What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

  • Total voters
    34
Status
Not open for further replies.
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

Congrats on the job offer wT! Not sure what to tell you about the vacation time thing. That seems odd. Good luck with that.

hp1015 - I'd say good luck but you already had the interview. But I suppose I can still say good luck to hope you get it! If you want it, that it.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

Morning Lodge! Finally getting my day started after working until 5am this morning. Time for some breakfast...

For those of you that missed this since I posted it in the wee hours of the night in the last thread:
In other news, I am happy to be in one piece today. At around 4:30 (PM Tuesday) on my drive from St Paul to the Iron Range, I lost control of the company truck and it fishtaled back and forth 3 times before I got it under some control and went off the shoulder into the ditch without hitting anything or even scratching the truck. Got out of the ditch without a tow and back on my way to Virginia. I pulled over at the next opportunity to pull all the muck and weeds out of the wheel wells and get my nerves back. I honestly thought the truck was going to roll when it first fishtaled. I was pretty much going sideways down the highway...Probably a good thing the roads were so horrible for a stretch instead of just a patch or my tires would have caught and I would have rolled a few times...scary few moments there.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

wolverineTrumpet said:
My interview a week pace has finally gotten me a job offer. I'm great at the interviewing crap, I suck at negotiating a job offer. Especially since it's in Michigan and I know there isn't much room to negotiate. I already got the top of the range they pay, despite being less than what I was making. My issue is vacation days. The offer has 8 vacation days, then I'd get 10 next April. But of those 8, 4 are required during shut down, so it's really 4 vacation days. I had finally gotten to 15 days at my old job. Any tips on how to approach such a subject?

I guess I should be happy that they'll let me start a week later, since they wanted me to start on 4/4....I'd have already used up 3 vacation days in the first week to go to the Frozen Four.
Click to expand...

Congrats! Can you negotiate some type of sign on bonus or cash in lieu of vacation days?

MarkEagleUSA said:
In case it got lost in the last Lodge thread...

Someone ought to arrange for little g to get a Zamboni ride at the F4! :cool:
Click to expand...

Thanks for mentioning/bringing this up.

For those of you keeping score from home, I ordered a bike for little g today. (and when I mention bike I should really call it a trike as it has three wheels. However, to little g it is called a bike.)

I also ordered an Ipad Touch with a bunch of software and bells and whistles specially designed for his needs.

Cha ching! :o
 
Last edited:
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

gmann said:
Thanks for mentioning/bringing this up.
Click to expand...
So, the rest of his wish list was be on American Idol and have a wife he can sleep in the same bed with without wearing pajamas right? I don't think we have the ability to make those come true at this time.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

This Tom Anastos thing is a freaking goldmine.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

JF_Gophers said:
I don't think we have the ability to make those come true at this time.
Click to expand...

I know. How do I know that? Because if you are a male and a member of the Lodge you are either married, engaged, retired or gay (not that there is anything wrong with that, just sayin) and therefore have no way to help with the ladies. (runs like hell to the wood shed):):p;):D
 
Last edited:
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

gmann said:
I know. how do I know that? Because if you are a male and a member of the Lodge you are either married, engaged or gay (not that there is anything wrong with that, just sayin) and therefore have no way to help with the ladies. (runs like hell to the wood shed) :):p;):D
Click to expand...
I was more thinking its probably illegal at his age to get married, even with consent. :p
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

gmann said:
Because if you are a male and a member of the Lodge you are either married, engaged, retired, gay (not that there is anything wrong with that, just sayin) or named MNS and therefore have no way to help with the ladies. (runs like hell to the wood shed)
Click to expand...
FYP :p
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

Sloe Gin said:
check your rep
Click to expand...
Back at ya! :cool:

gmann said:
Thanks for mentioning/bringing this up.
Click to expand...
I hope you don't mind? I just thought it might be nice for little g. Of course, you and Mrs. g are the parents so if you have any problem we'll understand.

I'm told on good authority it's being looked into but obviously no promise can be made at this time.

I, for one, will be keeping my fingers crossed! ;)
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

JF_Gophers said:
Wasn't someone on this board associated with a bunny suit? Maybe that should have been an option! ;)

Oh and what about bacon?
Click to expand...

If there was ever a year for Scarlet to debut the bunny suit, this would be the year.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

wolverineTrumpet said:
--- Any tips on how to approach such a subject?....
Click to expand...

this is all fresh, right?

if all they have told you so far is, "this is the salary range for this position, this is the number of vacation days that come with this position..." it is up to you to determine what you want to push. if you are content with the lower salary, use that when you tell them you want the extra vacation. 15 days seems normal for someone coming in experienced. 10 is usually the starting point for beginners.

"i understand the range you have with salary and frankly it is much lower than where i was."

"in lieu of that, since you can't match my last salary you can certainly match my last vacation allotment of 15 days."

"well thank you for considerin' me for this position and good luck with your next interview."

--- i've seen many people walk away over something and have a call made before they get home telling them 'ok'. of course that leads them to wonder why they only demanded so little :p... but you are probably right that you interview well, so there is no sense taking a job that will have you wondering right off the bat and make sure you are comfortable with what you have going in. (because 8 days blows - unless you work one day a week)
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

Dinner at Shamrock's......love that place! :)
I hope the Easter Bunny can find me in beautiful, sunny, Melbourne Beach, FL. :) :)
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

So upon talking to some people, I feel pretty good about my prospects with Kirby. There were 3 that have been offered to be flown down for a weekend to get on the boats, pretty much their top 3 choices. I've talked to a handful of people who got told the same thing as me, as well as some who weren't told what I was told.

The few "downsides" of this company is 1. I would have to relocate to the hockey/winter sports hotbed of Houston, TX, or within ~600 miles. 2. They are looking for more "long-term" employees, since it costs them ~100k per person to go through the training process. I would likely give them atleast 5 years for sure before seeing what it was like, more if I really enjoy it. 3. It doesn't really fit into what I have in mind long-term, except for the pilotage experience that comes with it. Although in today's job market in the maritime industry, you better be very sure you don't want that job if you are going to say no. We'll see what happens, I don't need to make any decisions yet.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

Congrats!!

hockeyplayer1015 said:
The few "downsides" of this company is 1. I would have to relocate to the hockey/winter sports hotbed of Houston, TX, or within ~600 miles.
Click to expand...

It could be worse, it could be.....well......maybe.....um......I guess it doesn't get worse than Houston. ;)
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 132: Easter Goodies

Greyeagle said:
It could be worse, it could be.....well......maybe.....um......I guess it doesn't get worse than Houston. ;)
Click to expand...

Its not true... he has the Aeros... I miss cheap(er) hockey... all I have is the Caps... if I had an AHL affiliate near and a car I'd either have a nice 10-20 game package or season tickets.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top