Tag: job
Going into 8 Months’ Teleworking
We’ve gone from 100% teleworking, to alternating A/B schedule, to 100% on=site except for medically documented high risk employees remaining on teleworking. The environment, the level of scare stage, whatever it’s to be called, changes. As we go into this 8th month of us teleworking, the word… Continue Reading
Telework is slower output???
I happened to actually read an automatic reply in email from someone who is (also) teleworking. Thought to ponder…
So what is it that makes this autoreply valid? Is this to say he is working much slower in email responses from home than if he was sitting at his work desk in his office? With VPN capability … Continue Reading
Indication of cluelessness
Can’t blame her, she doesn’t have the background or experience. But still… just thought this was a bit extraordinary for someone to be in (pushed into) the career field and not have a grasp of some basic concepts. It’s a read, but…
Possible health Hazard down the road?
This morning several people at work were talking about how their car FOBs didn’t work when they left the building to go home yesterday. Those who had actually car door keys had to use them to unlock their doors. I didn’t drive to work yesterday so I didn’t notice this. And then again this morning… Continue Reading
3 awful reasons to take Social Security benefits at 62
Worth taking note of as the retirement years come closer. for mistakes not to make….
Dinosaurs in the career field
A couple of current and former co-workers and I were shooting the breeze about work related stuff, crypto issues in particular, and we former tech controllers from the telecommunications side started comparing how crypto, key updates, etc., have changed over the years (decades!!!) since we were brand new… Continue Reading
Mistakes in Federal Resumes
I found this article on military.com and, having been getting much experience in this arena of submitting federal resumes on USAJOBS, thought this may be interesting to anybody doing the same or those who have done so and can’t get past initial HR screening/qualification. Also.. for my own reference… Continue Reading
Joining the military is a last resort?
Peaches and Justin, now young adults, were talking about discussions Peaches had with some co-workers about her boyfriend possibly enlisting in the Army. Apparently the co-workers” side of the conversation talked down the idea of joining as an employment option, calling it a “last resort”.… Continue Reading