Asking for time off--for a job interview? - Page 3

Stress Puppy · 07-22-2008, 10:52 AM

$35K a year would be nice. I pull in about $30K, but I also pull about 55-65 hours a week.

SteveDallas · 07-22-2008, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I don't want to be promoted, I just want to get by.

Wait, is that wrong?

I'm thinking of changing my name to Michael Bolton. Do you want to be Samir? Or Peter?

I'll write my thoughts on promotion later.

footfootfoot · 07-22-2008, 12:15 PM

He has a meeting with the Bobs...

Undertoad · 07-22-2008, 12:23 PM

I was Peter, except that instead of getting a construction job I just slacked off for a while.

BigV · 07-22-2008, 12:31 PM

Flint:

Just use your own "voice". That is the one you can't escape. Tell the story that you feel most comfortable with. Or the one you feel the least comfortable with. That's the summary of "my" "wisdom".

It was a lot more eloquent in my head. But I still think it's the best course.

zippyt · 07-22-2008, 08:13 PM

But Look out , I do complement my co workers , I also DON'T play politics , I DO NOT get involved in that Kindergarten shit ( their Aint NO money in it , breaks down the team , etc,,, ) , even when they are trying to slam me , I just get to clean up their messes
the Only promption I can get is to Service Mngr , I do NOT want that , I make Over time ( They dont ) , I have been approched befor for this position and turned it down Both times . like UT I don't realy want to get promoted , I just want some body to try and get up to speed and help me that will stick around

Cicero · 07-22-2008, 08:32 PM

To answer the question Flint, I myself, have "doctor's appointments" and will be back at work as soon as possible. The doctor can take an hour to 2 hours to see for a full visit. I am not sick, I just have an appointment mmm'kay?

If the interview is important enough, a better job, more money, and you have a chance at getting it, call in sick that day.

I'm late here, I bet the interview has already happened.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-22-2008, 10:59 PM

I vote for, "I'm taking tomorrow off for personal business", and do it.

limey · 07-24-2008, 05:06 PM

So can you really be fired in America for looking for another job?

lookout123 · 07-24-2008, 05:12 PM

You can be let go at anytime for most any reason unless you have a contract. It isn't so much the idea of looking for different employment though. It has more to do with the fact that many people tak company information and property with them when they get new jobs if they have the opportunity.

monster · 07-24-2008, 09:21 PM

and most people don't have a contract, unlike in the UK

DanaC · 07-25-2008, 05:57 AM

Seriously? I did not know that.

limey · 07-25-2008, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lookout123

You can be let go at anytime for most any reason unless you have a contract. It isn't so much the idea of looking for different employment though. It has more to do with the fact that many people tak company information and property with them when they get new jobs if they have the opportunity.

That issue is dealty with here by enforcing "garden leave" i.e. when you leave the sort of job where you have that information, you are not allowed to start working for another employer until a certain time period has lapsed, in order to render the information/contacts less useful. During that time, your former employer pays you a full wage. I never managed to swing it, myself ...

monster · 07-25-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Seriously? I did not know that.

yes, it's a little scary.

lookout123 · 07-25-2008, 02:18 PM

Scary? uhuh. Without a contract I can anytime I want and work anywhere I want.

07-22-2008, 10:52 AM	#31
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	$35K a year would be nice. I pull in about $30K, but I also pull about 55-65 hours a week. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

07-22-2008, 12:15 PM	#33
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	He has a meeting with the Bobs... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-22-2008, 12:31 PM	#35
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Flint: Just use your own "voice". That is the one you can't escape. Tell the story that you feel most comfortable with. Or the one you feel the least comfortable with. That's the summary of "my" "wisdom". It was a lot more eloquent in my head. But I still think it's the best course. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-22-2008, 08:13 PM	#36
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	But Look out , I do complement my co workers , I also DON'T play politics , I DO NOT get involved in that Kindergarten shit ( their Aint NO money in it , breaks down the team , etc,,, ) , even when they are trying to slam me , I just get to clean up their messes the Only promption I can get is to Service Mngr , I do NOT want that , I make Over time ( They dont ) , I have been approched befor for this position and turned it down Both times . like UT I don't realy want to get promoted , I just want some body to try and get up to speed and help me that will stick around __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-22-2008, 08:32 PM	#37
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	To answer the question Flint, I myself, have "doctor's appointments" and will be back at work as soon as possible. The doctor can take an hour to 2 hours to see for a full visit. I am not sick, I just have an appointment mmm'kay? If the interview is important enough, a better job, more money, and you have a chance at getting it, call in sick that day. I'm late here, I bet the interview has already happened. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

07-22-2008, 12:23 PM	#34
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I was Peter, except that instead of getting a construction job I just slacked off for a while.

07-22-2008, 10:59 PM	#38
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I vote for, "I'm taking tomorrow off for personal business", and do it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-24-2008, 05:06 PM	#39
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	So can you really be fired in America for looking for another job? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-24-2008, 05:12 PM	#40
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	You can be let go at anytime for most any reason unless you have a contract. It isn't so much the idea of looking for different employment though. It has more to do with the fact that many people tak company information and property with them when they get new jobs if they have the opportunity. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-24-2008, 09:21 PM	#41
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	and most people don't have a contract, unlike in the UK __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-25-2008, 05:57 AM	#42
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Seriously? I did not know that.

07-25-2008, 02:18 PM	#45
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Scary? uhuh. Without a contract I can anytime I want and work anywhere I want. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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