OT - Mini-Whine on Jobs

So, just thought I'd share a small whine. After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. The very nice HR chief sent
me an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany has
told them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. But thanked
me for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. Really - I
guess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnel
conversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear from
her with details no later than yesterday. Ugh. But, to let them know if I
haven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able to
hire then.

So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears of
frustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, and
resisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. Going to do
the fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in the
face of snow flurries. And then...come home cook and stitch. Maybe I'll be
inspired from my inertia.

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice

On 1/11/11 1:58 PM, in article , "Ellice
K." wrote:

So, just thought I'd share a small whine. After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. The very nice HR chief sent
me an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany has
told them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. But thanked
me for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. Really - I
guess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnel
conversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear from
her with details no later than yesterday. Ugh. But, to let them know if I
haven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able to
hire then.

So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears of
frustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, and
resisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. Going to do
the fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in the
face of snow flurries. And then...come home cook and stitch. Maybe I'll be
inspired from my inertia.

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice


That sucks!
Cheryl

"Ellice K." wrote in message
...
So, just thought I'd share a small whine. After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. The very nice HR chief sent
me an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany has
told them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. But
thanked
me for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. Really - I
guess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnel
conversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear from
her with details no later than yesterday. Ugh. But, to let them know if
I
haven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able
to
hire then.

So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears of
frustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, and
resisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. Going to
do
the fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in
the
face of snow flurries. And then...come home cook and stitch. Maybe I'll
be
inspired from my inertia.

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice


Hugs and kisses from Puff and me
Lucille

On Jan 11, 1:58*pm, "Ellice K." wrote:
So, just thought I'd share a small whine. *After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. *The very nice HR chief sent
me an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany has
told them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. *But thanked
me for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. *Really - I
guess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnel
conversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear from
her with details no later than yesterday. *Ugh. *But, to let them know if I
haven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able to
hire then.

So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears of
frustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, and
resisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. *Going to do
the fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in the
face of snow flurries. *And then...come home cook and stitch. *Maybe I'll be
inspired from my inertia.

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice

{{{{{Ellice}}}}}}

Nancy in snowy Pgh. DB cleaned 2-3 inches of
wet snow off his car....they say rush hour was a
bear. At least we're not getting dumped on like
NY and Boston.

On 1/11/2011 1:58 PM, Ellice K. wrote:
So, just thought I'd share a small whine. After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job.(snipped)

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice


((Ellice))

I hear you, sister! DH has been fighting the same battle, and I was so
recently in the same boat. It takes such energy to psych up for the job
hunt, and think you finally have it, and then total deflation when the
plug is pulled. Sending hugs.

sue

--
Susan Hartman

On 1/11/2011 1:58 PM, Ellice K. wrote:
So, just thought I'd share a small whine. After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. The very nice HR chief sent
me an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany has
told them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. But thanked
me for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. Really - I
guess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnel
conversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear from
her with details no later than yesterday. Ugh. But, to let them know if I
haven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able to
hire then.

So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears of
frustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, and
resisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. Going to do
the fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in the
face of snow flurries. And then...come home cook and stitch. Maybe I'll be
inspired from my inertia.

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice

SOOOOvery glad I am retired....big hugs go out to you! The right job
will come and appear...just like the right Man eventually does. LOL

Gill

On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:16:29 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

That sucks!
Cheryl


Exactly my reaction! So sorry they put you through that.

Sara

On 1/11/11 3:16 PM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

On 1/11/11 1:58 PM, in article , "Ellice
K." wrote:

So, just thought I'd share a small whine. After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. The very nice HR chief sent
me an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany has
told them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. But thanked
me for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. Really - I
guess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnel
conversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear from
her with details no later than yesterday. Ugh. But, to let them know if I
haven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able to
hire then.

So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears of
frustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, and
resisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. Going to do
the fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in the
face of snow flurries. And then...come home cook and stitch. Maybe I'll be
inspired from my inertia.

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice


That sucks!
Cheryl

Exactly what DH said in his text to me....And so the search continues.

Ellice

On 1/11/11 3:54 PM, in article ,
"Lucille" wrote:



"Ellice K." wrote in message
...
So, just thought I'd share a small whine. After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. The very nice HR chief sent
me an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany has
told them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. But
thanked
me for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. Really - I
guess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnel
conversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear from
her with details no later than yesterday. Ugh. But, to let them know if
I
haven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able
to
hire then.

So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears of
frustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, and
resisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. Going to
do
the fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in
the
face of snow flurries. And then...come home cook and stitch. Maybe I'll
be
inspired from my inertia.

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice


Hugs and kisses from Puff and me
Lucille


Thanks so much - Puckster sends some back...he's been keeping me company. I
guess this just is supposed to inspire me to work more dedicatedly and like
a business with the teaching pieces/designs. It'll be okay...as always. I
hate job hunting. I'm just tired of having these great interviews, being
hired conditionally, and then something happening. 3 times in less than a
year. Ugh.

Ellice

On 1/11/11 7:26 PM, in article
, "Nancy"
wrote:

On Jan 11, 1:58*pm, "Ellice K." wrote:
So, just thought I'd share a small whine. *After waiting 3 weeks for the
"formal offer from HR" - once again - no job. *The very nice HR chief sent
me an e-mail - essentially saying that their corporate HQ in Germany has
told them to hold off on new hires until after the 1st quarter. *But thanked
me for all my time, and said how much they enjoyed meeting me. *Really - I
guess that e-mail has made doing the difficult personal personnel
conversations easier - since she had told me last week that I'd hear from
her with details no later than yesterday. *Ugh. *But, to let them know if I
haven't gotten anything at the end of the quarter because they'll be able to
hire then.

So, anyhow, I have now made myself a latte, pushed back my tears of
frustration after wasting 3 weeks of potential serious job searching, and
resisted the temptation to pull out my hair and stitch with it. *Going to do
the fabulous run to grocery for milk, eggs and more espresso beans...in the
face of snow flurries. *And then...come home cook and stitch. *Maybe I'll be
inspired from my inertia.

Thanks for listening to the whine.

Ellice

{{{{{Ellice}}}}}}

Nancy in snowy Pgh. DB cleaned 2-3 inches of
wet snow off his car....they say rush hour was a
bear. At least we're not getting dumped on like
NY and Boston.

Thanks, Nancy. It's too bad we didn't go to the Winter Classic - or I
would've visited! We just had about 1.5-2" here (I'm west of Donna) - DH
shovelled last night. He's working downtown at the waterfront (Navy Yard)
this week - and the commute is very early - so he left around 6:15 (or I
could carpool him HOV in, then meet him at a metro for the return). The
plan for tomorrow - 'cause this morning I got up, made him a latte & toast &
as I was heading back to bed, heard the car pull back up. The wiper on the
driver's side of the TT wouldn't move. So, he has Nessie, and tomorrow the
TT is in the shop for a bit - neither of us could fix it - with much
twisting about, it looks like the fitting which connects the motor and the
actual wiper must've stripped out 'cause the motor is working. Not good to
drive with stuff blowing around.

Glad you didn't get dumped on.

Ellice