Yep, the day had come. The day that I will be delivered from the suffering that is work. The salvation of unemployement is upon me.
I still had 14.5 vacation days left, so I took them all. So as of today, I do not work at Mammoet anymore. Sorry Bugsy, no more cranes for me.
Now I have time to do the following things:
- Sleep
- Get my driving license
- Sleep
- Train
- Not doing any updates at the VG Press.
- Did I mention sleep?
- Play games
Life of hobo > engineer
Recently Spotted:
*crickets*
So still queit from the contract side. The guy who introduced me is trying to get an agreement with the company I talked to, Not sure why it is taking so long, they have to pay less than they thought they would. Tomorrow I will call to see what's up.
This Friday I have a talk with another company. This one has no person in between. I am going to use Golden Rule number 1 hard. Tuesday I have a talk with yet another company. And a guy just called and another ship building company wants to talk with me. So now I am in running with 4 companies. Wow, people must be getting desperate I they want to hire me. Not my problem.
The companies are
Keppel Verolme (shipbuilding/offshore)
Arcadis (engineering bureau speciality landscaping and living)
KCI (engineering bureay speciality oil & gas and renewable energy)
Damen (shipbuilding)
This blog is depressing. You are Iga, a terminator, of course people want to hire you.
It is like people want to be terminated.
It's no fun like that, watching them struggle and slowly lose hope is what makes it fun.
I had another interview yesterday and it went really well.
Doing job interviews is fun, the job itself not so much.
Okay yet another job interview is done. This one was a bit dry, no laughing, no jokes, but it was servicable. Friday it is time for job interview 4.
Also a new challenger approaches. Company 5 shows its face. The want to talk to me, but they forgot to add time, place and date. Not sure when the interview is taking place!
So that's like 5 companies, damn I need to stop with looking. I am drowning in them.
Guys I got a mail from TNO (a prestigious R&D firm) that kinda went like this:
I hereby invite you for a talk with NAME, FUNCTION and NAME, FUNCTION at DATE at TIME
So apparently I have an appointment, but I do not know where, when, at what time and with who. Brilliant!
Also another odd point was that the name on the mail was different than the name on the email adress.
So I send a mail back, but after a day still nothing. So the next day I call TNO and get the reception.
I ask if I can speak with the person, she looks and can't find the name and asks me to call back!
Seriously asking me to call back?! What kind of professionalism is that?!
So I call back and another receptionist answers the phone. She tells me that no person with that name works there. So I mention the mail and the name on the mail. Yes that person does work there, now she puts me through. But someone else answers the phone. The person I am looking for does not work that day.
So I think, she did not answer my mail, because she was not at work. Okay, next day still no answer. So I decide to call again. This time with the knowledge of the real name. Now I have yet another receptionist. She can't find her. But then she looks at another list. And she puts me through. After 5 minutes my phone is still not picked up. I hang up.
I have written her yet another mail, but now I get the message that she does not work Fridays and Wednesdays. FUCK, but at least I know she is getting the mail. Really this is totally not professional.
Maybe this is a part of the screening process. They want people who are determined and persistent.
Though more likely it's prestigious incompitence!
Okay quick update.
Both Kepel Verolme and Damen want me. Damen has a better contract, but Keppel Verolme has better work. The differences are slight, but I am leaning slightly to Keppel.
Today I also have a meeting with TNO. Work looks great on paper, but who knows the description was vague. Could be anything.
It doesn't matter who you work for so long as your job description is "I Make Cranes". You may think you are done with cranes, but cranes are not done with you.
Okay, the interview did not go well. First it was a weird concept. They would mostly talk about the result of a personality test. Oh yes personality test, I have such a great record with these. First one I did had me being a sociopath, this one had me being average at everything. And why start with a personality test? Why not tell what the job is all about? You know finding out if I even want the damn job! Basically I was getting interogated. Why did you do this? Can you give an example? What exactly was your role? And what where your grades? And the best one 6.5 for your Master Thesis, why not a 7.5?
Some interviews let you tell a story and then they ask away. It feels more like a conversation this way, but here I was getting burned. But I am used to that and I defended myself well enough. But I do not know what impression I left. Normally I can tell if I am suited for the job or not and tell if a interview went well. But here, no such luck. We hardly spoke about the job content and because it was just me answering personality questions it never took off. In the end they asked if I wanted to tell something about myself that could significantly change the way they would view me. So naturally I asked what they view of me was, so then I could better tell if it was correct or not! But they told me they have to talk with each other before they give me an answer. So I just said that I am a very perseverant guy and I never ever give up. Also they asked why they should hire me, someone who has work experience, over a fresh guy from college and I answered because I have work experience, duh.
They will call tomorrow. I expect the worst, but I hope for the best.