I'll be calling up Pepsi to tell them I'm not interested in the position they're offering. I could see perhaps taking a part-time position if (a) it had good benefits, and (b) there was a fair chance that it'd lead to a full-time position in a reasonable amount of time. Neither of those things is true regarding Pepsi, so I can't really see any advantage to going to work for them.
On the brighter side of life: I went to interview at Frito-Lay in Killingly, Connecticut this morning. I'm assuming all went well since the interviewing manager gave a hire-recommendation to my application. Now they poke around in my history for a while and see if they can dig up any skeletons or other reason I'm not suitable for the position. Nothing to worry about there. They said they'll be in touch to schedule a follow-up interview and road test.
I am definitely hoping that they make me a job offer. It's a Teamster position, and while I have my own reservations about how relevant labor unions actually are in today's modern job market, I'm not about to decline an offer just based on that. Pros and cons, just like everything. But the bottom line is earning potential in the $70k ++ range. And just as importantly, excellent benefits, getting home ALMOST every night, and usually a 5-day work schedule. That's a pretty darn outstanding package all-in-all.
Frito-Lay will involve a lot of unloading. It's hand-truck style unloading... dock-to-dock for the most part (from what I've been told). But the nice thing about this is that it is all PAID, and... it's potato chips. That's hardly back-breaking work. I don't have any problem with that since the overall pay & benefits package for the job is so good.
So I'm just sitting by waiting now. But I'm optimistic.
All of that MIGHT mean eventually moving back to Connecticut. Or at least west of Providence (something like Situate or Foster, perhaps). There's no way in hell I'm going to make a daily commute all that way... especially while driving a thirsty V8 Jeep. May be new-car time also.
~Eli
On the brighter side of life: I went to interview at Frito-Lay in Killingly, Connecticut this morning. I'm assuming all went well since the interviewing manager gave a hire-recommendation to my application. Now they poke around in my history for a while and see if they can dig up any skeletons or other reason I'm not suitable for the position. Nothing to worry about there. They said they'll be in touch to schedule a follow-up interview and road test.
I am definitely hoping that they make me a job offer. It's a Teamster position, and while I have my own reservations about how relevant labor unions actually are in today's modern job market, I'm not about to decline an offer just based on that. Pros and cons, just like everything. But the bottom line is earning potential in the $70k ++ range. And just as importantly, excellent benefits, getting home ALMOST every night, and usually a 5-day work schedule. That's a pretty darn outstanding package all-in-all.
Frito-Lay will involve a lot of unloading. It's hand-truck style unloading... dock-to-dock for the most part (from what I've been told). But the nice thing about this is that it is all PAID, and... it's potato chips. That's hardly back-breaking work. I don't have any problem with that since the overall pay & benefits package for the job is so good.
So I'm just sitting by waiting now. But I'm optimistic.
All of that MIGHT mean eventually moving back to Connecticut. Or at least west of Providence (something like Situate or Foster, perhaps). There's no way in hell I'm going to make a daily commute all that way... especially while driving a thirsty V8 Jeep. May be new-car time also.
~Eli
Step 1: I leave someone a message.
Step 2: I check my profile the next day, and see that they have looked at my profile.
Step 3: I check my inbox. No response.
Step 4: I look longingly at the number for that escort service.