Author Topic: I got a job offer - yay! (Read 2711 times)

The Fake Shemp · « **on:** October 03, 2008, 11:36:31 AM »

Update: Offered a job! 12% salary increase over previous employer. Just got to fill out some paperwork and stuff to make it official!

I'm not quite sure how it went! Will find out by Monday, I guess.

Tauntaun · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2008, 11:44:22 AM »

So you're doing phone sex?

Eric P · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2008, 11:50:50 AM »

good luck!

i'm still waiting to hear from my last interview a week ago. i've consigned myself to the fate that i probably didn't get it, but i wish they'd let me know one way or another

i have another interview next thursday, and a former boss called me after hearing that i was out of the company which fired him (to bring in the person who ultimately fired me). it would be a poop job for less money, but it would be income while i try to leverage something in nyc.

in other news, i will be able to make rent this month. woo

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2008, 12:15:54 PM »

Thats a pretty long interview

Beardo · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2008, 12:17:14 PM »

Usually thats good. If you sucked they would have tried to end it earlier than that.

muckhole · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2008, 12:18:25 PM »

Yeah, without wanting you to get too confident, it sounds pretty good for you.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2008, 12:26:00 PM »

I know length is pretty good, but I feel pessimistic about the whole ordeal. The guy was a real ball buster and I gave one Palin-esque ramble at one point. I think I even said, "We had to shore up our econom- it's all about job creation!"

muckhole · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2008, 12:30:14 PM »

I hope you stayed away from the "Dang it" and "Goshdarnit"'s!

Bloodwake · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2008, 01:00:04 PM »

I'm still depressed that Willco got fired from GameStop, because that means the chances of him getting transferred to a KY store are zero now.

I was totally hoping that we could TAG TEAM SOME BITCHES.

BUY THE GAMESTOP CARD AND GET A FREE EB ACCOUNT LOLZ

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #9 on:** October 03, 2008, 01:36:08 PM »

Well, that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Tauntaun · « **Reply #10 on:** October 03, 2008, 01:42:24 PM »

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #11 on:** October 03, 2008, 03:34:42 PM »

Got an offer. Just waiting on the paperwork.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12 on:** October 03, 2008, 03:36:14 PM »

What's the job? Stop being so nebulous.

patrickula · « **Reply #13 on:** October 03, 2008, 03:37:58 PM »

Congrats Willco! You weren't out of work long. Where's the new job?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #14 on:** October 03, 2008, 03:38:05 PM »

I got a job too

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #15 on:** October 03, 2008, 03:42:05 PM »

Where are you going to work now? I mean which region and not the specific company.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #16 on:** October 03, 2008, 03:47:49 PM »

EVILBORE has become JOBBORE

bork · « **Reply #17 on:** October 03, 2008, 03:49:05 PM »

I am still jobless. :'(

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #18 on:** October 03, 2008, 03:54:32 PM »

Well, I meant that Eric and Will have to make a thread every time they have an interview.

TVC15 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 03, 2008, 04:32:07 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on October 03, 2008, 03:38:05 PM

I got a job too

I think in your line of work, they're called "tricks"

Tauntaun · « **Reply #20 on:** October 03, 2008, 05:08:08 PM »

Quote from: lyte edge on October 03, 2008, 03:49:05 PM

I am still jobless. :'(

BlackMage · « **Reply #21 on:** October 03, 2008, 05:40:36 PM »

when they teach you the proper way to flip the burger remember: its all in the wrist

Mandark · « **Reply #22 on:** October 03, 2008, 06:56:19 PM »

Possible candidates for Willco's new mystery job:

* Spearheading a Five Guys expansion as the new "Sixth Guy"

* Token Jew in Eastern Motors commercials

* Manservant, masseur, and cabana boy to Arch Campbell

* "The Wire" tour guide, shepherding terrified white tourists through the neighborhoods where the hit HBO show was filmed

* Evil sidekick and boy ward to Matthew Lesko

* Saiontz & Kirk & Federman

* The Phantom of the AFI Silver

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #23 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:01:26 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on October 03, 2008, 06:56:19 PM

* Token Jew in Eastern Motors commercials

Please be this one, please be this one, please be this one, please be this one...

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #24 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:22:47 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on October 03, 2008, 06:56:19 PM

* Saiontz & Kirk & Federman

The offer was from Hollywood Video. There was some talk of secret corporate hijinks going on, but instead, I opted to take a "conversion store". Basically, one Store Manager runs both the GameCrazy and Hollywood Video operations.

I was definitely not too keen just going straight to the competition, but after speaking to the DM, I felt like it'd be a good fit. They've restructured senior management and company direction drastically within the past year, so it's not the same company that was run so haphazardly.

The plus side is I get a discount on games and movies, I get to rent movies a week before they come out, I will see a good increase in salary and I'm being brought on with the full intention of being developed as a multi-unit (read: District) manager. The workload seems to be a lot, lot less too.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #25 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:24:43 PM »

Isn't Hollywood Video in really bad shape? A bunch of them died in LA.

Mupepe · « **Reply #26 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:26:32 PM »

I'm still jobless.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #27 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:27:34 PM »

They filed for Chapter 11 like a year ago, but they're past all the ugliness and liquidating. All the senior management is gone from that reign, as well. They're working on actually incorporating all their brands, restructuring the stores entirely with a different sales focus and expanding.

There's a good chance you can see them under a new brand and go public sometime down the line.

The end result is that they'll be more like FYE than awkwardly run entities loosely tied together and rental-focused. They will still do new release and videogame rentals, but their focus will be more on DVD sales (used and new), HD content, videogame sales and trade-ins.

It's definitely a ground floor situation, but I like their new focus and merchandising efforts.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #28 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:28:28 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on October 03, 2008, 07:26:32 PM

I'm still jobless.

Stand in front of Home Depot and see if you get any job offers.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #29 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:36:08 PM »

I just canceled my other two interviews and formally pulled my name from a job offer.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #30 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:40:27 PM »

Congrats on the new job.

BlackMage · « **Reply #31 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:40:32 PM »

well.. at least its not blockbuster.

Robo · « **Reply #32 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:46:24 PM »

Shoulda went with the Matthew Lesko gig.

Assuming it isn't a secret, which HV/GZ? G-town?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #33 on:** October 03, 2008, 08:12:55 PM »

Most likely.

I'll have to undergo some new, comprehensive management training (the emphasis on standardized training and strict hiring protocol is new to me) at another location than the home store I am placed in.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #34 on:** October 03, 2008, 09:01:36 PM »

what's g-town

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #35 on:** October 03, 2008, 10:26:06 PM »

Quote from: Willco on October 03, 2008, 07:27:34 PM

They filed for Chapter 11 like a year ago, but they're past all the ugliness and liquidating. All the senior management is gone from that reign, as well. They're working on actually incorporating all their brands, restructuring the stores entirely with a different sales focus and expanding.

There's a good chance you can see them under a new brand and go public sometime down the line.

The end result is that they'll be more like FYE than awkwardly run entities loosely tied together and rental-focused. They will still do new release and videogame rentals, but their focus will be more on DVD sales (used and new), HD content, videogame sales and trade-ins.

It's definitely a ground floor situation, but I like their new focus and merchandising efforts.

Sounds cool, wish there was one around here.

is it gonna be overpriced like FYE?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #36 on:** October 03, 2008, 10:32:31 PM »

Nah. Iron Man was available for sale for like $15 or $16. They're going to be affordable.

Boogie · « **Reply #37 on:** October 03, 2008, 10:48:31 PM »

Job Security

drozmight · « **Reply #38 on:** October 03, 2008, 11:32:51 PM »

You're like an angry dolphin.

TVC15 · « **Reply #39 on:** October 03, 2008, 11:41:09 PM »

Quote from: drozmight on October 03, 2008, 11:32:51 PM

You're like an angry dolphin.

droz when are we going to go drink somewhere where we are almost guaranteed to get raped by hillbillies?

xnikki118x · « **Reply #40 on:** October 04, 2008, 02:28:36 AM »

Quote from: Tauntaun on October 03, 2008, 11:44:22 AM

So you're doing phone sex?

Congrats, Willco!!

drozmight · « **Reply #41 on:** October 04, 2008, 06:30:04 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on October 03, 2008, 11:41:09 PM

Quote from: drozmight on October 03, 2008, 11:32:51 PM
You're like an angry dolphin.

droz when are we going to go drink somewhere where we are almost guaranteed to get raped by hillbillies?

as soon as I get over my fear of meeting people from the world wide tubes irl
then we can Thelma & Louise our way into a hillbilly rape pit

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #42 on:** October 04, 2008, 11:11:55 AM »

I hope more Hollywood Videos open in Charlotte. My gf and I cleaned out three stores last year at about $1 a dvd when they went bankrupt. It was awesome, I still haven't watched 1/3rd of them. Best money spent, ever.

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Author Topic: I got a job offer - yay! (Read 2711 times)