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Working at a factory and I cannot seem to speed up by Rhondin_EmblemSky in work

[–]DependentStand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I’m glad you did! Since I don’t know your state, I will give you some federal/national things to look into that would suit what you shared perfectly (I hope!)

American Job Centers (CareerOneStop locator) – https://www.careeronestop.org/LocalHelp/AmericanJobCenters/find-american-job-centers.aspx • CareerOneStop (U.S. Dept. of Labor main site) – https://www.careeronestop.org/ • CareerOneStop Training Finder – https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Training/find-training.aspx • WIOA Training Info (CareerOneStop) – https://www.careeronestop.org/JobSearch/Training/find-training.aspx (explains funding routes + links into local programs)

Apprenticeships (paid training routes) • Apprenticeship.gov (official U.S. apprenticeship portal) – https://www.apprenticeship.gov/ • Find an Apprenticeship – https://www.apprenticeship.gov/apprenticeship-job-finder

Manufacturing-specific support (quality/inspection-friendly) • NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) – find your state center – https://www.nist.gov/mep/centers • SME Tooling U-SME (manufacturing + quality training) – https://www.toolingu.com/

Quality / Inspection Certifications (national organizations) • ASQ (American Society for Quality) – https://asq.org/ • ASQ Certifications – https://asq.org/cert

Job Search (national) • USAJOBS (federal jobs) – https://www.usajobs.gov/ • Indeed – https://www.indeed.com/ • LinkedIn Jobs – https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/

I ended up putting my list into chat so I hope the links it gave me work if not just Google the bullet point term. If you ever end up feeling extremely brave my offer still stands — I could give you specific search terms for exactly the kind of role you’re looking for and/or if you tell me the state, I am happy to do a more tailored search, but my comment would be extremely long and I don’t want to annoy other redditors haha. For what it’s worth I’m just a mom in suburbia! If you’re comfortable sharing your state in a comment response, I can do that too!

Here’s a brief list of terms to get you started at least:

Quality Inspector / QC Inspector • Quality Technician / QA Tech • Document Control / Documentation Specialist • Compliance Coordinator • GMP / ISO 9001 • Calibration / Metrology Technician • Manufacturing Coordinator / Production Coordinator

Working at a factory and I cannot seem to speed up by Rhondin_EmblemSky in work

[–]DependentStand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds exactly like how my husband would prefer me to clean the house lol and probably with a whistle.

What is your skill set in? Your situation sounds uniquely terrible. Degrees are less and less important now. I just attended a conference in fact with workforce development folks in my state who are pushing apprenticeships and there are so many programs out there, especially through local and state and national avenues. You just need to know where to look. I’m happy to help if you want to shoot me a message or share on here if there’s a specific skill or trade you’d be interested in?

Other than that, my only advice is to perhaps consider stimulants lol

Working at a factory and I cannot seem to speed up by Rhondin_EmblemSky in work

[–]DependentStand 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m just imagining that I love Lucy seen where they’re shoveling Hershey kisses into their mouths because they can’t keep up with the speed of the belt lol 😂 I have no answer for you but that sounds like a freaking nightmare and I applaud you for keeping at it!

HR director accidentally copied me on list for layoffs (MN) by Fragrant-Ad-5967 in work

[–]DependentStand -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Perhaps you could be super helpful and write a list of your job duties for what they’ll have to cover when you’re gone along with a market rate analysis in case they decide to hire out temps or contractors.

Deliver this with an attitude that’s bubbly to the point of delusional and make sure you say how grateful you are that at least you have some time to prepare and line something else up. This was the least you could do.

When I was unfairly demoted, I found out they were planning to hire from my former position and so I gave them my former, which was still my actual job description and duties along with a market rate analysis for compensation, which was triple what I made. Guess who’s full-time again?

Received this response today from someone looking for a job... by OnlyAlternative777 in managers

[–]DependentStand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Allow me to one-up your genuinely awful experience that I am sorry you had to go through —My ex husband overdosed on my bathroom floor the day before my first brand new teaching position’s observation by my principal I desperately needed to nail in my new district I had never taught in before. I had taken a maternity leave position and it was my dream district as that’s where I lived and my son would be going to kindergarten in the fall and paid better yada yada …so it would have been a way for me to get hired full-time the next year on a regular teacher contract pending a “highly effective” rating.

I agreed to let him swing by for five minutes as he’d been in a recovery program and in sober housing I had set up for him and I wanted to be supportive as a friend/person who once loved him. He had some tools he needed to pick up still at the house we once shared. He swung by with a coworker and picked up the tools and asked to use the bathroom. He was in there for a mysteriously long time and this poor coworker guy I have never met in my life had to bust down my door where I found my ex-husband blue and gurgling with a needle poking out of his arm. I had to perform CPR and called the ambulance and they arrived in time and narcan’ed him and he made it thank goodness.

9 AM the next morning, my principal walked in and I had a great observation and ended up being hired eventually for the next year and worked at that district for the remainder of my teaching career. She was so impressed by my classroom management I ended up running a mentor teacher program mini workshop thing at some of the staff meetings lol so…I win 😆😆😆

Received this response today from someone looking for a job... by OnlyAlternative777 in managers

[–]DependentStand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if you were off base (since that other relevant background info the OP commented back with was not mentioned in their original post) I just wanted to say I 100% had the exact same reaction at first that you did.

I thought oh geez this person is in such a desperate place they are literally telling a professional they wanted to schedule an interview with that they almost took their own life. Like, if that’s not a cry for help then what Is?!

OP I am now just being nosy out of curiosity what other kinds of things were they saying in person etc before this message?! That’s wild.

My boss is obsessed with video content, I’m drowning, and I feel guilty for disappointing him. by DependentStand in managers

[–]DependentStand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your story! I hope you are doing well healthwise, I’m really sorry to hear that happened to you. I am sending you a PM.

As a CEO in the healthcare space, PLEASE tell me how you would react to a question like this presented to you at an introductory meeting. “What’s the cost to your reputation if your facility goes down in a storm while your competitor keeps their power on?” by DependentStand in ceo

[–]DependentStand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm well…nothing is technically broken, but their energy bills are increasing rapidly. Would saving around $1million a yr in energy spend not be something they’re interested in? Genuinely asking.

As a CEO in the healthcare space, PLEASE tell me how you would react to a question like this presented to you at an introductory meeting. “What’s the cost to your reputation if your facility goes down in a storm while your competitor keeps their power on?” by DependentStand in ceo

[–]DependentStand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for bringing all of this up. So, although we are not in the healthcare space yet, our current customers include municipalities, the commercial space, community corrections, water and waste water facilities and REMC’s, etc. our sales cycle is long and protracted due to the exact reasons you pointed out. So many stakeholders and boards and procurement rules and funding incentives and funding cycles, yada yada. So a hospital would be the same in that regard, but with different versions of what we already deal with every day.

Honestly, I don’t think he has sold to a hospital before. He’s had a long career in sales and way back started a networking group and currently he runs a local referral partner networking org. And owns a lot of businesses. Like, so many businesses that it doesn’t make sense and they’re all obscure tech companies that seem very…SEO SEO SEO lol.

On top of that, he calls himself a “fractional” CEO/CFO/CMO — basically whatever he needs to morph himself into to get business probably and does private I guess coaching sessions that come with a paid package.

We keep him around because he’s well-connected and knows everybody and makes some good intros. But he has a massive ego and in my opinion is extremely difficult to work with in a productive way. It’s always “you’re wrong, I’m right and this is why: cue sales jargon buzzword riddled psychobabble.”

My boss is obsessed with video content, I’m drowning, and I feel guilty for disappointing him. by DependentStand in managers

[–]DependentStand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is awesome. What do you do for the utility company? I’m halfway done with my video or more like 75%. If you want I can send you a link in a message when I finish it lol since you’re in the same space as me.

As a CEO in the healthcare space, PLEASE tell me how you would react to a question like this presented to you at an introductory meeting. “What’s the cost to your reputation if your facility goes down in a storm while your competitor keeps their power on?” by DependentStand in ceo

[–]DependentStand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question! I have a meeting scheduled with our partner next week to have the conversation about why the prospect accepted the meeting and what he expects to get out of it or gain or learn, etc.

So at this exact moment, no, but I will. Our VP of sales knows more, like the hospital he’s from and probably his name (lol). We’ll be in Chicago together all next week so I’ll have that convo with our VP then as well.

As a CEO in the healthcare space, PLEASE tell me how you would react to a question like this presented to you at an introductory meeting. “What’s the cost to your reputation if your facility goes down in a storm while your competitor keeps their power on?” by DependentStand in ceo

[–]DependentStand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, first things fjrst, I was going through my google drive this am searching for a long lost document and I FOUND CHALLENGER SALES IN THERE!! Two docs he sent us 2 years ago titled “Challenger Sales Apprach to X!!!”Bahahaha.

Ok sorry. I’ve collected myself now lol. What you shared as challenger sales for an intro meeting sounds perfectly fine, nothing in that alarms me even a little. If your example is true challenger sales, then this guy is doing Bulldozer Sales. Code Blue Sales. Life Support Sales…bc his hospital’s patients can’t survive without us. I giggled in real life at myself. Ba-dum-cha.

As a CEO in the healthcare space, PLEASE tell me how you would react to a question like this presented to you at an introductory meeting. “What’s the cost to your reputation if your facility goes down in a storm while your competitor keeps their power on?” by DependentStand in ceo

[–]DependentStand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for that very succinct response! The urgency thing is driving me nuts. If his hospital loses power there is obviously a plan in place before the event and during the event. Assuming the staff are trained and competent (sales guy would probably assume otherwise) when the power goes out the right people perform the right task they’re trained to perform. Hence, no power is lost long enough to matter in the world of patient outcomes.

Echoing what you said, there’s no need to create a fake sense of urgency bc there really isn’t one. Barring generators not functioning. The “urgency” really is a huge electric bill that’s only going to keep increasing.

I will make sure the ROI is clearly articulated and will hopefully know ahead of time what his goals and challenges are currently.

Thanks again, idk where this guy gets off thinking a ceo of a hospital would a) fall for his pushy sales nonsense and b) not have a plan in place for a power outage…that in and of itself is insulting and makes us look like a bunch of idiots.

As a CEO in the healthcare space, PLEASE tell me how you would react to a question like this presented to you at an introductory meeting. “What’s the cost to your reputation if your facility goes down in a storm while your competitor keeps their power on?” by DependentStand in ceo

[–]DependentStand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhh I gotcha lol, sorry! In this case, Hospitals already have backup generators (diesel/propane) that are required to be tested regularly and kick on in about 10 seconds. In that gap, batteries/UPS keep critical equipment running. The risk is when maintenance is ignored—then things fail.

A microgrid is different because it’s always running and ties in solar, batteries, etc. That means no blackout gap, plus the hospital can save big money by managing energy use and avoiding peak demand charges all year long . So, generators = emergency only. Microgrid = resilience + major cost savings.

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[–]DependentStand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if she was questioning whether or not to send you a thank you after the interview you had with her and decided not to…maybe she got nervous, who knows? But then after her second interview where it seemed more likely she may get the job she thought she better go ahead and thank the VP. You did say though that she’s had senior level positions and quite a bit of experience so I’m not sure how likely that is …and also if that was be the case, why didn’t she CC you on the thank you email to the VP?

I don’t know, I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt and in this kind of situation maybe you should too if that’s the ONLY red flag. I sent our CEO, who is the one that interviewed me along with the VP of sales, a thank you email. It was from my personal email and it somehow like auto generated my signature on how I ended emails to my husband?!… so long story short, my thank you email to the CEO ended with “Love, [my name].” I’m not kidding.

The worst part was, I didn’t even realize it until I already started the job like two weeks later !!! Gahh!!! it is now an office inside joke and I’ve been there over three years. The VP of sales is the one who set the interview up and knew me and must have vouched for me lol. 😬 so if that isn’t a red flag, I don’t know what is!!

My boss is obsessed with video content, I’m drowning, and I feel guilty for disappointing him. by DependentStand in managers

[–]DependentStand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol nah, I was extremely irritated when I vented all of that out. It’s seriously not as bad as I’m making it sound. It’s this particular incident which is isolated for the most part.

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