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Sealobo · Mar 16, 2006, 10:12 AM

Wow... check out the time stamp... time really flies, and I got some happy news at work just today!

After a year and a half i am still working for the same company, and I got promoted to Credit Officer (this is an old-school Swiss bank and we don't hand out "VP" titles for nothing like our american counterpart, therefore in relative term an "officer" is not exactly a junior pos); my pay jumped 82%, yes, eighty-two percent! And i think this is remarkable enough to lift this old thread up again =P I am getting pay better to learn solid financial skill where i can further widen my career prospect. This is just great.

Thank you all the good luck 18 months ago! =)

ism · Mar 16, 2006, 10:28 AM

An 82% payrise?! Well done. In fact, fantastically well done.

ort888 · 10:38 AM

They make you do more and more. It's a buyers market. At the place i just applied I had to go through 3 interviews (about 4 hours total), 2 tests at the place (about 3 hours) and a take home test (about 10-15 hours worth of work). Had to take off three days from my current job to make time for it all. Didn't even get the job.

The hoops they make you jump through are nuts. Luckily, I already have a job... I'm just always trying to move up in the world.

OreoCookie · Mar 16, 2006, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Sealobo

Wow... check out the time stamp... time really flies, and I got some happy news at work just today!

After a year and a half i am still working for the same company, and I got promoted to Credit Officer (this is an old-school Swiss bank and we don't hand out "VP" titles for nothing like our american counterpart, therefore in relative term an "officer" is not exactly a junior pos); my pay jumped 82%, yes, eighty-two percent! And i think this is remarkable enough to lift this old thread up again =P I am getting pay better to learn solid financial skill where i can further widen my career prospect. This is just great.

Thank you all the good luck 18 months ago! =)

Congrats!
I'm sure you've earned through hard work

<offtopic>With an 82 % hike in pay, I could maybe even afford a car

</offtopic>

Weyland-Yutani · Mar 16, 2006, 11:07 AM

The more things change the more they stay the same.. strange.

cheers

W-Y

mindwaves · Mar 16, 2006, 11:10 AM

Wow, I wish that I got an 82% pay raise, but I figure that within a couple of years (hopefully sooner), that my pay will be probably be around 70% higher also.

ghporter · Mar 16, 2006, 12:19 PM

Last year I got abour a 60% pay CUT; retired, you know. All is not lost, though, as I'm about 36 months from two degrees, a healthcare registration (Occupational Therapy), and a major boost in pay.

Congratulations, Sealobo!

tooki · Mar 16, 2006, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Sealobo

Wow... check out the time stamp... time really flies, and I got some happy news at work just today!

Dangit, people! Don't resurrect ancient threads!

Our rules say six months as a rule of thumb, and 18 months clearly is way beyond that.

[For context, all the above posts were originally responses to http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lounge/227569/finally-i-am-hired/ ]

tooki

Corpse of Chewbacca · Mar 16, 2006, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

Dangit, people! Don't resurrect ancient threads!

Our rules say six months as a rule of thumb, and 18 months clearly is way beyond that.

[For context, all the above posts were originally responses to http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=227569 ]

tooki

What are you talking about? I see this thread as opened at 11am today.

ghporter · Mar 16, 2006, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Corpse of Chewbacca

What are you talking about? I see this thread as opened at 11am today.

NOW it is. But Sealobo started it 18 months ago and reopened it to comment that he'd been promoted. I didn't pay enough attention when I replied, or I should have done something about it myself.

Corpse of Chewbacca · Mar 16, 2006, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

NOW it is. But Sealobo started it 18 months ago and reopened it to comment that he'd been promoted. I didn't pay enough attention when I replied, or I should have done something about it myself.

So close the thread and post a message like, "Hope you get fired!"

that would seems the proper course of action.

:WOOKIE ROAR:

tooki · Mar 16, 2006, 01:49 PM

The point of splitting off old posts is to leave the old thread intact so that it's visible as old; otherwise folks come in and start responding to the old posts, with often stupid results.

tooki

tooki · Mar 16, 2006, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Corpse of Chewbacca

What are you talking about? I see this thread as opened at 11am today.

Why didn't you look at what I put in brackets, the part beginning with "for context". Sheesh.

tooki

besson3c · Mar 16, 2006, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

The point of splitting off old posts is to leave the old thread intact so that it's visible as old; otherwise folks come in and start responding to the old posts, with often stupid results.

tooki

Who cares? Why sweat over something this incredibly insignificant? What could matter less?

tooki · Mar 16, 2006, 03:11 PM

It's been happening more and more lately. Too often, the issue has changed significantly and the respondents act very patronizingly to the original poster, even though the question was sensible when it was posted.

Anyhow, since it's been an increasing problem, one of the rules now (you can read them yourself if you don't believe me) is not to resurrect old threads.

tooki

andi*pandi · Mar 16, 2006, 03:14 PM

if it's relevant to the topic, I don't mind. For tech threads, especially it is better to have all related comments in one thread. it's why we tell folks there's a search feature, eh?

and topic: congrats on the mad money raise!

besson3c · Mar 16, 2006, 03:18 PM

I agree with that approach for tech threads, but this is definitely not a tech thread.

Why not deal with this "problem" when and if it becomes a problem? For now, who cares?

tooki · Mar 16, 2006, 04:04 PM

I already said that this has been a growing problem.

Having it depend on the thread type means that we then have two rules, and everyone will accuse us of being unfair in the application of them. One simple rule is much easier for everyone to learn and for us to enforce, and it ends up being fairer.

tooki

Corpse of Chewbacca · Mar 16, 2006, 04:06 PM

A problem only exists when someone makes it a problem. Isn't it interesting that it's the admin and mods making the problem.

Glad I'm just a citizen.

besson3c · Mar 16, 2006, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

I already said that this has been a growing problem.

Having it depend on the thread type means that we then have two rules, and everyone will accuse us of being unfair in the application of them. One simple rule is much easier for everyone to learn and for us to enforce, and it ends up being fairer.

tooki

I suggest just making the rule create a distinction between Lounge/non-tech threads, and tech threads. This distinction is crystal clear to me, and I can't imagine how it would be complicated to anybody else.

Tech threads:

- append to end of existing thread

Non-tech threads:

- whatever

Corpse of Chewbacca · Mar 16, 2006, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

Why didn't you look at what I put in brackets, the part beginning with "for context". Sheesh.

tooki

Tooki, please try not to lose your cool, ok?

tooki · Mar 16, 2006, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

I suggest just making the rule create a distinction between Lounge/non-tech threads, and tech threads. This distinction is crystal clear to me, and I can't imagine how it would be complicated to anybody else.

Tech threads:

- append to end of existing thread

Non-tech threads:

- whatever

The tech threads is where the problem is the worst.

Anyhow, trust me, any rule requiring discretion WILL get someone yelling at us. Sorry, the simple 6-month rule is how we're doing it.

tooki

isao bered · Mar 16, 2006, 07:35 PM

curiosity. isn't there an automatic way to to archive threads with a last response older than six months and lock them?

be well.

laeth

Corpse of Chewbacca · Mar 16, 2006, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

The tech threads is where the problem is the worst.

Anyhow, trust me, any rule requiring discretion WILL get someone yelling at us. Sorry, the simple 6-month rule is how we're doing it.

tooki

Yay for doing things opposite to the membership wants it

Sealobo · Mar 16, 2006, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

The point of splitting off old posts is to leave the old thread intact so that it's visible as old; otherwise folks come in and start responding to the old posts, with often stupid results.

tooki

Hm... ok... thanks for the demo.

j/k

Andy8 · Mar 17, 2006, 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by Sealobo

Wow... check out the time stamp... time really flies, and I got some happy news at work just today!

After a year and a half i am still working for the same company, and I got promoted to Credit Officer (this is an old-school Swiss bank and we don't hand out "VP" titles for nothing like our american counterpart, therefore in relative term an "officer" is not exactly a junior pos); my pay jumped 82%, yes, eighty-two percent! And i think this is remarkable enough to lift this old thread up again =P I am getting pay better to learn solid financial skill where i can further widen my career prospect. This is just great.

Thank you all the good luck 18 months ago! =)

Cool - so your buying dinner for us HK Macnn'ers ? :-D