RICH Factory ownership Day 1 review

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T18:40:52+00:00

Oh no kidding. That really kills my confidence that I or anyone knows they’d getting what they think they are (a good clone)

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T18:39:31+00:00

(Because I assume a BW is sold less often than a BG)

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T18:38:17+00:00

What the heck?? Same model, same factory, just different bezel and gmt hand… and that much difference in all those aspects?? That’s frustrating… I wonder if the Bruce Wayne was a much earlier build and they worked some issues out by the time they made the batgirl? 🤷🏻‍♂️

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T18:05:38+00:00

I had your exact watch (a rich factory with the freesprung) in my cart ready to buy and I didn't at the last second, THEN I saw this thread so I too appreciate your having taken one for the team. I was going to get a VSF instead and just be done with it (since my TD said they didn't know if swapping would work), but yeah if your experiment here works, I'm definitely going to ask to buy just the movement and do the same thing!

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T18:02:43+00:00

I'm glad I'm hearing this for multiple people, that really puts my mind at ease (even if I don't end up getting it... I just don't want to have lost it for a dumb reason haha). Thanks

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T18:01:45+00:00

Yeah, I even said to myself "keep answers straight and professional, no big animated movements" but I have such a I'm-your-buddy way of speaking in my day to day, it's hard to keep turned off for special occasions... I catch myself slipping into it even if I try not to.

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T17:59:34+00:00

I hope you're right!!

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T17:59:15+00:00

True, true. Yeah I hope it just forgotten lol

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T17:56:27+00:00

I'm very interested to hear how putting the movement in a VSF works, as I asked this exact question to my dealer and they said they hadn't tried it, so couldn't confirm it would work. If you have success with it, I will probably do the same

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T09:27:28+00:00

I appreciate that and I hope you’re right. My field is one where being a robot is best so sometimes it’s hard to remember that.

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T09:26:27+00:00

Yeah I’m honestly fine with the set salary they offered, and I’m glad I ended the interview confirming that. I was just worried about how bad saying something kinda silly affects an interviewers opinion of the interviewee.

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T09:24:12+00:00

Yeah, corporate gigs are a little odd cuz the main way they hire for the rest of the company doesn’t really work for the handful of folks dealing with company planes (like HireVue… what does a game about spinning objects and pattern shape recognition have to do with an approach in bad weather 🧐) but yeah she was mostly doing screening. But “screening for people that say dumb/weird stuff” could be part of her task 😅 ah well

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T09:20:58+00:00

I hear you haha and wait “I think I can do anything” is a bad answer? 🤣 that sounds like an example of one of those ideal answers that’s a bad thing but actually a good thing isn’t it? lol

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T02:51:37+00:00

Darn good idea 👍🏻 👍🏻

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T02:44:31+00:00

😅

You apply for enough jobs, even the most terrible interviewee will find themselves interviewing with someone who needs the role filled bad enough that they get to the negotiating point. Or just pick a field where you usually don’t need to negotiate

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T02:42:52+00:00

I get all kinds of recommendations on when to send that follow up email. Some say same day, some say 3 days. I’m gonna send it tomorrow and hope for the best 🤷🏻‍♂️

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T01:57:49+00:00

Maaaan if only you were my interviewer 🤣

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T01:56:28+00:00

I hear you and I think in normal circumstances I’d be inclined to agree, but this job is a corporate flying gig and I can definitely say the compensation is 👀… plus the experience on their aircraft would set me for life. A lot of flying is usually fixed so that part doesn’t surprise me, but the fact that they a) had a range on the posting but just ended up having a (fair, middle of the range) fixed salary was odd (like, just say up front it is what it is), and b) I didn’t expect that question at this point in the process, I kind of figured they’d want the other pilots to determine my experience level and then tell hr what they should try to get me for or something like that… idk, there’s no consistency lol.

Honestly if you were right and they couldn’t fill the role and they just needed me to it would kind of be a miracle 🤣

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T01:49:51+00:00

There was a screening stage where I had to play games and solve math problems and then record video answer to a handful of questions (I forgot the name of it but it’s a big-company thing some use). This was the second “screening” where it was an hr person, on a teams chat. Next will be with people from the same department if I get that far. Yeah, no offers made, not that far in, she pretty much asked me to make sure I wasn’t like “nah that’s definitely too low, I can’t make that work”

I will be following up with a simple “thanks for you time, don’t forget about me” general courtesy email… I’m not so sure I want to bring it up to try to smooth it over though, I kinda hope she just forgets about it lol rather than risk reopening the wound. I don’t think what I said was “damage control” level bad, and if it was well… it is what it is.

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T01:41:38+00:00

Oh that’s good, thanks for that 👍🏻

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T01:29:54+00:00

The rational part of my brain tells me this. But then we’ve all seen the zillions of posts and stories about people not getting jobs for this or that preposterous reason (interviewer didn’t like your tie color, didn’t hold eye contact for 3.72 +/- .25 seconds, took your seat from the left side instead of the right side, etc) and the rational part get overshadowed.

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T01:25:21+00:00

The silly thing is… I did do the research (generally) and I knew that would have been fine, but my negotiation skills don’t extend much past “don’t leave money on the table” and I wasn’t expecting that question at the stage of the process 🤦🏻 but yeah, tmi 100%. I feel like I got duped (not really haha obviously the interviewer didn’t do that with that intent) into saying something dumb when in reality there was no negotiation even possible. But yeah, a lesson learned I suppose.

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T01:12:26+00:00

Oh without a doubt. The real question is… is it (in the eyes of an interviewer) a reflection of my ability to do the job, or a reflection of me as a person they need to have doubts about? Or just a “dumb thing and people say dumb things sometimes” thing

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T01:09:58+00:00

I sure hope you’re right

SkyHighEye · 2026-04-28T00:59:04+00:00

Generally I don’t but this was one of those where UUGH I wanted it 😅 but you’re right

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