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SideWinder said:
Related to the thread i just posted....just having my eyes opened that there is a massive world out there beyond the company i have been at for 9 years. :eek:

Realising i have been quite underpaid/not progressing fast enough....and cue at risk of redunancy. The payout will be £10-13k so i am suddenly overwhelmed with the thought of actually spreading my wings....scary. I am sure i'll be posting much more now :o
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That's what happens when you get too comfortable. Many don't make the jump until they are pushed, I found out how undervalued I was in my job I had been doing for 9 years. Also led me to looking for jobs beyond my area.
 
malachi said:
That's what happens when you get too comfortable. Many don't make the jump until they are pushed, I found out how undervalued I was in my job I had been doing for 9 years. Also led me to looking for jobs beyond my area.
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I think if i hadn't of been put up for redunancy (its impacted 20 people in the department), i wouldn't have seriously considered it...will make the most of this situation i feel! Starting to recover from the shock...!
 
mrbell1984 said:
I been in jobs where people have been at the same company for 40+ years and I'm not kidding. They where so relaxed they put their feet up on the desk and what not and had their own corner cubby hole.
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Could argue the key to a happy life is stability. If you are earning enough to pay the bills and live a comfortable life is it worth risking years of stability for the sake of change. There is no right or wrong answer to this I feel.
 
Had an internal interview for a job at work. Had to give a short presentation and answer the normal competence questions. Felt I did well with the presentation and did a shoddy job at answering the questions.

Was surprised to find out I got to the second round of interviews. However just found out the second stage I have to give a 15 minute presentation!. Honestly can't be arsed with it. Way out my comfort zone and didn't expect to have to do that.
 
Amplus said:
Could argue the key to a happy life is stability. If you are earning enough to pay the bills and live a comfortable life is it worth risking years of stability for the sake of change. There is no right or wrong answer to this I feel.
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I think the key to life is different for everyone. Stability is great for some, but bores the hell out of others. Figure out what your ‘why’ is and do everything to get there is generally what I go by.
 
Amplus said:
Had an internal interview for a job at work. Had to give a short presentation and answer the normal competence questions. Felt I did well with the presentation and did a shoddy job at answering the questions.

Was surprised to find out I got to the second round of interviews. However just found out the second stage I have to give a 15 minute presentation!. Honestly can't be arsed with it. Way out my comfort zone and didn't expect to have to do that.
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Why did you you apply?
 
Amplus said:
Could argue the key to a happy life is stability. If you are earning enough to pay the bills and live a comfortable life is it worth risking years of stability for the sake of change. There is no right or wrong answer to this I feel.
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I would say progression until you are comfortable. I have been at companies where they force you to progress and I been at some where they let you just get on with it.
 
Basher said:
I think the key to life is different for everyone. Stability is great for some, but bores the hell out of others. Figure out what your ‘why’ is and do everything to get there is generally what I go by.
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See, I'm wired backwards, as I hate not learning and developing. Stability for me, often comes with a lack of that. I always have to be doing something interesting to me, learning and feeling like I'm getting something more from life. This, for me at least (I'm sure it does exist), has never existed in line with the comfort and stability.
 
I had an interesting call yesterday with the CEO of Ciright systems. They're interested in finding a technology partner for emotion API. They do hardware and systems for multiple applications where they'd like to use it. One is interactive maps at universities, to change content if people look confused. Only want to just use our API, which is fine. There are about 5 use cases they mentioned, so I asked them to send through the number of POS/ hardware places they would have and what the use case for each would be. It's not a model we've priced for before, so I'm trying to work out how to make it a. competitive b. cover our costs and be worth it for us, too.
I was looking at the AWS model and thought I'd try and replicate that one but see if I could make it cheaper... just need to be able to handle the potential millions of monthly calls to the API and it not cost us a ton in infra. Will see what the brief is on the units and uses they have and I'll try and put something together.
 
randomshenans said:
See, I'm wired backwards, as I hate not learning and developing. Stability for me, often comes with a lack of that. I always have to be doing something interesting to me, learning and feeling like I'm getting something more from life. This, for me at least (I'm sure it does exist), has never existed in line with the comfort and stability.
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100% with you on that.
 
randomshenans said:
See, I'm wired backwards, as I hate not learning and developing. Stability for me, often comes with a lack of that. I always have to be doing something interesting to me, learning and feeling like I'm getting something more from life. This, for me at least (I'm sure it does exist), has never existed in line with the comfort and stability.
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Same with me, if I feel I am not learning and developing then I look for another job.

Its not for everyone, some people like being stable and comfortable in their roles and that's fine. But these are the same people who never get the top end jobs, hardily get pay rises, if any at all. Get over looked for promotions.
 
Amplus said:
Had an internal interview for a job at work. Had to give a short presentation and answer the normal competence questions. Felt I did well with the presentation and did a shoddy job at answering the questions.

Was surprised to find out I got to the second round of interviews. However just found out the second stage I have to give a 15 minute presentation!. Honestly can't be arsed with it. Way out my comfort zone and didn't expect to have to do that.
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So got told Monday afternoon I had to give a 15 minute presentation but they will contact me in the next few weeks to arrange the interview. Got told today that the interview is Friday.

Am I right to be completely ****** off at this? From being told they will be in touch in the coming weeks to be given 2 days notice. I have done no preparation whatsoever and never given a presentation before. Not sure how I'm going to do it with 2 days notice. Tempted to tell them to forget the job as seems I'm being set up to fail.
 
I think you're being overly dramatic. If you want to promote then you need to move out of your comfort zone. 15 minutes doesn't take long to prep, if you want the job then you'll find the time to do it or ask that it be delayed for a few days as you need more time. If they were in the mindset of setting you up to fail they wouldn't have offered a second interview.
 
Amplus said:
So got told Monday afternoon I had to give a 15 minute presentation but they will contact me in the next few weeks to arrange the interview. Got told today that the interview is Friday.

Am I right to be completely ****** off at this? From being told they will be in touch in the coming weeks to be given 2 days notice. I have done no preparation whatsoever and never given a presentation before. Not sure how I'm going to do it with 2 days notice. Tempted to tell them to forget the job as seems I'm being set up to fail.
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It doesn't sound like you want the job. Best to move out of the way so someone who does can put some effort in and get it.

If you really wanted it, you'd find time.
 
Amplus said:
So got told Monday afternoon I had to give a 15 minute presentation but they will contact me in the next few weeks to arrange the interview. Got told today that the interview is Friday.

Am I right to be completely ****** off at this? From being told they will be in touch in the coming weeks to be given 2 days notice. I have done no preparation whatsoever and never given a presentation before. Not sure how I'm going to do it with 2 days notice. Tempted to tell them to forget the job as seems I'm being set up to fail.
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You will face a lot harder challenges life, face your fear and awkward situation and use it to learn from for your next interview. Use the "change in timescale" to your advantage when starting the presentation - say it added a big challenge, which you enjoy.

Presentations are key to doing well in a career (i dont mean having a job that involves many presentations) - it will build you tolerance to uncomfortable situations and help you communicate better. Im sure youve seen crap workers who can communicate better (face fits) reap more rewards than an solid output producer whose face doesnt
 
Sounds like it isn't for you - if you can't turn around a 15 minute presentation in 2 days then I'm not sure what it is you're expecting the role to be like? What is the role out of interest?
 
Another one from Amazon, had an issue with someone hijacking one of the listings we sell on and now they want paperwork to show we are allowed to sell explosives in to Northern Ireland for a medicine which is no longer produced. Amazon don't seem to understand how serious this is.
 
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