Say byebye Severence!
Tues. 09.18.01 - 8:18 p.m.

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Today was a very draining day. Shortly after lunch, the Client Delivery Manager (CMD) aka The Big Cheese for our site, announced that another account needs help desk staff-members. She also added that this account "is just right down the street!" She said that the CMD for that site and their help desk/desktop manager would be by at 3 p.m. to interview us all.

just. great.

But I temporarily forgot that EDS is made up of a bunch of liars and idiots.

So these corporate-types stroll into the help desk room at 3:30 p.m. (figures). They sit down with all of us and go over the usual: what their account is about, what they're looking for, etc. Guess what?! NONE of the software that they use is what we're using!

We Use:
Windows 98
Office 97
Outlook
Internet Explorer
PC Anywhere
Vantive

They use:
NT 4.0
Lotus Notes
Netscape
SMS
Remedy


The HD manager didn't even KNOW what version of Office they were using! And the kicker? Our CMD lied. Figures. Sure they have a location "right down the street" but that isn't the site that is looking for employees! The site we would be working at is in the OPPOSITE direction of my usual commute. This would add another 30 minutes to an already 30 minute commute. After our group introduction, we ended with individual interviews.

My interview went okay. I tried to sound as uneducated as possible. I didn't have to try very hard though, because anyone with a brain could see that this prospective site is almost the worst match for us possible. But EDS doesn't care. They don't want people walking away with a severence package. To them it's free money. Bastards. So now we just sit and wait.

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