zrath: Zrath-Smiley as a TRON program (The King)


Soooooo...

I had an exciting and crazy-making week! How about a nice little recap?
Please to fasten seatbelts and return to full upright position!

Monday: Went to Vivendi Games for job interview test. Aced it and got "you're hired" phone call!
Happily posted about it here! Got many congratulatory messages! Yeaaaaa!!
Sent e-mail to Genex, the company I applied with 2 weeks ago, to get status update. Didn't get answer.
(It pays more than Vivendi and it's closer. All eggs = not in one basket.)

Tuesday: Went to Vivendi Games to fill out paperwork and get orientatetatetated.
2 hours after coming home, got phone call that project was on hold and I was on hold too.
Was supposed to start Wednesday. Well, not anymore! Ha ha ha, sucker!
Was told I wouldn't be on hold more than a week or two. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
Kept looking for work.

Wednesday: Furiously e-mailed with recruiter about testing job in Century City.
Did some other stuff that I can't remember but was probably exciting at the time.
Kept looking for work.

Lots of stuff on Thursday, plus photos, so it's behind a cut! )

This got pretty long, so I'm going to end it here and pick up with Friday on the next post.


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zrath: Zrath-Smiley as a TRON program (Major & Friend)


DAMMIT!!

I went in to my new employer today to fill out all the paperwork (and boy, there was a lot!).
We (me and the other 12 new guys) got a tour of the office, were shown the timeclock and how it works
(it's a hand reader! Holy biometrics, Batman!), and got our parking validated.
I drove homeward and stopped at Del Taco for my one meal of the day.
While there, I got a phone call from work.
The project I was slated to be put on was placed on hold.
I'm not starting tomorrow.
I'm on hold until they call me and tell me the project is back on track.

In the immortal words of Darkman, "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME!"

So now, I wait until I get a call. I was told it wouldn't be more than a week.
I will continue job-hunting.
The cool place I interviewed at a couple of weeks ago, which is called Genex by the way, has still
not gotten back to me with a "yay" or "nay". I e-mailed the guy yesterday, and no reply so far.

"Faith manages."

A few minutes ago, [livejournal.com profile] gizmoelf came by to visit for a bit.
He went to Anime Expo over the weekend and apparently picked up a little something for me.
"And it looks a little something like this. HIT IT!"



It's a plushie Tachikoma from "Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig"!
It's almost a foot across! It's currently sprawled on the mixing board in the living room.
PlushiTachi! :D
Thanks Gizmo for raising my spirits!


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zrath: Zrath-Smiley as a TRON program (Squee)


"This just in..."

"Notorious French Kzin and bombastic bon vivant Zrath-Smiley has been hired!
He has been selected by Vivendi Games to test their entertainment software.
He will be filling in paperwork tomorrow, then will begin work on Wednesday.
He will skip training entirely since he has years of testing experience.
This ends an unemployment streak that had begun in November 2007 and had been VERY briefly interrupted
for one day in June 2008 (baking in the sun and securizing the TV Land Awards in Santa Monica).
The Kzin was quoted as saying, "Woo hoo! Super! Finally!"
The position is below his normal salary range, but these are heavy times and work is work."

So yes, I finally have a job. A real job!
Not a fake job like the one with the security company that gave me no work (except for ONE day).
I called them and left a voicemail indicating that I quit and that they sucked.

It went amazingly quickly!
2pm: Go to Vivendi Games for an interview. 12 other people there.
4pm: Test and screening complete. All applicants leave.
5:30pm: Cellphone rings. I CAN HAS JOB!
Same day service! Wooooooooooh!!
Even better than dry-cleaning! :D

Have a little MST3K goodness on me!



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