When I answered the Graphic Designer wanted position for Siemens back in the fall of 2018, I don’t remember how long it took for them to respond to my application. Though, I went about that job a bit differently. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You’ll not that I’m not too excited over this, or excited at all, for this opportunity. In the two years since I was let go, if you’ve been reading these comics over that time, I’ve been down the “Apply for,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I appreciated that she reached out to me, I’m sure she just wanted to help. (She was able to get rehired by Siemens because she’d been there for many years and getting placed in any new position wouldn’t require much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t have room to get into the details of what Shorkey Auto has done to the area where the neighborhood I grew up at. He bought land around half of the neighborhood, removed all the trees and flattened the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, that supervisor never called me today, like he told Susan that he would. Am I overreacting? I mean, maybe he was too busy today. Maybe he’ll remember and call me Monday. Yeah, maybe. But because of recent events during[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’ll recall I did interview (via Zoom) for a position with Siemens last year. After dumping over 100 Graphic Designers throughout North America in February of 2021, Siemens slowly began putting together Senior Graphic Designers and Graphic Designer Supervisors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Throughout my professional career I’ve gotten nearly every job on my own. With the exception of a Headhunter getting me an interview with Hallmark in 1989 (and I got that job after the interview) and Boss Staffing getting me an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was really concerned (and frustrated) while I was sick these last three days, not only because I was sick (and for awhile thought I might have Covid) but because I knew I had these second stage interviews for two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ever since my COBRA coverage ended last month I’ve been putting off confronting the fact that I’ll need to find heath insurance somewhere, very soon. Though every time I think about it I realize that I have to watch my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year when THIS happened. I’ve been laid off or let go from jobs five, six times in my career and it never gets easy. No matter why or how and even at places[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…