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yeah, I knew I could never be successful in the American job world when I learned they ask you for references and a demeaning analysis of yourself.
what's your best quality?
what can you bring to the company?
what do you need to improve on?

.....go fuck yourself, that's what I need to improve on
 
reno cool
yeah, I knew I could never be successful in the American job world when I learned they ask you for references and a demeaning analysis of yourself.
what's your best quality?
what can you bring to the company?
what do you need to improve on?

.....go fuck yourself, that's what I need to improve on
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:clapper:

The whole interview process is a useless song and dance routine. Even after all the reference-checking and the behavorial questioning, you really have no idea who you've just hired or who you're about to work with/for. The gloves usually come off after a few weeks on the job.
 
So, had another mistake at work. that put at a handful over the past year. I am told by my supervisor I am too hard on myself, but in my field, or any job really, mistakes are unacceptable to myself. Plus, if I am not perfect, whos to say I will ever move up in this company. I am so bothered right now. Everyone in the office says it happens, and they have all made the same mistakes at least once themselves, but it's always my goal to not make any at all. smh. just an annoying few months with work. I would really love to get through just one week with out anything going wrong. just one.
 
I am in the exact same boat. Errors are huge and I keep making them and it keeps pissing me off.

And I know that most of the guys do make them. The one guy in particular makes a ton. It's ridiculous. Some of the other guys are pretty steady with the f-ups. I feel sure that, even though I am the least experienced of the crew, I am already above average for accuracy (even though the metrics don't show it - but that's another story.)

But I want to be better.

I assume the errors I am talking about are a totally different nature than yours, but I can relate to the feelings you describe.
 
a couple of my errors have been major fuck ups. epic really. The only good thing I can say is they always get caught, and I always correct them, as well as take full responsibility. My boss doesn't even reprimand me, because I do it to myself.

Yes, same here, other people make mistakes too, and have made the same ones I have. No one else seems to care though when they mess up.

I too, want to be and do better. I also need to stop second guessing myself and slow down. When I work too fast or second guess myself, that's when I seem to make the majority of my mistakes. I have been assured that my job and position here are not in any danger....but that doesn't make me feel any less shitty about any mistakes.
 
Mudcat
Okay so official weigh in this morning. 177.4 pounds.

I'm setting the goal as 170 so using advanced analytics ---> I need to lose 7.4 pounds.


:mrx:
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Mudcat
1 week weigh-in ---> 171.8 pounds.

5.6 pounds lost, 1.8 to go.

Even though my current job has less calorie burnage than the other job, it still has a pretty decent rate of calorie burnage.

DO WORK
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Week 2 weigh-in ---> 170.0 pounds.

We there. On the dot. Let the eating resume.

:mudder:
 
I find it odd though that the company I work for ---> the big thing we do is sell service. It would be hard to describe our prices as actually good. Everything we sell can be gotten cheaper other places. But we guarantee that orders placed by 6 o'clock will be delivered next day. Accurately. And that's really about it. With that model, the company is growing like 20% every year - should hit $4.5 billion this year - and opening new facilities and adding staff like crazy.

Meanwhile, the company I left to come here was kinda they same. They sold service. They had many products that could be gotten cheaper at Best Buy and whatnot, but they had off-the-charts processing of warranties. Customers were given every benefit of the doubt instead of the typical rigid bureaucracy.

That company was dying a slow death and having to systematically sell off pieces of the business and let people go.


Hard to reconcile.
 
I kinda feel like Amazon will see the light and go after our market at some point. And they'll get things at much better prices and install a bunch of robots to do a big chunk of the human work. They'll chew us up and spit us out.

Hopefully not till after I retire.
 
I work in a warehouse for Uline. We sell warehouse and shipping supplies (and a bunch of stuff. Our catalogue is pretty extensive.)

I personally do a few different things but primarily these days I drive a cherry picker truck and assemble batches for UPS shipments.
 
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