I once ate a whole watermelon at a summer camp I worked for in high school. It was a boredom thing, mostly. I think I was also trying to impress a female counselor (who wasn’t present, but I hoped would hear about the event), which gave me the required motivation to work through that fucking rind. The rind tastes bad,…

Should we talk about that pig eating his watermelon on wall-to-wall carpeting in somebody’s home? Also, I hate the hippos’ handler.

half the animals here wish it were the head of the person feeding them the watermelon

We need 4 hippos and about 60 watermelons. Now

To the writer of this article: I’ve heard there are free apps that can record your phone conversations. Never tried it, but just thought I’d mention it.

I’m extremely skeptical of any enterprise that describes itself as religiously oriented if it isn’t specifically in the business of delivering products or services targeted at the followers of a particular religion. It’s got all the bad vibes of the “happy family” corporate environment (which others have described in…

One of my favorite interviews was with a company, i won’t say their name, but rhymes with Whine Warmer. This was the second level interview for a salaried position and they said with pride “we typically put in 60-70 hours a week.” I, not missing a beat responded “you’re obviously doing it wrong.” Needless to say, i…

Don’t work for a company that can’t even edit their own job posting, and don’t accept that a piece of paper is the only thing standing between you and 12 grand. Fuck em.

In college a professor gave us two awesome pieces of advice on the last day of class:

After a year-long job search (I’m an old), the question that really frosts my ass is “What year did you graduate from high school?” So obvious why they want to know - but the worst part is, I graduated early, a few days after my 17th birthday - WHICH MAKES ME LOOK EVEN OLDER!

The position has been advertised for a long time or repeatedly. This is a clue that the company either can’t write decent job descriptions or is overly picky. In either case, a red flag IMHO.

I interviewed one place where, on a recruiter’s white board that I wasn’t supposed to see, there was a note about convincing applicants that the company was not a cult.

Glassdoor.com It used to be a very valuable tool for job seekers when trying to find out about companies and what employees thought about the companies. 5 star rating. Initially, the system was such that the ratings could be relied on as long as there were enough of them. i.e., if there were only 5 reviews of a…

Very true, i work in a place like that, and although it has a very relaxed environment and the CEO does care about the employees almost as family (just today a work colleagues family member died and she got the news while already working and was visibly shaken up, the CEO made it a point to get someone to grab one of…

^^ This. The whole “we’re a happy family” (sing it!) is a bad sign. As is the follow-up comment that the people there have all been there many years (thus implying low turnover). In reality what this means is that the boss is a micromanaging matriarch who determines who is in this “happy” family, and the only people…

This has been true at 100% of the jobs that I’ve worked where that phrase was brought up in the interview.

I’ve learned this the hard way. Another one is when your interviewer/potential supervisor goes on about how many hours they put in and how much they love it because they love what they do. It’s all hogwash, and very showboat-y

Another phrase to be wary of: “Some sales may be required.”

I also heard that if the CEO or manager proclaims “We’re like a family!” that’s a bad sign. There might be a lot of baggage and dysfunction there, just as many families have.

MY wife makes decent coin shopping at thrift shops and buying trinkets for pennies on the dollar and then resells them on ebay for dollars on the dollar. Anything "goth" or "steampunky" goes for stupid money on ebay.