I'm not worried about being let go - they only interviewed one other person for this position in more than six months of searching. Despite the high unemployment in the area, most people aren't willing to work for peanuts, as I seem to be. The only other candidate was someone from several...
The video cam is in the lunchroom...they put up a big flat-screen in there on CNN then decided people were lingering too long...now we are being watched all the time.
I know they can't ask them during an interview, I'm not sure about once you are hired. I answered the one about my degrees and left the others blank.
Back in December they announced they'd be doing random drug testing now (as if I could afford drugs, even if I wanted them!) and that they have...
I didn't think this would generate this much discussion.
Unfortunately, I own a small business in this town (not engineering related) so I can't leave the area. I can't afford to not work full time yet. I live in Michigan, though, and we seriously are in the economic pits. There used to be...
Where I work, they took personal radios/headphones away because it's "unprofessional", but the owner of the company was heard saying "what does he want me to do, pull the extrusion out of my a**?"
Now that's professional...
This is the same guy that has a fit if we don't put a coaster under...
I've been at my current job 6 months.
I started at lower pay (over $10k lower) than my last job but was promised a $3k raise after 6 months, which was last week. I'm in a high unemployment area and was basically desperate for work.
I have 7 yrs experience in my field - I have no trouble...