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So back in February when I wasn't working, Jodo McFatty (local M3F member to me) asks me if I was able for a couple months, 'cause he heard they were looking for someone right away at work. All I knew was it was a "help desk" position. So I call up the supervisor, this is at the University of Victoria, and arrange an interview that day on a Thursday afternoon. Now me being business trained, I thought this was a serious long shot. So I go to the interview, get grilled with a million techie questions, and some how I came up with the correct answers! :shock: So I started on Monday. I was covering for someone who was on maturnity leave returning on April 7th. There was another guy who was there before me who got a permanent position somewhere else on campus. So I was like, sweet, I get a job for a couple months. So I get to work, and I find out I'm making a huge whack of cash, so I was like sweet, tons of cash for 2 months! April 7th rolls around, and I still have a job. I hear the lady on mat. leave is now coming back on April 18, and I'd work until the 21st ~ sweet a couple weeks extra. Then about a week later, the lady resigns!!! Because it's union, my position had to be posted, it couldn't just be handed over to me. Which sucks because the guy I took over from, didn't like the supervisor at his new position (he let's people walk all over him) so he wanted to come back to this department. I was like....fuck, now I'm out a job, because this guy had been here longer.
Then I find out there's some other positions on campus doing the same thing that's gonna get posted at the same time as my job. But then I hear through the grape vine that they already had other internal people in mind for those positions. So now I thought I was definitely screwed. To top it off, talkinga bout bad timing, I'm going on vacation on May 12th for 16 days, and I can't cancel it (going to Botswana). So now I thought I was definitely screwed.
So my supervisor tells me that 26 people applied for the position. He doesn't need to interview me ~ cool. He said that the other guy would get the position if he wanted it because he had been there longer. So now I'm like...great, that little a-hole is going to take my job when he already has one. Then some how my supervisor convinced the other guy to take the other position.
So the day before I leave for vacation for 16 days, I get told that unless Dave magically doesn't get hired for the other position (95% chance he's getting it), then I get the job! :bananadance: . I couldn't believe what I just heard!
I can't believe I'm moving forward so fast with my life, I just turned 20 a couple months ago and I'm set out to earn $50k a year :shock: . I guess I'll finally be moving out of the house! :klavergreg:
Then I find out there's some other positions on campus doing the same thing that's gonna get posted at the same time as my job. But then I hear through the grape vine that they already had other internal people in mind for those positions. So now I thought I was definitely screwed. To top it off, talkinga bout bad timing, I'm going on vacation on May 12th for 16 days, and I can't cancel it (going to Botswana). So now I thought I was definitely screwed.
So my supervisor tells me that 26 people applied for the position. He doesn't need to interview me ~ cool. He said that the other guy would get the position if he wanted it because he had been there longer. So now I'm like...great, that little a-hole is going to take my job when he already has one. Then some how my supervisor convinced the other guy to take the other position.
So the day before I leave for vacation for 16 days, I get told that unless Dave magically doesn't get hired for the other position (95% chance he's getting it), then I get the job! :bananadance: . I couldn't believe what I just heard!
I can't believe I'm moving forward so fast with my life, I just turned 20 a couple months ago and I'm set out to earn $50k a year :shock: . I guess I'll finally be moving out of the house! :klavergreg:
