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That’s amazing Lolita! Just wanted to sneak in and wish a belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Still haven’t heard back but still applying to jobs.Question, has anyone had a job where before they interview they send you a “test” that is not unlike an SAT where you have to solve as many problems as you can in 50 minutes? >_> I just have to say…why? I mean. What is that even use for. (I had to do this for a job a few weeks ago for a technical writing position. I got a “thanks, but no thanks” after that.) I am garbage at solving word problems.
Thank you so much for the affirmation. It did strike a raw nerve for me on a part of my life where I have a LOT of insecurities.
Tuesdays are my “job search day” anyway so, I felt extra sparky applying for another position. 🙂Thanks Rachael. I was so focused on my birthday that I forgot that we have holidays. Silly me.
UGh, I hate to be a whiner but I feel like I could write a book about the experiences I’ve had the past few weeks. Some of it was my own doing. I have been a bit on the senoritis side and perhaps poking a bit too much fun about how glad I was that our manager was away at a conference. (It was a lovely break for me, but he still called me out over our chat channel on something which was irritating. And I have been more irritable of late.)
Today the team content lead sprang a one on one meeting on me. She wanted to suggest ways to improve my standing and try to act a bit more professional. (She kept claiming she needed to do the same.)
But the part that really got me was her suggestion that I consider my outward appearance. She had recently been making an effort to “dress better” and pointed out that the other women on our team also dress “fashionably”. She suggested that maybe I should consider doing the same if I wanted to achieve a better paying position. I was able to gracefully let that slide in the moment but honestly it cut deep. Self-image is one of the issues I bring up in therapy (relates back to my mom pressuring me to look a certain way). In general, you can wear whatever you like at work so long as you’re amply covered. I prefer wearing jeans and t-shirts. In fact, the casual, laid-back dress code is one of the reasons I like working here. Also, most of the men, even men in leadership positions, wear jeans and t-shirts. And there are certain times of the month where I wear very loose clothes because I need NO pressure on my abdomen. My clothes are clean and don’t have any offensive images or words on them.
Again, sorry to rant. I’m sure I’m not alone in the dress up department. /sigh/ When will I get that dream remote job where I wear pajamas? That’s the position I want to dress for. LOL. 🙂
Painful bridge job is painful.Thank you. It was a lovely weekend. (And week since my manager was out of the office all week at a conference.)
I’m still waiting to hear back from the folks I interviewed with last week. I thought it went really well, but it’s been radio silence. I even sent a “thanks for the interview” message. 😛 I hate waiting. The more time goes by, the more I feel like I didn’t get the job. 🙁But luckily, I have the luxury of continuing to look. -_-
So I just got off the phone with a recruiter about a job position that they sought me for. And the more I learned about the position the more excited I became. (Especially when I heard the ballpark salary. Possibly 70k! I’ve never had a job that made more than 42K!) It’s a small company, which I like, I’d have SO MUCH autonomy and currently, they don’t have a physical office here in Austin, so it’ll be remote work. (Just what I was looking for.)
I’m really hoping that I get another round of interviews. The position would be me basically building their knowledge base from the ground up, which is a bit scary.
The GAILs are starting to creep in now about whether or not I CAN build something from the ground up and decide what the success measurements should be. Also, although the company has been around since like 2000, it’s still so small. Only 26 people. Stupid Gremlin is thinking “this company won’t succeed”, because they only just started selling the product. >_> And you know some of their clients are like the BBC, Boeing, you know…small time players. 😛
So I’m scared-cited. Thank goodness I have therapy tomorrow because my anxious energy is building. Also…it’s my birthday this weekend. Yay.
