TedKroft · HackerTrans

4 years agodiscuss

Yea but you have to commit to spending hours on hold with the expectation that they might not cave. I've gone back in forth with airlines before only to get nothing, it's not worth the time often. There should be some law that refunds (and many other business operations) should be automatic and can't be gatekept with several layers of phone systems, lies about only giving you a restricted voucher, and holds of more than X minutes.

TedKroft

4 years agodiscuss

That sounds nice, but it can be a bad really limiting to have high expectations of only getting jobs that initially appeal to you for multiple reasons.

1. Time spent researching or preparing for a job doesn't guarantee you anything. 2. Sometimes the most appealing jobs are the most competitive, meaning you might have less of a chance of getting them and they might have worse comp or quality of life 3. Some positions on websites are already filled or cancelled. 4. Not everything on a job listing is accurate and you can only get a limited sense of what the job will be like after talking to people during the interview process.

Definitely play up your strengths and be selective and discriminating. I've got some jobs through network and some through scattershot, but never have got an offer after sending out only 10 applications. Most companies don't even respond.

TedKroft

4 years agodiscuss

Yes, it is pretty common for hiring to pick up in January. Usually there are approved number of hires approved and they run out toward the end of the year and then many teams stop trying to hire until new headcounts are approved for the next January.

TedKroft

4 years agodiscuss

In my (blue) state if you quit and file for unemployment due to hostile/unsafe work environment, they ask the company if that was true and take the company at face value and reject your unemployment claim.

TedKroft

4 years agodiscuss

The people who want cars out absolutely want improved public transportation.

TedKroft

4 years agodiscuss

I enjoyed it a while ago when I read it but it was hard to get through at times. some of it is pseudo-philosophical ramblings of a man during a mental breakdown and you have to accept it as not entirely making sense. Don't try to understand every thought he has. That said, not everyone has to enjoy it.

TedKroft

4 years agodiscuss

The police officer who did this probably justified it to himself as that.

TedKroft

4 years agodiscuss

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