suggest them -> oh yes, i'm going to use that, always works
)I feel your pain man.
Statistics: Posted by J — Tue May 28, 2013 2:15 pm
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