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Reply #1085 on: May 23, 2013, 07:14:19 AM

Whatever. I'm basically now in the shit. So, yea.
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Reply #1086 on: May 23, 2013, 03:22:49 PM

They offered me the job and pretty much everything I asked for salary and benefits wise. I have till Monday to decide whether to accept or not but I think I will unless I see somehting in the written offer that makes me pause.

Lamaros. I am British, speak mostly only English although I have taught myself French and German after moving to those countries and am moving to Spain soon knowing no Spanish. Depending on what it is that you do, you would need to find a company that recruits from all over Europe or has a large proportion of English speaking staff. That way you can be confident that the office business will be conducted in English. I find that you need a surprisingly small knowledge of the local language to live normally in a foreign country; you use a very limited palette for things like shopping, eating out, tourist stuff etc. While you will need help for more complex issues like contracts, immigrant registration and so on, any company worth its salt shoudl be able to provide that help easily enough.

Ta for the info. I recently changed industry and pretty much have an entry level position. Though the company I work for now is a large mn owned by a German company the Australian end is really the ignored stepchild in the wide picture. I would expect I'd have to just jump and move over and see at some point, as no one is going to look at me seriously in this position from this distance.
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Reply #1087 on: May 27, 2013, 04:23:38 AM

I accepted the offer today. I held out for a bigger relo package and they agreed to cover all of the costs upfront rather than a percentage. So, in roughly two weeks I'll be out of here and on my way to Madrid.

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Reply #1088 on: May 27, 2013, 08:33:49 AM

I accepted the offer today. I held out for a bigger relo package and they agreed to cover all of the costs upfront rather than a percentage. So, in roughly two weeks I'll be out of here and on my way to Madrid.

Congratulations! Best of luck to you.

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Reply #1089 on: May 27, 2013, 05:38:19 PM

I accepted the offer today. I held out for a bigger relo package and they agreed to cover all of the costs upfront rather than a percentage. So, in roughly two weeks I'll be out of here and on my way to Madrid.

Congrats. Hopefully Madrid is actually a lot better to live in than the faint impression I got when visiting.
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Reply #1090 on: May 28, 2013, 05:04:29 PM

I hope you like jamón.

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Reply #1091 on: May 28, 2013, 05:11:29 PM

Yummy porky goodness.

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Reply #1092 on: May 29, 2013, 07:10:19 AM

I hope you like jamón.
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Reply #1093 on: May 29, 2013, 07:17:11 AM

:groan:

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Reply #1094 on: May 29, 2013, 07:24:50 AM

I'd probably eat nothing but ham and cheese if I lived in Spain.

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Reply #1095 on: May 29, 2013, 07:29:20 AM

 Jamón is yummy like prosciutto.  yumyumyum.  Cured meats are so much better than the wet sliced meat you get  in the US.  It's cool when you go flitting about in the EU, every country seems to have it's own version of a ham sandwich.  

Gratz to every one who got new jobs and good luck to those who are still looking.  I have to get one of these some day soon.  Ish.  My sister and I might try doing something together which would be very cool.  I'm sure it'll be artsy, too, but not fartsy.  

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Reply #1096 on: May 29, 2013, 08:54:37 AM

I'd probably eat nothing but ham and cheese if I lived in Spain.
Well.

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Reply #1097 on: May 29, 2013, 09:12:13 AM

Soon-to-be-old-boss has an urgent need for a senior AIX guy to replace me, seems like no one is biting on the opening.  Or hell, a mid-level AIX guy.  AIX guys are hard to find.  I'd expect market rate, which for AIX is good, plus the whole "desperate need" bit.  Send a PM if you know someone.

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Reply #1098 on: May 29, 2013, 09:27:57 AM

Can I fake it remotely?
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Reply #1099 on: May 29, 2013, 09:39:32 AM

Can I fake it remotely?

I suppose if you are interviewing remotely they wont see all your frantic googling so maybe.
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Reply #1100 on: May 29, 2013, 10:47:23 AM

if I can wing AP Chem at 16, I can wing AIX now.
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Reply #1101 on: May 29, 2013, 11:22:33 AM

Who didn't wing AP courses, really?
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Reply #1102 on: May 29, 2013, 01:39:12 PM

Can I fake it remotely?

The "remotely" part is a given, I don't work for Yahoo.  It would be two or more phone interviews, one being technical.  The team lead will give you a set of questions, which will range from easy to about as far down the rabbit hole as you take her.  They won't be looking for someone with just five to seven years of UNIX, you'll need ten years of IBM brainwashing and be able to soft-shoe through TSM, PowerHA, VIO, and EMC (WHOOPS not an IBM product!).  The good news is that if you know all that shit you can probably negotiate six figures.

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Reply #1103 on: May 29, 2013, 02:20:09 PM

The good news is that if you know all that shit you can probably negotiate six figures.
Probably? If I had that much AIX knowledge I'd wouldn't settle for less than 150K.
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Reply #1104 on: May 29, 2013, 02:29:24 PM

The good news is that if you know all that shit you can probably negotiate six figures.
Probably? If I had that much AIX knowledge I'd wouldn't settle for less than 150K.
^^ That.
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Reply #1105 on: May 29, 2013, 06:08:49 PM

It's a tough market but doable.

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Reply #1106 on: June 12, 2013, 05:45:06 PM

Why would someone schedule an interview @8am on a sunday?

Serious question.  I am as busy as the next person and would never do that.

No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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Reply #1107 on: June 12, 2013, 05:55:44 PM

ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT AN INTERVIEW AT ANY TIME? DO YOU NEED A SLAP RIGHT IN THE FACE?
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Reply #1108 on: June 12, 2013, 06:03:06 PM

ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT AN INTERVIEW AT ANY TIME? DO YOU NEED A SLAP RIGHT IN THE FACE?

No, it just struck me as odd.  And didnt say it was for me.

No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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Reply #1109 on: June 12, 2013, 06:15:23 PM

Why would someone schedule an interview @8am on a sunday?

Serious question.  I am as busy as the next person and would never do that.

That does seem to be a red flag for "This Job Will Require Bullshit"
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Reply #1110 on: June 13, 2013, 03:48:49 AM

I've technically been employed for four days as of today but I've only been into the office twice so far and for a total of around an hour tops. My boss is quit happy for me to spend my first week of paid employment finding an apartment, orienting myself and generally getting settled in before I go in and do any of the actual work they are paying me for. Which is all enormously civilised.

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Reply #1111 on: June 13, 2013, 05:48:13 AM

Why would someone schedule an interview @8am on a sunday?

Serious question.  I am as busy as the next person and would never do that.

'Cause they're a fucking asshole and want to see how desperate you are.  Once they have ascertained the level of desperation, they will heap further and larger piles of bullshit on top of you until you break.

Just so you know.

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Reply #1112 on: June 13, 2013, 07:07:27 AM

I've technically been employed for four days as of today but I've only been into the office twice so far and for a total of around an hour tops. My boss is quit happy for me to spend my first week of paid employment finding an apartment, orienting myself and generally getting settled in before I go in and do any of the actual work they are paying me for. Which is all enormously civilised.
Sounds socialist to me.  You should run while you can before you get communist AIDS.

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Reply #1113 on: June 13, 2013, 07:39:50 AM

I've technically been employed for four days as of today but I've only been into the office twice so far and for a total of around an hour tops. My boss is quit happy for me to spend my first week of paid employment finding an apartment, orienting myself and generally getting settled in before I go in and do any of the actual work they are paying me for. Which is all enormously civilised.
Sounds socialist to me.  You should run while you can before you get communist AIDS.
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Reply #1114 on: June 13, 2013, 08:27:37 AM

Why would someone schedule an interview @8am on a sunday?

Serious question.  I am as busy as the next person and would never do that.

lol, #1 is a under the radar way to screen out the church crowd.  #2 this is a stealth interview and they do not want to alert the person they are replacing.
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Reply #1115 on: June 20, 2013, 04:28:07 PM

Holy hell, while my current full time-but temp to hire-no benefits-BS job situation was looking crappy about a month ago I sent out a few applications.  Now I somehow find myself sitting on a full position offer from my current job plus an offer from another place, plus a third place that after a lengthy phone interview wants me to come in for a formal interview and to "show me around the work environment".

So now I need to decide probably this weekend between where I am that I like working, somewhere else that is offering more money or possibly a third option at a company I keep hearing amazing things about working for.

First world problems.  awesome, for real

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Reply #1116 on: June 20, 2013, 04:33:31 PM

Congratulations.

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Reply #1117 on: June 20, 2013, 04:37:08 PM

I'll just sit here happily working under the Sword of Damocles.  Dropping possibly in December. Woo.  swamp poop

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Reply #1118 on: June 21, 2013, 04:19:57 AM

Similar situation, but sitting under the Cock Of Damocles.

It's a much trickier position and harder to get out of.  I surely do need a Gordian Knot.

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Reply #1119 on: June 28, 2013, 03:44:02 PM

Got a call for an official interview for that job I got the cold call about a couple months ago.

Job has changed a bit and has less responsibility than the position it is replacing as the University's VP of Research wants the IT to be all under the umbrella of the Administrative IT folks and they have removed a lot of the higher end things and made it almost just a desktop support job (even though the description in the posting does not show that change).

Will see what happens.

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