I got le job

[Drew2]

So I'm now employed. Again. First job since my internship this summer. It's a pretty fucking kickass job, I'd say. Nothing spectacular, but it's great for my purposes. 401k, Insurance, Tuition reinburstment, etc. etc.

http://www.convergys.com

I'm working for them as a technical support assosciate. Since I have an A+ Certification (since I was like 15) they were like "Oh here is your immediate $0.25 raise" and I was like "thx" and then they asked me if I was related to the receptionist because she was hispanic.

I'm not kidding.

Oh, and the best part.

I had to not go to school this semester (another story in itself, really) for this job, because the first 90 days I have to have 8 hour rotating shifts every week or something since the facility is open 24/7/365. THIS SHOULD BE FUN.

[Edited on 1-7-2005 by Tayre]

[Snapp]

Congrats :thumbsup:

edit to add: You mean all Mexicans aren't related? :?:

[Edited on 1-7-2005 by Snapp]

[Drew2]

They're as related to eachother as all queers are.


PS- I'm allowed to say that word because that encompasses me (sort of).

GOOD JOB

[HarmNone]

Congratulations, Tayre!

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

What type of calls will you support? Convergys is an outsourcer for a ton of different big industry companies. I know when I was at AOL we used them, and here at H&R Block they've used them in the past.

[Killer Kitten]

Congratulations, Tayre! I wish you much success!

Kimm

[Wezas]

Congrats and welcome to the world of dealing with dumbass computer-retarded people all day long.

[Drew2]

Originally posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
What type of calls will you support? Convergys is an outsourcer for a ton of different big industry companies. I know when I was at AOL we used them, and here at H&R Block they've used them in the past.

Well, I'm pretty sure they'll be computer-related. Possibly for Yahoo! or something, not sure. I start training on Monday (3:30-midnight, wtf?) so we'll see.

[Latrinsorm]

Rotating shifts are a great way to try and make your kids feel inadequate if you ever have them. :thumbsup:

[SpunGirl]

Good job, Drew. You get one "grown-up" patch for your sash today.

-K

[Brattt8525]

:2beers: Congrats Tayre.

[C7L34N]

Good job...... Yes any and all jobs are good!:smug:

[Fengus]

Welcome to the machine.

[Drew2]

So first day of training was yesterday. Now I actually know what I'm doing.

I'll be doing Yahoo! Small Business Webhosting Technical Support. Pretty simple, but I think I'll be good at it.

Perks include employee discounts for Dell, IBM, Sprint, AT&T (Cingular), 24 Hour Fitness (w00t), and many other things I've already forgotten.

<----- So you know where the hookup is now.


http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/

That's where I'll do tech support. I rox.

[Edited on 1-11-2005 by Tayre]

[Ralimar]

w00t. Convergy's is a pretty good company, I lived in a city with one that took DirectTV service calls. I worked for 1800 flowers for awhile and got some GREAT stories out of it, like kids prank calling in the middle of the night when suddenly their mom picks up the phone and starts to dial a number. The kids hang up immediately, and I get to explain to the mom that I work for 1800 flowers and her kids were in the process of cranking me. And then she decides to keep me on the line while she goes up to the kids' room, pounds on the door and yells at them for 5 minutes, nearly leaving the kid in tears. I was able to flag down my superviser so he could listen to it too, from his desk. Thank God we had mute buttons.

[Drew2]

Rofl yeah. I got to hear a lot of good stories (along with a lot of horror stories) about working customer service/tech support.

I'm looking forward to my own.

[Drew2]

So I've been in training for over a week now (hence the lack of me on the internet) and I'm totally pwning it.

We had training modules that were supposed to take the entire 8 hours to finish today. I finished in 3 hours with like 95% score. The trainer was like "Oh. Well go shadow for the rest of ur time" so I got to sit there and listen to calls all day. The guy let me answer one, even. I did pretty well for my first call, I'd say. I'm the only one in my class who's answered a live call so w00t.

Anyways. If anyone has any question about Yahoo! Webhosting, I'm your man.

[Asha]

How come everyone finds it so easy to be happy for someone who is Pwning at getting a good job?
$400+!1!
I fucking . . FUCKING hate you!!!1!!

[Soulpieced]

The primary question I have is why you decided to take a helpdesk job vice continuing towards getting your degree.

[peam]

Degrees are for suckas.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

What do you get paid anyway? The pricing model I get from convergys I'm sure has some economies of scale in it, but cost per contact is pretty cheap, so I'm curious your hourly wage.

[Drew2]

$9.25/hr starting out. 50 cent raise after 90 days.

And as for Soulpieced... I never said I wasn't going to get my degree.

So, speaking of jobs anyone wanna help a brotha out wit a resume?

[Mint]

Congratulations.

(am I the only one who thought Tayre worked for NASA? Yes, it has already been established that I am way out of the loop)

[HarmNone]

The NASA thang was just an internship, Mint. This is a real, live job! :)

[Soulpieced]

Tayre, I had taken from your previous post that you were "taking a semester off". That is what I would consider a fairly considerate hump towards getting a degree, as said company will most likely still want you to work a lot of hours if you decide you want to go back and complete it.

And Peam, degrees are for people who don't want to conduct trains for the rest of their lives.

[Edited on 1-19-2005 by Soulpieced]

[Makkah]

lol JUKEage


rht

[Darnell]

Work is so overrated....

D
"Gateway, we put the G in Quality"

[Ralimar]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
The primary question I have is why you decided to take a helpdesk job vice continuing towards getting your degree.

Because it sucks to eat nothing but Ramen for 4 years straight.

[Edaarin]

As long as you're doing something with your life. Work experience never hurts, although I've heard from a few people that it's hard to go back to college after leaving to work.

If it's about money, you probably could have gotten a job at Wal-Mart (if I remember right they pay their associates something like $10.00+ an hour in my area, plus health benefits after X months of working).

I'd rather get a degree any day than be blue collar. Yeck.

- Arkans

[peam]

Obviously neither of you knows too much about the company I'm working for.

A majority of the management (entry, middle, and upper) comes directly from the blue collar slobs driving the trains.

Either way, my job is much more awesome than being an overrated secretary for a decade, before finally getting that promotion, allowing you to manage ten people at once!

And if you're shallow enough to look at it from a purely monetary perspective, I guarantee I'll be knocking down six figures well before I'm thirty.

[Drew2]

The thing is, I am going to get a degree. There is no two ways about it. And I am going to get it before I'm 23. I feel that's a reasonable goal for someone in my... situation.

I can sit here and list excuses or reasons or what have you all day as to why I'm not going to school this semester, but in the end, I feel that this is best for me, and frankly, that's all that matters. If this is the wrong the decision, at least it was mine to make, and it's not like I'm sitting around twiddling my thumbs all semester. I got a job, I'm doing very well at it, and this job will help me achieve my long term goals. If anyone has a problem with that, frankly I don't care.

Although I do, believe it or not, value all (most) of your opinions.

Thank you and goodnight.

[DeV]

Originally posted by Tayre
The thing is, I am going to get a degree. There is no two ways about it. And I am going to get it before I'm 23. I feel that's a reasonable goal for someone in my... situation.
It's quite reasonable and a good plan as long as college remains your overall goal. You'll have real world work experience by the time you graduate and you will have contacts you might not have had otherwise which will add to your resume when you start looking for that white collar gig.

[Soulpieced]

Either way, my job is much more awesome than being an overrated secretary for a decade, before finally getting that promotion, allowing you to manage ten people at once!

.

Are you insinuating people with college degrees are all glorified secretaries? Pretty shady logic there. A large majority of my classmates (same major) are making between 45-55 thousand a year right out of college. Also, making 6 figures really doesn't have that much to do with what you are doing, as long as you have the right connections. In the DC area, just having a clearance in the private sector can easily fetch you that much with 5 years working experience. But that's not the point. I was merely saying that in most cases, taking time off of or stopping your education to start working at a job may seem good in the short term, but has a good probability of coming back to kick you in the ass later.

[Edited on 1-20-2005 by Soulpieced]

[HarmNone]

You've got a plan, Tayre, and that's yours to make. I admire you for having made one that suits your needs. If you stick to your plans, you'll have that degree exactly as you intend. :)

[Back]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
Either way, my job is much more awesome than being an overrated secretary for a decade, before finally getting that promotion, allowing you to manage ten people at once!

.

Are you insinuating people with college degrees are all glorified secretaries? Pretty shady logic there. A large majority of my classmates (same major) are making between 45-55 thousand a year right out of college. Also, making 6 figures really doesn't have that much to do with what you are doing, as long as you have the right connections. In the DC area, just having a clearance in the private sector can easily fetch you that much with 5 years working experience. But that's not the point. I was merely saying that in most cases, taking time off of or stopping your education to start working at a job may seem good in the short term, but has a good probability of coming back to kick you in the ass later.

[Edited on 1-20-2005 by Soulpieced]

Guess we’ll have to watch the Apprentice this season to see if you’re right.

Go dropouts!

[Back]

Oh yeah, and way to go, Tool.

Hey, I like the idea of being white collar, every society needs people to dig ditches, though. I'm just glad it's not going to be me.

- Arkans

[Back]

Originally posted by Arkans
Hey, I like the idea of being white collar, every society needs people to dig ditches, though. I'm just glad it's not going to be me.

- Arkans

What would Stalin say? Tsk.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Getting a degree just makes things easier I think, but it isn't a requirement for being successful in life. I've got two degrees, Chemistry and Zoology, and I work in a completely non-related field.

My only suggestion would be do what you love to do, it makes going to work that much easier. Let's face it, many of us will work our whole lives, so we should do what we enjoy.

[Parkbandit]

I've hired both and fired both. I've known a TON of really stupid people with degrees. I've also known a ton of people who are smart without any college.

Hire the person, not their educational backround.

45 isn't really all that much and its entirely dependent on the field you're in