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Post by richm on Apr 19, 2024 16:24:18 GMT -5
Today was "a day".
We were trying to get a lady to sign on with us to be like #2 in my dept. Had an inkling to contact her today so sent a text and she declined the position. Went into the closet and cried for a while, will get over it but this is the 2nd time I asked her and she refused. Something about continued growth. Basically told her she'd be No. 2 and when i leave, she'd be No. 1. Not a big enough carrot i guess.
About an hour later, my older helper comes in and asks some questions, then she resigns. 2 weeks notice - tired of driving an hr each way and wanted to work closer to home. Good enough.
So now looking for a Senior Scientist with 10-20 yrs experience with contamination stuff - if anyone knows anyone who is looking.
My weekends are gonna get a lot shorter for a while.
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Post by TRTerror on Apr 19, 2024 17:26:26 GMT -5
I've got 45 years of messing with Contaminated Tang.. Will that help ? I ain't cheap but for a nice price I'll sort thru the stinky ones for you
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Apr 19, 2024 18:35:38 GMT -5
What kind of contaminated stuff we talking here?
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Work Stuff
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Post by tonyroma on Apr 19, 2024 20:24:28 GMT -5
Ya, peaked interested over here, are there monkeys involved?
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Post by linemannf on Apr 19, 2024 20:40:23 GMT -5
Today was "a day". We were trying to get a lady to sign on with us to be like #2 in my dept. Had an inkling to contact her today so sent a text and she declined the position. Went into the closet and cried for a while, will get over it but this is the 2nd time I asked her and she refused. Something about continued growth. Basically told her she'd be No. 2 and when i leave, she'd be No. 1. Not a big enough carrot i guess. About an hour later, my older helper comes in and asks some questions, then she resigns. 2 weeks notice - tired of driving an hr each way and wanted to work closer to home. Good enough. So now looking for a Senior Scientist with 10-20 yrs experience with contamination stuff - if anyone knows anyone who is looking. My weekends are gonna get a lot shorter for a while. Don't let them rule to much of your life, our time clocks are ticking and we don't know when our appolnted hour is, and lastly most companies will run your job before your family runs your obituary.
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Post by richm on Apr 20, 2024 5:32:24 GMT -5
What we basically do is find contamination like old gas stations and impacted soil or groundwater ahead of roadway or construction projects for some govt and county folks.
A cemetery would qualify as a finding but we’ve yet to identify monkeys as a concern. We did find a cow named Ugmoo at a former petting zoo in Kissimmee, he was just ugly.
I get the ticking clock thing. Do whatcha gotta do to keep thing functioning.
The boyz at work reached out to their networks and started that process. I told a couple folks, an add on Indeed is next and will be right with a handful of similar ads. Hoping we can resolve this without too much stress.
Might have to bring TRT in as a consultant regarding what to stay away from.
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Post by TRTerror on Apr 20, 2024 7:22:24 GMT -5
Well...There you go.. I did leave a Contaminated Condom in a Gas station bathroom one night so I've got experience. Do I get a Helper..like maybe a Filipino Gal with solid Knockers. Hotels out of Town paid for..Company car , shit like that ?
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Post by richm on Apr 20, 2024 7:41:53 GMT -5
Well...There you go.. I did leave a Contaminated Condom in a Gas station bathroom one night so I've got experience. Do I get a Helper..like maybe a Filipino Gal with solid Knockers. Hotels out of Town paid for..Company car , shit like that ? Whatever you can negotiate! The whole viking thing is a plus!
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Post by cadman on Apr 20, 2024 7:48:22 GMT -5
What we basically do is find contamination like old gas stations and impacted soil or groundwater ahead of roadway or construction projects for some govt and county folks. A cemetery would qualify as a finding but we’ve yet to identify monkeys as a concern. We did find a cow named Ugmoo at a former petting zoo in Kissimmee, he was just ugly. I get the ticking clock thing. Do whatcha gotta do to keep thing functioning. The boyz at work reached out to their networks and started that process. I told a couple folks, an add on Indeed is next and will be right with a handful of similar ads. Hoping we can resolve this without too much stress. Might have to bring TRT in as a consultant regarding what to stay away from. That can keep you busy. The state did a lousy job on some of the cleanup. One of my old stations was still contaminated when I sold the business in 2022 and there had been two cleanups done. The state tried to get it out of the program a few times, but the property owner fought them. The big issue is an old station location across the street had a major spill and contaminates still leach from that property to the property, at least that was what the environmental guys told me. Said the entire area was contaminated and Hogtown creek runs right behind the station. I drove by the other day and they were installing new monitoring wells for some reason. i bet there are even a few old tanks buried out there that nobody knows about. Some of the old cleanup companies were just scamming the state, in my opinion, and not doing a good job cleaning up sites.
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 20, 2024 7:49:48 GMT -5
I do not miss trying to find qualified employees.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 20, 2024 8:00:05 GMT -5
The trouble is most Alpha persons are never completely satisfied with the performance of other people because “no one can do it as well as they can”.
I have learned over the years to settle for what is available.
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 20, 2024 9:29:40 GMT -5
The trouble is most Alpha persons are never completely satisfied with the performance of other people because “no one can do it as well as they can”. I have learned over the years to settle for what is available. I don't know the topic, so forgive me, I just read your post. I've spoken of my work history here, many times. Underground Utility contracting. I had the luxury of making hiring decisions the entire time, with exception of course being my future boss married my partners daughter. All good. I never had such an attitude that you desribe, and we never settled. The entire estimating department, and most of the project managers, are all still there. They can thank me, and me only, as I personally interviewed everyone, and insisted we hire them. Most of the entire field, 20 supers, and 40 foremen, I hired all of them. We never settled for what was available. I probably should mention I trained all of the above, personally, and have known them all from their first day in the business. Do I think I'm the best? Of course. Doesn't mean I can't make everyone else as good.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 20, 2024 9:49:02 GMT -5
Mr Whitebacon, You were blessed. I was never that lucky. 👍
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 20, 2024 10:08:29 GMT -5
Mr Whitebacon, You were blessed. I was never that lucky. 👍 Thank you for the kind words. My "kids" , as I call them, speak with me every week to this day. My top four there, and they are top four out of five, we talk every week, to this day. Much more friends than colleagues. We all went to each others weddings, all fished together. Vacationed together. Could not be more proud of them. The bossman, very much my boss when I left, although he's 17 years my junior stay in touch by email. He's an incredible talent, so I can't complain any gripe I would have, and I dont.. He makes sure I eat and sleep well. I trained him, we are both lifelong Gators, although he is at the highest point in the Gator alumni chain now, a position I never sniffed. I was, and am blessed. We kept our nose clean, and still do.
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Post by gogittum on Apr 20, 2024 11:02:13 GMT -5
I do not miss trying to find qualified employees. Man, you got that right. I never did find employees I was real happy with and ended up doing most of the jobs myself. Ran myself half to death.
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