[quote=John McClane]Forgot to mention the ceiling was 30-40 feet high, so that was a hardcore OHSA violation.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]I remember the day they told me to climb up and out of the scissor lift basket and into the ceiling to anchor a mount point for trussing. I laughed, looked my manager dead in the eye, and said "no, you don't pay me enough, but if you want to have a conversation about that I'd be happy to discuss it." Never got asked to do it again.[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX]I was glad to be fired, only got better jobs afterwards and had really needed a break, more importantly. Definitely agree with you on ‘don’t get hurt’. 

Re: visiting somewhere and getting a job as a result of that, I done it but overall I prefer to communicate in writing. Personable I am not :lol:[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]The only job I'm offering  is one of my wife. I conducted a few interviews and got one trainee but no one completed the trial period. The girls always resign after finding out there's no salary.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]I peed dirty for a drug test after an injury. That’s the only time I’ve been fired. And it taught me two things: don’t get hurt, and if you do get hurt don’t give up your pee.[/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]I took a visit for a job I was told beforehand that I wasn’t gonna get. Made such an impression, that they hired me for a better position a few months later.

And still rue the day I signed up for Linkedin to get in touch with lost references.[/font][/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX]Personally, I’ve been fired twice in my life and that’s ‘fired’, not laid off. Once due to a relatively understandable interpersonal/political conflict (literally political as in geopolitics — I’d fire me if I were them) and once because I was checked out and depressed, which again, makes sense on their end as I just wasn’t there at all, I could barely remember dates and names and what country I was in. I was actually thrilled to be fired both times because I wouldn’t have had the guts to resign. And once I took a break and was ready to get back to work, it was very convenient to have good recruiter contracts. I haven’t applied for a job in years, they come to me and yes, many aren’t, but many more are. I agree with you on sectors, though — I’m in legal reputation management/litigation, so in my sector it’s helpful to know people.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]All I know is I kept trying to tell my peers in school what to avoid and why. And I’ve watched as more than half of them lost their jobs because the career paths upped and died.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane][quote=AgrippinaX]I have a pretty cavalier attitude to jobs in many ways. Because I had health issues for most of my life, I very much see jobs as dispensable, don’t care for them much and don’t get committed. Anyone can get laid off at any time, etc., so why the hell not make the most of what’s out there. In that sense, LinkedIn works. But sure, if you actually like your job, why not.[/quote]I hate work but will put up with it if I’m afforded life balance or I don’t have a manager up my ass every second of the day. I’d argue that today our labor is more valuable than ever and, outside of bankruptcy or negligence, it’s pretty hard to lose a job. Of course, this is not true for all sectors of commerce, but I’d argue there are few sectors that it’s a regular problem. And the ones that do have that problem you don’t wanna be doing that work anyhow. Regardless how well it pays.[/quote]

[quote=ynwtf]:D[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX]‘Stress Muffins’ sounds excellent to me.[/quote]