Need some divine help on the job front

Congratulations.

I would love to be a fly in the room when you tell China boss, "I quit".

Next big job is convincing my wife that I need a Dodge Challenger.
Guy I was talking to on the radio last night was at the dealer, waiting for the lot lizards to descend upon him, and said they had a bunch of them for sale.
 
NO MORE CHINA TRIPS!
I was just informed that they will be going forward with a job offer.
Thank you for all the words of support, empathy, and encouragement.

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Outstanding. Now you can make the next Battery Oaks event.
 
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Congratulations.

I would love to be a fly in the room when you tell China boss, "I quit".


Guy I was talking to on the radio last night was at the dealer, waiting for the lot lizards to descend upon him, and said they had a bunch of them for sale.
That will be the essence of my letter I'd resignation. Simply an email and WeChat message saying "this is to inform you that I am resigning from the company effective on the date........."
They may or may not ask why. But if they do ask I will not answer. Asking would simply prove their total lack of self awareness.
Some of the engineers might be shocked.

There might even be a little bit of panic when I tell them I cannot have any contact with them after my last day.

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If it were me, I’d add one other sentence. It likely won’t mean anything but there’s a tiny chance it might help the next poor person they hook.

“As you know, the amount of travel to China has taken a grave toll on me and my family. Therefore...”
 
NO MORE CHINA TRIPS!
I was just informed that they will be going forward with a job offer.
Thank you for all the words of support, empathy, and encouragement.

Next big job is convincing my wife that I need a Dodge Challenger.

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Congratulations
Keep us posted on your next challenge with the home boss getting the Challenger (pun intended)
 
If it were me, I’d add one other sentence. It likely won’t mean anything but there’s a tiny chance it might help the next poor person they hook.

“As you know, the amount of travel to China has taken a grave toll on me and my family. Therefore...”
I actually told him that before the last trip. I told him it was extremely hard on my wife, family, and my marriage.
They were so clueless that until I told them that from 2/14 to 12/21, I was only home 81 days total. As short as 6 days, longest was 25 days.
214 days in China.
It was during one of those long trips that he said "the job is better than unemployment."

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I’d still add that sentence on the off chance someone else in the organization sees it. ;)
 
NO MORE CHINA TRIPS!
I was just informed that they will be going forward with a job offer.
Thank you for all the words of support, empathy, and encouragement.

Next big job is convincing my wife that I need a Dodge Challenger.

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Congrats!
 
Offer package has been sent for approval. Then it will be sent to me.
Hopefully before June 1 so I don't have to make an excuse for not booking airfare.
Don't want to give notice until I have the offer in writing.

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Offer package has been sent for approval. Then it will be sent to me.
Hopefully before June 1 so I don't have to make an excuse for not booking airfare.
Don't want to give notice until I have the offer in writing.
Will the offer come as a complete surprise or did they understand what you “need” during the interview?
 
It is official. I received the written offer and accepted.
Next steps involve the pre-employment investigation. Not a problem for me. I have has security clearances before. Not even a traffic ticket since 1989. Squeaky Clean. Passed CCW and TSA/DHS checks too.
Between the pay bump and lower cost for health insurance, it will be at least a 10% bump. But the best part is NO MORE China.
 
It is official. I received the written offer and accepted.
Next steps involve the pre-employment investigation. Not a problem for me. I have has security clearances before. Not even a traffic ticket since 1989. Squeaky Clean. Passed CCW and TSA/DHS checks too.
Between the pay bump and lower cost for health insurance, it will be at least a 10% bump. But the best part is NO MORE China.
Congratulations - now get working on that deck.
 
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It is official. I received the written offer and accepted.
Next steps involve the pre-employment investigation. Not a problem for me. I have has security clearances before. Not even a traffic ticket since 1989. Squeaky Clean. Passed CCW and TSA/DHS checks too.
Between the pay bump and lower cost for health insurance, it will be at least a 10% bump. But the best part is NO MORE China.
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It is official. I received the written offer and accepted.
Next steps involve the pre-employment investigation. Not a problem for me. I have has security clearances before. Not even a traffic ticket since 1989. Squeaky Clean. Passed CCW and TSA/DHS checks too.
Between the pay bump and lower cost for health insurance, it will be at least a 10% bump. But the best part is NO MORE China.

That is great news!

Now with the extra money what can we expect in new hardware?
 
Good luck finding much of it that will handle a septic system. That is one thing that will keep a lot of it from being sold off as housing lots. Or at least slow it down due to the lack of public sewer. Water wells are also typically 500’ deep., at least that is our experience and others have said the same. Go east and you get gobs of water at shallow depths.
We're a couple miles from the brick plant and have a gusher well at 140'. The driller was surprised, we're u on a hill and have water coming out of the ground in a few places.
We were 20 minutes east of here on sandy soil, the gnats were a nightmare- we understood a plague of gnats, biting in your nose, eyes, ears, etc.
It was hard to find a septic field (THAT'S my bonus!) 200 yards downhill is a level sandy area. I had them cut a straight path to use it as a shooting lane and a food plot :D
 
NO MORE CHINA TRIPS!
I was just informed that they will be going forward with a job offer.
Thank you for all the words of support, empathy, and encouragement.
Next big job is convincing my wife that I need a Dodge Challenger.
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Now you'll need a pool or club membership to keep swimming! :)
 
Filled out a bunch of on line forms to start the background check.
Went to do the drug screen. That is the easy test. :D

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China boss is coming to the US to fix some bank stuff that must be done in person.
It would be funny if the timing is such that he is here.
Does he stay in a s***box hotel and spend 20RMB a day on meals? :mad:
 
Does he stay in a s***box hotel and spend 20RMB a day on meals? :mad:
No. He mooches off of church friends and stays with them.
He wanted to send a Chinese colleague here in January. When I told him how much food, hotel, transportation, and a temporary office would cost because we were not going to host him in our home he changed his mind. Just another case if him not considering other in his decisions.
He wasn't willing to pay $6000 not including airfare to send an employee here to spy on me. Ha!

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China boss is coming to the US 2nd week of June. Hopefully I get to give him the good news before he comes.
I can also inform him the US law requires that all pay, and accrued vacation MUST be paid on the last day of employment. (Sure, we know that very few US companies actually follow this law. But I can scare him a little.)
 
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