tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post1432415494684801037..comments2023-11-05T04:23:05.050-08:00Comments on Finding My Way Home: Working Outside....thailandchanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-24227762169984034632007-01-16T10:19:00.000-08:002007-01-16T10:19:00.000-08:00LOL. Control freaks for sure.LOL. Control freaks for sure.Girliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10380454816676310833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-79934923899174500952007-01-16T08:37:00.000-08:002007-01-16T08:37:00.000-08:00There's that power and control thing again, hard t...There's that power and control thing again, hard to get away from it.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040757371778588395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-62580268306016831022007-01-15T22:29:00.000-08:002007-01-15T22:29:00.000-08:00Bureaucrats are bureaucrats.
I hate it when people...Bureaucrats are bureaucrats.<br />I hate it when people enjoy wielding trivial power over others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-5257347580084935362007-01-15T22:15:00.000-08:002007-01-15T22:15:00.000-08:00It's very simple. They want to make sure you have...It's very simple. They want to make sure you haven't grown three heads, or a penis.<br /><br />This is why I have always been underemployed, which is employment world terminology for crappy, poorly paid menial jobs under people who are half my age and have one forth my IQ but consider themselves my 'superiors."heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-75417762353158029282007-01-15T21:46:00.000-08:002007-01-15T21:46:00.000-08:00ah..chani...i feel the same way. simply put, save...ah..chani...i feel the same way. simply put, save me the bullshit.<br /><br />but i have authority issues. big ones. <br /><br />do you sell your books back on amazon? i've made a few decent bucks doing that.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-52684967291597714702007-01-15T21:20:00.000-08:002007-01-15T21:20:00.000-08:00I've recently had to complete yet another stack of...I've recently had to complete yet another stack of OPI paperwork to be sure I am not a terrorist trying to infiltrate the government by using a computer that is hooked up to the federal network. I can't even get my email to work half the time and they are worried about me hacking defense secrets? I think not, but I do it because I love my job. <br /><br />I agree with qt, if you can operate outside of the corporate (or federal) engine, more power to you!dmmgmfmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872482306885344135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-86567688340453141082007-01-15T13:08:00.000-08:002007-01-15T13:08:00.000-08:00There seems to be this compulsion that some people...There seems to be this compulsion that some people have to create complication for its own sake. Many government forms (for business, mostly) make you submit information that no-one elever looks at, compiling data that no-one is interested in. Now that turns my crank.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-65577344668995897992007-01-15T10:59:00.000-08:002007-01-15T10:59:00.000-08:00Corporate shmitziness. They ask for things like t...Corporate shmitziness. They ask for things like this just because they believe they can. There isn't a humanness, but more a level of control, even by the most menial office staff.Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05295553538430945014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-15210269467739880202007-01-15T09:50:00.000-08:002007-01-15T09:50:00.000-08:00"just to get to know you."
I am not sure one can ..."just to get to know you."<br /><br />I am not sure one can "know" someone just through the form or paperwork via fax or email. So yes, I think that to meet someone in person matters a lot when it is about to be hired, even though they have met you a few years ago. <br />For the job I am doing right now, I first applied via an email, then telephone, then meeting in person. I understood and agreed with the process, although I had already met last year the guy who hired me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-65054936287713751382007-01-15T09:08:00.000-08:002007-01-15T09:08:00.000-08:00Oh Chani, I am the same way but the burdens we hav...Oh Chani, I am the same way but the burdens we have now thanks to the Patriot Act are unbelievable. <br /><br />In my field, we have to update forms ANNUALLY now. Just to make sure you are who you say you are and not a terrorist. Believe me, it is so annoying and people get very defensive (I don't blame them!)but we are threatened with big fines if we don't do it. Many of the forms have to be signed originals, but I would think they could mail them to you and you could mail them back? That's what we do.<br /><br />Secondly, I always say if you can operate outside the corporate engine, more power to you.QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-8806092424071905212007-01-15T08:35:00.000-08:002007-01-15T08:35:00.000-08:00This strikes me as odd too. Who knows what the re...This strikes me as odd too. Who knows what the real reason for this is? But i say no sex with AR unless he/she buys you dinner first!menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-8685765260584021602007-01-15T08:19:00.000-08:002007-01-15T08:19:00.000-08:00My reaction to their request was the same as yours...My reaction to their request was the same as yours - nothing has changed so why force me to do this? Some clerk who is implementing this directive either can't or won't take the initiative and sign off that your information has been verified. If there is any other reason for the requirement for them to see you personally it should be communicated to you.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13690660290319444722noreply@blogger.com