GM's thread about nothing (14 Viewers)

[St. Louis Bob]

Show them your boobs.

 

[krista4]

Any chance they let you go if you reject the options knowing you have a bonus coming up and you're obviously not planning on sticking around?

1. No. I'm the only person who is considered a successor to my boss and by far the highest rated person on the performance/potential scale in the entire legal department. Having access to everything our management/board does by virtue of my job gives me a lot of valuable insight!2. If #1 were "yes", it would be ideal as the severance packages given are very generous. I ask my boss on an at-least weekly basis what I could to to get fired, but he just won't go for it no matter how much I beg.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Charv is everywhere

big win tonight btw.

I remarked it was the biggest "must win" 3rd game of a season I can remember

 

[charvik]

Charv is everywhere

big win tonight btw.

I remarked it was the biggest "must win" 3rd game of a season I can remember

well, more importantly was how it was won IMO.

 

[shuke]

first name shtick lets you know it's serious

Thanks, Aaron.

Good one, Charles.

 

[Ignoramus]

Dammit I'm a fat ####### ###. Company meetings for the last three days and we've had late cocktails and dinners each night. Every day I sit in meetings with my trousers about to rip at the seams and the strain on my gut almost unbearable. Stepped on the scale the other day and I was at 225 lbs for my 5' 11" frame. Broad shoulders (and a jaw cut from granite) so I carry it well, but damn I'm uncomfortable.Time to cut back on the booze and eating like my heart doesn't have a layer or blubber that would make an Alaskan grizzly bear In September jealous.

 

[shuke]

so I'm thinking seriously about going back and getting my Masters this fall. Anyone ever take the GMAT?

Practically aced the general one. Think I came in at about 50 percentile on the engineering one. Bunch of nerd bull#### that I'll never need in real life on that one.

 

[Ignoramus]

Oh, cos > do you need a world class recipe for bloody mary's? I think I may have posted one in here at some point, but I can dig it up again if needed/requested

I do.

 

[strykerpks]

Dammit I'm a fat ####### ###. Company meetings for the last three days and we've had late cocktails and dinners each night. Every day I sit in meetings with my trousers about to rip at the seams and the strain on my gut almost unbearable. Stepped on the scale the other day and I was at 225 lbs for my 5' 11" frame. Broad shoulders (and a jaw cut from granite) so I carry it well, but damn I'm uncomfortable.Time to cut back on the booze and eating like my heart doesn't have a layer or blubber that would make an Alaskan grizzly bear In September jealous.

I'm probably the about same build and caught myself at 230 after being around 210 for quite a while. Operation Get Back to 200 begins after the Superbowl

 

[shuke]

I was very close to booking a trip to Austin that would allow me to make a surprise appearance on SB Sunday, but plans fell through. I'm very disappointed I won't be there. But I'm already traveling a bunch the next few months and my wife is still having a lot of trouble with her tailbone. Sorry pals.

 

[shuke]

Operation Get Back to 200 begins after the Superbowl

In.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMS, no!

 

[krista4]

Operation Get Back Up to 200 begins after the Superbowl is progressing nicely

 

[Frostillicus]

hate sports

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Best cure for gaining weight is the flu.

 

[krista4]

Best cure for gaining weight is the flu.

Also, meth.Got any of either you could spare me?

 

[shuke]

Why doesn't flysack hang out in here anymore?

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Best cure for gaining weight is the flu.

Also, meth.Got any of either you could spare me?

I think I'm out of the flu now. Annnnnd gained my weight back. Still coughing though so haven't been back to the gym.

 

[Britney Spears]

Didn't drink again. Slept in our bed. Talked for an hour about money and how I'm going to get our money back. Was very uncomfortable but long over due.

GL GB, we are pulling for you. Hopefully this will become a distant memory, but its going to take a lot of work.

 

[Britney Spears]

Wait...what?

Why did you do this?

 

[Britney Spears]

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=631150&view=findpost&p=15250772

Wow.

Yeah, who doesn't know who Ric Flair is?

 

[Frostillicus]

I care way too much about Gopher basketball.

 

[Britney Spears]

Update

Spoiler

This has been another rough day, but there are some bright spots.I went first thing to a potential customer who wanted us to do some assembly work. The work is the type we would do in house instead of farming out. I did it for 90 minutes before thinking "WTF am I doing here?" Even doubling my speed it would still come in at about $15/hour and I don't have the in-house resources to commit to it anyway. So I talked to the owner and we parted ways. Definite downer as i hoped adding that to our portfolio would be a good idea, but in the end it would have cost us more than it's worth.Finally told my parents what's going on and they are concerned. My mother thinks I need to find someone to talk to asap and offered to pay for it. We'll see.Wife finally backed off the divorce talk and said she isn't going anywhere but she needs me to shape up and act like a man in the family instead of a selfish brat. I couldn't agree more.Friend at one big local company put me in touch with his best friend who is a top-salesmaker at another big company. The friend gets $2k for everyone he helps get hired on and he is going to talk to me by week's end about trying to get in the door there.ANd finally, I sent a note to an old friend who owns a smallish tech company here in town. I saw him twice around Christmas and he was friendly. He had tried to hire me when I left my last job to start this company. i emailed him saying I was looking and he replied right back with his company President copied saying they would like to speak with me.I am still having trouble understanding how much I'm worth. I was thinking any job that paid 80-90k would be awesome. Wife (who is probably right) told me, "Do NOT be an idiot. You are 35 and have experience at all levels of sales in a number of sectors as well as management and general dealing with the bull#### of starting your own company. If you take a job for less than 100k then you are an idiot." So, that's today. About to head home and not drink.

Regarding salaries, PM me some info around your skills and I can help, S.Herd> Do this. Charv is the man.

 

[Britney Spears]

Not sure what type of sales you do, but my old company needs people, and they pay much better than dell.

What company ?

Bork Internationale

Fixed.

 

[Limp Ditka]

MandelbaumMandelbaumMandelbaum

 

[Tremendous Upside]

kevzilla's some kinda iSlut, eh?

Nice to see you around TU.

Thanks GBI'm always around...Just don't post a ton

 

[General Malaise]

and for ##### sake, stop with the silly notion about not being able to show because of a little weight... Nobody in here gives a crap about that. We want to drink a couple (well a lot, or A LOT!!!!JUAN!!!) of drinks with people we care about, and spend a crap load of time with.

You have the means, you definitely need the break, and this meeting would for sure get your mind off of work and that ####fest for a couple of days.

 

[Guster]

Why doesn't flysack hang out in here anymore?

Not going to bother searching for his post, but I think he felt we were too elitist/cliquey/judgementalToo bad, cause I like the guy

 

[JaxBill]

How about those mighty LaSalle Explorers?

 

[Ignoramus]

Didn't drink again. Slept in our bed. Talked for an hour about money and how I'm going to get our money back. Was very uncomfortable but long over due.

GL GB, we are pulling for you. Hopefully this will become a distant memory, but its going to take a lot of work.

Seriously.

 

[SofaKings]

1. We have three litterboxes--one for a sick old cat that has to be kept separate and the other two for the other cats. We're putting our house on the market Friday so I went to Target today to buy three fresh new litterboxes.2. I have a paralegal who always keep those peanut butter/cracker little six-packs in her desk, one package of which I steal about once a week. While at Target, I remembered finally to pick up a bunch of cases of these crackers to repay the paralegal for three years worth of pilfering.3. I haven't been wearing my wedding ring, because I am fat.1+2+3 = that look on the cashier's face? Pure pity.

Have you gotten a new job yet?

Job update:1. Milwaukee still in progress.2. Supposed to hear something on Phoenix next week. They had expressed a strong preference for local candidates, but this is the "best" job among them so I'm still hoping for something good on it.3. Portland nothing yet after interview 1/13.4. Going to Stamford for next round on Feb. 8 (they changed Skype interviews to in-person).5. Had first-round interview today for job in Toronto area, but that apparently I could decide to do in other locales (Chicago a good option). Felt it went well. Should hear about next round in 2 weeks.6. Got call yesterday about appealing job in Chicago. Heavy preference for local candidates, but I tried to relay why I could be considered almost "local". Awaiting next steps.7. Have final(?) interview on Friday for job I could do in Chicago, Atlanta, or possibly other locales. Probably will be lowest on comp but with lots of schedule/location flexibility, so very appealing.8. Various other stuff in earlier stages. Haven't had time to look for other opportunities in a while. As much as I hate my job, still being very selective at this point.

I'd move to Toronto in a heartbeat. I love that city.

 

[guru_007]

Charv is everywhere

big win tonight btw.

I remarked it was the biggest "must win" 3rd game of a season I can remember

well, more importantly was how it was won IMO.

 

[Tecumseh]

What is Monkey Bread?

according to wikipedia, it's " a sweet, sticky, gooey pastry served in the United States for breakfast. It consists of pieces of soft bread with cinnamon sprinkled on it."

My link

I asked for special food requests and Guster responded with monkey bread. Ive never had nor heard of it so i googled it. The typical recipe is canned biscuits dipped in butter, tehn cinnamon & sugar and place in a bundy pan. You fill up the pan, then bake it. SO that's how I will be making it, except I will use real biscuits rather than canned.

You cut the biscuits into small pieces, roll them in ball shapes and then toss them in a cinnamon sugar mixture. I also usually pack chopped pecans in the bottom of the bundt pan and melted butter/brown sugar/cinnamon with more pecans between each layer. At the end, once it's cooked and set, you flip the bundt pan over and drizzle glaze (or more of the butter/brown sugar/cinnamon mixture) over the top of the thing. Let it sit for a couple more minutes or else you'll burn your hands and your mouth and then :drool:

This, but add cream cheese inside the biscuits when you roll them.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I was very close to booking a trip to Austin that would allow me to make a surprise appearance on SB Sunday, but plans fell through. I'm very disappointed I won't be there. But I'm already traveling a bunch the next few months and my wife is still having a lot of trouble with her tailbone.

Sorry pals.

Dang, that would have been cool.

Why doesn't flysack hang out in here anymore?

and for ##### sake, stop with the silly notion about not being able to show because of a little weight... Nobody in here gives a crap about that. We want to drink a couple (well a lot, or A LOT!!!!JUAN!!!) of drinks with people we care about, and spend a crap load of time with.

You have the means, you definitely need the break, and this meeting would for sure get your mind off of work and that ####fest for a couple of days.

and screw you guys (particularly K4) for not laughing at "show them your boobs" <_<

 

[Abraham]

Wife has calmed down substantially. I did have a glass of red wine with her last night. The progress I think I am making on my job hunt is letting her know I'm taking this seriously. Came clean to my parents yesterday about what's going on as well.

 

[phishphan]

so I'm thinking seriously about going back and getting my Masters this fall. Anyone ever take the GMAT?

Practically aced the general one. Think I came in at about 50 percentile on the engineering one. Bunch of nerd bull#### that I'll never need in real life on that one.

thanks.I'd be getting a MS in biznizz so I assume I wouldn't be taking an engineering one.

 

[phishphan]

Why doesn't flysack hang out in here anymore?

Not going to bother searching for his post, but I think he felt we were too elitist/cliquey/judgementalToo bad, cause I like the guy

this place is too mainstream for him. It was only cool before we all knew about it.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Operation Get Back to 200 begins after the Superbowl

In.

In.

 

[Stoneys]

Operation Get Back to 200 begins after the Superbowl

In.

In.

In

 

[krista4]

1. We have three litterboxes--one for a sick old cat that has to be kept separate and the other two for the other cats. We're putting our house on the market Friday so I went to Target today to buy three fresh new litterboxes.2. I have a paralegal who always keep those peanut butter/cracker little six-packs in her desk, one package of which I steal about once a week. While at Target, I remembered finally to pick up a bunch of cases of these crackers to repay the paralegal for three years worth of pilfering.3. I haven't been wearing my wedding ring, because I am fat.1+2+3 = that look on the cashier's face? Pure pity.

Have you gotten a new job yet?

Job update:1. Milwaukee still in progress.2. Supposed to hear something on Phoenix next week. They had expressed a strong preference for local candidates, but this is the "best" job among them so I'm still hoping for something good on it.3. Portland nothing yet after interview 1/13.4. Going to Stamford for next round on Feb. 8 (they changed Skype interviews to in-person).5. Had first-round interview today for job in Toronto area, but that apparently I could decide to do in other locales (Chicago a good option). Felt it went well. Should hear about next round in 2 weeks.6. Got call yesterday about appealing job in Chicago. Heavy preference for local candidates, but I tried to relay why I could be considered almost "local". Awaiting next steps.7. Have final(?) interview on Friday for job I could do in Chicago, Atlanta, or possibly other locales. Probably will be lowest on comp but with lots of schedule/location flexibility, so very appealing.8. Various other stuff in earlier stages. Haven't had time to look for other opportunities in a while. As much as I hate my job, still being very selective at this point.

I'd move to Toronto in a heartbeat. I love that city.

I love it, too, and would love to live there. But if I could do the job in Chicago, where I have a free fully-furnished house to live in, that would be awfully tempting.

 

[krista4]

At least two of the companies with which I'm interviewing have those open plan designs--no offices and everyone from the CEO down just sits in this big open area. Allegedly fosters collaboration, but sounds kind of awful. Any of you guys ever work in one of these environments?

 

[Joe T]

1. We have three litterboxes--one for a sick old cat that has to be kept separate and the other two for the other cats. We're putting our house on the market Friday so I went to Target today to buy three fresh new litterboxes.2. I have a paralegal who always keep those peanut butter/cracker little six-packs in her desk, one package of which I steal about once a week. While at Target, I remembered finally to pick up a bunch of cases of these crackers to repay the paralegal for three years worth of pilfering.3. I haven't been wearing my wedding ring, because I am fat.1+2+3 = that look on the cashier's face? Pure pity.

Have you gotten a new job yet?

Job update:1. Milwaukee still in progress.2. Supposed to hear something on Phoenix next week. They had expressed a strong preference for local candidates, but this is the "best" job among them so I'm still hoping for something good on it.3. Portland nothing yet after interview 1/13.4. Going to Stamford for next round on Feb. 8 (they changed Skype interviews to in-person).5. Had first-round interview today for job in Toronto area, but that apparently I could decide to do in other locales (Chicago a good option). Felt it went well. Should hear about next round in 2 weeks.6. Got call yesterday about appealing job in Chicago. Heavy preference for local candidates, but I tried to relay why I could be considered almost "local". Awaiting next steps.7. Have final(?) interview on Friday for job I could do in Chicago, Atlanta, or possibly other locales. Probably will be lowest on comp but with lots of schedule/location flexibility, so very appealing.8. Various other stuff in earlier stages. Haven't had time to look for other opportunities in a while. As much as I hate my job, still being very selective at this point.

Update on the cat issue?

 

[Abraham]

At least two of the companies with which I'm interviewing have those open plan designs--no offices and everyone from the CEO down just sits in this big open area. Allegedly fosters collaboration, but sounds kind of awful. Any of you guys ever work in one of these environments?

It also fosters productivity. I like it.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

At least two of the companies with which I'm interviewing have those open plan designs--no offices and everyone from the CEO down just sits in this big open area. Allegedly fosters collaboration, but sounds kind of awful. Any of you guys ever work in one of these environments?

My wife does right now. I could never do it. I hate when people hear me on the phone.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

At least two of the companies with which I'm interviewing have those open plan designs--no offices and everyone from the CEO down just sits in this big open area. Allegedly fosters collaboration, but sounds kind of awful. Any of you guys ever work in one of these environments?

My wife does right now. I could never do it. I hate when people hear me on the phone.

Also harder to masturbate at your desk in this format.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Am I going to die or get super powers from this "Nuclear Effect Snow" in Pittsburgh? How am I going to convince my wife we need to stay here instead of moving to her hometown of Philly with this ####?

My link

 

[Stoneys]

Am I going to die or get super powers from this "Nuclear Effect Snow" in Pittsburgh? How am I going to convince my wife we need to stay here instead of moving to her hometown of Philly with this ####?My link

Oh you'll be fine...The Nuke Effect Snow would be better than living in Philly

 

[FDAS]

Am I going to die or get super powers from this "Nuclear Effect Snow" in Pittsburgh? How am I going to convince my wife we need to stay here instead of moving to her hometown of Philly with this ####?My link

By telling her people from Philadelphia are horrible human beings.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Am I going to die or get super powers from this "Nuclear Effect Snow" in Pittsburgh? How am I going to convince my wife we need to stay here instead of moving to her hometown of Philly with this ####?My link

Build a ski resort next to the plant,imo.

 

[charvik]

At least two of the companies with which I'm interviewing have those open plan designs--no offices and everyone from the CEO down just sits in this big open area. Allegedly fosters collaboration, but sounds kind of awful. Any of you guys ever work in one of these environments?

Yes, and I hate it. My current place is moving to it, which means I will find remote opportunities, or move to a company with offices.