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Erik Shin · 25-05-2017 02:02PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Sounds like a Saturday night in tralee....

I'm going to give you that one because you made me laugh

25-05-2017 04:06PM

For the second time in a year, my company (large multinational) is having a restructuring and I got selected to find a new role. I just got comfortable in this role. fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this

I think I might become a butcher.

Squidgy Black · 25-05-2017 06:07PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

For the second time in a year, my company (large multinational) is having a restructuring and I got selected to find a new role. I just got comfortable in this role. fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this

I think I might become a butcher.

Could be worse. We had our company update from the CEO a few weeks back saying how profits were down a bit in our department but the company made a few million in profit etc and how things were looking up.

Then two days ago a few people were brought into rooms and given envelopes and told to be on their way. And we still haven't been told if that's the end of it all.

mfceiling · 25-05-2017 06:39PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

For the second time in a year, my company (large multinational) is having a restructuring and I got selected to find a new role. I just got comfortable in this role. fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this fcuk this

I think I might become a butcher.

Find a new role as in let go? Hopefully you'll land on your feet somewhere else.

thomond2006 · 25-05-2017 07:18PM

Teddy's in Dunleery. Noice.

Dave_The_Sheep · 25-05-2017 10:13PM

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

Then two days ago a few people were brought into rooms and given envelopes and told to be on their way. And we still haven't been told if that's the end of it all.

I had that today. It's a "gearbox redeployment" not a "resource allocation" (ie firing). They're trying to make people leave so they don't have to pay redundancy. This is a billion dollar company we're talking here.

Going to sit tight and wait til they make a decision. Been meaning to leave anyway so might as well get a payoff before doing so.

wp_rathead · 26-05-2017 12:53AM

Feck Netflix not having the last 7 episodes of Mad Men

26-05-2017 10:43AM

mfceiling wrote: »

Find a new role as in let go? Hopefully you'll land on your feet somewhere else.

Luckily it's not that dire. I have to interview internally for a new role. It's just very frustrating to start from scratch again twice in a year. I'm gonna look externally too.

26-05-2017 10:48AM

In fact now that the initial shock is gone. Its really an opportunity. I'm guaranteed employment. I need to be very assertive in what I look for. Last time I got thrown into a role I knew nothing about which was fairly frustrating.

26-05-2017 11:34AM

Deleted User wrote: »

In fact now that the initial shock is gone. Its really an opportunity. I'm guaranteed employment. I need to be very assertive in what I look for. Last time I got thrown into a role I knew nothing about which was fairly frustrating.

Look at the experience you've gained in the role you are doing currently and look at the previous experience you picked up in the last function you performed. Pick a couple of job titles related to both and then go on linkedin and see if you can find people who have a similar cross section of experience in their employment history. Use job titles as your search criteria.

Have a look where these people have ended up and what sort of potential progression you could map out for yourself. Allow this to influence what you pick to do next.

You are in a unique situation you could potentially benefit from. You might end up with a rare and sought mix of skills. Also be mindful if you are outside Dublin that what is likely to be available in your area should influence your decision.

If you want some advice on this just PM me, it's somewhat related to what I do.

CatFromHue · 26-05-2017 02:35PM

Fooking hell :eek:

DGRulz · 26-05-2017 02:41PM

This entire thing is gonna be revealed to be a TV show eventually, right?

thomond2006 · 26-05-2017 02:59PM

DGRulz wrote: »

This entire thing is gonna be revealed to be a TV show eventually, right?

Yup!

molloyjh · 26-05-2017 03:01PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

Yup!

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/05/26/america-changes-locks-on-white-house-doors-while-trump-is-away/

DGRulz · 26-05-2017 03:18PM

If they really wanted to keep him out they'd find proof he's from one of the select Muslim countries and get him to produce a long form birth cert before letting him in again.

CatFromHue · 26-05-2017 03:48PM

More Trump

https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/867958949659541508

:pac:

b.gud · 26-05-2017 04:00PM

I like this one

https://twitter.com/HawaiiDelilah/status/867854154500329472

mfceiling · 26-05-2017 07:06PM

Stupid heat...

Erik Shin · 26-05-2017 07:09PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Stupid heat...

"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner"

awec will look after your kids

mfceiling · 26-05-2017 07:10PM

Erik Shin wrote: »

"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner"

awec will look after your kids

I wouldn't let awec look after my goldfish!!

Stheno · 26-05-2017 07:10PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Stupid heat...

Super heat

Patio in Fowler's in malahide

mfceiling · 26-05-2017 07:11PM

Stheno wrote: »

Super heat

Patio in Fowler's in malahide

Bed with curtains closed in my jocks...

Stheno · 26-05-2017 07:11PM

CatFromHue wrote: »

Fooking hell :eek:

Who's the person he shoves out of his way?

26-05-2017 07:17PM

Stheno wrote: »

Who's the person he shoves out of his way?

President of Montenegro

dregin · 26-05-2017 09:29PM

What are the odds on him lasting four years?

Stheno · 26-05-2017 09:30PM

dregin wrote: »

What are the odds on him lasting four years?

Zero?

26-05-2017 09:51PM

The ghost writer of his book says he'll leave long before he's pushed and call it a victory.

America, politically, is fcuked in my opinion. Seriously broken system and massively divided these days.

26-05-2017 10:12PM

dregin wrote: »

What are the odds on him lasting four years?

pretty good unfortunately

https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/us-politics/donald-trump-specials/trump-exit-date

Buer · 26-05-2017 10:12PM

It's a fascinating electorate and mentality. A Republican candiate physically assaulted a reporter the day of elections and still won in Montana. Two thirds of the votes had already been cast at that point but you have to assume a significant number of people still voted for him after the incident.

The writer Isaac Asmiov had a quote that is really apt for how I see the American electorate. Interestingly, he died 25 years ago but the quote is more accurate today than ever:

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

Ignorance is embraced and accepted. To be intellectual and articulate is in no way something to be respected in the eyes of many.

26-05-2017 10:15PM

The Kerry / Healy-Rae thing is a microcosm of the US & Trump imo.

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