Hey, all; Happy Friday- In honor of recent events, we here at A.V.O. Chintzee’s are offering a special, Friday-only Happy Hour menu from now through the fall of 2020, or whenever any other governmental body should deign to take power.  … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/20/2018

Happy Friday, all- So this week, not only are more companies either moving their operations out of the US or feeling the squeeze from our Combatant-in-Chief’s peerless navigation of the Trade War he started, but we also found out at … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/13/2018: Bad Luck Edition

Happy Friday, all – So, the job rate’s apparently going up, but that in-turn is offset by the fact that employers are still gun shy about increasing wages; particularly in light of our expected Trade War with China. More young … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/6/2018

Happy Friday, all- Sorry for the late post, just been out and about and relaxed for the first Friday in a very  long time. Yup, For the most part, it’s been a good head-clearing week; but this isn’t about me. … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/29/2018 – Staycation Edition!

Happy Friday, all- Putting this one up early again as, for the second week in a row, our office’s valuable paperwork catch-up time is instead being used to fulfill an important training requirement. One that should have been taken care … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/22/2018

Happy Friday, all. Throwing this one up a little early, as I’m being being forced into a workplace seminar that will, sadly take up far, FAR more of the afternoon than anyone in my office would like. Actually, now that … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/15/2018

Okay, boys and girls at the group table; instead of a narrative this week, I thought I’d try something different. In the past, a few people on these threads have stated that they feel that they feel they’ve reached a … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/8/2018

Staring at the paperwork spread across the restaurant table, Bob Kessler’s brow furrowed. Sweeping the crumbs of his half-finished Spicy Shrimp En Croútito off of the documents, he looked closer and ran the numbers again. This time, there was no … Continue reading Job Rants Thread 5/25/2018 – 6/1/2018

  You sit in front of two glasses: One, an unnatural shade of neon maroon, the other, an even bright shade of neon seafoam. One will get get you raging drunk; the other will make you sick for the entire … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/18/2018

Somehow, for yet another week in a row, you find yourself at the same spot. The same bar, the same stool, the same tinted light over your head bathing your entire visual spectrum in a chill blue tint. Why you’ve … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/11/2018

Back in the day, “Big Jack” MacMurdo was really something. For the better part of 30 years, Big Jack (he insists everyone call him that) was at the top off his field: highest sales quota in the company 4 fiscal … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/4/2018

“I’m sorry, but the tables are pretty full, tonight.” the hostess tells you without an ounce of sympathy in her voice, or indeed, any other emotion beyond “smiling.” “Would you maybe like to wait at the bar until something opens … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 4/27/2018