And on more thing. Nancy and I are hooked on heroin.

[dolari]

Something baout this job isn't sitting well with me. Just something I haven't felt since high school. It's kind of a feeling of dread, and I SERIOUSLY have to keep staring at $14.25 an hour to keep motivated on this.

I thought maybe it was the thought of losing my days/nights or maybe a fear of not being able to do my comics with the 8 hour workload...but that's not it. I thought maybe it was just pre-job-jitters, but I never felt this way with Dell, Harte-Hanks or TxDOT.

I thought maybe it was the fear of being told "Stop using the women's room or you're fired." I haven't ruled that out, but I never felt that way at TxDOT. Maybe I should have. I dunno.

I think it has a LOT to do with the interview and how it was handled. Sure, the TG thing came up and it was handwaved away. What scared me was the managerial questions they asked me (What managerial experience do you have? Have you managed anyone but yourself?) and the Unix questions they asked. When he asked if I had Unix experiene, his eyes lit up, and start asking me some REALLY softball questions (what port does Telnet connect to? What's the command to list a directory). When the questions came up that I didn't know (What's the difference between TCP and UDP? How do you determine a mac address on an IP number?) he up and GAVE me the answers, then marked I got them correctly.

Maybe I'm just making excuses for feeling wierd. I just don't know. I do know that I feel very very very uneasy, moreso than I have since high school. It just doesn't "Feel" right.

Dean did NOT help by telling me some temp agencies CHARGE the future employee for work, and got that in my head over the paperwork signing tomorrow. Talk about your boneheaded maneuvers. Not cool throwing that in on top of everything else.

I go sign paperwork tomorrow. Maybe I'll have it all straightened out by then. I need to be up in 6 hours...

Comments

[mystir.livejournal.com]

Do not throw this chance out the window, but at the same time you need to trust your gut. Keep an eye and ear out for things and read everything even if they explain to you what it is suppose to be. You are a smart level headed person. You will make the best decision for you. I have faith and trust in you. But make sure that it is your head that is making the decisions, but like I said keep your gut in mind. Good Luck and the best to you for what ever happens.

Maybe not so bad ...

[inefficient.livejournal.com]

When I read the questions he asked you, I actually got excited for you. It seemed to me that he felt you had good potential for more than you were interviewing for. He seemed to me to be excited that you were so adaptable, skilled and open. I think that he probably gave you those two answers on the assumption that if you didn't know it right now, you certainly could and would learn it. I would have been encouraged coming out of the interview, not discouraged. I have never had to pay or known anyone who has had to pay a temp agency for the privelege of providing the very resource they are selling. Most make their money by charging more for your work than they pay you. Anyone who charges you seems shady to begin with. Good luck with this job!